Rock the Suit

We've all hear about "trash the dress" or "rock the dress", if you perfer. But what about the groom?
"Rock the suit"?! Seriously, how awesome (and hot!) are these?!!

All photos were taken by RED HEART PHOTOGRAPHY

Check out this awesome carnival themed wedding they shot:

What an enterance!

Love the details!

This is the kind of wedding I would love to be invited to (or crash)!
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I am a photo whore: Part II

Our second engagement shoot was in New York City, by J'adore Love Photography, whom I found on the weddingbee classifieds. You bees should really take advantage of all the bee resources! Efrain and Jennifer from J'adore Love Photography are sooo cute; seriously they should be in front of the camera rather than behind it! We meet them in Times Square, where we shot there, Bryant Park and just outside the New York public library. It was very cold out, which made it difficult to find "cute" outfits and still keep warm. We did the best that we could do considering the weather.

A few of our favorites:

"Look hun, a bird."

I stop in the middle of the road to kiss ALL the time. :)

Peek-a-boo

I love hip hop, he is hip hop..all in all, I love him.

All Photography by J'adore Love Photography

I am a photo whore.

I am a photo whore.
I've never claimed to be much of a writer, which is why my posts are usually filled with photos and commentary rather than excellent writing. I loooove photography. Usually I am the one behind a camera rather than in front of it. But that's not what this post is about. I am a photo whore, in the sense that I had the opportunity for not just one engagement shoot, but two. From two different photographers in two different states. Yes, I am a photo whore.


Mr. Mek and I's first shoot was with Michelle from Redheaded Ninja. Can you believe I found her on Craigslist?! We met with her at Hershey Park to do our shoot. She has an amazing amount of energy. Seeing her excited about shooting made us excited to pose for her. Here are some of our favs:

The lil' one is Mr. Mek's 4 year old son. We'll call him Lil' B. He's a rockstar.

The two towers in the background are part of the Hershey Chocolate Factory.

The Dry Gulch train, is Lil' B's favorite ride. This photo is so candid; I like how Mr. Mek and I are both looking at Lil' B and that his hands are on both our laps.

Kissing on the Kissing Tower

This photo is just too cute for words. hehe.


My Fav.

Michelle survived the flying skee ball that Lil' B unintentionally almost threw at her head. Opps.

Trying to sneak a smooch on a moving carousel...not so easy.

If you look very closely you can see Lil' B playing between us.

All Photos by Redheaded Ninja check out her blog!

Picture time! Picture Time!

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I know I've been MIA for awhile, but I'm back into the wedding planning. Wedding Hiatus is done...for now. So onto one of my favorite things...Photography! I researched wedding photographers before we even knew where we were getting married. Honestly, that was one of the reasons why I wanted to get married in Hawaii. The wedding photographers in PA just weren't cuttin' it for me.

Before I begin with all things wedding, let me give you a background in my photography expertise. I've enjoyed photography for as long as I can remember. I actually can remember being in a dark room at age 8, not really knowing what I was doing, but it was fun. As a young kid in the 80's my photography skills was pretty much how to push a button on a point and shoot camera. Growing up in a military family, I got the opportunity to see many (and live in many!) countries as a child. My dad was an intermediate-novice (oxymoron?!) photographer and had a manual Minolta SLR camera; he would document our travels. His camera would end up to be my first SLR camera.

I took photography classes in high school and LOVED it. My senior year I went to a full-time vocational school and studied photography and videography. I continued to study photography at Antonelli Institute after high school. I have worked in a photography studio, a lab, even worked at my old vocational school as an assistant in the photography program there. I went into the Air National Guard, at first as a graphic artist but later changed AFSC (jobs) to photography. So, photography is one of my main priorities in my wedding planning (besides marrying Mr. Mek, of course!).

Now I must admit, I am being very picky about my photography. I've done my share of weddings in the past and let me tell you, it takes a special person to do wedding photography! Just because someone knows photography, it doesn't make them a wedding photographer. I personally hate shooting weddings, as do most of my photography friends. Things I am looking for in my wedding photography: leading lines, interesting angles, depth of field, vibrant colors. I wanted someone who can take great candids (photojournalism style) but could also direct posed shots. I wanted something more than the poopy family photos inside a church.

I had narrowed it down to two photographers.
Frank Amodo

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and Shawn Starr

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Both photographers have an impeccable eye for art! I had a hard time choosing between the two..who did I pick for our special day?! Guess you'll have to wait till March to find out!

What factors did you have in choosing your photographer?