Chermine & Eric Smith • August 21st, 2009 • Burbank, CA

Chermine and Eric's wedding and reception were held at the Castaway Restaurant in Burbank and had over 200 guests present. It almost seemed like half of them were in the bridal party! They had 12 bridesmaids and 12 groomsmen, plus the two flower girls and their handsome young son as the ringbearer. It was a big group!

Chermine (or "Moe", as her family and friends call her) was extremely photogenic and her formal portraits reflected that. This was the third time I have had her in front of my lens, including their engagement portrait session and a special bridal boudoir session that she did as a surprise wedding gift for Eric.

At the end of their ceremony, they did a dove release and the birds must have been trained to pose for the cameras, because they flew right over myself and my second shooter, Kevin, allowing us to get great shots of them in the air.

The reception was amazing and everyone had a great time! I usually set up off-camera strobe lighting for receptions (fired off through a radio trasmitter on my camera) and you can definitely see the amazing results this produces in many of their reception images.

(Photographed by Loren, Kevin, and Rachel)