Melissa and Paul Wedding Slideshow.

There is so much going on that I want to share, but I'll have to break it down into separate posts.  First of all, I'm blogging from Boston!  I flew into NYC yesterday morning and then took the boltbus straight up to Boston.  I'm really excited about the S.H.E reunion with Sophia and Hsiao, but before I can even think about exploring more of Boston with the girls, I need to finish a ton of work because this friday I am going to Indonesia!!

Finally, I finished editing and putting together the slideshow. :)  I'm very excited to present Melissa and Paul's wedding slideshow.  I am very glad to have been part of their wedding day.  Melissa and Paul, all their friends and family, and even the vendors were a lot of fun to work with.  I want to also thank Eugene for second shooting with me. :)



Here is the list of venues and vendors that contributed to the day:

Ceremony: Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
Reception venue: Villa Christina
Food & Bev: Villa Christina
Cake: Villa Christina
Videography: Wages Video
Florist: Anik Designs
DJ and Coordinator: Lethal Rhythms
Lighting: Party Over Here Productions
Vintage Car: Charisma Coach
Wedding Dress & Bridesmaids dresses: New Natalie's Bridals
Bridesmaids custom jewelry: Bosca Creative Jewelry
Custom handmade veil: Zoica Matei
Cake Topper: Ann Wood Handmade

Melissa Bridal Session Slideshow.

I'm going to share a slideshow of Melissa's bridal session to start off the week. I tested the slideshow out with a few songs, but 'Sway' by Pussycat dolls fit so perfectly. The runner up was 'Labels or Love', which is also a fun song, but maybe not as appropriate for the newlywed. hehe Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful start to your week! ;)



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Again, the venue was the Georgian Terrace Hotel, and the flowers were done by Anik Designs.

Flowers - Anik Designs

I had the great pleasure of meeting Anik of Anik Designs right before Melissa's bridal session. While we chatted, we discovered that we both came from very similar backgrounds. She has a background in biology and is now does wedding planning and flower arrangements, while I had a background in Chemistry and am now doing wedding photography. I suppose you have to really know the flowers to arrange them so beautifully! ;) As for me? Maybe Chemistry gives me good people chemistry. lol I sure am not mixing chemicals to develop my photos. That's for sure.

I just wanted to show off a few photos of how beautiful the bouquet and centerpieces turned out. Love all the bright, vibrant colors.











Check out her website for more of her work. :)

Hair and Makeup - Spencer Malay

Like I said in the previous post, I want to highlight a couple of the vendors that also contributed to Melissa's wedding day. The ladies at Spencer Malay did a fabulous job on the hair and makeup and were so fun to work with! I must admit that lately I've gotten into a bit of a make-up craze, watching hours of tutorials on youtube and spending a good amount of money on all these brushes, etc. lol This is all thanks to one of my gfs who really should go into cosmetology.

It's definitely a skill to get the make-up to look just right. Heather of Spencer Malay did a flawless job.







The finishing touches. What a beautiful color.



A little time to relax with nice reading selection. I guess every salon has to have a variety of magazines for the variety of tastes. ;)



I've always wanted to do a photo like this. Here Melissa is with her maid of honor, Sophia. :) This is my personal fave of all the getting ready shots!

Melissa and Paul Wedding (Teasers).

Melissa and Paul were truly a joy to work with. Even from the get go, when we first met up over some yummy Suno dessert, we really hit it off. I enjoyed hearing about their very unique engagement story that all started off with running a 10k. It has definitely motivated me to run more often... and at least nail a 5k. haha They run the Peachtree road race every year, so maybe next year I can join them! :)

Melissa happens to be a designer. I will have to post photos of the guestbook she designed. It came out beautifully!! She will also be designing her own album, which I am very excited to see how it comes together. Once things slow down a little, I'm also hoping on getting some business cards designed from her as well. ;) You can check out her work here for any of your design needs.

Now for a few teasers from Melissa and Paul's wedding.

A little fun with the girls.





Paul and his groomsmen. His best man was his father and other groomsmen were his brothers. :) It's so sweet to see such a close-knit family.



Their only request. Paul's dad and brothers had taken a photo like at their weddings... looking at the time anxiously waiting, so of course we had to continue passing on the tradition.



This pretty little lady was feeling under the weather, but she was a good sport and still made it through the wedding. :) So adorable.



Beautiful church: Immaculate Heart of Mary



They had a big surprise for all the guests at the wedding... a bagpiper! :)



How cute! They even had a vintage car (Charisma Coach) pull up to take them away to the reception.





Found a quiet spot in the garden of Villa Christina right before the reception to get a few quick shots.



I had such a great time shooting the wedding. The family, bridal party, guests, AND vendors were all such a pleasure to work with! Congratulations Paul and Melissa. Enjoy Hawaii! :)

This week, I think I may do something a little different and highlight a few of the vendors with a set of photos.

Melissa Bridal Session - Georgian Terrace Hotel, Atlanta.

I was having a hard time waiting to post these up! :) I did a bridal shoot with Melissa at the Georgian Terrace Hotel a few weeks back, but I wanted to wait until after the wedding to actually post up the photos. They requested to use some of the photos from this session on their website, so you might be seeing it on there in the near future.

Beautiful bride + beautiful venue is a killer combo. Here are just a few teasers.



Check out the view from the rooftop! I never considered the Atlanta skyline to be that nice, but it looks gorgeous from here!



Love long veils. As you can see from this set I posted... we had a lot of fun with it! :)









More to come this week!

Melissa and Paul E-session Slideshow

Melissa is a graphic designer who happened to have graduated from the same school as I did! The first time I met with Melissa and Paul, we instantly connected and I think we chatted for two hours non-stop over Suno. All my suno dessert melted before I could even finish it! Melissa graduated from Tech and Paul is from Auburn. They had the cutest engagement story that involved stealing some furniture to setup a beautiful breakfast on the beach. lol

She was telling me how she had been searching for a wedding photographer and that she hadn't seen any work that really impressed her. I was thrilled when they ended up booking me that day of our consultation. :) I wanted to exceed their expectations and give them one amaaazing session. These days, I feel like I've definitely gotten into a groove of things, which has allowed me to just execute out my vision much better. I really enjoyed every bit of this session: the shooting, the editing, and putting together this slideshow. This is some awesome turnaround time, though. I had to pull a couple of all nighters to finish it. haha Hope you guys enjoy it! :)



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Melissa and Paul E-session (Sneak Peak)

Sunday, I had an amazing time shooting with Melissa and Paul. We started off at a cafe where they had their first date. This happens to be one of my favorite dessert spots. ;)





I loved how the colors they picked out help set the mood. I've been loving a lot of dark purples and greens lately.



Then, we they went to go pick up their dog, Roxie, while Daniel and I headed over to a park to scope out the scene. Talk about a super cuuute park with tons of great photo ops. This next shot is of Daniel, who came down to visit ATL and happened to be conveniently available to assist me on my shoot. I love how the leaves frame him!



So, naturally, I had to use it again for the real thing!



Paul kept telling me he was no good at modeling, but I think he's a natural. Intense.



At first, Roxie didn't want to cooperate so much with us. She just wanted to run around and discover new landmarks at the park. Still liked how this one turned out.



Eventually after we ran around with her, we were able to get her to give the camera some love. ;)







The day was overcast, but for a short moment the sun peaked out for us to get some flare. This is probably one of my favorites. Love the mood. ;)



Sweeeeet! This last shot was taken by Daniel, while skillfully running backwards. Thanks for being such a great help on the shoot! Daniel is a photographer based in NYC, and if you're from that area, you can check out some of his work here. ;)