I have been very fortunate for the last string of six years. I have been selected each year with having one or two of my clients’ weddings featured in bridal magazines. 2009 was a great year in terms of my having the honor of photographing several beautiful and elegant weddings. Several of them, in my opinion, were worthy of magazine publication. My clients, Rosemarie and Sam D’Angelo, was certainly one of those weddings and the magazine, Metro Detroit Bride agreed. In fact, not only were their images published, but the wedding was the feature wedding and provided us with a two page spread. Click here to see their blog post link from last September, and here to see their wedding highlight slideshow. Congratulations Rose and Sam!!!  One Special Note: Carolyn Hefner, Wedding Planner Extraordinaire of the first class China Closet, was somehow left off the list of vendor credits.  Without Carolyn’s focused attention to details, creative vision, and meticulous planning, the day would have fallen short of the extraordinary event it became.

I submitted over 200 of my most favorite moments from all of my 2009 weddings to three great wedding photographers that I respect very much. They are Asgeir Bollason of Asgeir Fotographica, Michael Erdkamp of Memories By Michael, and Michael Andrews of Michael Andrews Photography. I want to thank each of them for taking the time to help in selecting my very best moments of 2009.  They are displayed above and below and are not in any particular order. You can see the entire collection of 210 photos on a slide show set to music by clicking here.

My only criteria to the couple was that they better know how to have fun! Well, that was the last requirement I needed to make with Lori and Nick! Talk about fun? They must have invented the word!!! This couple, who flew in from Mobile, Alabama, were soooo much fun, that my job was as easy as it gets! I started with them at their suite on the 57th floor of Trump Towers where I photographed them getting ready. From there, we jumped in an Expedition Limo and headed out to Valley of Fire for some cool portraits just as the sun was hitting the horizon! We literally had about 20 minutes to climb up the rocks before heading back to Vegas to catch the helicopter. The nuptials took place somewhere between the Stratosphere and Bellagio, and the couple – who met sky diving (go figure) – were hitched! We circled back over Mandalay Bay and headed for the landing pad. After a few more photos in front of the helicopter, we drove over to the new City Center to see what we could find for some fun post-ceremony photos. We found a few backdrops in the City Center mall and caught the tram to capture a final portrait in front of the fountains at Bellagio.

Enjoy the photos below! This was a first for me! I hope its not the last, I was in photo Heaven!

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Below are some of my favorites from the day.  Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the post to see the highlight slideshow of the entire day!  Enjoy!

Hair by Luigi Bruni
Gown and Veil, Roma Sposa (custom made by Pnina Tornai, Israel)
Shoes, one of a kind by Rene Caovilla
Church, Holy Name, Monsignor Zenz
Consultant, Carolyn Hefner, The China Closet
Entertainment, Simone Vitale Band & Arabic singer Sawsan Kizi
Floral, Ralph Bellisario, Bellisario Florist
Sylvia Weinstock of Sylvia Weinstock Cakes Ltd. New York, NY
Lighting, Visionary Sound Productions
Print work, Jo Ann Stachelski, Cartoleria
Reception, Joanie Sams, The Townsend Hotel
Rentals, Special Events Rental & Gerych’s (carpet & draping)
Transportation, All Star Transportation
Video, Fifth and Main Productions