Paban & Nina

I have finally completed (mostly) my dear friend, Paban's wedding pictures. He married Nina back in August in a traditional Hindu ceremony with an American style reception. The whole weekend was absolutely wonderful and I am so glad I was able to be there for it. Nina and Paban are both gorgeous (and super nice and wonderful as well) and the wedding was simply stunning. The colors were amazing, everyone was so nice and friendly.

Here are some pictures of their beautiful day, click on the pictures for the slideshow (there are two different slideshows).

Tara & John

Here are a few more pictures from Tara and John's wedding this past weekend. They are totally adorable. John smashed Tara with some cake and then Tara fought back. There are plenty of other pictures over at flickr.

Tara and John

We are back from the wedding in Florida. We had a lovely time catching up with some old friends and seeing some tie the knot. There are plenty of pictures, but I am still busy sorting through most of them. Here are a couple of my favorites so far.

weekend wedding

I am quite excited. This weekend I am going to a wedding in Florida. I should have some pretty pictures next week. Although I am still just a guest at the wedding and not getting paid I am excited to be in a different venue and to continue to add to my portfolio. I also just got a new flash (actually I still have to pick it up from UPS), but I am very excited about trying out a few things. Hopefully I will be back with some lovely photos.

I am also ready to move, so that I can full-on launch this business. I have to be patient for a few more months and then the fun will hopefully begin.

Thank you to everyone who has told their friends about me, I really appreciate it. Word of mouth is the best advertising I can get. It is just too bad that everyone who wants to use me lives far, far away.

My sister has agreed to do a trash the dress session in St. Louis this summer. I am going there for another wedding in August, and she is going to find a wedding dress at a thrift store and we are going to go out on the town and get dirty. I can't wait! Also if anyone in NC wants to do a trash the dress, I bought a dress that is a size 8 (I think it should fit a slightly smaller person as well).

Laura & Richard

A few weeks ago I went to my old labmate's wedding in northern Virginia. It was a traditional Vietnamese ceremony. There was an evening reception that we were unable to attend, so I only have a few pictures from the morning ceremony. Enjoy!

Trash the dress

There is this great website that I found recently. It is called Trash the Dress. Basically the idea is that you are only going to wear your wedding dress once and that your children won't want to wear it so why bother storing it in a closet for the next 50 years when you can take some totally awesome pictures to remember it by. I am not so sure I want to do this with my own dress, because I am still holding out hope that I will find somewhere to wear it even though there is no wear acceptable to actually wear it and it probably wouldn't fit me anyways, but I really want someone to do it, so I can take some lovely pictures. So anyone up for it? Most of you don't even live nearby, so I doubt it, but worth a shot right?

P.S. If someone wants to participate doesn't feel gutsy enough to trash their own dress, we could certainly buy a cheap one from a thrift store or ebay and do it that way.

Lauren & Chris part 4

Lauren & Chris part 3

Lauren & Chris Part 3

Lauren shows such beautiful emotion through her expressions. Here are a few of the expressions I was able to capture during the first dances.

Lauren & Chris Part 2

Lauren & Chris Part 1

This past weekend I attended the wedding of one of my closest high school girlfriends. She is so beautiful and I am so happy that I was able to be there to be a part of her special day. Here are the first shots of her big day.