It can’t just be me… Emma looks a lot like Jennifer Aniston to everyone else right?! Especially that square image!
Jason and Emma were so much fun to work with. And lucky too; good light followed us everywhere we went despite threatening skies in the morning.
There’s nothing quite like a little diversity here in Utah. It’s refreshing.
Even luckier for me, these guys were from the Middle-East. So the food was familiar (coussa, fatoush, wara’ anab… mmmmmmm), the language was familiar (I spoke Arabic to them half the time while the other half of the time, my flawless American-English turned into a heavy Arabic accent), the culture was familiar, the generosity was familiar; everything. And once I revealed to them that I was Lebanese, I became a lot less threatening with that giant brick of a camera in my hands.
Felt just like home.
To top it all off, Firas and Emma were, as with all my clients it seems, a dream to work with.
Here’s my favorites from the day:
These guys were just…
Fun.
Between their beautiful, low-key backyard reception and their ultra-low-key escape shortly after cutting their cake (they literally sprinted over to the neighbor’s house where the rental car was waiting – all without announcing a single thing to any of the guests), this was a wedding experience all its own. Not to mention Martin had some very inspiring stories to tell of his service in Iraq.
And before I forget…
I’m usually pretty good about staying out of guest’s picture-taking, but I totally walked into that dude’s shot… Sorry about that!
Still though, kind of a cool capture 
These two were terrific fun. Very natural together and a great sense of humor. I loved their stick figure sign-in book idea!
Oh and at the end of the ceremony, the judge began with the usual “I hereby pronounce you husband and wife. You may now…”
Wait for it…
“…Update your Facebook relationship status.”
I hope I didn’t laugh as loudly as I think I did!
This wonderful couple’s engagements were so much fun, I couldn’t help but eagerly anticipate their wedding day. Here are some of my favorite shots, among which lies probably one of my favorite ring shots of all time.
The top of a step ladder, forcefully stating “NOT A STEP”… Then the rings, sitting in front, begging to differ! hahaha!
Ok, here we go.
Wil & Ashley:
Enis (pronounced Eh-niss) and Whitney were a joy to work with. Total goofballs and really comfortable with themselves.
So much so that when I had to run back to my car to grab something and come back, they took a smoke break. I asked if I could shoot them smoking and they said sure. I know it’s a nasty habit, they know it’s a nasty habit, and I’m sorry, but I don’t care; I love shots of people smoking – wedding or not. There’s something I find really interesting about it and if you dig deep enough, you’ll find some of my work with models smoking.
LOVE that shot of this couple! Let’s show a little character!
My new project FINALLY gets unveiled tomorrow! It’s one that’s very near and dear to my heart, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I’m excited to share it with you all.
Just days after their formals, Joe and Heather got married:
In the last little while, especially in the last couple of weeks, I’ve fallen behind too far for my taste… And two weeks to fall behind in the middle of summer is an eternity.
So in the COMING two or three weeks, I’ll be working my butt off to catch up on the blog among many, MANY other areas of my varied work. One of my goals will be to finally launch my efforts to move to beautiful New York City
I’ve mentioned this on my Facebook profile and I want to repeat it here, ’cause I own this here blawg: “I live in Salt Lake City. I live in my house… But I wanna go home.”
It’s a strange thing to still not be able to call Salt Lake City my home… I’ve lived here almost 10 years! But when I really feel like I’m going home, I’m thinking about Belgium or Lebanon. Now, I wanna live in the states, and I think I’ll have no issues calling New York my home.
Ok, here we go: here’s Tim & Carrie’s wedding!
Hey look, there’s an Atari logo in my title!
Ok I’m done. Commence blogging!
Ahem…
Derek and Summer’s wedding was the third in a series of back to back weddings. It really was a blast! Yes, I was a little tired that weekend, but I feed off of people’s energy, and these guys’ wedding was dripping with it! Everyone, including the bride and groom, were out on the dance floor like nobody’s business and that just makes for a great time.
Also really interesting to me; Derek is a CSI. Yep, like the TV shows!
I’d like to humbly suggest to Hollywood producers to consider the following:
CSI: Salt Lake City
What?! You’ve already done all the major cities, time to branch out to the smaller ones! Just imagine CSI in teeny tiny towns. Like CSI: Mount Pleasant… Oh the irony!
Anyway, so Derek & Summer were really just awesome. As with anyone else, I try to stay in touch with them on Facebook, where Derek and I have exchanged some hilarious David Caruso clips.
“Horatio, there don’t seem to be any pictures in this blog post.”
“Well maybe you should try…
*sunglasses*
… a little patience”
*exit screen left*
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!
I consider myself incredibly lucky; I have very few wedding horror stories to speak of. 99.99% of my brides are a joy to work with.
But every now and then I really just click with my couples. Working with them becomes effortless, talking to them when I’m not behind the camera is easy as pie and staying in touch (my Facebook account is where it’s at, baby!) is a breeze.
With Rob & Lyndsy, that’s exactly what happened. And what a wonderful pleasure it was to work with them.
Now, I can’t speak for other photographers, but I’m a STRONG believer in having a relationship with my clients beyond just the professional one. And I don’t do this as a ploy for future work (although that does tend to happen), I do it because I love people…
You read that right! Imagine that! A photographer who loves people!
Anyway, so without further ado, here’s their wedding day, beginning with my favorite image:
