Wale Ariztos » wedding

meghan and dave. baltimore, md

wale — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:44:44 +0000

aren’t wedding receptions fun??

meghan and dave might be the coolest couple. ever! the wedding reception took place at the ravens stadium in baltimore. yes…they’re that cool! i’m so glad tracy had me assist at this wedding.

meghan and dave had a blast at the wedding. so did i and everyone else.

on to the images…

okay…off to the reception at the ravens stadium

the cake was as delicious as it looked.

you know what time it is when the shoes come off :-)

while tracy took a quick portrait:

back to the regularly scheduled [partying]:

yup…shoes are off!!

dad…bringing it a little down…

lynn and mick

wale — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:09:14 +0000

i’m currently going through some of my images to put together a portfolio for the new website. and i heard my blog screaming out for attention.

where have i been? well…you’ll soon find out. hang tight.

just wanted to drop a quick post to let you know that i’m alive and well. very well, in fact.

but let me not leave you guys hanging and post a few ‘snap shots’ from a wedding i assisted tracy with. lynn and mick got married a few weeks ago at the bolger center in potomac, maryland. i’m so glad i got to assist tracy on this very special wedding. check out tracy’s blog for more images.

p.s., thank you for continually checking the blog (i see you!!).

bolanle and temie, engaged

wale — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:12:02 +0000

just a few more frames from the photo session with bolanle and temie. we walked around dc to find some nice sweet spots.

what a pleasure hanging out with these two. you can feel the love oozing throughout the engagement session in dc :-)

deola and gbenga, engaged

wale — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:45:03 +0000

deola loves gbenga. gbenga loves deola. gbenga and deola are deeply in love :-)

i told ya…

eat, drink and be married

wale — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:42:03 +0000

someone sent me a message and said i’ve been a very bad blogger. i agree. and i’ll be back (in terminator’s voice). plenty of pictures to blog.

tishawn and osie. engagement ceremony

wale — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:48:23 +0000

a couple of weeks ago, i had the pleasure of photographing tishawn and osie’s nigerian engagement ceremony in hanover, md. these traditional ceremonies are always fun and interesting to attend. this one was shorter than usual.

here are a few of my favorites.

tishawn getting ready:

osie waiting to get the show started

some quick instructions from his proud dad

waiting for his bride

tishawn being “delivered” by her friends and osie’s sisters

not sure…but he’s the father of the bride

the breaking of the kola nut

father of the bride hands over his daughter to her new family…

…then to her new husband

they head off for a quick change of clothes…osie’s nephew guides them through

guest eat while they change…the best part of the agenda :-)

they’re back…

…and ready to cut the cake

then they’re ready to dance…and so is everyone else :-)

and ready to go home!

another quarter begins, goals revisited

wale — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:34:45 +0000

i can’t believe we’ve gone through 3 months this year already. april fools day is a great reminder that i need to revisit my goals for the year, and make sure i’m on track and/or need to add more. it’s been a quiet year so far. well, not really…just on the wedding photography end (that will change in a couple of weeks, and i’m very excited).

one of my goals is to make this a blog where I share more than just business, and share some things going on in my personal life, i’ll use this year to see how that works out. so stay tuned to know all about me :-) and i hope that doesn’t offend anyone.

this is no april fool’s. i enjoy telling stories- mine and others.

and because i mostly read blogs that have pictures (LOL), here’s one frame of Uche from her wedding with Lekan in atlanta last year.

femi and toun wedding, part 2

wale — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:53:38 +0000

okay…finally :-) posting the second part of toun and femi’s wedding in atlanta, ga. in this post i wanted to highlight the style i typically approach to wedding coverages. you’ll notice that most of my pictures are covered in a journalistic way. i will probably talk more about this later in the year, but one of the most rewarding thing for a wedding photographer is to just tell your story as it unfolds (i certainly take formal portraits, etc.). and i wanted to thank toun and femi for just letting us do exactly that. we had a blast at the wedding.

my good friend, marlene, assisted me in capturing this fun-filled wedding.

femi and toun wedding, part 1

wale — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:13:24 +0000

here’s a wedding in atlanta, georgia. it was such a pleasure to meet both toun and femi. i immediately felt like part of the family from the minute i met them.

the first part, as with most nigerian weddings, is the traditional ceremony. i’ll post the “white wedding” next. enjoy.