Angela and Rob - September 2, 2006

Rain ! Rain ! Rain ! Yes, it was raining cats and dogs in Princeton, NJ on September 2nd... but who cares ! If you have a bride like Angela to photograph there's sunshine around you no matter how much rain falls from the sky ! From the first moment of the day Angela was nothing but joy to work with and so it stayed till the last minute on the dance floor. Image number one in Angela's set of proofs:



At this point it would be a crime not to mention Angela's mother Deanna:



who actually hired me for the job and made me feel like home during the entire day being the coolest Mother of the Bride ever ! Deanna - once again, Thank You for everything !

As it's easy to realize I started photographing Angela and Rob's wedding with the girls getting their hair done, there was a lot of things going on and to me it felt like working at the backstage of a beauty pageant:



the girls around me were not only all pretty but also fun to photograph:



including the flower girl, who was looking at the unfolding day in her own way:



I do not often show myself at work so here I am getting another smiley shot of the bride:



I was happy to have a wonderful team member for Angela and Rob's wedding. My talented friend Monika Broz agreed to join me and start the day with the groom and the boys, here's one of her images of a groomsman receiving his gift:



With their hair all done the ladies moved to the bride's house to finish up their make-up:



The time came for the bridal portraits, I used window light and a table lamp next to the wall in the background to create this image:



Angela actually did most of the work herself:



...I was just pressing the shutter release button on my camera without directing anything:



...and in a similar way I captured one of my definite favourite images of the day:



...moving around the house we were able to create more stunning shots:



even Deanna's cat was shocked, she refused to move away from the stairs that the bride was just about to use to come downstairs:



Angela and all her angels:



The credit for the next image - of the flower girl moments before the ceremony - goes to Deanna because she was the one who saw it and called me to record it:



A few minutes later Monika got this shot of the bride, right before she walked down the aisle:



Here comes the bride with her father:



The church did not allow to photograph the ceremony from up close:



So... Thank God for telephoto lenses:



Married couple happy even though the rain wouldn't stop:



...and the fierless photographers, who risked their equipment getting wet to get these images:





With the weather excluding any outside photo opportunities we used the beautiful church for the couple's session:



...and I was quite happy with what we were getting:





One image of the whole bridal party at the altar:



And one of the entire new family, created during the reception:



Angela & Rob - congratulations from the bottom of our hearts and Thank You for being splendid models !!! Deanna, Tim, Pat, Bob & the whole bridal party - Thank You for making us feel so welcome and turning a rainy day into photographer's heaven !