Simon McConico | Valo Photography

There are not many words that can describe these photos. Well… by not many, I mean none.

Oh. My. Lord. These are divine. Jowels.

Yeah… Shawn and Cassie were so much fun… pretty much love them. To be able to shoot for clients like them is a pleasure.

I know that was a mutha load of photos, but hope it was worth it.

p.s. pretty sure the booth makes the reception killer (well, your DJ betta be rockin it, but whateva)

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Before I leave to spend Turkey day with my folks in MN, here is a lil something for you until next week:

You can check out their E-Session HERE and HERE

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Matt and Krista are awesome!  It was so much fun shooting their wedding at the Milwaukee County War Memorial.  The light was great, the people were fun, and the wedding was beautiful.  Matt is a cancer survivor and friend and it was a great honor for me to document this day for him.  Jake, Nicole, and I shot photos, danced a bit, and rocked the Crazy Booth all night long.  Enjoy the images, you two are great!

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I don’t have words for this type of stuff… just look at the photos.

Shooting weddings makes  you really thirsty

And, I guess it also makes you a little crazy

Cuvee, a super swag place is a great location to have your reception. Great staff and a really great environment.  You can check out the full wedding post on My Blog and Jakes Blog.

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Awesome light. Awesome location. Awesome senior. 2010 ain’t messin around!

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Oh my my my my… I love shooting weddings. Rob and Christina’s wedding just continued to keep me on my toes.  Tons of home made things, small details, and lots of fantastic vendors to work with.

Rob and Christina contacted me from New York where they live and work.  Both of them have been involved in theater and the arts and it was evident at their wedding.  Christinas dress was handmade and so were all of the flowers.  The flowers were paper and crafted by St. Jude’s Creations and looked fantastic.  The wedding was at the beautiful Villa Terrace, which is an awesome location overlooking like Michigan.

I love to see the different emotions that people go through at a wedding… from the nervous first steps to the first kiss.

They had an adaptation of one of my favorite author/illustrator, Shel Silverstein’s work “The Missing Piece Meets The Big O”

We had some fantastic light for photos after the ceremony.

Of all the great personal touches, this one takes the cake. Rob is a big Back to the Future fan and Christina surprised him with renting a Delorean (from TimeMachineRental.com) to go from the Villa Terrace to the reception site, Cuvee.  Pretty much the most fantastic thing ever.

Heck… I even got in on the action.

The cake was from Eat Cake and was not only gorgeous, but was the best smelling cake ever. I could smell the berries before the cake was even cut.

Later that night we went out to the car and took more photos and had a great time quoting lines from Back to the Future and attempting to go 88mph. Didn’t work…

A big thanks to Dynamic Events for helping pull everything together and make this a great night for Rob and Christina.  There are more photos coming from the Crazy Booth… I’ll post those in just a bit… too crazy for my computer to handle.

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So… Being that Jake and I had never shot a wedding together when we started Valo we didn’t want to make a sample album with the weddings that we shot in the past.  This year we have shot a ton of weddings and got lots of great photos.  When we meet with people, they want to see examples of our albums, which, well… we didn’t have. We were just asking them to trust us that they were going to be amazing.

Ive never been fond of the albums where you stick a bunch of 4×6′s in a plastic sheet that sounded like garbage bags when you turned the page.  I don’t feel like those ever actually complimented the photos that were in the pages, but deterred.  Granted… those albums are cheap and much easier to look at then a stack of photos, but putting a little money into displaying your day never hurt.

The albums that we create are books that you will want to keep out for people to see. The pages and colors complement the photos and help bring the wedding story to life.  I love these things and cant wait to have one of my own in April when I tie the knot, take the plunge, get a Mrs., never have to cook… well… maybe not that last one…

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So why don’t you make like a tree… and get outta here!

More awesomeness later…

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OMG. Amazing light. Amazing people. Aaaaaaand, I am pretty sure these two are fantastic.  Can’t wait to shoot their wedding next year.

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Should have a whole lot of awesome coming down the tube. Got lots and lots of photos to post from this session and from the crazy shooting we have done this month.

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