FIRST DANCE AT TONAWANDA CASTLE

Jennifer and Anthony are married! They got married at the Tonawanda Castle in August! Yes we are still editing August weddings. We apologize! This is our busiest season yet and we are doing our best to edit as fast as we can! But, we will not risk quality! We need all weddings to be perfect!

I just love this first dance photo from Jennifer and Anthony! I did not work with Neal for this wedding (I was booked for another wedding), but I still went through the photos. And I loved this image (well all of them haha). I loved how the head table was at this end of the main ballroom at the Castle! I love how Neal framed in part of the balcony for this shot too! So pretty!

Getting ready, portraits, ceremony, and reception were all held at the Castle. It is an amazing location to do everything at. I think Neal knocked it out of the park too! Such great photos! Can you tell there will be more of Jennifer and Anthony in the next few days!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Portraits, Ceremony, Reception: Tonawanda Castle

Buffalo Wedding DJ: Toy Bros Entertainment

A GREYHOUND KIND OF WEDDING!

Wow! I want to take a quick minute to thank everyone who signed up for our Annual Christmas shoot "Photos for Toys" yesterday! We can't wait to collect so many toys! 

And we are back to weddings! Rori and Marc at The Estate at Moraine Farm! Rori and Marc rescue greyhound dogs! Here they are with their 3 pups! They are wearing racing jersey and their numbers are of the wedding day 8/5/16. How cute is that? These dogs were so good! They were a part of Rori and Marc's engagement session and we couldn't wait to capture them in some wedding portraits with Marc & Rori! 

Thank you to Rori and Marc for being such a great part of rescuing greyhounds. I know they do a lot for other greyhounds besides their own! It means so much to these dogs to be in a loving environment. And Rori and Marc defintely make that happen!

-Danielle

Destination Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Destination Wedding Ceremony: The Estate at Moraine Farm

Destination Wedding Photo Location: The Estate at Moraine Farm

3rd Annual "Photos for Toys" Christmas Special

Today is booking day! We are now booking time slots for our 2016 Christmas Special. 

Here are the RULES: On Neal's Facebook page he created a new album called "2016 Photos for Toys Christmas Special". Each image in the album has a different time. Find the time slot you want and comment "Mine" or "Taken" to claim your spot. We will confirm if it's available.

Keep in mind that there will be people who Private message us to claim spots as well so we will fill it in for them ASAP! Be sure to have a backup time slot in mind if their PM came in before your comment. We want to be fair to everyone...

The dates will be Nov 11th-13th. Spots will be limited. First come, first serve! Thank you in advance for your amazing support. ALL toys will go to kids in need and will stay local, and in return we will deliver some beautiful images to you!

What are you waiting for?? Go claim your spot now!

-Danielle & Neal

EXPECTO PATRONUM!

If you tuned in yesterday, you saw the ring shot from Ashley and Scott's wedding. It incorporated their Harry Potter wands.

Today we show you a specifically requested image by Ashley. Their reception was at Four Points by Sheraton in Niagara Falls. It is located on the water, so it was a great spot for this photo. It was a little gloomy that day. But there was some enhancement to the sky. Does anyone see a bit of the Dark Mark? I wonder if Ashley and Scott did any spells? Hhhmmm....

Now, if you follow our work, you know we do not do these kinds of images often. We normally do not add extra enhancements or photoshop things that are really not there. This was a specific request that came to Neal on the day of the wedding and there was extra time during the wedding reception to create it.

Enjoy your weekend!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Shea's Performing Arts Center

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Shea's Performing Arts Center, Four Points by Sheraton

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Four Points by Sheraton

HARRY POTTER WANDS AND RINGS!

I love this! I am a Harry Potter fan, so this ring shot had to be shown. I know we haven't done too many detail blogs lately, but this was a must. 

Ashley and Scott were Harry Potter fans and told Neal they were bringing their wands for the wedding. How fun! He had to do a ring shot with them. I think that is an Elder Wand!

Another reason I am showing this image is because it will lead up to tomorrow's blog post!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Shea's Performing Arts Center

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Shea's Performing Arts Center, Four Points by Sheraton

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Four Points by Sheraton

SHEA'S BRIDAL SUITE

Ashley and Scott got married in August! They had their ceremony at Shea's Performing Arts Center. Great location for an event!

Ashley and Scott both got ready at Shea's as well. Here is mom and one of the bridesmaids helping Ashley get ready. I love how Neal took this shot from down the hallway. It was awesome they had a giant open room for her to get ready. Ashley's choice of dress was perfect for Shea's. It defintely fits the fairy tale theme! Just gorgeous!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Shea's Performing Arts Center

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Shea's Performing Arts Center, Four Points by Sheraton

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Four Points by Sheraton

HELLO WORLD!

"HELLO WORLD" from baby Emily! Here is another favorite from our shoot with Emily at Neal Urban Studio. This was an outfit that Katie brought for the shoot! I loved it!

Emily did the best pose too! We wanted her to look like she was cheering! She did a giant stretch and ended just like this. Perfect! And look at that little smile!

So cute!

-Danielle

Buffalo Newborn Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Newborn Photo Location: Neal Urban Studio

A LITTLE LADY AND HER HATS!

Look at this cutie! Meet baby Emily!

Emily and family came to visit us at Neal Urban Studio this past week. We photographed Mom and Dad's (Katie and Chad) engagement, wedding, their first baby (Matty), and now Emily. It was such a pleasure to capture this circle of life.

For Emily, we decided to have some fun with hats! You may wonder where this idea came from. After some Facebook stalking, a few years ago, Katie and Chad went to the Kentucky Derby. And if you know anything about the Derby, it is a time to shine with a new fun hat.

Well, I have never been, but I do love hats. I brought a bunch of mine and asked Katie if she could bring hers too. She told me that she had purchased one while they were at the Derby (bottom right). And a girl can never have too many accessories!

And here you go! Emily was such a great baby too. Thank you to our assistant Alyssa for helping out. She is just amazing with newborns!

-Danielle

Buffalo Newborn Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Newborn Photo Location: Neal Urban Studio

LOSSON PARK ENGAGEMENT

Friday! We are back with Kim and Ryan on their engagement session! This time we are at Losson Park in Cheektowaga.

This was another location special to Kim and Ryan. Ryan proposed to Kim in this park. They showed us around different parts of the park to shoot at. This is where we ended! There was a fallen log that they could sit on. It was in the perfect spot too! The sun was hitting the leaves all around this area and casting a nice glow.

We had Kim and Ryan enjoy the moment. They were talking to each other with lots of laughs.

It was a great way to end the shoot!

-Danielle

Buffalo Engagement Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Engagament Photo Location: IV Stallions Sports Bar, Losson Park

IV STALLIONS ENGAGEMENT SESSION

We are a little late today with the post. Sorry readers. We had an early newborn session. Here are Kim and Ryan from their engagement session this week!

We started at the IV Stallions Sports Bar, where they met. Ryan was bartending and Kim plays indoor volleyball there. Ryan saw Kim at the bar and wanted to meet her! We decided to do something similiar for a photo.

We had Ryan back behind the bar for this one. He already made Kim a drink. Now it was time to flirt! 

Kim and Ryan had such great chemistry too! They were full of natural laughs and all about having fun! This was an awesome location for them. So much meaning behind it.

-Danielle

Buffalo Engagement Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Engagament Photo Location: IV Stallions Sports Bar, Losson Park