Park at Night

Erica and Steve had a very cold day for their wedding. However, they both toughed it out for photos outside of Park Country Club.

The reception followed directly after the ceremony. We only had about 20 minutes to get the wedding party photos and bride and groom portraits. Luckily, Park Country Club is so beautiful outside at night, that we didn't need to go far. Erica and Steve stayed nice and close to each other to keep warm. They had some wonderful moments between each other. They began to kiss and Erica slowly turned her head to get a nice kiss on the cheek. It was almost as if she knew we were go to ask them to do that. Then she closed her eyes! That was a wrap. Time to go inside and get warm!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

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

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

This is one of my favorite moments from Silvia and Joe's wedding in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Here is a very beautiful moment between Silvia and her mother. You can see how much love they have for each other. Silvia and her mother had such an amazing bond. You can't help but get teary eyed when there are moments like this. It is so heart warming.

-Danielle

Destination Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Destination Wedding Ceremony Location: Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

Destination Wedding Photo Session: City of Puerto Vallarta

Destination Wedding Reception: NOW Amber Puerto Vallarta

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We would like to wish our family, friends, and clients, both old and new, a very Merry Christmas! Enjoy your holiday!

 

-Danielle & Neal

PARK COUNTRY CLUB BRIDE

Merry Christmas Eve! Here is Erica! She is just stunning. And her dress was amazing!

Look at that train! I was in heaven! After clearing out an entire room of furniture and toys at Park Country Club, we were ready for Erica to get in her dress. There was a doorway that lead out onto the roof and we asked her to stand right in the middle. There was great light coming in from the windows and door. Erica is amazing at posing. We didn't even need to direct her. She stepped up and we were good to go.

There is so much detail in her dress and I love how you can see it all. Perfect dress,  perfect pose and perfect bride!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

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

Hanging out with the locals of Puerto Vallarta!

Isn't this just too cool! Silvia and Joe in the middle of downtown Puerto Vallarta, Mexico!

After we finished up with the wedding party, we walked around the city a bit to see what fun things we could find. We put them right in the middle of everyday living of the city. It was awesome! The corner market was busy with people and full of bright and colorful merchandise. Why not put Silvia and Joe in there somewhere. 

We wanted to see how the locals were going to react when we added Joe and Silvia into the mix. They were great! They clapped and gave their congratulations, then pretty much went about their day haha. But you have to love the man in the background waving! We did not notice that during the actual shot. So, it was so great to see it while going through the images. And Silvia and Joe were in their own world, not getting distracted. Perfect!

It was so much fun being in the mix of Puerto Vallarta and capturing Silvia and Joe's wedding, as well as the culture of the city.

-Danielle

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Destination Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Destination Wedding Ceremony: The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Destination Wedding Photo Location: City of Puerto Vallarta Mexico

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Destination Wedding Reception: NOW Amber Puerto Vallarta

FIRST LOOK AT HOTEL AT THE LAFAYETTE

Melissa and Mary had their wedding and reception at Hotel at the Lafayette. Their ceremony room looked amazing and we thought it would be great for them to have a first look there.

We had Melissa up front near the altar with her back to the aisle. Then had Mary walk in through the drapery. It was so beautiful! Mary has such a big smile walking in. Melissa is just patiently waiting. As Mary made her way in, we had Melissa turn around. It was so emotional as well. They were both laughing and crying all at the same time.

I also love the colors in the room. They had a pink ombre color scheme. You can see it in the flowers, but if you look close, the chairs are different shades of pink as well. Great idea!

We love when couples decide to do a first look. This means they see each other for the first time before their actual ceremony. This is a nice intimate moment between them. They get to talk to each other and find out how each others day went so far. They just get some quality time together before the craziness begins. We love capturing these photos!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

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

Buffalo Wedding DJ and Photo Booth: Toy Brothers Entertainment

The Wedding Dress at Avanti Mansion

This is one of my new favorite dress images!

This is Christina's wedding dress at the Avanti Mansion. Before her groom arrived, we took the dress into the library for some fun shots. Right when we hung it, we knew it was going to be awesome. The lighting looked so good paired with the color scheme of the room. Just beautiful!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Details Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony, Photo Location, Reception: Avanti Mansion

LEWISTON ENGAGEMENT SESSION

Sorry for the delay folks! Today was the first Saturday since our season began, that we have off. I slept in!

Here we are in Lewiston NY for Kristin and John engagement session. The Christmas lights were up around the village and we decided to walk around. We had to stop at this house. We had Kristin and John in the walkway, Neal taking the shot from across the street and me doing lighting. Now, it was pretty busy that night and a lot of traffic. Neal was yelling directions to me, I was yelling back, and Kristin and John were laughing. It couldn't have went better.!

When Neal joined us again, Kristin said there were rocking chairs on the porch and could they sit on them. We were not sure if this was a private residence or a business. Neal started to check it out and came back with a "Yeah there is a man watching us from the front door." We'll take that as get out haha.

At least we got this image!

-Danielle

Buffalo Engagement Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Engagement Photo Location: Lewiston NY

PEEK-A-BOO MATTHEW

Matthew is back and messy with his first birthday cake smash in Neal Urban Studio!

After doing our teacher/school style set up, we switched up some things to bring in a cake. Matthew had a Mickey Mouse birthday party, so he was dressed in his little outfit and hat. Isn't he just the cutest little guy you have ever seen in that outfit.

Matthew continued to be such a happy camper for this part as well. He went to town and dug right into his cake all by himself. We all started to play peek-a-boo with him behind the camera. Picture 4 adults, all hiding behind one another and popping out saying peek-a-boo in extremely high voices. This is what happened! Matthew decided to play right along with us. I love how his hands are covered in cake too! This is one of my favorite cake smash photos!

-Danielle

Buffalo First Birthday Cake Smash Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo First Birthday Cake Smash Photo Location: Neal Urban Studio

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY MATTHEW!

Matthew came to celebrate his first birthday with Neal Urban Studio for a photo shoot!

We love having this family at the studio. We took Matthews parents', Katie and Chad's engagement and wedding photos as well. Then newborn! We are full circle! Katie and Chad are both teachers, so we wanted to incorporate that somehow into the photos. I think we did a great job!

Matthew was such a happy little guy. He was smiling and laughing the entire time! We all sang some Patty Cake, and said a lot of "You are so big!" And that was the keeper! Right when Katie asked Matthew how big he was, his hands went right up in the air. And he still held onto his blocks!

Wait until we bring in the cake!

-Danielle

Buffalo First Birthday Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo First Birthday Photo Location: Neal Urban Studio