Congratulations Maria and Daniel!

This past weekend, I flew down to Santa Fe, NM to photograph the marvelous wedding of Maria and Daniel! What a great weekend!! Not only was I able to be there while two of my good friends were married, but we also had a bit of a reunion of former and current St Vladimir's Seminary students. It was great.

But, of course, my main reason for being there was to capture all of the wonderful moments on camera.

Maria and Daniel had a wonderful Orthodox wedding, with beautifully handmade crowns.



The wedding service started with the betrothal in the back of the church, and the couple had Daniel's father con-celebrate with Maria's spiritual father and the couple's very good.



They then moved into the center of the church for the Service of Crowning and the Dance of Isaiah.





The reception was fantastic! Good food, good friends and lots of great Greek dancing! It seems that everyone got involved, both Greek and other, Orthodox and non, family and friends and even this photographer! What a great evening!


Congratulations Daniel and Maria! After the reception ended, the couple began their honeymoon. Daniel planned the entire 2 week honeymoon as a surprise for Maria, so even though I know where they are headed, just in case they check in on this blog, I will not make mention of any specifics! But I hope you guys have a wonderful trip!