I visited my sister, Greta, on Sunday at her college (Trinity International University). It's nice having her so close by now, the ability to see her is now possible! She used to be living overseas with my family but now that she's starting college and attending a school that's only an hour away, she's nearby. So my cousin and I drove up to visit with her for the afternoon/evening. We had a lot of fun catching up, drinking coffee and going on walks through the local parks.

Later in the evening I did a photoshoot with Greta and some of her friends at her school. My sister and I used to traditionally have a photoshoot every time we'd get to visit together. It gives me a chance to do some photography and Greta enjoys modeling for me so it all works out.

I realized only just now that I actually used the wrong watermark on my photos, I used an older one instead of my current one. I really need to delete my old ones... but I don't really feel like going back through all the photos and changing the watermark. Especially since this was just a fun and casual thing. Not a paid gig. :) Now to the photos!

On September 14th our friends Maria and Israel got married. Maria decided to just get officially married at City Hall, and then have a big reception later that same evening. I met her downtown in the morning to photograph her getting officially married; as well as to get some family portraits. 

Their reception was held later in the evening at a banquet hall. I was there to capture getting ready photos, some decor details, candids of friends and family, as well as dancing of course.





 The bouquet was red roses and baby's breath with a single white rose in the center.



Although Maria opted to have a very budget-friendly wedding, her one splurge was her gown. According to her, it was definitely worth it. Seeing her in the dress, you could see why. This dress was absolutely perfect for her, it fit her personality and she looked gorgeous in it.






Maria had a very large bridal party, but some of them arrived earlier than others.
Her maid of honor is in the center, with a couple bridesmaids on either side. They all picked their own dresses, they just all had to be bright red - except for the maid of honor of course.





Bridesmaids going over last minute details.












For the first hour of dancing they had a live mariachi band perform.



First dance.





After the first dance they took turns dancing with other people.






Another tradition is to have the bride and groom stand on chairs with bridal party members holding them up, and the bride and groom hold a white cloth between them [or hold hands] while guests run under. The guests running through and around also knock into them and try to knock them off their chairs. First went all the single female guests.