Mario + Annamarie {Rochester Michigan Wedding Photographer}

Anna is great.  In fact she’s terrific.  She even didn’t mind my crazy kids acting like mini-Jedi’s with lightsabers flying past her head as they jumped off couches while waiting for one of our meetings.  Once I was able to rescue her from my monsters, we went into the consult room to chat about the details of her upcoming nuptuals, the stresses of planning and even gossiped a bit.  I left my meeting with Anna elated that her wedding was around the corner and I’d be able to spend an entire day with her and Mario.  
September 19th was the big day.  Steve was his usual quite self as we drove to the hotel where Anna was getting ready, meanwhile I chatted his ear off about how psyched I was.  We got there and were greeted by the amazing videographer Jamie Honce of Jamie Honce Productions, you may remember him from our e-session shoot earlier this summer 
After greeting the bridal party we get down to business by shooting the bride’s wedding details, dress, shoes, flowers, ect. and then it’s time to get Anna into that dress.
We finished up at the hotel and then moved to the glorious National Shrine of the Little Flower Church.  At the historic venue we found a cool and collected Mario strutting about, greeting family and friends.  This groom wore a huge smile on his face as his bride-to-be graced down the isle.  Mario + Anna’s ceremony was beautiful with light beaming in from stained glass windows and a cross drapped above the alter.  The ceremony even incorporated Mario’s Philipino heritage with family members placing a veil and cord among the couple.  
After the formalities we finished and a few quick family pics it was time to hit the limo and drive to OU for fabulous images.  Mario and Anna both went to college at Oakland University so what an amazing place to have their reception at.  While walking the grounds we captured fun images of the bridal party while along side the very talented Jamie Honce.  Although I was psyched about the images we were able to capture, I had a certain white barn taking over my mind.  While driving across campus earlier that afternoon I spotted this killer location and had to get this couple in front of it.  So I politely asked Mario and Anna to trust me.  To get in the back of our SUV.  And to drive across campus while their reception was to start in just minutes.  They looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and said “okay”.  With a green light we rushed to the location, shots some aaaaamazing pics and then headed back to start rocking the reception out.  I LOVE these two!

I am always amazed by The Lighting Guy, as they did a killer job of making this event venue look stylish and unique!

OU grads sure know how to rock a reception… look at this totally fab crowd

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