SILHOUETTE ON THE WATERFRONT

One last image from Keith and Dana's engagement session. After finishing up at the Ellicott Square Building, we headed down to the Erie Basin Marina for some sunset photos.

Keith and Dana changed into some comfy and casual clothes for this part. Good thing too! It was starting to get a bit chilly. The sun was setting and the colors in the sky were looking amazing. This was a perfect moment for some silhouette action! I love Dana's little pop of the knee. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

-Danielle

Buffalo Engagement Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Engagement Photo Location: Ellicott Square Building, Buffalo Waterfront

Engagement Ellicott Square Building

Wow! We recently did Keith and Dana's engagement shoot at Ellicott Square Building. This location is gorgeous. Especially, when the couple is all dressed up!

We love the elevators in Ellicott Square. The gold antique color went perfect with Keith and Dana's outfits. We had them sneak into the open elevator and have a nice moment together. We were almost spying in on them. Good thing nobody hit any elevator buttons haha. Thankfully the doors stayed open the whole time we needed them to be! A gorgeous image!

-Danielle

Buffalo Engagement Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Engagement Photo Location: Ellicott Square Building, Buffalo Waterfront

A BRIDE AND A SHADOW!

And now for Ryan's lovely wife, Lisa!

This was taken at the Buffalo Waterfront. As you can see from the shadow, it was a pretty sunny day. We originally had Lisa against this wall by herself. Ryan was casually walking behind us and we noticed his shadow on the cement. After getting Ryan's shadow into place, we posed Lisa.

Lisa's pose is really simple. What made this more exciting, was Ryan was talking to her. She kept her head to the side the entire time, looking toward Ryan's shadow. But she was laughing the entire time! Look at those dimples!

This image is so much fun!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Our Lady of Victory Basilica

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Cobblestone District, Buffalo Waterfront

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Salvatore's Italian Gardens

WINDY DAY IN BUFFALO

Here is Jaclyn on her wedding day back in September of 2010.  This was in an alley outside of Pearl Street Grill and Brewery.

Most of you already know Jaclyn and Tim from Neal's amazing hurricane photo at Buffalo's waterfront. This was taken after we left the waterfront and headed to their reception at Pearl Street.

The wind was still crazy out, but Jaclyn was willing to be outside for a bit longer. We worked with the ladies first and then kept Jaclyn. We were surrounded by a giant brick building. It was a great back drop. Her veil was still soaring as well. We had her pose right against the brick wall. Then we let nature take it's course. Her veil took off. Luckily, it wasn't as windy as the waterfront. We didn't need someone to hold onto it.

You can tell by the reaction on her face that she was having a great time. Even though the weather didn't cooperate, Jaclyn still looked stunning. And their photos turned out amazing! It was a wedding that we will not forget!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: St. Louis RC Church

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Buffalo Waterfront

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Pearl Street Grill and Brewery

Camera B

Here is another shot from our amazing engagement shoot with Erica and Steve at the Erie Basin Marina. This was my angle while Neal and Dave LaNasa were using the drone.

I was shooting directly from the boat at the couple. It was so much fun. It was a little difficult for Steve to get situated on the raft. He is a pretty tall guy. There are a few shots with him falling in the water! Great laughs from Erica! As Neal was directing, Erica and Steve were slowly floating away. A huge canoe just happened to be going by right behind them. It was great for me! I got to document some great images!

As you can see from yesterday's image, this is completely different from what Neal was going for. It was a great team effort by everyone involved!

-Danielle

Buffalo Engagement Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Engagement Photo Location: Erie Basin Marina

Buffalo Engagement Video (drone operator): LaNasa Studio

Into the blue....

We had the pleasure of shooting Erica and Steve's engagement session on Sunday! Once we found out that we were doing the shoot on their boat, Neal had an amazing idea. It involved using the drone!

We met Erica and Steve at their dock at the Erie Basin Marina. Neal and Dave LaNasa (LaNasa Studio-beautiful videography!) invested in the drone together. Dave flies the drone and Neal takes the pictures via iPhone app. They make a great team. It's very entertaining to watch the two of them work together. Something tells me that the drone isn't going to last long with the crazy ideas they come up with but the end product is always worth the risk!

For this idea, we needed Erica and Steve in the water in the middle of nowhere (or as close as we could get them away from everyone). We purchased innertubes for them to float in. (they took us about 2 hours to blow up the day before haha).

Once in the water, Neal and Dave were standing on the front of the boat ready to operate! Neal was directing Erica and Steve of what they needed to do. It was pretty funny because the current kept pushing them opposite of where he needed them. As Dave was flying the drone, Neal took pictures and saw everything through the iPhone screen. He was going for the perfect overhead shot with the reflection of the sky in the water. Curious kyakers and fellow boaters were floating by watching the excitiment so we kept having to wait for them to clear the shot. (check out tomorrow's blog to see my angle of Erica and Steve and how different it looks). Then the perfect moment happened and Neal got his shot! 

This shoot was so much fun! Thank you to Dave LaNasa for flying the drone and to Steve's father for driving the boat while our captain, Steve played in the water with his beautiful fiance, Erica.

-Danielle

Buffalo Engagement Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Engagement Photo Location: Erie Basin Marina

Buffalo Engagement Video (drone operator): LaNasa Studio

THE GROOM AND HIS GUYS AT THE BUFFALO WATERFRONT!

Alanna and Angel were married in August of 2013. We did their photos at the Buffalo Waterfront.

We had just finished up photos with the lovely Bridesmaids and it was time for the Groomsmen. There were a lot of them! But, we wanted them to have fun and look cool. Why not put them on some giant rocks! The great thing about this image is that we only needed to tell them where they needed to be on the rocks. They all posed naturally and did their thing. There were so many laughs. Angel couldn't keep a straight face. We really loved all of the smiles. We tried to get a serious look from them all, but there were too many laughs. It was great! They still look manly and cool!

Neal actually had to climb down the rocks to get below the guys. He wanted to get some of the sky in the image too. Slippery dress shoes are not the greatest for climbing down rocks. Especially, with camera gear in hand!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Holy Angels Church

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: The Buffalo Waterfront

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Salvatore's Italian Gardens