Last weekend I and lyosha were invited to Philadelphia to capture a very special day. A little adorable girl Nicole cerebrated her special birthday. Special, because it has religious significance-  Bat Mitzvah. According to Jewish Law, every Jewish girl becomes a Bat Mitzvah at age 12. It was a great experience for us- we never shoot Bat Mitzvah before and we were very impressed…Nicole, her parents and grandparents prepared touchable speeches and stories about their beautiful family. The most emotional part was when Nicole started her speech….She told about her future life, career, and her love to family. Just breathtaking…..
Thank you Diana and Marat , thank you SO much for making us a part of that day!

 Here you can see the slide show!
 

Many of you remember Sonya and Vladimir’s E-session…Why I’ve back to this session again? Because I did not have a chance to share their amazing photos in a slide show …..my favorite tool for presentation. To be true this is my favorite Trash the dress session! I love everything about that day – the mood, the rain, love this sweet couple…We all had a lot of fun during photo shoot.  BTW  many of you probably thinking were it was shot – it is Bennett beach

For more images, be sure to check out their SLIDE SHOW here!

I am so happy, I’ve got permission to post these beautiful photos from unforgettable wedding ! 

Luwam and Samuel, I can not stop to say “Thank you”! We had such a blast photographing your Wedding day.

  While Lyosha and Alexander photographed Samuel’ getting ready, Tatiana and I met Luwam in Iconz Hair Designs salon at 7-30 a.m. That beautiful day started with smiles.

Luwam’s dress was gorgeous!

They are one of the most beautiful couple I ever seen!!!

One of my favorite…

From the church.  I love how the light  reflects on their faces!

On the second day they were in gorgeous traditional dresses.

A beautiful bridesmaids amazed us every day with new stunning hairstyles and dresses.

Kids are always so funny. They were near us all the time and as soon as we started taking pictures, these little ones posed like professional models on the red carpet. But most interesting happened when we allowed them to be a photographers….

For more images, be sure to check out their SLIDE SHOW here!

Samuel and Luwam are easily two of the most fun clients we have ever had.  It is nearly impossible to be around them and not to smile.  Photo session was easy and natural. I love almost all photos from that day and it is hard to select my favorite…
Here are some of them:

This photo is just amazing…Thank you, Lyosha!!!

This one was taken by Lyosha too I love how you used the light….

 Me in action

Lyosha-sniper

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I am ready to share with you Chris and Suzanne’s wedding photos. What an absolutely fabulous day!!! Full of emotions, romance, joy, surprises and touching toasts. One of the things which really touched me – it was said that “Chris knows the art of life. He loves to travel and discover new places and he opened a whole new world for Suzanne. Suzanne is the person who knows art of love. She brings them both back. Suzanne gives to Chris that warm and cozy feeling of being at home…” They simply complete each other and together they have so much fun. Wow! When you hear something like that you understand that there is something magical is happening right now, right at this moment.  And you want to cry, tears of joy and happiness wanted to come out- that how I felt when I was there. 
Thank  you Suzanne and Chris, It was such a honor to be part of your wedding day!
I listen CD with your favorite songs – it makes me think about you guys. Using music it was really great idea to share with us a part of your soul. And your pictures on the table from different parts of the world were really cool idea.

 I love everything about these small details you created for your wedding.
  Have a blast in Hawaii’s!!!!!
 

 For more photos check  SLIDE SHOW here…….

Yesterday we spent wonderful time on the beach shooting Chris and Suzanne’s engagement session. Chris and Susanne came for the shoot with their little cute friend who made us laughing all the time.
 It was perfect symbioses of the great place, wonderful weather and a beautiful couple! They are both very interesting persons and supplement each other. She is an art teacher, she knows how to create the beauty and the harmony….He loves flying, surfing, skiing, aerial photography, travel and adventures.  They are radiate happiness and they are so much in love!!!

It is hard to explain using words – So here are my favotite photos and Slide show from Chris + Suzanne e-session :

She lookes happy

One of my favorite:

I love this one….It was just a moment…I am sure this photo will surprise Suzanne

Sunset was amazing!!!!!!

Lyosha

 Check SLIDE SHOW for more photos here…….

We had gone back and forth a few times about which day and time to shoot because the weather was cold all week. Finally it got sunny and wArm and we met last Saturday for engagement session. Aroma Café was a great spot for morning get-together! As always we came early and then  Nick showed up but the most interesting part of this- he walked towards us alone…… When we asked where Susan was, he explained that her dress was damaged and she was looking for some thing other in her clothes. Susan came 5 min latter and I was so glad, she wasn’t upset too much  about this nuisance and looked so beautiful and cheerful. Actually, I would like to say couple words about how they met. It was like in a movie…very designing story !

They both came to the bar for date…He with another girl and she – with other guy, going on a blind date.  There was something “hooligany” in Nick’s mood that day, and he decided to go ahead and, actually interrupt Susan’s blind date by ending his date, following her and than asking her to step aside and possibly giving him her phone number. How daring is that? Well, it payed off, since they are getting married now, and it is not even 2 years since that historic night!

Nick and Susan are just so sweet together!!! Here are a few of my favorite shots from the day:

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~ Yuliya

Last week I had the pleasure of taking some portraits of little Masha. She was so sweet at letting me run around her and take pictures. This is such a great age to capture!

For more images, be sure to check out this slideshow!