Stephanie & Chad | Wedding
Friday, June 19, 2009
What is up with this weather?!?! This morning was ridiculously h-o-t-t and early in the afternoon it rained cats and dogs! I was driving home when the downpour started and it was so sooo bad I almost pulled over because I couldn't see 10ft in front of my car. True story. I think it's my duty as a Floridian (I've been here over 20 years, I've earned the title!) to complain about the weather. It's either too hot, too humid, too rainy, too dry...I could go on and on, it's what we do - we complain, but we love it. I wouldn't give up wearing shorts on New Years!!
Enough with my rant, on to a lovely wedding that took place on a gorgeous summer day a couple of weeks ago. Another lovely wedding shot with the equally lovely Dawn Haas.
Chad and his groomsmen were awesome! Hanging out with the boys in one of my favorite parts of second shooting - so much fun!
Teehee hee - told you they were fun!
He cleaned them out..
Had a little time to hang out with the very cute girls..
Stephanie and Chad were married at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Tampa. This was my first Greek wedding and I loved it! The ceremony was filled with so much symbolism and traditions. The priest personally wrote a letter to Stephanie and Chad which he read out loud and was so incredibly heartfelt. I'm not going to lie, I was thisclose to crying.
I love this shot of Chad anxiously waiting for Stephanie to make an entrance.
There she is! Simply stunning!
A couple of the Greek traditions are shown below: The crowns are joined by a thin white ribbon which have been blessed by the priest. The ribbon symbolizes their unity.
I'm about to show my age! Remember that episode of Full House when Uncle Jesse's old girlfriend from Greece came to visit and it turns out that they were married because when they where young they "walked around a table 3 times" (those crazy kids!)?? This is known as the ceremonial walk and I just love how happy Stephanie was taking her first steps with Chad towards marriage!
A few moments after the ceremony:
Stephanie and Chad's reception took place at the Lion's Eye Institute in Ybor City. Now I have to be honest, I drive past this place every single day and I never knew it was a wedding venue! It's actually a restored old cigar factory from the early 1900s. The exposed brick and piping really give the venue a historic feel. I really loved their venue choice.
And I loved their choice of yummy cake!
Stephanie and Chad kept it authentic and had a cigar roller during the cocktail hour and part of the reception
*sigh* First dance
Stephanie and Chad were awesome in allowing us some some time during dinner to stroll around Ybor a little bit for some awesome bridal portraits.
They are going to have beautiful babies!
Rusty nail + Shiny Rings = Suh-weeet!
The rest of the night was dancing and laughing! Love it!
Yay! Happy Friday everyone! The next blog entry will be an awesome Day After session of a certain young lady who is currently in Australia craving Mexican food!
Posted byCarolina Araujo at 3:02 PM
Labels: Weddings