Last Friday Jon and Cindy were married at the gorgeous hotel “Mansion”. It was very beautiful intimate wedding.  Before Wedding Cindy showed us a photograph of her Grandmother & Grandfather’s wedding and asked that I shoot something similar of her and Jon. So we tried to capture most of their pictures in this retro style….

Jon & Cindy, thank you so much for allowing us to be a part of this DAY with you!
Here’s some favorites from this wedding:

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It is not easy to find words to describe how I am blessed to do what I do…
I want to say THANK you to all my brides and grooms, to all my clients for being so kind and open with me, for their e-mails, letters and words which makes me proud for my work and puts a big smile on my face and in my soul.
Thank you to my parents for being always with me…an ocean never sets us apart. I love you!
Thank you to my lovely friends for “being MY FRIENDS” it is always means so much for me! They know how to make lemonade from lemons. 
And thank you to my husband for love and care! He knows how to make me feel the happiest woman on the planet! Love you!!!!!!!
~ Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!

 I LOVE “Trash the dress “sessions! I am always glad to hear when my brides planning to do this “spiced up with fashion” photo shoot. No doubt that every girl/women desires to have these beautiful photos designed in coffee table style album.

I’m happy to share these photos from my last TD session  ! You can find more  photos  with Shan here…

Time: 6 a.m. (best time for morning shoot!)

Place: Niagara Falls (Canada)

Bride: beautiful Shan

Make up artist: talanted Anna (She is the best!)

Anna makes her magic work…

~ Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!

My favorite from session:

 Check out some of my favorite images from the pregnancy  session for Natalia:

Couple days ago I posted our photos taken by Jessica. Today I am ready to show photos from their honeymoon session on Costa Rica.

Enjoy! 

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Did I mention that Costa Rica was chosen for our 4th anniversary? And today is the “second date” of our anniversary, day when we had the wedding ceremony on Bali. Anyway - the reason for this post is that I wanted to share with you several pictures of us!
And of course it comes with a story:  during our dinner in the hotel we noticed a beautiful couple right next to us. As we figure out later, they were on honeymoon.

Sadly we have not had a chance to hang out more together, because I and Lyosha had to catch a flight back in 2 days. Later on I came up with a great idea to arrange “quick” photo shoot for each other and they agreed!!!

Adam and Jessica, we want to THANK YOU for the fantastic photos! I am so happy that we have beautiful pictures of both of us from Costa Rica! We had so much fun during our improvised photo session!
And Guys I promise I will post your photos in a couple days! I hope you will love them too!
Write to us about your adventures we’ll be excited to hear about your honeymoon!! 
 

Already for couple times I was trying to illustrate and write about our 12-days trip and every time it was a big disaster. How it is even possible to describe what we saw, heard and tried. How it is possible to describe the paradise?
Costa Rica is the place you dream to visit and the dream to come back… People who live there were so kind and so welcoming us that we even started to think we can live there. Confusing and impossible to path road conditions did not scare us. The nature impressed us with colors and contrasts.

Our trip began from San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. We rented 4×4 and moved to the North to La Fortuna right near the Arenal volcano. Here we hade great opportunity to enjoy volcano view right from our bungalow…During the next several days we took hiking to Rio Celeste and rafting on Rio Toro. It worth to do if you really like “Pura Vida” which means “real life”!
After Arenal we drove to Montverde Cloud Forest reserve and spent there 2 days. This place is one of the most outstanding wildlife refuges in the New World Tropics. It was an unforgettable experience- we were flying above the cloud forest on the Sky Trek Canopy Tour, the most thrilling zip lines in Costa Rica. I truly recommend trying this if you ever will go there!
After the cup of perfect espresso we have put together all our strengths and drove down to Golden coast of Costa Rica – Pacifica.  Warm sand, ocean, hammock and mojitos were waiting for us there.
I would like to share our experience with you. If you planning your trip to Costa Rica, this information can be interesting and helpful:
-Do not miss Montverde when planning your trip.
- November is not high season, however the weather is perfect and you have great opportunity to enjoy silence and nature…Hotels are almost empty at this time.
- If you wish to rent a car, it will help if you print some Google maps with you. You will get some maps in Rental Company and hotels, or you can ask for GPS unit at Rental Company for an additional charge. You should be for this- all these maps will have different names and numbers for roads. The only ways to get to your destination- is proper planning or get a GPS. Never leave you belongings in the car, those can be stolen (personal tips from Lyosha)
- San Jose, this place is not safe (Even locals are saying this). Not much to see there …
- If you pass board “SODAS” you can stop by and have a good lunch. Those are usual places where locals eating. Lunch is delicious - rice with beans and meat, some salad and juice ($5)
- This country is a paradise for gourmets of good coffee. I found 40 types of coffee in our menu. 
- Cows and dogs walk on road and of cause they have priority!
- All beaches are public
- We recommend drinking water only from bottle
-The Pacific Ocean’s cost is excellent for surfing
-Hotels, which we are recommending - Paradisus  Playa Conchal Resort (Golden coast of Costa Rica –Pacifica),  Mountain Paradise Hotel (North to La Fortuna), Capitan Suizo hotel (Golden coast of Costa Rica –Pacifica)

-This cost is not for good interesting  diving

 Here the map which shows how we moved thru the Costa Rica:

View from  Mountain Paradise Hotel

Sky Trek is a system of platforms suspended above the ground in the midst of tree boughs. Zip lines attached from one platform to another allow our to slide with the use of special equipment.

Rain forest

 Yammi!

Wild beach have many surprises….

So cute!

My favorite! Thank you Lesha for this picture and idea!!!!! Love you!

Ummmm!

HOLA!
We have returned back from Costa Rica last night!!!!! It was one of the best adventures in our life!!!! I have a lot of photos to share with you… Right now I will give you a peek of us. This picture was taken during our Sky Trek tour in cloud forest in Monteverde.