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!

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Ryeli Studios is excited to be releasing our brand new 2008 portfolio, featuring a few of our favorite images from 2007 and some spanning the past four years!

Right now these new portfolios can ONLY be found on facebook, take a few minutes and check it out under "albums" before they hit ryeli.com later this week.

To celebrate and to kick off the year the right way, ANYONE who is a "fan" of the studio on FB is welcome to a $50 studio gift card.  Become a fan of the studio and then email me the old fashioned way: sean (AT) ryeli.com with your name and address and it's yours to use or to give to a friend!  It's just a little way we'd love to thank you for being a friend!

Wishing you a wonderful 2008!
Sean and Ryeli Studios

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Ryeli Studios is finally up and running on Facebook.  This is our first endeavour into the social networking arena.  Please become a fan of the studio for the latest information and occasional special offers!

Less importantly but just as fun you can become my friend too :o)

2008 is going to be a BIG year for Ryeli Studios... If you're getting married this year please contact us soon!  Our brand new portfolio for 2008 will debut on facebook in the next coming weeks even before it hits ryeli.com.  We look forward to seeing you there!

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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!

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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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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!

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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)

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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.

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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.

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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!

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