Wedding at Delaware Mansion

Sorry for the delay folks. To be honest, this past week our timing has been a bit off. My brother and family were visiting from California. We do not get to see them often, so most of our time was spent with our 2 and 5 year old nieces. There was lots of coloring, barbies, fairies, games, and dress up. We had so much fun and it was sad to see them return home today. But enough of that haha!

Sarah on her wedding day at the Mansion on Delaware! The room Sarah got ready in was great. I love this room for the bride. The windows are placed perfectly, with so much light coming in. Now, on Sunday I showed you the same pose that Neal had taken. Here it is again. You can see how different each bride is and the settings are different. 

Sarah had a more antique style dress without a long train. But this pose still works lovely with her. She had a very thin satin dress with a stunning bodice. With a turn of the head and hand on the hip, another lovely image was captured!

And to top it all off, her mother actually made her bouquet. (She made everyone's bouquets). She did an amazing job!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony, Photo Location, Reception: Mansion on Delaware

STUNNING BRIDE AT SALVATORE'S

Take a look at Sarina! I love everything about her in this image!

Sarina and Dave had their wedding at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens. She got ready at the Garden Place Hotel.  We took her around for some solo photos before the ceremony. Her dress had so much detail, we wanted to get some great images showing it off. The staircase was perfect for this.

Sarina needed no help posing here! She looked stunning! She knew exactly what we were going for. She popped that booty right out to create this beautiful pose.

We added a little extra light to bring out more of the detail in her dress. It helped to give her a little extra shimmer! Then with a little turn of the head, we got a nice side profile of her face. Just enough to be mysterious!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony and Reception: Salvatore’s Italian Gardens

BRIDE SOLO

Take a look at this stunning image of Lindsey from her wedding back in September of 2011.

We stopped to see her groom Josh and grab a few snapshots before we headed next door to where Lindsey was getting ready at her parents. Yes, Lindsey and Josh temporarily lived next door to her parents. This worked our great for us. We only had to park once!

Time for a sit test after Lindsey was in her dress! We loved the furniture and decor for this image. I felt like we were in a bed and breakfast! Lindsey looked beautiful. I got her situated on the couch and spread her train out just a little. Then Neal had her glance down toward her dress. That was it!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Alden Presbyterian Church

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Knox Farm State Park

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Kloc’s Grove

BRIDAL PORTRAIT

This is such a beautiful bridal portrait of Jaclyn. She and Jesse got married in May of 2011.

Jaclyn got ready at her parents house. The room was pretty small, so we asked all the bridesmaids to clear out so we could do some solo portraits of Jaclyn. Neal did not want a bunch of light coming in, so we turned all the lights off and shut all of the drapes. He only wanted a soft glow behind Jaclyn. I held lighting behind her to create that glow.

This is different because Jaclyn was placed all the way to right in this image. Neal wanted that very faint pop of color from the drapes in the photo. I really like how he did this. The lighting behind Jaclyn helps to keep Jaclyn the main focal point.

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Parish

Buffalo Wedding Recepton: Antonio's Banquet and Conference Center

COME TO MY WINDOW!

We are going back through the archives of 2012 and welcoming back Vanessa!

She looks absolutely stunning in this image. Vanessa got ready at her parents house. They had giant windows in almost every room. We loved this room and the furniture in it. This was Vanessa's "sit" test in her dress. And her dress was giant and had tons of layers! I thought when she sat down the dress would puff out really big because she had a hoop skirt on. We didn't want to lose the detail in her dress. Luckily it worked out great and we were able to keep the dress flat and no detail was lost!

The light pouring in from the window was amazing! We had Vanessa glance over her shoulder and look out the window. Vanessa was always smiling. But for this image we wanted her to be a bit more serious. She did an awesome job and went right back to smiling after we got the shot!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Niagara University Alumni Chapel

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Niagara University Campus

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Salvatore's Italian Gardens

BRIDAL PORTRAIT AT JW MARRIOTT

This is Cara at the JW Marriott Resort and Spa in Las Vegas!

We stayed on the Resort grounds for some photos after the ceremony. There were some really pretty areas. We loved this spot with these unique trees. We decided to do some solos with Cara for this. We had Cara stand in a simple pose with her flowers. Then glance over her shoulder. It all works very well together with the lines of the trees and where she is looking. Sometimes the simplest of poses can create a beautiful bridal portrait.

-Danielle 

We were given about 20 minutes for portraits before the reception started so that meant that we had to work FAST!! It was best that we stayed in one area to do the portraits. We had never been to this location before but once I saw this tree that's when I knew that this was "the spot". We did Cara solo, then all the girls, the girls solos with Cara and then we brought her husband in for a few shots. We got about 30 minutes worth of photos done within 5 minutes. That gave us time to work around the grounds a little bit more. We got Cara and Kevin back just in time for their introductions.

-Neal

Destination Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Destination Wedding Ceremony, Photo Location, Reception: JW Marriott Resort and Spa Las Vegas

MONUMENT BRIDE

I love this image of Amanda at Lafayette Square!

We only had about 25 minutes to shoot Amanda and Kevin's portraits. Their ceremony and reception were at Hotel at the Lafayette. So we decided to work right around that area. There are actually a lot of places to take advantage of right there. We took a quick walk across the street to Lafayette Square. 

We loved the train on Amanda's dress. It was super light and flowy. We had her walk up a few stairs and have her back to us. Her dress looked so pretty cascading down. Then we had her drop her feather bouquet to the side. With a quick glance over her shoulder, Amanda looked beautiful!

It was pretty dark out, but most of Lafayette Square was lit up nicely. However, we still did need to add a little more fill light on Amanda.

-Danielle

Neal here, like Danielle said this area was pretty well lit, the lights lit up the monument. Unfortunately the monument was brighter than Amanda, we can't let a statue take attention away from the bride! We added a little bit of light (speed light with a softbox). Whenever there are stairs it's a great opportunity to show off the train of the dress. This image looks great in color but the monument was a bright green that was too distracting. This location is a Buffalo landmark with a lot of history so a black and white timeless look fits this image much better.

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony and Reception: Hotel at the Lafayette

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Hotel at the Lafayette, Lafayette Square

Buffalo Wedding Band: The Boys of Summer

A moment of reflection

We were so happy to walk into Amanda's room at Hotel at the Lafayette and see they had two full length mirrors in the room.

The ladies decided the guys really did not need theirs that much and they had it brought down the hall to their room. Great idea! Once I saw these, I knew Neal was going to use both for a shot. I love this and think it is so beautiful. Amanda looked stunning, so why not have two more of her! 

The rooms at Hotel at the Lafayette have great windows that light pours in. We tested the placement of the mirrors while Amanda was doing a few touch ups. So, when we brought her in, it was all ready to go. We did a few different poses with this set up as well. This was my favorite, with her fabulous feather bouquet. (Really cute idea instead of flowers)

This is a beautiful image of Amanda before her ceremony. It is just timeless!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony, Photo Session, Reception: Hotel at the Lafayette

Buffalo Wedding Band: The Boys of Summer

Wedding Prep at Park Country Club

Erica is stunning!

This is the view from the outside where Erica got ready at Park Country Club. Unfortunately, you have to stand on the roof, but that's ok. I love these doors. I always sneak out there when Neal is shooting from inside. Of course it was raining and cold that day. I yelled inside to Erica to take a quick glance my way when Neal was finished. She looked so pretty, I couldn't help myself to butt in.

Once again, having two people shooting is great. You get two completely different looks and styles with one pose. You just need to look for it!

-Danielle

Neal here, this really is a great shot by Danielle and the look Erica gave her is beautiful. While editing this image it screamed Black and White to me. The building, lighting and pose is perfect for a B&W image. I do all of my B&W's manually, I don't just hit a button. Park CC was founded in 1903 so I wanted this image to have a vintage/film look to it. I had to be careful to not overdo it. You never want the post processing to take away from the original beauty of the image, just enhance it.

-Neal

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony, Photo Location, Reception: Park Country Club

MIRROR MIRROR

Here is another image of Christina on her wedding day!

This was taken while Christina was getting ready at the Avanti Mansion. Mom was doing up the back of her dress and Neal asked her to look over her shoulder. I happened to be shooting near this mirror and caught Christina at a different angle. This mirror was pretty neat too with the series of three circles. 

It's so fun to get different images and angles from Neal or whoever may be taking the lead. Always keep your eyes open to your surroundings as well. You never know what you might see!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony, Photo Session, Reception: Avanti Mansion

Buffalo Wedding Floral: Blossoms and Treasures Floral Studio