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

ROCK THE BOAT

This is something you do not see everyday at a wedding reception!

Kristen and Mike got married in July of 2011. Their reception was at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens. They were such a fun and silly couple to photography. After the ceremony at Our Lady of Victory Basilica, we went to a private residence for their photos. We laughed and had such a blast the entire time. We knew the reception was going to be awesome!

They had a packed dance floor! Then all of a sudden everyone cleared out and Mike took a seat on the dance floor. Out of nowhere, an entire crowd of people sat behind him in a line. We had no idea what was going on. Then the song “Rock the Boat” came on. The line of people raised their hands and started dancing. It was hysterical.

Kristen came up to us and said this happens at all of Mike’s family weddings! She knew at some point this was going to happen!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Our Lady of Victory Basilica

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Private Residence

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Salvatore’s Italian Gardens

BOUQUET AND SHOES

Oh how I love wedding details! Kelsey's bouquet and shoes were just beautiful!

Kelsey got ready at Salvatore's Garden Place Hotel. We know there are a lot of places to get awesome reflections at the hotel. It all comes down to my shoe obsession. I am a sucker for some sexy shoes! That's why you keep seeing shoes on the blog! Pair it with the flowers, even better!

Kelsey had some amazing Christian Louboutin's (once again, the wrong size for me). We placed them next to her gorgeous bouquet and added some light to get a great reflection. I absolutely love how the pop of red from the shoes looks! The neutral colors in the flowers are just glowing!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Video: Nigh Video Productions

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Salvatore's Garden Place Hotel

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Delaware Park

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Salvatore's Italian Gardens

Buffalo Wedding DJ: Moving Music

Buffalo Wedding Florist: Evergreen Floral

VEIL PORTRAITS

Kelsey and Jarrett had their photos done at Delaware Park. They had a November wedding and we were hoping for a dusting of snow. That didn't happen, so we improvised!

We decided to do some veil style photos. We pulled Kelsey's veil over both of them. Then we let them have a moment. It was great. Jarrett went in for kisses on the lips, cheek, neck, ear. He was having such an intimate moment with Kelsey. Kelsey closed her eyes and just enjoyed. At one point, I do not think they remembered we were there taking photos. It was great!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Video: Nigh Video Productions

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Salvatore's Garden Place Hotel

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Delaware Park

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Salvatore's Italian Gardens

Buffalo Wedding DJ: Moving Music

A BRIDE AND HER MAIDS!

Calling all pretty ladies!

Let's celebrate the New Year with Kelsey and her ladies! This was after the ceremony at Salvatore's Garden Place Hotel. Neal and I dragged over some of the couches from the foyer and had the Bridesmaids take a seat. Then Kelsey took front and center! They all look stunning.

The ceremony was over and the girls were ready to strike a pose and have fun. I love how one of the girls is holding out her flowers. They had fun with it and did whatever they wanted. We like to put people in the best light and let them have fun. These ladies did not need any direction!

-Danielle

Hey all, Neal here! New for 2016 I am adding some insight to some blog posts of what I did technically to create some of the images. For this image I placed the ladies in this spot of the foyer because it had beautiful natural light coming through the diffused skylights above. I put a light behind the Bride to separate her from the background. I shot this around 70mm at 4.0 to get everyone in focus but add a little blur the busy background which helps the girls stand out even more. - Neal

Buffalo Wedding Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Wedding Video: Nigh Video Productions

Buffalo Wedding Ceremony: Salvatore's Garden Place Hotel

Buffalo Wedding Photo Location: Delaware Park, Albright Knox Art Gallery

Buffalo Wedding Reception: Salvatore's Italian Gardens

Buffalo Wedding DJ: Moving Music

HAPPY U.S. OPEN from Park Country Club!

For all you golf lovers out there! We hope you are enjoying the U.S. Open! Here's an image for you!

This was done at Park Country Club. Nick and Lauren had their photo session at the Club. It was great! We got to go all over the course in golf carts with the wedding party. This was done on one of the fairways. (there were no golfers on this one). All we wanted was for the wedding party to walk toward us with Nick and Lauren leading the way. This green was perfect because the club house was in the background. And it is such a beautiful club house. 

There is really no set up or posing for a shot like this. We just made sure the Bride and Groom were always leading the way in center. Then it's up to everyone else to have fun. Everyone was talking, laughing, and looking around. The Groomsmen were telling jokes! We had Nick and Lauren hold hands. They were laughing and looking at eachother. It was exactly what we wanted! Everyone did an awesome job!

So, who do you think will be this years U.S. Open winner?? 

-Danielle

Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Ceremony: Church of the Assumption in Buffalo

Photo Session: Park Country Club

Reception: Salvatore's Italian Gardens

CASE OF THE MONDAYS!

Time to wake up and get back to work!  That’s not the case here.  Benny the dog is all dressed up for the big day, but doesn’t want to move off the bed. 

For this bride, her dog is the love of her life.  Well, besides her fiance, Nick Salvatore, of course. All she wanted was a photo of her dog with her Valentinos. Women, I know what you are thinking.  How can we put Valentinos anywhere near a dog? Our first reaction was, “I think Benny looks mad, take out the shoes immediately”.  Then he starting dozing on and off and we realized this little guy was just sleepy. It couldn’t have worked out better.  All we needed to do was put the shoes next to him.

You always have to be ready to snap the photo while working with pets. You may only have their attention for a split second. In this image, Neal was ready to take the picture while I got the dogs attention. Treats work well too!  The room had great lighting, so there was no artificial light to distract the dog.  Even after Neal got the shot, Benny did not want to move.  I guess it was time for a nap!

-Danielle

Buffalo Wedding Photography by Neal Urban Studio

Ceremony - Church of the Assumption, Buffalo NY

Buffalo Wedding Reception - Salvatore's Italian Gardens

Buffalo Wedding Videography - Bella Star Productions

Buffalo Wedding DJ & Uplighting - CJ Sound

Wedding Shoes - Valentino