Collection 13 winners
This photograph shows the typical couple with Armenian roots. High contrast is very suitable to describe their relationship. Arman groom traditionally emotional and strong in spirit, the bride Yana - submissive, gentle and very beautiful. Like all Armenians, our couple deeply respects family values and national traditions. I am sure - they will retain their bright love at the end of life!
This picture was taken in Martinique (Caribbean sea). That day, the sea wasn’t very clear and even if the sun was there, there was not much light underwater. The only possibility was to achieve this pic near the water surface to have more light. I asked the bride to remain underwater during this time, i asked the groom to dive from a small fisherman boat to create depth to pic. Isn’t too easy for the Bride to stay underwater because the dress rises to the water surface.
Many photographers are against shooting at high sun, but I just Love it! It’s always a challenge to do something different in bright sun. You need to put all effort to show up the story in a different view. Andreas and Ines, a lovely couple from Austria came all over to the Croatian cost in the city Savudrija to promise eternal loyalty. Waves of the sea, hot sun, and almost 40degrees celsius created the unique moment of bride and groom walking down to the pier.
Newlyweds Anna and Alex are depicted in this photograph in symbolic move! They go hand in hand in the same direction. This is the path towards the light and life and endless love for each other.
Funny pic taken in a park of Madrid. Two crazy lovers, an amazing sunset and beautiful trees to make a minimalist silhouette. Madrid, Spain.
Photograph of a wonderful place arrival from Berlin to land Extremadura. Made with a graduated ND filter and illuminated with Flash SB910.
In a beautiful day in summer, Riccardo and Chiara have decided to directly make the photos during the appetizer in the venue of the marriage, at Pisa in the charming Tuscany.
Surprise! In the Villa there was an enchanted wood, I didn't think about finding such a unique place, a heaven! A natural waterfall and a romantic couple for this "magical" picture.
This couple loves Amsterdam as I do and while we walked to our next location to the canals I wanted to stop at this particular spot. It was quite busy and we had to move back and forth due to traffic and buses crossing the street. After I had set my camera ready I told them to move quickly to their spot so we can take the picture. What the bride-to-be loves most about this picture is that in the background you see the bank building her parents worked most of their lives and that her late father is in this way remembered in this special picture.
The photo was taken in the Lake District, Cumbria at my favourite time of day, just as the sun was deciding to retire for the day. My Bride and Groom had mentioned to me a ‘beauty spot’ about 5 minutes away from their wedding venue, so we jumped in my car and took a little drive. The beauty spot is called Surprise View and looks out over Derwentwater, Keswick. I’d never been there before and needless to say, I was quite happy when we got up there. I wanted to show a sense of scale and remoteness in the image and have them framed in amongst the trees and set against the expanse of water.
The title of this artwork is "Lead Me". It is a Legacy portrait created just for Katie and Marshall Hargrave at their wedding in Woodhull, New York, to show what is so very unique to them...THEIR STORY!. I sometimes say that an image has so much story to tell that it is bursting off the page and this is certainly one of them. Grab your tissues and you will understand how God brought the bride Katie through a year of heartbreak and healing. Katie's first husband of nine months was tragically killed in an accident. It was during Katie's roughest year that God unexpectedly brought Marshall into her life to heal the wounds of loss. In this timeless image, Marshall's courage and strength are depicted in contrast to Katie's tender heart. The image was created for Katie to give to Marshall with these words, "I once took a thousand moments for granted because I was certain there would be a million more. But today ,with God's healing, I give my hand and heart to you to 'lead me' and I promise I will cherish every moment we have together." I feel honored to capture these stories and create lasting memories for clients like this.
The photo was taken at the end of the wedding. Their wedding was unfortunately moved indoors because of rain and she was disappointed that most of the earlier pictures had to be taken inside, to where I responded, "then let's grab an umbrella and go out! It doesn’t matter now if the dress gets dirty and wet” And we made beautiful art shortly after.
It's a classic!!! And a moment everyone expects on a Peruvian wedding. Gabriela tossed her bouquet so gracefully, with both hands, no looking back and really straight into the hands of one of her friends. This was an amazing wedding on the countryside of Lima city, full of light and love, and of course so much fun. Gabriela and Jorge made such a beautiful and unique couple and I loved to photograph their day so much.
I really enjoyed capturing this image. My main objective was to show brides how beautiful & elegant a "Boudoir Bride" can be. In addition, I wanted to show how a "Boudoir Bride" can be done on the day of the wedding. There is no need for lots of props or over the top surroundings. All you need is the bride & her dress!
I’d already made some portraits with Hannah and Simon earlier in the day, but during the wedding breakfast there was some amazing light outside. So after setting up a couple of flashes I asked them to come outside for another couple of minutes for some more portraits. The light was fading fast and we finished in a couple of minutes, but they then decided to practice their first dance. I left the lights set up and just shot what was happening - unposed and totally natural.
The inspiration for this photo was the couple’s wedding theme: Taking the Plunge. Little did they know, that would be a shockingly apt interpretation of their wedding weekend as Texas saw record rainfall that month. Their custom outdoor wedding site was completely washed away repeatedly, leaving the wedding professionals scurrying frantically until the very last minute to set up the 600-guest reception site. But that’s neither here nor there. Wesley and Keller wanted to do underwater portraits, and we excitedly obliged, as we love every opportunity to do something out of the ordinary and get creative. We shot this at the bride’s parents’ house in the Fort Worth area. Right on the lake, they have some breathtakingly beautiful property, complete with an outdoor pool. So we had the location. The bride ordered an inexpensive, second-hand dress, and the groom wore his old tux. Most underwater portraits are taken during the day with natural light, but we wanted to give our clients something unique and different. So we set up a series of strobes and shot at sunset and nighttime. Shaun majored in photography, so his extensive light training made this a quick and easy setup. It was the off-camera lighting that gives this image the ethereal quality it has — the glowing bubbles, the shadows cast on the bottom and sides of the pool, the contrast. We used the ewa-marine underwater bag for watertight protection, and Shaun dipped underwater with the couple to get the shots. We did need to coach the couple through breathing and keeping their faces relaxed, but the bride is a dancer and therefore needed to coaching whatsoever on body placement. That was all her! The couple used a series of underwater photographs for a custom, fold-out save-the-date, and we couldn’t be happier with how the finished product turned out!
This was my first time in Costa Rica and it met all expectations and more. The bride and groom, Kortney & Chris, were walking hand in hand down the beach together. I love giving couples a breathing moment after the ceremony and before we start photos so that they can soak it all in. As I was walking behind them, changing my lens, I notice how perfect the whole scenery was and how that one tree and the open blue sky and water engulfed them. I dropped everything and began shooting. This set of images was the Bride's favourite of the whole bunch :)
This picture is of a postboda in Geneva, this is exactly Lake Leman, in a small jetty. The sky was very cloudy, almost raining, and gives a special touch. This report has a special value, is the wedding of some great friends, Josean & Luciana.
We found this amazing location just by a lucky chance. We had a two hours trip to make this shooting in Navarra, Spain, and before reaching our thought location, we saw the tree trunks and the snow surrounding it, and we just got astonished and went for the perfect shoot. The reflection of this amazing couple was captured with a little pool on the floor. I knelt down and tried to have a nice composition with the couple, their reflection, the tree trunks, the little tree and the sky.
It is a pleasure to capturing moments of love like the wedding is. A wedding day is one of the most important days in our lives and everything should be perfect this day, but the only thing that we can’t arrange is the weather. This photo was taken at small but lovely wedding of Lubica and Ondrej in the small homestead Ujezd u Planice near Pilsen in the Czech Republic. I used two flashes, one behind couple for lightening rain drops and one small flash in the umbrella for lightening bride and groom from the top. It is one of my favorite wedding pictures.
The location of this gorgeous affair is one of my favourites in Scotland, Errol Park Estates. There's a variety of backdrops there; from the beautiful sweeping drive to the authentic mansion house, the whole place is a throwback to another era. This photo was taken towards the end of our couple session. I always encourage my newlyweds to take a little stroll together on their own, it gives them a chance to revel in the moment and enjoy some time away from guests! While chatting and re-living the day, Sigrid and Juraj stepped into the light at just the right time, their eyes only for each other. The sun, the couple and the location were just perfect.