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June 11, 2009

Abbe and Dan Part 2

Editing photos is a great activity on a rainy day. I just finished with Abbe and Dan’s wedding from last Saturday.

As you can tell by the large number of photos in this post, there were a lot to choose from.

Abbe gets ready with the help of her sister:

Check out the angler-themed bedroom at Armstrong Farms’ Westminster Preserve!:

Wedding crasher!:

Abbe and her dad, Tom, walk “down the aisle”:

Cutting the cake:

Abbe and her dad, Tom, during the father/daughter dance:

Thanks again to Kathy Allen for letting us walk through the wheat field:
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Check out that sunlight during the golden hour:

The sun sets:

Two outstanding weddings this past weekend. Looks like I’m going to be busy updating the galleries on my website with photos from these weddings.

Joe

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June 10, 2009

Jeanene and Joe – Part 2

I’ve been editing photos from Joe and Jeanene’s wedding at The Morning Glory Inn on the South Side of Pittsburgh last Friday and wanted to post a few more to the blog.

There was a lot of laughter both during the ceremony (below) and during the formal session, which took on the tone of a Three Stooges episode!

Jeanene was stunning in her ivory gown. Her sister Melissa helped out as she got ready:

A beautiful bride:

The courtyard at night takes on an intimate glow as the party lights and candles provide illumination:

You‘d never know that East Carson St. is just a block away. The atmosphere reminded me of some of the inns my wife and I stayed at during a trip to England.

Joe

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June 8, 2009

Indian Engagement Party

For some reason I thought the engagement party at the Pittsburgh Hilton Garden Inn at Southpointe on Sunday would be a small, low-key affair.

Who knows? Maybe it was because I’d already shot two weddings this weekend and my brain wasn’t fully functional.

How wrong I was. This was a huge event with hundreds of guests.

You can always count on two things at Indian weddings and the related events:

1 – There will be a TON of great food.

2 – There will be dancing.

In fact, once the ceremonies are over and the DJ starts spinning the bhangra beats the dance floor is immediately filled to capacity. Everybody is grooving – young, old, in-between.

And, folks, that’s the way it should be!

Joe

The groom-to-be gets down with his buddies after the formal ceremony.

The couple exchange rings at the end of the formal engagement ceremony.

A group of ladies gather on stage to sing traditional songs to the couple.

Like I said, these guys know how to have fun.

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Vanessa and Warren - June 8, 2009 - 2:16 pm

Festive AND smart! I have a lot of Indian students and every one of them is an absolute joy. Indian culture is doing something right, clearly!

June 7, 2009

Outstanding in Her Field

Wow! Two fantastic weddings this weekend.

I’m really lucky to be able to photograph the weddings of such great couples. It is truly inspiring. As the Reverend said at the wedding yesterday (I’ll paraphrase): What the world needs more than ever is for people to come together, and what better way to accomplish that than the marriage of two people who love each other.

Armstrong Farms in Saxonburg provided the backdrop and as always owner Kathy Allen came through with a beautiful day.

Thanks Abbe and Dan, best wishes to you on your honeymoon!

I’ll be posting photos from both of the weddings this weekend, so check back.

Joe

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