Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing Daphina and Charles' Wedding ceremony and celebration. The day commenced with a traditional Chinese tea ceremony and ended with late night dancing.
There were many highlights, so many in fact, that I almost don't know where to begin. I'll start with the newlyweds. We first met in November last year, and they confirmed their date with us the following week. They're a charming couple, and if you had the chance to see their Engagement Lifestyle highlights a few weeks ago, you will have discovered they're a lot of fun. Click here if you'd like to see their Engagement Highlights.
We've had a few months to get to know each other, and by the time their Wedding Day arrived, we had a great level of trust between us. This is ideal because, as many people know, I love to wear my creative hat and have my couples participate in the often fun, playful & zany ideas I come up with. You'll see a couple of examples in the following Highlights Gallery.
A special highlight of the day was Charles' Grandma. She is 94 years old and flew in from Hong Kong for the wedding! I immediately was taken with her. She has such a lovely face and a gentle look in her eyes. Full of wisdom and stories, I'm sure. I wish she spoke English as I would've enjoyed the opportunity to speak with her, but we did communicate with lots of smiles, physical gestures and the odd translation (especially during the family formals).
I also captured the largest group shot I've done, with all 170 guests! Thanks to all who helped wrangle people. A special thanks to Amalia of Talen Events for ensuring the chair I was standing on while photographing didn't slip underneath my feet.
Wellington Music and Sky's Band provided wonderful music for the day.
I hope you enjoy these image highlights. For more detail on each photograph, hold your mouse over each image. You may also email any image to a friend simply by clicking on it. If Daphina and Charles have provided you with details to view their complete Gallery Collection on our Image Archive & Client Access website, there will be hundreds of additional story-telling images for you to enjoy.
I'd like to end this post by saying that I love all of the couples we're photographing this year. I can say without a doubt that we work with truly awesome people (and let's not forget stylish!). Until next time...
Daphina Charles Wedding BLOG - Images by Dean Oros
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Exactly 17 hours ago I finished photographing Thalia and Trevor's Wedding Day. It seems like 17 minutes ago. It was one of those days when it's hard to pack up the camera gear and leave because the people are just so lovely. I was touched by how many of Thalia and Trevor's family approached me as I was leaving to chat and thank me. It was touching. I'm the one to say thanks for having me be part of the day. Thank you, again.
I first met Thalia and Trevor just over a year ago. We met up during the Beaches Jazz Fesitval in a local cafe, and hit it off instantly. Then they went off to enjoy some of the festival.
Since then I photographed and made a coffee table book of their Engagement Lifestyle Session. I also photographed Thalia's first dress fitting where I captured her priceless expression the first time she saw herself in her wedding gown (click here to see that image). It was a family affair as quite a few family members showed up, including Thalia's Mom, Alsie, whom ever since I affectionately call Mom. She likes to joke around with me. While photographing all the girls getting ready yesterday, she asked if she should just wear what she was wearing for her daughter's wedding. She was wearing an every-day outfit, so I knew she was starting to joke with me. Without missing a beat, I said to her "Why not?" and kept shooting. Haha. "You're so bad", she replied. "Isn't he bad?', she asked anyone who was listening.
Though we were a bit tight for time, Thalia and I took a few minutes where we could just focus on her. We created some lovely portraits just before she put her veil on to walk down the aisle.
We were very lucky weather-wise. We didn't experience a drop of rain, which is exceptional considering the thunderstorms we had the week prior. Though, with the amount of humidity we all felt sweat run down our backs during the outdoor portion of the day.
The Wedding Ceremony was such a highlight of the day. The ambiance of the Old Mill Inn's Chapel combined with lots of happy tears from I'm not saying whom was real : ) and allowed me to capture some lovely moments.
I hope you enjoy the following fine-art image highlights. For more detail on each photograph, hold your mouse over each image. You may also email any image to a friend simply by clicking on it. If you have your own blog or personal website, you may embed the slideshow, too. Simply click the little triangle on the bottom-right to copy the html code.
If Thalia and Trevor have provided you with details on how to view their complete Gallery Collection on our Image Archive & Client Access website, the remaining images will be ready soon.
Congrats to Thalia and Trevor. I hope you'll have internet access while on your honeymoon. I'd love to know you were able to see some of your Wedding Images while overseas. Best wishes everyone.
Thalia Trevor Wedding Day BLOG - Images by Dean Oros
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We are very busy bees. What with it being peak wedding season, we're also bizzzeee with consultations, image editing, album design, corporate shoots, and - surprise - surprise! - a revamped website. That's right! Images of a Promise has a new website. Big, beautiful images. Wedding and Family Lifestyle never looked so good (if we may toot our horn just a little). Check it out by clicking here.
Our Image Archive and Client Access website is bustling with activity, too. DeanOrosPhoto.com is the place where our clients go to review their imagery. It's the place where those seeking stock, commercial and corporate photography visit to view our image portfolios outside of our fine-art wedding & family photojournalism.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
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Yesterday Liz married Kelvin & Kelvin married Liz. It was a beautiful day. Everyone was in the moment and laughter was filling the air on more than one occasion. And yes, there were some happy tears sneaking out of sparkling eyes.
I met the happy newlyweds a year ago. Earlier this year we had a great time photographying their Engagement Session. We created a story-telling coffee table book, which was so much fun to put together because there were a lot of fun imagery to go in it. You can see a slideshow of their Engagement Lifestyle session by clicking here.
Thank you very much to everyone for making me feel so welcome yesterday. It was such a pleasure! From Bishop Ann Tottenham's lovely ceremony to speeches during dinner, there were many heartfelt words being spoken. It was evident I was photographing two tightly-knit families coming together as one! Thank you for having me as part of such a special day. I hope you enjoy the photography as much as I enjoyed photographing you.
It was difficult selecting the images to include in Liz and Kelvin's Fine-Art Highlight Gallery. There were many to choose from. The following slideshow is just a small sample. Everyone looks smashing!
For further details on each photograph, hold your mouse over each image. You may also email any image to a friend simply by clicking on it. If you have your own blog or personal website, you may embed the slideshow, too. Simply click the little triangle on the bottom-right to copy the html code.
If Liz and Kelvin have provided you with details on how to view their complete Gallery Collection on our Image Archive & Client Access website, the remaining images will be ready in about three weeks.
Congrats to the Newlyweds!
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We'll be picking up a copy of Snow Leopard on Friday for sure.
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