Albums to Treasure

A few weeks ago I read this beautifully written article about why couples should invest in a wedding album as part of their photography package. It describes my feelings exactly and I highly recommend you read it and consider it when making your decision. “of all the things you spend money on for your wedding, your wedding photographs are the ONLY thing that will increase in value over time. As the years pass, you’ll be more and more glad that you have them. Especially, if you can experience looking through them by flipping through a gorgeous custom-designed album instead of sitting in front of your computer and clicking “next” with your mouse.” I encourage all my clients to make this investment and I’m very happy to be able to offer gorgeous custom designed fine art albums for them with a matching presentation box, the kind that I’d love to have if I was a bride.(it goes without saying that you can order yours in different colors and sizes ;) )

I just received Adam & Monika’s engagement album in the mail so I decided to share a few imaged with you so you can see this amazingness for yourselves. I hope you like it!

Second Shooting: After Wedding Session in Cadaques

Almost exactly a year ago, I had the pleasure of accompanying my friend Rares Pulbere for one of his after wedding sessions at the picturesque Cadaques. I have only been to this magical town on the north of the Costa Brava a couple of times, but one thing is for sure… it always always takes my breath away and reminds me how lucky I am to live in this awesome region of the world! Cadaques is famous for being the home town of Salvador Dali and for being the place that inspired so many of his crazy cool paintings. Thank you Eilieen and Adhi for letting me tag along and thank you Rares for being your awesome self!!! ;)

P.S: check out Rares´photos from this session here. It always amazes me how differently two photographers can see the world! Our styles are so different, but honestly that what makes it so much fun shooting with him every once in a while. I love being challenged and supported by such lovely peers, it´s always such an experience! Thanks buddy! ;)

And here are a few images of Mr Pulbere in action:

Second Shooting: Edu + Lel | Wedding at Mon St Benet Barcelona

I´ve already written about my appreciation for Jeremy Standley´s work , so I´ll save the love letter this time ;) and just show you some of my favorite images from one of his late summer weddings I´ve had the pleasure of second shooting with him.

Edu and Lel had one of those super pretty and fascinating weddings that you just knew they were planning with lots of love and care for months and months. The über-cool couple got married in Mon St Benet, a stunning old monastery about 60 kms outside of Barcelona. Friends and family flew in from literally all over the world to share this very special day with the two of them… Edu´s Catalan family, Lel´s relatives from Tasmania and all of their friends from everywhere in between! Have I mentioned how much I love international weddings? ;)

There was so much prettiness on this wedding that I could gush about it for hours and hours on, but let me just highlight some of my absolute favorites, like Lel´s AMAAAAAAAZING wedding dress (one of my favorites from last year), the stylish yet vintage vibe of the whole event, the beautiful flower arrangements, the vintage handkerchief stand, the fun deco elements and the delicious food of course! ;)

Looking back at these pictures I can´t´help but be super happy and grateful that I do what I do and I CANNOT wait for the 2013 season to start! I´ve got the wedding boogie in my legs, my camera is ready to go, BRING IT ON!

I was in charge of taking Polaroid photos with Lel’s camera throughout the evening! ;) Thank you Jeremy for letting me tag along! As always it was such a pleasure and an amazing experience! See you soon again!

Second Shooting: Sitges Wedding | Emma + Charlie

I was fortunate enough to work with several photographers over the summer, but one of my favorite second shooting experiences was Emma and Charlie’s wedding with Jeremy Standley. Jeremy is a true wedding industry veteran with countless awards in his pocket, a portfolio of amazing weddings and breathtaking images and more experience than any other photographers I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. It was an honor just to be chosen by him to second shoot some of his Barcelona weddings, but his openness, willingness to help and guidance proved more valuable than my semester in photo school and I’ll be forever thankful to him. He is challenging, firm (but fun ;) ) and has a no nonsense attitude which pretty much makes him the perfect mentor for me! ;)

Emma and Charlie got married in Sitges (a few kilometers outside of Barcelona) and celebrated in Almiral de la Font, a gorgeous private villa with their friends and family, most of whom flew in all the way from the UK. Their wedding was full of charm and small details that made the day very memorable, starting with their intimate ceremony in the tiniest little hillside church followed by their hillarious reception with the funniest groomsmen and finished with an awesome party with a live band (that Emma found in a club on her bachelorette party in Mallorca :) ).

Thank you so much Jeremy for sharing this experience with me! I had a blast and I hope to rock many more wedding with you next summer! ;)

May I present you…. Mr Jeremy Standley himself in action! ;)

Agi & Gaspi | Budapest Wedding Photography

Now that the wedding season is over it’s finally time reorganize and look through what the past summer has brought. Looking over my folders I’ve realized that I’ve have not posted the images from one of my favorite weddings of the year, one of my best friends’ Agi’s wedding. I always aim to have an excellent relationship with my couples so that by the time their wedding day rolls in they’d feel like I’m a good friend taking their pictures, but when it’s someone’s wedding who has been one of my besties for over ten years the friend with the camera thingy gets real! Being a guest and a photographer at the same time sure has its challenges but I couldn’t let anyone else taking Agi and Gaspi’s pictures so I was gladly wearing two hats on the big day (and brought along a second shooter for the party time)! ;)

Agi and Gaspi (remember their Parisienne engagement session?) got married in the Buda castle in Budapest and guests flew in from all over the world to celebrate their true love story with them. Some nasty rain clouds were trying to scare us, but luckily the rain held off until the dinner party under a tent, so we were overall lucky to have been able to celebrate and shoot outside. I must highlight the amazing catering of the wedding, I still have dreams about the vegetarian stuffed cabbage they served at midnight! Yummmmyyyyyy…..

I LOVE YOU GUYS and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for the two of you! Thanks for letting me capture your big day! ;)