Your wedding day will be filled with hugs
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Every wedding day I’ve been a part of has been full of hugs. I’m guessing yours will be, or was, too.
Here are a few favorite wedding hug photographs.
Photos by Atlanta Wedding Photographer Cindy Brown
Isaac's Game Night Bar Mitzvah Party
/Whenever I photograph a Bar, Bat or B’nai Mitzvah party, I decide every young adult should be celebrated in this way as they come of age. By that I don’t mean that everyone’s celebration should look the same, but rather that every young adult should be celebrated for who they are in a way they love.
A young man, like Isaac who loves games, should be celebrated with games, as he was.
In celebration of Isaac, the Silverbell Pavillion at the Emory Conference Center was turned into a game room, complete with a pool table, skeeball and basketball arcade games, and video games.
While some of Isaac’s friends were absorbed in a video games racing one another, others picked up a cue to shoot it out on the pool table.
Adults, including Isaac’s Mom could be found enjoying themselves at the basketball station.
At the skeeball station, Isaac’s grandmother scored big.
Isaac’s cousins and uncle helped with the celebration.
Even when he had been knocked off his feet, Isaac’s joy bubbled to the surface.
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Isaac's Bar Mitzvah Rehearsal at Congregation Shearith Israel
/Mozel Tov, Isaac! And thanks for the invite.
One of the many things I love about my job is that I get to attend and help celebrate once-in-a-lifetime spiritual events. Before leaving my job as a professor of photojournalism, I spent more than two years documenting religious diversity in Mississippi.
It’s a passion of mine, to document and experience religious events from across the religious spectrum. A nd not surprisingly, one of my favorites is the coming-of-age bar, bat or b’nai mitzvah.
While I wasn’t able to attend Isaac’s religious Bar Mitzvah service at Congregation Shearith Israel, everyone I spoke with told me what a wonderful job he did.
I’m not surprised. On Thursday, at his rehearsal, Isaac carried and dressed the Torah with care, and read his passage from it with sincerity.
Isaac laughed after he chose the hebrew word for “remember” from the Torah when the rabbi asked. Well, he actually laughed after he realized he had just barely missed choosing the word “sin.”
Now that, you will remember, Isaac.
Isaac with proud parents, Andrea and Michael.
If you, or someone you know, is looking for a photographer who is passionate about photographing Bar, Bat and B’nai Mitzvahs, send them to my Mitzvah portfolio/contact page.
“There are a million reasons that I thought you would be a great fit for Isaac’s Bar Mitzvah (academic background, brilliant eye, lovely laid-back personality, non-judgmental etc. etc.,) but one of the things I really loved was that you did not seem to have a pre-conceived notion of what a Bar Mitzvah “should” look like and seemed open to whatever was unique to Isaac.
That is a big deal to me.”
Jade and Kayla’s Cagle Farm Wedding
/Jade and Kayla’s celebration started with a ceremony. Guests and couple ate some bar-b-que and cake and listened to some toasts. Then everyone danced the night away.
See more of our LGBT weddings at our sister brand, Cindy and Sharon.
Photos by Atlanta wedding photographer Cindy Brown
Fall Foliage -- a favorite engagement photography background
/Following up my fascinating blog post about using a blank wall as a background for engagement photographs, I feel the need to feature a background that is a bit more expected … fall foliage.
This time of year just makes me want to head off to a beautiful state park in the north Georgia mountains, Vogel State Park or Smithgall Woods for example, with a camera in hand and a couple in tow.
Here are a few of my favorite couples in a few of my favorite fall foliage engagement photos.
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Elizabeth and John's Garden Party Wedding in Decatur.
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Sharing a few favorites from an amazing garden party wedding that took place at the bride’s parents’ home.
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Excited to announce three new WPJA winners
/The Wedding Photojournalist Association was created for photographers like me who shoot weddings the way a photojournalist would shoot for a magazine story.
I’m always honored when one of the photos I have taken at a wedding is chosen for an award.
Here are three award-winners from the latest round of WPJA contest.
This is a photo of the bride’s Mom laughing at a comment made by the bride during the getting ready portion of the day.
Getting ready photos are often some of the best photos taken on a wedding day.
This photos taken at the same wedding at Rhodes Hall shows Mom, the bride, and aunt helping the daughter of the bride get into her bridesmaid’s dress. A friend looks on from the background.
The final winner for this quarter is from a wedding that was postponed twice, once due to Covid and the second time due to a tornado. Here the bride in the foreground and the groom in the background hug guests after the ceremony.
Blank wall — a favorite engagement photography location:
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One of my favorite spots for engagement photos, actually for any portrait, is a blank wall … a mostly blank wall. Actually most walls, even ones that are one color, are not really completely blank.
Little Five Points
Example: Drew and Shea’s engagement portrait was taken against a red brick wall in Little Five Points. The texture and pattern in the bricks adds to the image without distracting from the couple.
High Museum of Art
The neutral wall of the High Museum made for a simple background for this stoic portrait of Nav and Kathryn. The lines on the wall and the tree added compositional elements to draw the eye to the couple.
Inman Park
This white brick wall in Inman Park provided a clean backdrop, as well as the repetitive compositional elements of the window frame. The plants between the sidewalk and the street add a sense of depth to a relatively flat image.
