Just getting around to working on Courtney and Anthony’s wedding which I shot at the YWCA in Fort Worth.  Quite possibly one of my favorite spots to shoot because of the nice 13 feet white ceilings.  Courtney and Anthony are quite adorable and make a perfect couple.  We had a great time on their engagement session and Courtney’s bridal was amazing considering it was like 18 degrees outside. 

Here are some shots from the wedding that I ran across that seemed interesting to me. 

Anthony and the guys..

Another shot of Anthony, he’s just so dang adorable… 

Anthony and Courtney minutes after the ceremony.  I always love taking the Bride and Groom aside for some romantic shots (Even if it is dark outside) because your emotions are so high and we get some nice romantic images.  I wouldn’t shoot a wedding if I couldn’t do this and Anthony and Courtney were nice enough to hang with me in the cold weather.

Maid of honor and groomsman just striking a pose, these guys were absolutely fun to hang out and I hope to someday photograph her wedding as well.  (Hint Hint People!!!)

This cake and the orage lighting in the background was just too easy to pass up on.  A trusty assistant and a steady hand and voila!!!   BTW the cake tasted as good as it looks, I even had to change shirts (confusing Courtney in the process) cause I got some icing on my shirt.

Courtney’s mom and dad, two of the sweetest individuals i’ve come across.

Here are some shots from Courtney’s Bridal

Ok so about 8 months ago I shot Sonali and Prayes’s engagement ceremony in Frisco, TX and Sonali said we gotta have you shoot our wedding.  I asked her are you guys having a big wedding and she said and I am paraphrasing here ‘yeah I think it’s gonna be a really cool one’.  

 Well little did I know that sonali was the queen of understating things..  This is how the wedding played out and yeah this is all true cause I got photos.

GARBA

 The event kicked off with a garba ceremony in Frisco, TX here are the traditional Dandiya sticks that are used for dancing.  Sonali and Prayes gave a set of sticks to each guest as favors.

And they danced the night away…

Mehndi

This is the application of the Mehndi (Henna tatoos to the bride)…  

The Wedding

Prayes’s arrival was a highlight of the day when he flew in a chopper to the ceremony site and then rode an elephant to the ceremony hall with everyone dancing along the way.  It was quite awesome for us to photograph and experience.

Prayes arriving via chopper with his parents waving to the groom to be.

Yep ladies and gents, he’s on an elephant, like a live one with a huge trunk that kept throwing my buddy Chris Watson who was also the videographer around. 

Prayes not only has the girls under his power but elephants also do as he says…  Must be a girl elephant…..

And I think he was really happy to marry Sonali cause the minute he got down from the elephant he started dancing and wanted to run to Sonali but they kinda held him back. 

Then everyone started dancing and it kinda got me in the mood to dance and really my assistants were no where to be found so sorry no pics of me dancing.

The traditional circling the holy fire (agni phera) symbolizes the 7 promises the bride makes to her husband. 

The wedding photos will go online January 30th 2007 so keep your eyes peeled ladies and gents cause there are sure to be some killer images.

Since most photographers have a blog…  Cause you know you ain’t cool unless you blog, I went out and got me this shiny new blog.  This is where I will share with you about how KICK ASS my life and all the cool things I do.

Oh and I’ll also share with you guys my work and if I feel generous actually explain how I get those cool images…  Man this blog is gonna be cool, infact I might create personalities on here and then pit them against each others too…  One of the will be Raoul the one legged scandanavian private eye…   He get’s a lot of action from the ladies… 

So ya’ll, get you some egg nog and be ready to be amazed by the photographic talents of me and then adventures of Raoul the one legged scandanavian private eye..