Diana & Andrei – photo session at the National Theatre in Cluj

So, finally, I got to post the august wedding I photographed.

Diana, as you will see below, was a gorgeous bride, extremely beautiful and poised, but Andrei managed to keep up with her :)
Because there are so many beautiful pictures I want to post, I will do this in two parts – first one is the session with the two of them and their close friends, and the second is the ceremony and the party.

Enjoy the pictures! I know I did working on them!:)

 

 

 

 

 

       

 

I couldn’t help it: being in the theatre with this beautiful couple made me think of old pictures. So I did some treatments on many of the pictures to get the “old picture” feeling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

        

This is definitely my favorite picture of the bride!

 

 

          

 

        

 

 

… I have to admit, this is another favorite of mine:)

 

       

          

 

 

 

Leaving for the ceremony and the party!

 

A real engagement story

This is my first blog in English… I wanted to do this for a long time now, but I just couldn’t decide if to do it or not.

My excuse is now that my cousins form Ireland (who grew up there), understand better English that Romanian, plus they have friends that know only English:)

I have a LOT of pictures form Ireland, and they will be posted as soon as I finish the weddings I am working on… But until then, I couldn’t help myself and I had to post here something very cute!

My visit in Ireland was full of surprises, one of which I planned with Liviu, Teddy’s boyfriend. He asked me if we could plan somehow the way he will propose to my cousin. It all started with our visit to the sea, where we took some “important” shots of the ring and his hands holding it.

The next day I took some shots of them in the backyard at Teddy’s request – she didn’t know what was going on ;))

A few days later, we printed the pictures, among which were images with the ring. That evening, we took Teddy for a walk at the sea, telling her we will have a photo session there, ‘cause she said she doesn’t have enough pictures taken;)

 

Below is the story in images:

These are the pictures printed for her – she didn’t know we printed them and I had them with me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

One observation – the following pictures aren’t super sharp (as I like them) because I had to use high ISO (1600) – it was a cloudy evening, and the light was extremely poor, so the images were very noisy (meaning they had those annoying small red and green dots:) ).

 

And the story goes like this:

Teddy is asking us how come we came with this idea – a walk in the evening, when it was so cold?, but she accepts our explanation.

 

 

 

 

After a few minutes, I take the pictures out to show them to her…

 

This is what she sees at one point…

 

At this moment, she is dazzled…

 

 

You can see below her expression(s) when she sees this image – it was written on it “WILL YOU MARRY ME?”

 

She is speechless… she quickly goes from surprise, to amazement, to not believing it’s happening…

 

She hugs Liviu, all smiles, and gets back to the picture…

 

 

She asks us if this is a joke… We play a little with her feelings :D, but Liviu finally says it isn’t a joke.

 

At this moment, Teddy starts to believe it is true…

 

He hugs her, holding the ring (as you can see), and then he just asks THE QUESTION!

 

 

A happy Teddy shows me the ring…

 

Just the ring she’s been longing for…

 

 

A few moments alone… to let them get it all in!

 

 

 

And now, telling everybody the good news…

Finally believing she just got engaged:)

I am so happy to have been a part of this… I think this is every girl’s dream (well, maybe not every girl, but I know a few, and I am one of them)… to have pictures of the engagement:) So, there you go, Teddy :)

I wish God will give you two happiness and wisdom to grow together as a family and to know Him and His beauty!

 

 

Botezul lui David

 

David este un baietel foarte frumos, ai carui parinti au dorit sa fotografiez momentul atat de important din viata lor. Si anume botezul. Pentru ca eu sunt penticostala ca si confesiune, stiu destul de putine despre ritualurile si simbolurile botezului greco-catolic, asa ca explicatiile imaginilor vin de fapt de la preotul care l-a oficiat.

Cei care stiu cum se deruleaza botezul, inteleg imaginile fara textele mele. Pentru cei care nu le inteleg, ma voi stradui sa le explic:)

 

Anna, una dintre nasele lui David, in asteptarea inceperii botezului

Detalii ale “instrumentelor de lucru” ale preotului si de infrumusetare a salii

Apa si busuioc pentru sfintire, conform traditiei

Conform ritualului greco-catolic, la intrarea in biserica se face o rugaciune pentru copilul care intra pentru prima data aici

Cei doi parinti fericiti si mandri de copilasul lor:)

David, foarte preocupat de doua degetele de la mana stanga:)

Cele 2 nase ale lui David

Botezul lui David

Nasii lui David

Un ultim pas inainte de a-l inmana pe copil parintilor lui – inconjurarea altarului de catre preot impreuna cu David

Medeea

 

In asteptarea pozelor de la nunta Dianei si a lui Andrei, m-am gandit sa va bucur ochii cu o frumusete de fata. Sedinta foto a fost facuta in graba, cu cateva zile inaintea intoarcerii lor in America. Levi si Bianca au stat in Romania 5 luni, si noi am apucat sa facem sedinta doar in ultima clipa.

Asta se intampla la inceputul lunii mai, dar abia acum am ajuns sa impartasesc cu voi aceste poze :)

Si iata si pozele mai jos.

 

Medeea s-a simtit foarte bine, m-a ignorat cu eleganta si si-a vazut de treaba pe canapeaua rosie a bunicului ei:)

 

Ca sa fie si mai interesant, Levi – tatal – i-a dat o jucarie, pe care Medeea a intors-o pe toate partile.

 

 

 

O alta jucarie la moda printre copiii de azi – telefonul mobil:)

Va place modul in care se desfasoara lucrurile, nu?:))

 

O scurta sedinta foto cu mami si tati:)

 

Nunta Dianei si a lui Andrei… avanpremiera:)

Duminica de 23 august am petrecut-o alaturi de Diana si de Andrei, un cuplu frumos, elegant si distins, care au hotarat ca nunta lor sa fie fotografiata de mine. Mai jos aveti doar cateva imagini, ca sa va fac sa vreti sa vedeti mai multe:)