Friday, September 23, 2011

Lisa and Vance's Engagement and Wedding Slideshow (AS SEEN ON TLC'S 4 WEDDINGS)

I remember when Lisa called me nearly 1 year ago very excited that she was engaged and thrilled that I was available on her wedding date. She came as a referral from Mabel Martinez (Thanks Mabel! :-)) who had inquired with me before. I met with Lisa and her mom and they quickly booked me for Lisa and Vance's big day. We chose to do a vintage 1950's library and diner theme to bring out her love for reading at the library and gave Vance a John Travolta/James Dean look to show Vance's edgy side. Lisa loved my song choice of You're The One That I Want from Grease to be the song we would work the story line around. I had never used a musical theme before so I figured we would be in for quite an adventure doing a musical theme in a library which is often associated with talking quietly and walking slowly! :-) It was quite an adventure indeed with us singing softly, dancing, and running in the library where other people were reading! :-) Several days later Lisa contacted me and told me that she was selected to be one of the brides competing on TLC's reality show, 4 weddings where 4 brides compete to win an all expense paid honeymoon!!! :-) I knew Lisa and Vance would do great because from I literally said, "Lights, camera, and action" during their library scene Lisa was energized and was it was amazing with how she naturally acted her role perfectly! :-) Vance glowed in her love and did great! :-) I went to a store and selected the items and layout I thought would be great to decorate their guest sign in table and escort card tables for their wedding to bring out their engagement theme and they loved and bought them :-)

Their big day was in February this year and it was beautiful!!! :-) However, I was unable to post their wedding slideshow until now due to the terms of their agreement with TLC. Every detail of their attire, flowers, decor, etc was breath-taking! :-) Their wedding was held at the beautiful Benvenuto in Boynton Beach, Florida (www.benvenutorestaurant.com) and their superb floral decoration was done by the team from www.danielevents.com It was a delight interacting with the team from TLC's 4 Weddings and it was interesting seeing the other participants. Special thanks to Sophonie Cherubin for being my assistant for the day! :-) Their episode (...And Two Wedding Crashers, Season 3, Episode 16) was originally aired on TLC's 4 Weddings on September 2, 2011.

YOU CAN ENJOY A PREVIEW of the episode with a clip of me on TLC's website: http://tlc.discovery.com/videos/four-weddings-jenean-lauren-rhianna-and-lisa.html

YOU CAN VIEW THE FULL EPISODE by purchasing it for $1.99 on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/And-Two-Wedding-Crashers/dp/B005KYVQWW

Thanks again Lisa and Vance for selecting Shelly Edwards Photography for capturing this major time in your lives! It was indeed a pleasure! :-)

DO ENJOY LISA AND VANCE'S ENGAGEMENT SLIDESHOW at: http://www.vimeo.com/20174111 OR CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW:

Lisa and Vance's Engagement Slideshow from Shelly Edwards on Vimeo.



DO ENJOY LISA AND VANCE'S WEDDING SLIDESHOW at: www.vimeo.com/29468024 OR CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW:

















































































































































Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Afua and Yaw's Wedding (London)

One of my greatest pleasures as an international photographer is sharing in the excitement of my clients as their weddings and other special events become featured in various local, national, and international publications including newspapers, magazines, television, radio interviews, etc! :-) August 14th was one of those days as the delightful and elegant, Afua Krow-Akoto and Yaw Akoto were featured in Barbados's newspaper. They are both originally from Ghana but Afua grew up in Barbados and Yaw in London. Their wedding took place in their current hometown of London. It was a joy seeing many familiar faces again seeing that Afua is the one of the 3 Krow sisters weddings that I have photographed. It was a sheer delight having the presence of Yaw's father who is one of the Paramount Chiefs in Ghana. The African entertainment was fabulous and everything turned out perfectly! :-) Thanks again Afua and Yaw for choosing Shelly Edwards Photography to capture your big day! :-)

DO ENJOY THEIR SLIDESHOW BY visiting the following link: http://vimeo.com/29235660 OR click on the play button below.