Imad+Aziza: Engagement

When we met Aziza and her family it was obvious that their wedding day would be magnificent.
Aziza's Dad showed us the insides of his grand stage production with two hand-made fountains, so we got a rare chance of witnessing the project in the making almost from scratch. And to say we were impressed is not to say anything at all: it was incredible. We had yet to meet Imad (he lives on the opposite side of the country), so once he landed in Boston we made our way into the city to make some awesome images of the couple in love. These two are such great sports - they put up with our crazy ideas for almost 2 hours despite blistering cold temperatures that day. Here are some images from their engagement session from a little over a week ago.

Warming up

Yes, it was very windy and cold

Love this one! (absolutely random moment)

To be married in two days, can't you tell!!!

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Kent+Karen = Engaged!

What is love? Some say love is a friendship set on fire, a master key to the door to happiness, or as a brilliant writer, Mark Twain, once said "Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." Although everything above does make sense, how do we, photographers, see love and distinguish it from everything else? Take a look at these images and see if your answer would be the same as ours at the end of the post.

Our answer: It's that deep, sultry, the "I am drowning" (in a good way) look in their eyes when they look at each other.

Kent and Karen are the perfect example of people in LOVE! We met up for their engagement session a couple of weeks ago and it was starting to rain. Me and Anna were ready to call the session off due to weather conditions, but these two suggested that a little rain never hurt anyone and they were ready to shoot no matter what! Are we glad we listened!?!? The sun came out exactly one hour before the sunset giving us a chance to work in the best light of the day! We hope you enjoyed this little sneak peak into our session and as always please feel free to leave us a comment below. We love comments!

Please click here to view the rest of the images from the day.

Alex+Maria: "The Day After" Shoot

Recently we have been getting more and more inquiries about our “the day after” shoots, and we couldn’t help but notice that these sessions are becoming more and more popular with other photographers. How does the idea of cruising around the city with nothing but time, our creativity and cameras sound to you? Good? Well, here are several reasons for having a session like this: the pressure of the wedding day is long gone - there neither are no time constrains nor is there a limit on locations - you (the bride) don’t have to obsess about keeping your dress immaculately clean, which allows for some creative posing - plus, who wouldn’t have a desire to get all pumped up again and wear a wedding dress one more time? I totally would, and I did, and I’d love to do it again :) Also, by that time you are used to being in front of the cameras and it greatly shows in the created imagery.

Just because we call it “the day after” shoot, it doesn’t mean that we have to do it the next day. The session can be scheduled at any point in time, like in this case with Alex and Maria (post-honeymoon). So, if you want to take advantage of the beautiful environment away from the ceremony/reception area, but in your wedding attire, and create some awesome images, then this session is perfect for you.
Shoot us an email @ info at teamyuphoto dot com and we’ll be happy to discuss it with you.

We shot Alex&Maria in the heart of Boston with the idea to get some beautiful images that reflect some more of their personalities, their love for each other and for our fabulous city, of course.

Mmmm...

I love the feel of this one!

Huge thanks to our friend Doug for being the best reflector holder and simply a cool photographer :) Click here to check his images from the shoot.

Behind the scenes images are to follow!

Brian + Kathleen: To Be Married Soon

We've had so much rain around here lately, and it was pouring again on Sunday, but Tony strongly believed that the rain was about to stop right before our planned e-session with Brian and Kathleen. He was watching the radar all day and passionately informed me every time he saw some "visible" changes. It was hilarious. Honestly, we were so excited to meet this couple that we simply could not even bare the thought of rescheduling our shoot. We were determined in spite of the weather conditions.
Well, what can I say, Tony was right, just as we got together at a beautiful Castle Island the rain stopped...for just about 15 minutes :)

First, we did a little bit of fishing. If you are becoming a family it is a necessary skill to learn - you gotta feed your family, right? :)

Happy smiles and exceptional mood - who cares that the sky looks so scary :)

Sweet...

So happy together!

My favorite shot of the night, would've been totally impossible on a shiny sunny day.
Love the puddles!!!

Brian&Kathleen, it was such a pleasure spending the evening with you, chatting over dinner and getting to know the two of you.
Looking forward to your wedding!!!

To view the rest of the images from the session please click here! (password is Brian's last name)

Jim+Abigail: Engaged and very ready to get married! :)

This delightful couple drove all the way from Vermont to meet with us, discuss upcoming wedding details and simply enjoy a night out in Beantown. And that's exactly what we did! First, yummy Italian dinner in Bertucci's, and then a nice stroll in Public Garden then the streets of Beacon Hill.
Good times :)

Jim recently got a job as a 911 operator, so I was sitting listening to his stories with my mouth open...talk about that constant doze of adrenalin :)
I can't wait for their wedding! Vermont, get ready for Team Yu :)))

Here are some of our favorites:

The Boston Brooklyn Bridge

A couple of beautiful portraits

Some cool geometry

Sorry, but we just had to ride the duckies ;)

Feeling totally at home (on Beacon Hill that is)

We lost them for a little and look where we found them ;)

Abbi and Jim: Thank you so much, guys, for coming, and we are looking forward to good (no, great) times in Vermont!

p.s. this anticipation of meeting Jim's twin brother and bring my creative ideas into life is killing me :) You know what I mean :) hehehe

Edgar + Janelly: Engaged!!!

Over the weekend we got a chance to hang out with this absolutely wonderful couple. Edgar and Janelly are high school sweethearts, and they are planning to get married around this time next year. All I can say is that these two have such connection...
I felt it from the minute we met them. I can still see their smiles in front of me :) I must confess that Janelly and Edgar were a dream to work with. How lucky are we? Beautiful weather, amazing location, yummy light and on top of everything - clients that are simply "natural" in front of the camera!

How cute - they were holding hands the whole time!

Yummy couple, yummy light - one of my favorites of all times!

Another favorite

Ohh yeah! Almost forgot, Mr. Kanye West made an appearance while we were shooting ;)

Yuummmmm.......

How cool is this door?

Stopping traffic

Guys, thank you again for letting us capture this exciting time of your lives, for being a great company, and for being open to all of my (sometime crazy) suggestions :)

Edit: How silly of me not to include this shot in the post? Yeah, I know ....