@MoraimaPhoto thanks so much!!!
Off to see @justdalisa and @altfdotcom 's new studio.
Written & Photographed by Daniel Kudish
While working at home this evening, I heard several emergency vehicles fly by our window. After a quick call to my sister who lives a few blocks from us, I was out and sprinting down the street, camera in hand. The buildings were empty so no one was hurt, but they were a total loss.
Anne-Marie & Richard’s wedding was photographed by Davina Palik and Jeremy Glover
I had been looking forward to shooting Anne-Marie and Richard’s wedding ever since I shot their engagement photos last fall. Not only are they a great looking couple with visible chemistry, but they were open to anything for their photos! For their engagement session, we went under the Turcot interchange and used graffiti walls, concrete pillars, and rusty walls as backdrops. We even ended up crawling under old fences to get to the really great spots! So it came to no surprise when Anne-Marie told me they wanted to stop by a construction site – an old church her architectural firm is converting into condos – for their wedding day portraits. The whole time Jeremy and I spent with them (all fourteen hours!), I felt like a kid at Disneyland… this was the perfect way to start the wedding season!
And you can view their slideshow below
Greetings from the comfort of our own office!
We had an amazing time in Thailand! From trekking in the Northern Thai jungle, to spending the day with elephants, to lounging on the beach in the south – it was really a fantastic experience. But 5 weeks is a long, long time and we missed our home, our work, and of course, Coco (our little dog, for those of you who have yet to meet her).
So At First Sight is now back in full swing, as busy as ever. So far we have about 60 weddings scheduled this year, and our first two are this Saturday. We are so ready and anxious to get this season started! We have a few small changes underway that we are looking forward to sharing with you. As you may have noticed, we have reformatted our blog to provide you with larger photos and we will now be offering a slideshow as part of our wedding packages which we will also be sharing with you on the blog. We have prepared a sample using some of our Thailand photos for you to take a look at.
Enjoy!
(as posted on our old blog, on January 24th 2009)
Sawatdee!
We are still in Thailand but thought we owed you a short post to deliver some news… obviously the title of this post has given it away, but here it is again: WE’RE ENGAGED! Also, we sort of got married… let me go into a little more detail!
Daniel and I have had more than enough opportunities to discuss what we’d like to do when it was our turn to get hitched, and we thought we’d like to do things a little differently since we make a living going to weddings. I had shared with him that my dream proposal would consist of a ring and a pair of tickets to Vegas. Well, much to my surprise, on Christmas eve, Daniel presented me with a small box under the tree and proposed in the presence of my parents and sister. I have to admit to being a little disappointed as this was not what I had imagined… at least not for us! He surprised me further a few hours later by telling me that we were leaving for Vegas a week and a half later and that Ben Chrisman, our favorite photographer, was going to meet us there.
So on January 4th, at 3pm, Daniel and I got legally married at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas in the presence of Ben Chrisman, our one and only witness. As tacky as we had imagined that it would be (and it was!) it was also extremely romantic as it felt like there was no one else in the world but the two of us.
We have been traveling since then, first to L.A., then to Bangkok, northern Thailand, and now we are “beaching” it in the south. We are also planning our “real” wedding which will take place in about 2 years, likely in Mexico. You didn’t think we’d let ourselves miss out on planning a wedding, did you? So although we are married on paper, we still see ourselves as engaged. We haven’t exchanged rings or said vows in front of friends and family yet, and we believe that this is what it’ll take for us to REALLY be married! After all, if there’s one thing we’ve learned from what we do, it’s that a wedding and a marriage mean different things to different people.
Enjoy the photos, courtesy of our idol, Ben Chrisman (and check out his blog, we’re on it!).
Mel & Rob’s wedding was photographed by Davina Palik and Daniel Kudish with the help of Michael Beaulieu.
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