Shakira was standing in front of the mirror in her parents bedroom and I asked her to look down for a second and captured this...wow!
What an amazing ceremony, what an amazing couple! We always feel honored to be rpesent when two people in love say their vows, but this ceremony was especially touching, steeped with tradition and emotion! The attention to detail was everywhere and the processional started at 3:59 for her 4:00 ceremony
The beautiful flowers were done by
Maria Pedreira of Rosa's Florist
2051 Main St. Bridgeport, CT 06604
Telephone: 203-384-6059 
The sound of the drums was...
POWERFUL!
Malek's vows were every woman's dream, so much so that when he was finished Rev. Dr. Anthony Bennett proclaimed that if Shakira didn't want him that he would marry him!
Their reception was at the Waterview in Monroe
As you know...I just love Black and white and color...
These two images were amongst Tom's favorites from the day. His wonderful 70-200mm f 2.8 lens just threw the background softly out of focus and allowed the happiness of Shakira and Malek to shine through!
We had a lot of time at the Waterview outside on their patio which enabled us to capture a plethora of images of the wedding party, family, and of just the two of them.
We had so many favorites of this couple, here are just a few...
The people in the wedding party were a lot of fun
What a fun group!
Their cake was beautiful and its colors called to me to create some more black and white and color photographs.
The pictures that we took from their engagement portrait session were used for a signature album as well as for a 16x20 signature photograph. Their signature album can be seen here in an earlier post.
Their reception at the Waterview was wonderful, attention to detail evident everywhere. And I loved that each table had a framed photograph, I am hoping to use some of these in their wedding album as backgrounds.
OK, I love, love, love this last image!
The tree of love growing right of their heads, which are making a heart shape.
This photograph captures their intense love for each other.
It is going on our wall
Here is a look at their accordion book -- take a look at other accordion books, they make great gifts!
You can view a video of some of the highlights here:
