This past Saturday I had the honor of photographing a very simple, yet elegant wedding at University Circle. Sandy and Tony tied the knot at the duck pond behind the Cleveland Museum of Art along with a small gathering of close friends and family. The ceremony was beautiful, full of joy, laughter and tears. Towards the end of the ceremony, they even had a visit from the random shirtless man walking his dog. Too funny The reception took place at the historical Alumni House at Case Western Reserve University.  This place was AMAZING. I even had the pleasure of witnessing Tony jam some tunes with his band members.

Congratulations to Sandy and Tony!!

This wedding was a perfect example that a low budget’s simplicity can be beautiful and inspiring. Del is a friend of mine from way back. I was so thrilled to capture his wedding day. We had so much fun!! The wedding was shot last year.

Let me just say that my business is built on word of mouth and it amazes how far it has actually taken me. All of my weddings this year have come from previous brides from the 2009 season. No advertising folks!! Which has led to more gigs not related to weddings. For instance, below is April and Chris,

they found me while looking at a potential photographer for their wedding on his flickr friend. I was a contact of a contact of that photographer and somehow they found me. Months passed and I photographed their wedding. Few more months go by and one of her bridesmaid contacts me to shoot family portraits down by the  Columbus Ohio area.

Little bit later a student at the school that Chris works as a teacher saw the wedding album and contacted me to do senior portraits.

After that, Beth, a friend of April’s contacted me because she absolutely loved the way I captured her friends wedding and wanted me to capture her wedding. Which by the way I am really looking forward to. And now I will be doing all head shots for the school drama club (that’s where Chris teaches at). Wooo!! This is all so amazing. Word of Mouth… Gotta Love it!!

Photo shoot the day after wedding next to the Art Institute of Chicago with Thomas and Kim.