Spontaneously amazing!  Two verbs, I know but it really was spontaneously amazing.  From the unexpected fire works to Robert's dancing spectacular, these guys kept it going all night.  I really had a great time shooting this wedding and love the last shot of the best man holding the money out after the "money dance".  I am glad I was able to share such a special event with you guys, congratulations.

It was funny when I received the first phone call from Arturo, he said, "Umm, I'm supposed to call you because my fiance likes your work."  My response was, "That's awesome!  Are you guys looking for a photographer?"  We laughed for a minute and hey here is their wedding day photos below!  

I was very honored to be able to document this special day for them!  The service took place at a historic chapel (St. Joseph Catholic Church) in downtown Houston.  It was my first "real" Catholic wedding...yes they are long and totally worth it to see the traditions involved!  

A good view of the massive altar area.



Melissa's dad was making sure Arturo didn't get to close to that window while Melissa waits in the background.


I love the look of anticipation on Melissa's face!


Arturo was able to steal his Uncle's cowboy hat but Arturo didn't get very far.  His Uncle grabbed him and started to dance with him....hilarious!



They had a real Mariachi band come to the reception and serenade the bride and groom (a Mexican tradition).



These guys were awesome!

Well this was my first wedding commission ever so, I thought it would be fun to post a few of the photos that make me smile.  I am going to upload many of the events done previous to making this blog, but I will not have the time to completely list everything so I hope you enjoy what I list.  All future wedding, engagement, bridal and any other shoot will be uploaded to this blog no matter what so say tuned for he latest and greatest.  

They got married at this really great location called The Hidden Palms.  Brian and Amy really have a killer setup out at this place and it compliments a photographer well due to the available light and space.   I used a Nikon D50 (my first DSLR), a sigma 20-200 f3.5 and a 50mm f1.8.  When I used a flash (very little) it is was on camera.

These two were high school sweethearts and they had framed a bunch of old pictures of themselves from good-ol' high school on all of the tables.  Here's one:


I love the way the light is hitting her face as they are saying their vows.

How lucky were we?!  The sun setting on their escape route?!



Full moon anyone?