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A HUGE congrats to Eve+Farhad in Hawaii!!

Luke — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:31:31 +0000

An absolutely gorgeous wedding from the Four Seasons Hualalai in Hawaii that we’re unveiling this morning – and I’m so, so excited to share this incredible affair with all of you! Anyone who follows us on Facebook knows we were in Hawaii, and this was our second time coming out to work with an incredible set of families once again. Great families, a fun couple, and Hawaiian sunsets…. yes this is a MONSTER blog post :)

I want to start things off right with the cinema trailer that Josh put together….

Usually we hit you with either the film or the photos, but this time we’re going big time with both at once. And 25 photo spreads to boot so get comfy!

Eve was stunning in her Monique Lhuillier dress

The perfect backdrop for a wedding ceremony

Outdoor ceremonies are so much fun for us to photograph – between the soft (and brighter) light, the relaxed atmosphere, and the freedom for us to move a bit more it’s really our favorite to shoot

I did the same thing right after my ring went on too Farhad!

The girls looked incredible

But the guys were bringing it too of course

This one is for you Farhad!

The reception location was awesome – the lanterns added a great touch

Putting this spread together made me extremely hungry again

At night everything really came alive

Facebook teaser!

I want to thank everyone involved with the wedding for having us, and for sharing such a beautiful part of the world with us once again. We feel lucky to be able to work with such incredible people.

Caity+Chris in NYC

Luke — Mon, 07 May 2012 05:24:26 +0000

We’re here to start your work week off right this Monday morning with some eye candy from Caity+Chris’ NYC engagement shoot! It’s funny that I’ve been doing this long enough to actually have a referral from a wedding 5 years ago at this point (has it been that long Noël?!), but one of my favorite fellow red heads has once again sent me a beautiful couple. I met Caity+Chris on High Line in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood on Thursday afternoon for a great evening together

Love this neighborhood we were able to shoot in

These two were awesome together

Gotta be my favs from the shoot

Thank you both so much for an awesome shoot and I can’t wait to share the rest with you!

Belinda+George’s Saratoga Engagement Shoot

Luke — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:00:05 +0000

Check out the newest Clark+Walker couple, Belinda+George. Their Saratoga Springs engagement shoot was absolutely fantastic, I mean come on, look at these two! We had a blast at the gorgeous Yaddo Gardens, getting some fun cozy shots, and then bringing in their dog to mix things up (a little tough looking right?!?!, but nope, just a big softie!) I am really looking forward to shooting this couples wedding; you know when the engagement session rocks that the wedding is going to be absolutely insane! Congrats guys!

Rockin’ the camera for sure!

Shot on the right – taken in front of Cole Muffler, yup, sure was! I know Belinda+George thought I was nuts but these prime blossoms were gorgeous

How cute are these two, seriously?

Loving that the dog stood guard for these!

Gotta love a little playful balloon action!

Seriously, does it get any better than this? Bang!

Thank you both for an awesome shoot and I can’t wait to see you soon at The Sagamore!

Leah+Seth (Wedding Trailer)

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:34:15 +0000

It’s been a long winter, but we are getting back to doing what we love, and that is shooting weddings! What better way to kick it off then a huge wedding in Syracuse, with a couple that could dance their butts off. This wedding was huge and you especially felt that on the dance floor, where everyone was having an amazing time celebrating this awesome couple, Leah and Seth.

Tears and laughs, happiness and joy, these are what make my work so much fun and we had that in spades in Syracuse. With Kelli Berg from Simply Beautiful Events pulling it all together, we had a great time being part of this one. Congrats to Leah and Seth!

Our Couples AWESOME Wedding Website!

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:18:22 +0000

Check out this INCREDIBLE, CUSTOM, wedding website created by one of our couples – we are super impressed, to say the least! Typically, if a couple decides to make a website about their wedding day details, they utilize the knot or wedding wire, but Stephanie+Randy got creative and made this over-the-top awesome website that details how they met, how the proposal unfolded, wedding day details, engagement photos, and Jewish Wedding 101, which provided great detail into the traditions they are planning to incorporate into their day. Awesome job guys, we love it and are really looking forward to the creativity we know you will bring to your big day!

Before I continue on with just how cool the wedding website is though… we have to show you the Save the Date they did with our cinematographer Josh – www.12.15.12.com/save/

Check out the full site – www.12.15.12.com

Neat diagram of major events in their lives, leading up to when they met, of course!

Details on how their engagement evening unfolded – great job Randy!

Jewish Wedding 101 – AWESOME details on Jewish Traditions they are incorporating into their Wedding Day!

Oh look, some awesome engagement photos! I wonder who took those, they look so awesome!? :)

Venue details – where the Big Day will be taking place! Lots of fun little details here!

Really cute descriptions of both the Bride and Groom as well as things they have in common.

The Kiss

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:33:16 +0000

The “first kiss” is a much anticipated moment at any wedding and as you can see, our Clark+Walker couples knew just what they were doing during their first… second and third kisses! Enjoy the love and fun that is shown below as our couples shared sweet moments throughout their wedding day.

The first kiss

The Sunset Kiss

The head holding kiss

The sweet chin holding kiss

The shoulder grabbing kiss

The smooshed kiss

The full hug kiss

The face-lick kiss

The arm and hand hold kiss

The dip kiss

The cheek peck kiss

The leaning kiss

The almost kiss

The shoulder kiss

The wrap-around kiss

The lift kiss

The sweet forehead kiss

Hawaii Sunset Footage

Luke — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:23:01 +0000

We have a very special, and unique treat here at Clark+Walker thanks to cinema extraordinaire Josh Rask. As many of you who follow us on facebook know – Alisha, myself, and Josh were all in Hawaii recently shooting an absolutely fantastic wedding. This was the studio’s 2nd trip to the Four Seasons Hualalai on the Big Island and we relished every moment we could.

Josh, being the sleep deprived maniac he is this evening, was so excited when he got back that he put together this amazing film of the scenery he shot in Hawaii. I wanted to share this on the blog because it’s an awesome look into what goes into us making our films. When someone flies our crew out to shoot in a place like Hawaii we take it serious, we shoot the scenery and whatever we feel is necessary to make our work truly give it feeling and emotion. Sure steady camera work, cinematic editing, and a great taste in music can go a long way…. but this is a look into what we might capture to make sure our films give the look and feel we envision when taking a job. It’s a great behind the scenes film – especially since you’ll get the see the footage before it gets edited into the trailer. Take a peak and get prepared for an absolutely SICK trailer.

Also a huge congratulations and most importantly thank you to Eve+Farhad and their families for having us. We had an incredible time and feel truly lucky to be able to share in such an amazing experience with all of you.

Selina+Dan’s Dumbo Engagement Shoot

Luke — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:07:55 +0000

Hey y’all it’s studio associate photographer Andrew. This past Tuesday I went down to NYC for the evening and hung out with Selina+Dan, who are getting married a little ways out in October. It’s always a fun moment when a bride will preface a question with “this might sound really weird”, however in this case Selina just wanted to bring their dog Hudson along, which of course is not only permissible, but encouraged!

How could you say no?!

Madison Square Park was teeming with people but a little patience and some well timed shots, and you’d think it was empty.

You all know what that building on the right is, correct?

One last shot featuring Hudson.

From there we took a cab ride over to Front Street in Dumbo and did a little exploring. We found this awesome roofless and completely empty brick structure, which was really neat. Anyone know what this thing is?

Then just a few steps away, the park and Manhattan skyline is right there. It’s no surprise we saw two other engagements going on down here!

This little fenced off knoll had the best straight shot of the Brooklyn Bridge, and we had to sneak over there. Luckily no one nearby seemed to mind a few quick shots.

And a few more minutes of walking brought us into this very Bushwick/Queens border of industrialization, which has a bunch of good spots, like this brick on the right.

And this one was their facebook teaser:

Check back in a few months for their wedding shots!

Flowers

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:38:43 +0000

Flowers are a huge part of every wedding day. The bouquet and boutonniere are great ways for the bride and groom to display their individual style, color choice, and the overall tone they are setting for their wedding. Some bouquets are very romantic and feature roses and hydrangeas, some are fun and funky and feature bold colors and unique flower combinations, and some are inspired by nature and feature twigs, wild flowers, and berries. A fun trend we saw a number of times in 2011 was the incorporation of feathers into bouquets; cool way to stay trendy ladies!

Our brides and grooms chose many different styles of flowers this year and all of them were gorgeous. Thank you to all of our brides and grooms, you sure do make our job incredible!

Leah+Seth’s Syracuse Wedding

Luke — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:33:06 +0000

Aloha from Hawaii! Both Alisha and I are out here in Kauai for a gorgeous wedding we’ll be photographing next week, but we’re still getting some work done. Before we left we photographed this gorgeous Syracuse wedding between Leah+Seth and I’m really excited to share. This is one really long blog entry so I want to jump into it:

Before we started the wedding festivities, I was invited to come and document the rehearsal evening. I started everything off by sneaking them over to a park a couple blocks away with some amazingly fresh Spring blossoms

Once I got back I headed into the Landmark Theatre for an awesome set up!

It’a always fun shooting really unique set ups like this

You know I need to do some romantic, classic, black+white images

After all the rehearsal awesomeness was over, it was time to head over to Syracuse for some wedding photography! Smoking hot shoes, and even hotter ladies… that’s how I like to roll

I liked Leah’s simple and classic dress

Meanwhile Seth was getting ready to rock it in style

The first meeting we set up with these guys was absolutely beautiful. I love images where I can feel the emotion running through the people in them.

The range of emotions we were able to capture was awesome

The ceremony was gorgeous as well

Time to bust out the photobooth!

Thank you both so much for having us at your wedding! I also need to give a huge shout out to Kelli Berg from Simply Beautiful Events for holding down the fort with us :) Thanks everyone and I cannot wait to share the trailer from this wedding with you as well.