Vasya & Olga Say “I Do”

When we walked into the house that day to pho­to­graph Olga and her brides­maids get­ting ready, I was absolutely stunned when I saw her. I knew that Olga was beau­ti­ful, but on her wed­ding day she looked radi­ant, flaw­less, just like a princess. She men­tioned being a tad bit ner­vous, but she seemed calm, cool, and col­lected. She had noth­ing to worry about — she looked absolutely gor­geous and she was mar­ry­ing the man of her dreams.

Olga look­ing like a princess fit per­fect for the day because it played out just like a fairy­tale. After com­plet­ing the entire “get­ting ready” process, Olga waited full of excite­ment and antic­i­pa­tion to reveal her­self to her prince who was wait­ing anx­iously at the bot­tom of the stairs. The entire wed­ding party stood behind Vasya cheer­ing on the bride to hurry and come unveil her­self. They clapped, they cheered, they whis­tled as Olga began to make her way onto the plat­form at the top of the steps. Then there was an uproar as she began to walk down the steps into the arms of her beloved. The look on Vasya’s face as he watched Olga walk down to him was full of love, admi­ra­tion, and desire to be with his “soon to be wife” for the rest of his life. As the two, locked eyes, hands, then arms and finally bod­ies, Vasya leaned over and whis­pered in Olga’s ear. Though sur­rounded by friends and fam­ily, Vasya and Olga shared this spe­cial inti­mate moment before the wed­ding together. Any wor­ries or anx­i­eties were washed away from a sim­ple whis­per from her strong and con­fi­dent prince and a smile appeared across her face. They were now ready for the day. Vasya and Olga, thank you so much for giv­ing us the priv­i­lege of doc­u­ment­ing your spe­cial day. You had a beau­ti­ful wed­ding and we know you will have a beau­ti­ful future together. We love you both!

~Can­dace and Vitaliy

We started off the day bright and early with the boys get­ting ready for the day.

Then we headed over to where the ladies were and I went up to cap­ture the bride get­ting ready while Vitaliy took these amaz­ing shoes and dress shots.

I just love the facial expres­sions in this photo.

Olga was hav­ing so much fun get­ting ready. Here she is play­ing around with steamer for her dress.

Once she was dressed, we let Vitaliy in and he cap­tured this. See what I mean by radiant?

The light was falling into the room flaw­lessly against her skin.

Here is the story being played out.

The whis­per and the smile.

Then we headed over to a park for some por­traits. Here is the wed­ding party. Are those flower girls not adorable? They are Olga’s nieces who came all the way from Ukraine to be in her wedding.

I am so crazy over this pic­ture! The pose was actu­ally inspired from John Mire­les’ Look­Book. This is a great tool. But Vitaliy took it to another level.

Have you seen Father of the Bride? My dad and I used to watch that movie all the time. There is some­thing so spe­cial about the moment a father shares with his daugh­ter before walk­ing down the aisle. Here is a sweet moment with Olga and her father just moments before he walks her down the aisle.

Vasya and Olga walk­ing into their recep­tion. They didn’t need a spot light because the light was pour­ing through the win­dows per­fectly illu­mi­nat­ing their entrance.

Orange, orange, orange!! Vasya and Olga’s wed­ding was rich in color from the brides­maid dresses, to the flow­ers, to the dec­o­ra­tions. It was all so vibrant.

They’ve got some seri­ous bling going on here, people!