Wedding Photography ~ Melissa & Emmanuel ~ Phoenix Wedding Photographer

This past weekend while in Phoenix, I got to shoot a beautiful wedding planned by the bride herself. Melissa & Manu (short for Emmanuel), were obviously head over heels with each other, and was very sweet to watch them throughout the day. Melissa was a total bombshell in her gorgeous dress & Manu was definitely rockin’ in his sweet suit and skinny tie. What was so great about shooting this wedding is that Melissa is like family to me. Her sister is actually married to my brother, and so we are technically sister-in-laws? Even better about shooting them was that they were such naturals in front of the lens. Melissa has a natural grace in her stance and looked good no matter how she stood. Manu just loved posing. I knew this from their engagement shoot at Antelope Canyon last October, and I knew I would have fun with it again for their wedding. Anyway, enough talk. Let’s get on with the photos.

First, here is a look back at one of their shots at Antelope Canyon in October. The rest of the photos from their engagement shoot can be found by CLICKING HERE.

004

Now on to the wedding…

03-28-2009-olari-001

03-28-2009-olari-002

03-28-2009-olari-003

03-28-2009-olari-004

03-28-2009-olari-005

03-28-2009-olari-006

03-28-2009-olari-007

03-28-2009-olari-008

03-28-2009-olari-009

03-28-2009-olari-010

Manu is such a poser, hehehe.

03-28-2009-olari-011

Manu is an aspiring firefighter and so we got to visit the fire station in downtown Phoenix for a few shots.

03-28-2009-olari-012

03-28-2009-olari-013b

03-28-2009-olari-014

We found this neat hotel in Scottsdale with some cool spots for the next few shots. This is Manu just messing around & being Manu : )

03-28-2009-olari-015

Probably one of my favorite bride shots to date. I LOVE the lighting in this and the details in her dress.

03-28-2009-olari-016

03-28-2009-olari-017

03-28-2009-olari-018

He was having fun all day long. The Rock Star drink helped too, I’m sure ; )

03-28-2009-olari-019

Are you kidding me?? This girl barely has any makeup on. She is a natural beauty.

03-28-2009-olari-020

03-28-2009-olari-021

03-28-2009-olari-022

03-28-2009-olari-023

I love the way she is looking at him here.

03-28-2009-olari-024

03-28-2009-olari-025

At the end of the reception, they finished it off with some fireworks. Awesome, right??

03-28-2009-olari-026

7

Comments

  1. Rolf Loken - Great photos! I love the one of them on the firetruck and her happy expression in the 3rd from the last. Well pretty much the whole set rocks! Rockstar! ;-)
  2. Emeline - Caroline, Once again, you NEVER cease to amaze me! My favorite shot has got to be the the last! You're extremely talented and deserve a major award! God bless you and keep up the awesome work! :)
  3. jenny - OH my gosh, you did not shoot this wedding at 36 weeks preggo...so talented in so many ways!
  4. Caroline Ghetes - Thank you Rolf, Emeline, and Jenny! OMG Jenny, I can't believe it either. It was one of the longest wedding days I've had. I started at 6:15am and didn't get home until 11:45pm. And with the 36 week belly. Whew! It was a long day, but worth it!
  5. Lenuta - wow... Caroline, where were u 10 yrs ago? You have a gift my dear! Congrats to the Beautiful couple & God Bless!
  6. Michelle White - I just want to say that you are an a-MAZING Photographer!!!!
  7. Boss Lady - i love the firework thing. thats grand. and that pic o gosh i love that pic. i also love the firetruck shots. those were cute.

Leave Some Love!

*