BUFFALO BILLS OPENING DAY!

Why not celebrate Buffalo Bills opening day with an image from Leah and Jimmy's wedding! They had their photos done inside of Ralph Wilson Stadium. They are huge Bills fans.

Here is their wedding party running out of the tunnel and onto the field. Don't you love the silhouette? I love how Jimmy is holding up a number 1 symbol! Even their little flower girl and ring bearer had to get in on the action! I think it looks awesome with the colored portion of the stadium in the back ground too. 

Happy game day!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony Location: St. Peter and Paul RC Church

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Ralph Wilson Stadium

Buffalo Wedding Reception Location: Pearl Street Grill and Brewery

NIGHT SHOT AT GLEN OAK COUNTRY CLUB

This was taken at the end of the night at Colleen and Wes' wedding! Their wedding and reception was at Glen Oak Country Club.

This image was pretty fun to do. Neal was shooting from the patio above the gazebo. I was below with Colleen and Wes relaying what Neal wanted them to do. It was funny because I couldn't really see Neal and the DJ had the music going pretty loud. It got to the point, where I started to tell Colleen and Wes what I wanted them to do. Good thing I know how Neal's mind works and it was exactly what he was looking for. I guess being married and working together makes us think alike! Pretty scary! But a beautiful image!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony/Photo Session/Reception: Glen Oak Country Club

Buffalo Wedding DJ: Whirlin Disc

Niagara Falls Wedding at St. Joe's

This image is so beautiful! This is Rene'e and Tommy at Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Church. 

After the ceremony and family portraits, we cleared everyone out of the church. We had Rene'e and Tommy head toward the front doors. We made sure the doors were open and no one was in the background. We had Tommy facing us and Rene'e walk up to him slightly off center. Her hand is on his chest and Tommy is bringing her in.

I love this pose for this image. It works so nice with the amazing light that was pouring in behind them.

This style of shot can even be done with Rene'e and Tommy in silhouette. But, it was just more magical with them light and airy!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

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

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Niagara Falls State Park

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Four Points Sheraton

Buffalo Wedding DJ/Photo Booth: Moving Music

Buffalo Wedding Video: Focus Photography and Videography

SHEA'S FIRST DANCE

This is an image from Julie and Ben's first dance at Shea's Performing Arts Center!

It is absolutely beautiful! While everyone was on stage watching the action, Neal went up to the balcony to get the full stage shot! I love how the entire stage is shown, even the detail on the outer arch. I really like how Neal used it to frame everything in. 

I will admit, we did tell Julie and Ben where to dance on the stage. We did have this in mind before they started dancing. That was the only detail we had to tell them! But, if we didn't, it would look funny if they were not in center. 

Everything from the lights to the tables with guests watching, just make this image more amazing!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony Location: St. Mark's RC Church

Buffalo Wedding Photo Session/Reception: Shea's Performing Arts Center

Buffalo Wedding Planner: Pear Planning

Buffalo Wedding Video: Shutter Dream Studio

Buffalo Wedding DJ/Photo Booth: Toy Brothers entertainment

RAINY NIGHT AT THE STATLER

Hope everyone is enjoying their long Labor Day Weekend! Here is a rainy image from Kelly and Tom's wedding! But don't you love it!

There reception was at the Statler in Buffalo. It was time to take Kelly and Tom outside for some night images. It was not raining when we started. Niagara Square is super close to the Statler, so we took a quick walk over. We got some amazing images there. Right when we were finishing up, it began to rain. Tom took the umbrella and he and Kelly started walking back to the Statler. Little did they know, Neal was still taking images of them walking across the street. There was enough light from the street lights and traffic signals to brighten up the background. 

This was a keeper, just turned black and white!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Queen of Heaven

Buffalo Wedding Photo Session: Buffalo Central Terminal/Niagara Square

Buffalo Wedding Reception Locatin: Statler

Buffalo Wedding DJ: Signature Entertainment

Buffalo Wedding Video: 17 Video Productions

SUNSET WEDDING GLEN OAK COUNTRY CLUB!

Colleen and Wes got married a few weeks ago at Glen Oak Country Club. They had their ceremony at an outside gazebo and reception at the club as well.

Neal and I took Colleen and Wes away from the reception for a quick sunset photo shoot. There was a giant field with tall grass across from the club. The sun was lighting up the whole area with a nice golden glow. The sun was actually pretty powerful and we had to add some extra light on their faces. 

We had Wes take Colleen into his arms and go in for a kiss. They were glowing, the background was glowing, and it was beautiful! The sun rays in the corner of the image only add to the beauty of this image!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony/Photo Session/Reception Location: Glen Oak Country Club

DJ: Whirlin' Disc Sound

ROLLS ROYCE AT BANCHETTI

Happy Anniversary Jennifer and Tim! This was taken at the end of the night before we said our goodbyes.

Jennifer and Tim had a white Rolls Royce come to pick them up from their reception and drive them home! Of course, we needed to use it for photos. Their reception was at Banchetti by Rizzo's. We asked the driver to drive to the end of the parking lot, away from the lights of the reception. We needed it to to be really dark for this image. Once he was in the perfect spot, we set up some lighting. Jennifer and Tim were seated in the backseat of the Rolls. After testing out the lighting, we had them go in for a kiss! We used just enough lighting to light up Jennifer and Tim, without making it too bright. The lights from the inside, paired with the headlights, and the lights we set up behind the car did enough to give a nice glow to the wet parking lot! 

This is such a beautiful image and it was a great way to end the night! Happy Anniversary Jennifer and Tim!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony Location: Karpels Manuscript Library

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Naval Park

Buffalo Wedding Reception Location: Banchetti by Rizzo

Buffalo Wedding Video: Shutter Dream Studio

RIDING IN BENTLEY TO A RECEPTION!

Happy Anniversary Melissa and Joe! They recently celebrated! I bet you are wondering how this image came to be?

Well, we just finished up Melissa and Joe's photo session at a private residence. There was a Bentley convertible waiting for them to drive to their reception. Yes...a Bentley! Neal had a bright idea to ride with them and get action shots. If you are familiar with the Lewiston area, we had to drive up Lewiston hill toward Niagara Falls Country Club to get to the reception. Neal was riding in the backseat of the Bentley. I was driving behind him in my old Toyota Rav 4. I was a bit jealous. Before you know it, I see Neal almost standing up in the back seat taking pictures ahead. Joe was going pretty fast too. My poor car couldn't keep up. All that was going through my head, was "Neal don't fall out". And I wish I could have got a picture from my view. But there were too many other cars on the road to risk crashing. Maybe next time!

Neal got a sequence of images during his ride with Melissa and Joe. This was one of our favorites. Melissa is slightly looking toward Joe and holding her veil. While Joe is concentrating on driving..really really fast. In the end, it was a pretty cool shot and great idea!

Happy Anniversary Melissa and Joe!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

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

Buffalo Wedding Reception Location: Private Residence

FIRST DANCE AT AVANTI MANSION

This is from Ashlee and Michael's wedding! 

They had a great wedding! We started off with their first look at Shea's Performing Arts Center. What a great location to see each other for the first time. And to do photos! Then we headed to Avanti Mansion where they had their ceremony.

This was taken during Ashlee and Michael's first dance. I love the dance floor at Avanti Mansion. I really like how they put the tables on both sides and keep the middle open. We asked Ashlee and Michael to dance right in the center. I love this because it also shows all the guests watching as well! It is such a beautiful first dance image!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Photo Session: Shea's Performing Arts Center

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony/Reception Location: Avanti Mansion

Buffalo Wedding Video: Shutter Dream Studio

A Horse & Buggy Escort

Here is another image from Rene'e and Tommy's wedding!

Tommy surprised Rene'e with a horse and buggy after their ceremony at Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Church in Niagara Falls. He had it waiting outside the church. She had no idea and was so excited! What a great surprise!

They had their photos done at Niagara Falls State Park. The horse and buggy even escorted them from the church to the Falls! They got to enjoy some time together alone (well Rene'e son joined them haha), before their photos and reception. 

Once we arrived at the Falls, we had the horse and buggy for a few more minutes to do photos. We had Rene'e and Tommy stand in the buggy and get really close to each other. Then they almost go in for a kiss! We lucked out that none of the tourists photo bombed the image because it is super busy down there. I think what makes this image really nice too, is the stance of the horse. It almost looks like the horse is in motion.

I love this and can't wait to go through the rest of their images!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photographer: Neal Urban Studio

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

Buffalo Wedding Photo Session: Niagara Falls State Park

Buffalo Wedding Reception Location: Four Points Sheraton

Buffalo Wedding DJ/Photo booth: Moving Music

Buffalo Wedding Video: Adelle Tucker-Focus Photography and Design