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Pyramids, old markets and camels: a dream wedding in Cairo!

There is nothing more amazing than shooting a destination wedding on a location you have dreamed about all your life.

When Deena and Nawaf contacted me from Philly, I could never imagine I would be the one chosen to shoot their wedding in Cairo.

Both of them had a connection with Egypt and it felt just natural to organize the whole wedding at Deena’s uncle’s gardens in the outskirts of Cairo. Not an easy task to fulfill from the US, but in a matter of weeks, everything was ready to go.

My second shooter and I flew in three days before the wedding from Stockholm and we had the chance of getting to know this wonderful couple better when we shoot their couple shoots on the day they got legally married.

We spend the day in Cairo’s market place, in Old Town, as well as by the Great Pyramids, at sunset.

In Egypt, getting legally married is not the most important part of the wedding. What really matters is the religious blessing given by an Egyptian priest and the Zaffa, the famous Egyptian musical-dancing procession followed by lots of good food and dancing, dancing, dancing, all night long!

Too many wonderful pictures to be posted in only one post, so I’ve divided the four days we spent together into many smaller posts. To see them all, please visit the links given under the pictures!

Couple Shooting by the Great Pyramids:

http://www.morethanwords.se/blog/a-dream-come-true/

Their religious ceremony as well as the ZAFFA:

http://www.morethanwords.se/blog/love-dwells-on-the-shining-of-your-soul/

http://www.morethanwords.se/blog/destination-wedding-cairo-deena-nawaf-married-by-god/

Couple Shots in Cairo’s old town after the legal ceremony:

http://www.morethanwords.se/blog/destination-wedding-cairo-deena-nawaf-the-legal-wedding/

Alexei+Marina=just married

My latest couple was a young couple from New York of U.S.In fact Marina is Greek but live also in N.Y almost  a decade.They are both musicians and they decide to married in Greece in Thessaloniki.We had couple shots in preparation and after that we went to some popular locations of Thessaloniki for shooting before the ceremony. and the reception.

Thanks Marina and Alexei for your co-operation and i hope we can get also some images at N.Y in the near future.LOL.

Waterford, Ireland – Real Wedding by Shane O’Neill

Wedding Photographer: Shane O’Neill – Aspect Photography
Ceremony Location: Holy Cross Church, Tramore, Co Waterford
Reception Location: Waterford Castle
Wedding Date: April 2010
Client Names: Jade & Thomas

Real Wedding Description: Shot on location at the spectacular Holy Cross Church in Tramore and the luxurious Island of Waterford Castle – the typical Irish weather could not spoil Jade & Thomas’ day.


Emotions high altitude

Some pictures made during my service in February 2010
Emotions high altitude pictures taken in unusual locations around 1800 meters altitude. The winter day but with a beautiful blue sky. This wedding has been made in the mountains near Lake Como in Italy, a location with strong contrast between mountains and lake. For shooting outdoors, we reached the summit of the mountain with a helicopter …. needless to say the emotion and joy of the newlyweds when they saw the beautiful scenery with their eyes.  The light at this altitude is fantastic, and natural and emotional.

The bride and groom on the snow to take pictures unique and unusual.
I do not happen every day to be in a location like this, maybe it would impossiile to reach!

romantic image and emotion in this unusual landscape of snow

  

a particular detail of the bride’s shoes in the snow

The wedding ends with a nice show of fireworks!

photographer LUIGI ROTA

www.luigirota.com

FOTOROTA STUDIO

ITALY

DATE:  February 13  – 2110

THE GROOM : LUCA

THE BRIDE:  MICHELA

LOCATION: LAKE COMO ITALY