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robilyn & darell

“Felicitaciones a Robilyn y Darell!”  That means “Congratulations to Robilyn & Darell” in Spanish.  We had the honor and privilege of photographing their wedding on the beach in Cancun, Mexico at the beautiful Hilton Cancun Golf & Spa Resort. Their wedding invitation and save the date card totally set the tone for their beach themed wedding!  From A to Z, they had all of their bases covered and everything was perfect – even the weather… We did have the dramatic clouds and imminent rain, but luckily, the rain waited and allowed them to have their beach ceremony and outdoor reception.

Thank you once again for choosing Misha Media! Your friends and families are beautiful inside and out and we hope that you’ll forever remember all the love, laughter, and togetherness during this Valentine’s week in Cancun.  We will forever remember our time with you… This was our first beach wedding and it couldn’t have been any better!

Here are our favorites.

Such a stunning bride!

And a handsome groom!

Ceremony

I loved their parasol!  Our first again!

Darell is showing respect to Robilyn’s dad by taking his hand and placing it on his forehead while bowing.  It is also called “mano”.  It is a Filipino tradition for a younger person to show their respect by “blessing” to their elderlies (ie. grandparents, parents, aunts & uncles).

Immediately after their ceremony, we had some time to photograph them with their bridal party… Of course at the beach, where else?! :)

“Flight” :  A Jordan inspired shot…

View more photos of the Hilton Cancun here.

There’s a fish in their center piece!

Hello Kitty Love!

Their wedding favors…

These were their cocktail stirrers.

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Check out their slideshow set to music.

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winter in chicago

I have to temporarily interrupt Robilyn & Darell’s blog updates to share a little bit of what I did yesterday… Yesterday, I shot for myself =D  As a photographer, sometimes you just gotta go out there and shoot… anything and anywhere… so I picked up my camera and had a photo drive (usually called a photo ‘walk’) but in the midst of winter, I persuaded Andy to drive me around our neighborhood… It was so beautiful after the snowfall we had overnight from Sunday to Monday.  I was so inspired to get the shots because I knew that the beauty wouldn’t last too long… So with frozen fingers and toes, I shot these images for my winter 2010 collections…   Photographer’s note:  All images shot w/ my Nikon D3 and Nikor 85mm f1.4.  Yup, I’m a Nikon girl, and darn proud of it!

I wasn’t as lucky last year with the newly fallen snow look.  But if you want to check out images from last winter, click here.

’til next time… Michele =)

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robilyn & darell :: wedding rehearsal

Here are some shots from Robilyn & Darell’s wedding rehearsal.  One word summarizing their rehearsal = organized!  I usually do not get a bride and groom who are so actively part of the whole planning process.  It’s usually one or the other, but with these two, they had their own personal tasks and they shined in all tasks involved!  Robilyn with her very creative skills taking care of all the details of the wedding.  If you haven’t seen their wedding invitation yet, click here! She had made everything from scratch!  And Darell with his awesome organizational skills… you both rock!

Photography is all about light!  When we photographed Robilyn & Darell’s wedding rehearsal, I knew that the lighting that we had during the rehearsal wasn’t going to be the same lighting that we’d have for their actual wedding… It was a good 4 hour difference between the two… So when I saw this shot, I was a little sad that I wouldn’t be able to get it on their wedding day, but at least I got it for their rehearsal… This is Dad & Robilyn during the procession… They were walking down a small hill overlooking their ceremony site on the beach… Aside from the beautiful blue skies, it was super windy that day!  And we actually didn’t even get the clear blue skies on their wedding day, but overcast with clouds… (blog post coming later)…

After the rehearsal, they had a pool side luncheon for their friends and families.

They also had a surprise birthday cake for Darell’s mom :)

Next blog : Robilyn & Darell’s Wedding

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robilyn & darell :: engaged!

Over Valentine’s day weekend, we had the honor and pleasure of photographing Robilyn & Darell’s beach wedding.  Remember when I photographed their wedding here in Chicago? Well, this is part 2 of their wedding celebration.  They chose the beautiful Hilton Cancun Golf & Spa Resort! But before I blog on their wedding photos, I wanted to blog on their engagement session first.  As expected, we all had a blast exploring the grounds of their hotel…

The next photo needs some explaining… The staff at the Hilton Cancun was nice enough to allow us to photograph on their Golf Course and they actually brought us to this sleeping croc… Needless to say I was terrified of this gigantic thing just chillin’ on the green… I was shooting with a wide angle lens, and kept creeping up to him to get my framing… and when I finished shooting, I realized that I was A LOT closer than I thought… haha… Anything to get the shot, right?

I loved the little petal details on Robilyn’s dress!

There isn’t really a true  golden “sunset” in Cancun… at least from our hotel side, but we did manage to get a little bit of color as the sun was coming down…

I really loved shooting on the beach because we don’t have beaches in Chicago…

Thank you for the laughs Robilyn & Darell!

Many many more photos to come…

Stay tuned for a few photos from their Rehearsal… then more photos from their Wedding… then lastly, more photos from their Rock the Dress Session…

Lots coming up on the blog, so please check back! :)  or RSS feed it!

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meet lia

Lia is Noelle & Joey’s little niece.  She just turned 3 a couple of weeks ago  =D.   Although she was a little shy in the beginning of our session, she quickly got out of her shyness and we had so much fun playing!

Lia is such a “mini-me” of her mommy!

Lia loved her kitchen set!  She was making me some “pancit” which is Filipino noodles :)

her play birthday cake w/ 3 candles…

She also played her “America” for me… aka “harmonica”

Read some books…

and jumped up and down yelling “happy new year” over and over again…

oh to be 3 years old again! :)

Thanks Lia!

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