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Heather & Doug - a GREAT start to 2008

Jan 16, 2008
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Jason Knauer and I covered Heather and Doug's wedding in Baltimore a couple weekends ago and we had a great time! Heather and Doug, together and separately are wonderful people and they fit so well together. It was just a few days after the new year, we had mild weather for January and location after location in and around Baltimore was gorgeous. I'm so glad I was able to be a part of your day!

Congratulations you guys!!

Heather scouted five of these images out of my 2008 portfolios earlier this week, which are exclusively on facebook right now! Go be a friend of the studio to have exclusive access to the 2008 portfolios before they hit ryeli.com soon. If you've been in front of my cameras in the last year or two, chances are you're in there!

Andre & Monique - College of Notre Dame Wedding

Dec 13, 2007
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Andre and Monique were married two weeks ago in Baltimore. It was a beautiful winter, night wedding and they were a smiley, happy couple. Even though things were running late, they were calm, relaxed and having a great time. In one of the images Monique was dancing with her daughter, Heaven, when Her Mom came out and started dancing, then Grandma and then Aunts and other members of the family. It was really cool to see all the Matriarchs and women of the family on the floor without even being asked! The outside portrait of Monique and Andre was taken around 11p... it's awesome what a little off camera lighting can do!

Congratulations you guys! Thank you for having me capture your day!

The Alston Family Christmas

Dec 13, 2007
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I recently met the Alston family at their home. Their daughter Adrianna was adorable and so easy to work with! This is the Christmas card I created for them. Thank you guys for having me out, have a wonderful Christmas!

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Megha & Mintu - 3 of 3

Dec 4, 2007
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The reception for Mintu and Meg was at Fox Chase in Manassas, VA. It was a beautiful reception, wonderful food, awesome lighting, great music and TONS of dancing and entertainment. 400 guests comfortably fit in the grand ballroom and even though maybe 100 people were off in corners talking that still left ~300 on the HUGE dance floor. It was a highly energized evening to celebrate the newly wed couple.

The last image is my absolute favorite from both days. I can't wait to have it enlarged, box mounted and hanging in the studio!

Mintu and Megha: Thank you for having me be a part of your celebration! I had a wonderful time and I wish you guys the very best! You guys were SO calm and chill through TONS of family formals, unexpected turns and everything else that goes with a large wedding! Thank you!

London Sandy: You're famous!

Megha & Mintu - 2 of 3

Dec 4, 2007
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After leaving the Gurdwara we went back to Meg's Parent's house where we did some portraits, drank Indian tea and Megha left her parent's house with her belongings. Traditionally this would be where the Bride leaves her family to live with her husband, sometimes moving far away. I don't hear this often called the "Crying Ceremony" anymore but that's essentially what it is... and a few tears were shed. Meg? She just smiled :o)

Megha & Mintu - 1 of 3

Dec 4, 2007
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I've shot my share of Indian weddings. Meg and Mintu was to be my first Sikh wedding. The Gurdwara (Sikh Temple) was beautiful inside as was the ceremony and experience. There was much more singing than the Hindu ceremonies I have become accustomed to. One side of the temple was women, the other men with the Guru, Mintu and Meg in the middle. After the ceremony we all went downstairs to eat lunch.

Megha & Mintu - Pre-post

Dec 4, 2007
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I'm getting ready to post three separate posts from Megha and Mintu's wonderful wedding. This, oddly, is one of my favorite scene setting images from this whole wedding season. The reception venue, Fox Chase in Manassas, VA, was gorgeous inside with beautiful chandeliers, elegant rooms with TALL ceilings and a great dance floor.

I have a D200, 10mm, 2.8f @ 1/60sec (640ASA?) up on a fully extended monopod, probably 12 feet in the air. For whatever reason the remote shutter didn't focus properly but happy accidents are always welcome! I would love to have this hanging in the studio.

Megha & Mintu Formals

Nov 25, 2007
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I shot Megha & Mintu's Sikh wedding over the last two days. I can't wait to share some of the wonderful images I was able to capture for them but for right now I had to throw this collage together to show one of the big differences between American and Indian weddings: The formals.

"American" Wedding = maybe 30 formals
Indian Wedding = at least 150 formals

170 formal groups

Meg and Mintu were wonderful people and their family and friends were NO exception. I met and got to know people from all over the world in the last couple days. I wish everyone safe travels back home and I can't wait to share more images from the ceremony and reception!

Harry & Rachel - Christian/Military/Chinese/Indian Wedding!

Nov 21, 2007
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Harry and Rachel's wedding was last Saturday and I had a great time! They were wonderful people, honestly in love and everything of their day reflected it. This wedding combined so many of my favorite types of weddings! Christian ceremony, on base which always means beautiful chapel, traditional Chinese elements and Indian elements. Not only were they great people and a beautiful wedding I got to work with one of my favorite videographers, Neil "Bollywood" Benjers. I picked way too many images for this post but these images barely scratch the surface on my favorites from their day.

Congratulations Harry & Rachel!

The last image was of a video message that Harry surprised Rachel with from her home church back in Singapore.

Kathryn & Dave Engagement Session - cool under pressure

Nov 21, 2007
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I started shooting Kathryn & Dave's engagement session literally two minutes after throwing a camera body, two nice lenses and a bunch of batteries into the water. How do I perform under pressure and stress? I think the session turned out really well! I dumped my equipment, took inventory, took a deep breath and started the session... Dave asked how I was so calm. But what's done was done and God was and is in control.

You guys were calm and a lot of fun to work with, even taking me down a street that was new to me in Annapolis that I am looking forward to using again! Congratulations you guys!