Brian Mullins Wedding Photography -Wedding Photographers Raleigh -Raleigh senior, family, portraits and commercial photographer » Sacred Heart Cathedral http://www.brianmullinsphotography.com Fri, 11 May 2012 01:15:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Cindy & Adam | Sacred Heart Cathedral http://www.brianmullinsphotography.com/downtown-raleigh-wedding.html http://www.brianmullinsphotography.com/downtown-raleigh-wedding.html#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:05:17 +0000 Brian Mullins http://www.brianmullinsphotography.com/?p=5230 Ahh.. the fall. I’ve written about this before but, well, as it’s my favorite time of year, I will bring it back up again. Fall in North Carolina has one stunning feature, the bluest skies of the year. So, of course, when Cindy & Adam hired me for their downtown Raleigh wedding, I was very excited because of their ceremony location, Sacred Heart Cathedral in downtown Raleigh offers some beautiful scenery to shoot their wedding portraits, both inside and out.

We started off their wedding day at the Crabtree Valley Marriott, where Cindy and Adam were in two different suites getting ready.  Ginger Mullins, a vary talented Hair & Makeup artist in Raleigh, and my wife, was doing Cindy’s wedding hair and airbrushed her makeup to make her even more radiant.  While Cindy was preparing, Adam and the guys were in their room playing with a toy helicopter so much that, when I got there, it was on a charger (for the 2nd time I believe).  That is one thing I really love about weddings, such stark contrast from the bride’s room to the grooms.

We headed over to Sacred Heart for the wedding ceremony.  I can honestly say, Sacred Heart is one of the most gorgeous wedding locations in the area and the staff is so accommodating and pleasant to work with that is really is a pleasure to shoot weddings here.  The ceremony had a great couple of moments, one being a family relative was brought up to perform part of it.  I didn’t verify but the feeling I got was this was unscripted and, judging by the prompting, no one knew about it before hand.

After the ceremony, we headed down to Fayetteville St to shoot a few wedding day photos with the bride, groom and bridal party.  That’s really the great thing about a downtown Raleigh wedding, all of the locations you can walk to in such a short period of time.  After the wedding portrait photo session, we headed back to the Crabtree Valley Marriott for their wedding reception.

One common theme I had picked up on throughout the evening was how great all of Adam’s and Cindy’s friends are.  I could definitely see how close everyone at the wedding was and I got to experience a few of the inside jokes – from Justin Bieber cd’s as wedding gifts to a little Karaoke voice mail.  After the parent dances and cake cutting, the dance floor blew up (Thanks to Mitch from Joe Bunn DJ) and, as the night wore on, I saw, for the first time, a, well, “forced” garter toss. Cindy had decided she didn’t want to toss the garter and, well, her friends decided otherwise, so they dragged her out on the floor (again, great friends) to do it.

I want to send my sincerest Thank You to Cindy, Adam, their families and friends for your gracious hospitality and open your family to me on their wedding day.  It was a real honor to capture such a special day for everyone.  Of course, here are a few photos.  :)

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]]> http://www.brianmullinsphotography.com/downtown-raleigh-wedding.html/feed 18 Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh| Sacred Heart Cathedral Wedding http://www.brianmullinsphotography.com/renaissance-hotel-in-raleigh-sacred-heart-cathedral-wedding.html http://www.brianmullinsphotography.com/renaissance-hotel-in-raleigh-sacred-heart-cathedral-wedding.html#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:16:27 +0000 Brian Mullins http://www.brianmullinsphotography.com/blog/?p=1421 “One of my main priorities is the wedding photography” Kerri had told me when we initially met to discuss her wedding photography. No problem.. I can do that. :)   Kerri & Greg’s wedding took place on June 13th, 2009 at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Downtown Raleigh NC and a  Renaissance Hotel Wedding Reception. I originally met the happy newlyweds in January of this year and was so excited that they had selected, in my opinion, two of the most beautiful places in Raleigh to hold a wedding and reception.

While Kerri got ready in a beautiful suite in the Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh, Greg headed over to the church in downtown Raleigh with the guys and my 2nd photographer captured them doing their thing (Won’t be posting those, sorry guys – but I see there was a table harmed in the process). As Kerri got ready, it was very apparent how close everyone in the bridal party and family was. A big challenge for photographers on the wedding day is finding out the relationships between everyone so we can better tell the story. Well, with Kerri’s party, I couldn’t determine who was immediate family and who were friends – since they were all treated like family, I did the same.

The Sacred Heart Cathedral is beautiful and a great example of architecture in downtown Raleigh and following the ceremony, we were able to get a few quick photos in before everyone took a break. The reception picked up that evening at the Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh at North Hills and, with it being my first time there, I was very excited to check out the property. One words comes immediately to mind – beautiful! With the happy newlyweds and 100 of their friends and family celebrating, Kevin Majoros (Joe Bunn DJ) got the party rolling and, well, let’s just say a few pictures had to be censored for decorum purposes.

Congratulations to you both! I am always honored to be chosen to both document and create artistic imagery during a wedding day – so thank you for choosing me!

Wedding: Sacred Heart Cathedral – Raleigh, NC
Reception – Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh – North Hills – Raleigh, NC
Flowers: The Purple Poppy – Wake Forest, NC
DJ: Joe Bunn DJ – Kevin Majoros – Raleigh, NC

And on to the photos:

Wedding Dress haning at the Raleigh Renaissance Hotel

Wedding Bouquet from the Purple Poppy

flower girl getting her makeup done

Ring bearer in his tuxedo

bride putting on her wedding dress

wedding processional at Sacred Heart Catherdral in Raleigh NC

Sacred Heart Catherdal Wedding in Raleigh

organ pipes and stained glass window iN Sacred Heart Cathedral

Bride & groom portrait after the ceremony

Casual wedding portrait photography

First dance at wedding reception at the Raleigh Renaissance Hotel

Kids watching the dance floor at wedding reception

Emotional Father Daughter Dance at the Renaissance Hotel in Raleigh

funny wedding cake topper

bride imitating the wedding cake topper

cake paparazzi at the Raleigh Renaissance Hotel

guests dancing at Rennaisance Hotel Wedding Reception in Raleigh NC

Kevin Majoros - DJ - getting the crowd going at the Raleigh Renaissance Hotel

wedding reception dancing - Renaissance Hotel at North Hills

Wedding Reception Air Guitar at Raleigh Renaissance Hotel

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