Category: #WeddingWednesday

Angela and Tony were married on October 8, 2011 at Heritage Church of God in Maumee, OH surrounded by their family and friends.

I got to the church a little before noon and began taking pictures of all of the church decorations and the programs.

Then I went to check in on the groom and bride to take some photos of them getting ready.

The bride and groom gave gifts to one another which evoked quite a bit of emotions for each of them and represented their lives together.

Tony had help from family and friends making the book for Angela.

And this time, Tony truly gave Angela the key to his heart.

Angela gave Tony a watch with a memorable inscription.

I took a few more pictures of everyone getting ready.

With the guys being ready, it was time to head into the sanctuary to take photos of the groom with the guys in the wedding party.

Then it was back to check on the bride and take more photos of her putting on the finishing touches.

Before we knew it, it was almost 2:30 and time for the wedding to begin.

The music began to play and the groom waited in anticipation for his first look at his soon to be bride walking down the aisle.

After a few quick pics outside the church, it was time to go back inside to finish taking the formal photos of the families and wedding party.

Then it was off to Perrysburg and Perry’s Landing for some more wedding party and romantic photographs.

When we finished at Perry’s Landing, the bridal party got back into the stretch from Total Image Limosine and headed to the reception at the Knights of Columbus Hall in West Toledo.  While the bridal party was making their way there, I headed in and got some photos of the reception decorations and the beautiful wedding cake from Eston’s Bakery.

It was finally 6pm and time for the bridal party’s grand entrance!

After the bridal party was introduced by DJ Adam from Decorative Sound and seated at the head table, the celebration went straight into the Maid of Honor and Best Man’s toasts to the newlyweds.

The buffet style dinner from Premier Catering was delicious.  Having the buffet line gave the newlyweds a chance to mingle with their guests who were still waiting to eat.

After dinner came the cutting of the wedding cake.  Angela gave the hint that there would be a little bit of a battle when it came to feeding each other the cake.

Then Tony confirmed that there would be a cake fight!

All is fair in love and cake war, but in the end, love won and everyone enjoyed the delicious wedding cake.

We moved right into the dances, beginning with the bride and groom’s first dance.  Then we went to the Bride and her brother followed by the groom and his mother dancing.  These dances evoked many more emotions for everyone.

Then it was time for everyone to join in the dancing and celebration!

The final formalities of the evening were the bouquet and garter toss, followed by the Ohio State-Michigan themed Dash for Cash.

And the winners were…..from the wedding party?  Do you think that it was rigged?

I sure hope Tony let Angela win the Dash for Cash to keep him out of the dog house after the cake incident!  Well, that and the fact that I’m a buckeye fan!

Everyone danced the rest of the night away!

While the rest of the wedding festivities were going on in the main reception room at the hall, my Kurt’s Kustom Green Screen crew was in another room taking fun photo booth pictures of the wedding guests.

Each guest got to take home a 4×6 print of their finished photos as a souvenir and we also printed one copy for a scrapbook for the bride and groom.  The guest then got to sign and decorate the pages.  They absolutely LOVED this idea, and so did the bride and groom who got to take it home with them that night!

The reception ended at 11:30 and there were a lot of last minute photograph requests.  By the time the night was over, Angela and Tony had almost 1400 photos to remember their wedding!

Congratulations Angela and Tony from Kurt Nielsen Photography!  May you have many more special occasions to celebrate!

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