Friday, May 4, 2012

Photo Fun: The Bride & Her Ladies

Remember how I told you guys that we didn't have time to take pictures of me and my girls before the ceromony? Well, we improvised and took them before the reception started. In retrospect, I am glad this happened this way because these photos turned out better than I think the ones at the church did. It is amazing what flash can do.

So here are the photos of me and my girls and a very special little guy...

Me and Rochelle


Victoria and I

Miss Kloe joined in

Me and my MOH, Lou


Veronica and I


My sister Rachelle and I





"Foxy"

My nieces and I

My nephew and I

When did you take your pictures with your girls? Did you do fun pictures and different poses?

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Need to catch up?

Arrivals
Hunting Down Tuxedos
A Morning of Getting Beautified
Venue Set Up
A Rehearsal & A Dinner
Bridal Party Gifts Part 1
Bridal Party Gifts Part 2
Bridal Party Gifts Part 3
Getting Ready-Hair & Make-Up
Getting Dressed: The Groom & His Fellas
Getting Dressed: The Flower Girls
Getting Dressed: The Bride & Her Ladies 
The Ceremony 
Formal Photos
Photo Fun: The Groom & His Fellas

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Photo Fun: The Groom & His Fellas

Before the ceremony, Aran and his guys were lucky enough to have some time to go outside and get some great photos. They had a blast doing these and we were very pleased with them when they came back. Take a look at these great photos of the guys!








Aran & Bret-the Best Man

Aran & Logan

Aran & James

Aran & Paul-his big brother

Aran & Pelka




This is one of my faves


Our ring bearer




Our ring bearers bad ass shoes



This is one of my other faves


J.P. & Aran


Did your guys get great pictures before the ceremony? Or did they do them later on? Did they do any fun poses?

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Need to catch up?

Arrivals
Hunting Down Tuxedos
A Morning of Getting Beautified
Venue Set Up
A Rehearsal & A Dinner
Bridal Party Gifts Part 1
Bridal Party Gifts Part 2
Bridal Party Gifts Part 3
Getting Ready-Hair & Make-Up
Getting Dressed: The Groom & His Fellas
Getting Dressed: The Flower Girls
Getting Dressed: The Bride & Her Ladies 
The Ceremony
Formal Photos


Monday, April 30, 2012

Formal Photos

This post is definitely one of the hardest for me to write because of the sour taste that I still have in my mouth because of what happened. So fair warning everyone, there may be a lot of bitching during this post! Can't say I didn't warn ya!

After the ceremony was over and all of our guests had left the church, they whisked us back in to start taking pictures. At first we were still waiting for a few people to get back in the church, so while we were waiting we were speaking with our photographers. We discussed what we were going to do for the pictures and also I made sure that they had the list of must takes that I put together for them. We stood there for about five minutes waiting for everyone and not once in that five minutes did it occur to our photographers that hey, maybe we should put the flash unit on our cameras. Ya know, since the lighting wasn't that great. This would have taken them all of 20 seconds. But no! (Told you there would be some bitching!)

Once everyone was there we began the picture taking marathon. I thought everything was going very well and that we were doing really good on time considering that we had to be out of the church by 4:30. There were a few pictures that we decided that we could get at the reception so we decided not to take them. I shouldn't have been okay with this, but it is what it is. At this point, I really wasn't worried at all. I thought they were doing a great job.

Well, I should have been worried and I should have spoken up, but I had no way of knowing that they had messed up until I actually saw the pictures. So without further ado, I give you the formal pictures that we took at the church. And please feel free to let me know what you think of them because sometimes I feel as though I am being a little biased and a perfectionist, so really I want to know what your thoughts are.
































The shadows on the faces are really what bothers me the most. Had they used their flash, I don't think I would be upset. Also, there was no close up of Aran and I just the far away ones. Oh, and notice that there isn't a picture of just me in my dress in this gorgeous church. Just saying!

Should I be as upset as I am about how these turned out? What do you guys think of these pictures?

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Need to catch up?

Arrivals
Hunting Down Tuxedos
A Morning of Getting Beautified
Venue Set Up
A Rehearsal & A Dinner
Bridal Party Gifts Part 1
Bridal Party Gifts Part 2
Bridal Party Gifts Part 3
Getting Ready-Hair & Make-Up
Getting Dressed: The Groom & His Fellas
Getting Dressed: The Flower Girls
Getting Dressed: The Bride & Her Ladies
The Ceremony
 
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