Sara Michele Photography

I’ve been booking DJ jobs for Bryan for a couple years now through Platinum Mix. Aileen, I’d only met once or twice and just for a few minutes each time when Bryan came to pick up or drop off equipment or something. After their engagement photo session, I decided they take great photos together and their wedding would most likely be fun. But I had no idea just how perfect they actually are together until their wedding day. Seeing them both interact with their families and friends, both me and Evis (who was shooting video) commented about how freaking PERFECT they are for each other. They are both incredibly sweet, thoughtful, and FUN people. Here’s a few of the photos ->

Alright. So. I’ve seen the bride coming down the isle thing like a ka-zillion times. And while at the actual wedding I was completely focused on finding the moment as always, when I was home sitting at my desk editing the ceremony video, watching Bryan try so hard to stop crying when he saw Aileen coming down the isle – I’ll admit to crying like a little girl. haha.

This may be the biggest group shot I have taken thus far. ->

Ahh…the bridal party. What should I say about this bridal party…hmmm…lol. Seriously though, this bridal party was everything a bridal party is supposed to be. Fun. (very) Fun. Entertaining. Cooperative. Helpful. And they did more than their share to hype the reception up. Awesome bridal party.

How about a little Tug O’ War in the church? Props to Evis for finding the rope and coming up with this idea. Thats what I love about working with a team. 2 minds working for the same goal is always better than 1.

Not sure what the heck happened during the limo ride from the church to the photo location (downtown Birmingham), maybe a *little* bit of alcoholic beverages *may* have been consumed. Regardless, it was most def an entertaining photo session:

As previously mentioned, Bryan is an excellent wedding DJ. And as any decent wedding DJ knows, the success of the reception is largely reliant on how fun the bride and groom are. In this short video, DJ Bryan along with is lovely wife Aileen, demonstrate how to properly kick off a reception.

‘Cause its about to go down! from Sara G. on Vimeo.

One of the (many) highlights of the evening: The break dancing. I love me a good break dancing crowd. And who knew Bryan could do it so well?

This blog post has gotten much larger than planned, so I’ll end this post with their highlights video. Oh and, a couple more pics are available on Platinum Mix’s Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/platinummix). Feel free to Tag yourself and re-post!

Bryan and Aileen’s Wedding Day Recap! from Sara G. on Vimeo.

Congratulations Aileen and Bryan!!!!

I thought I would try something new for Jess and Lee’s wedding, so here’s a little video of a few of the images from their wedding day:::

I photographed Jess and Lee’s wedding the day after I came home from Las Vegas.  After spending a week with 10,000 photographers at the wedding photographer’s convention, I was totally inspired to try some new stuff.  I brought along with me my new 50mm Lens , and shot a ton of photos while the bride and bridesmaids were getting ready just mostly to learn how to use this cool little lens.    By the time I got to the ceremony, I had a good grasp of the capabilities of the lens and am excited to say, I shot about 75% of their ceremony with no flash, just natural light.  This is a first for me, and exciting because many churches don’t allow flash (see post from Maureen + Ryan’s wedding).    The reception at Lafayatte Grande in Pontiac was a blast!    I thought it was totally rad that Lee brought his bass guitar (and his band) and played for a few songs.    Great wedding!   Congrats Jess and Lee!!