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Venue – Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, NJ
Celebrity Event Designer/Television Personality: Samantha Goldberg
Florist- A Touch of Elegance
Dj- Dave Nase, NJs Best DJs
Video- Edward Aghahowa Stix Productions
Dress- AmsaleShoes- Kate Spade
Cake- Pink Cake Box
Stationary- Yaya Ink
String quartet- Romanza Music

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Thank you brides!!!!!

I am also thrilled to see my name next to great Andy Marcus of Fred Marcus Photography! We just met at a photography conference a couple of months ago and he one of the nicest people I ever met!

Thank you all so much!

Official Press Release:

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Gulnara Studio has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Photography!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Gulnara Studio is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that Gulnara Studio is among the very best within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards.

International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP) announced the Winners for their 2009 summer contest. It’s very hard to place in the sea of the most talented wedding photographers in the world but FOUR of my photos made it to the top 10.

2nd PLACE | RECEPTION

Michelle and Clay wedding

10th PLACE | EMOTIONAL IMPACT

Rebecca and Jason wedding

7th PLACE | THE DECISIVE MOMENT

From an awesome wedding I second shot with a dear friend of mine David Murray

7th PLACE | BRIDAL PARTY PORTRAIT

Tanya and Jacob wedding

2nd PLACE | BRIDAL PARTY PORTRAIT

Elizaveta and Stepan wedding

5th PLACE | DETAILS

Stacey and Hiten wedding

6th PLACE | FIRST DANCE

Elizaveta and Stepan wedding

9th PLACE | RECEPTION

Natasha and Massimo wedding

6th PLACE | THE DECISIVE MOMENT

Emily and Jeremy wedding

3rd PLACE | VENUE

Wendy and Andy wedding

We got our hair and make up done, dressed up and photographed each other, the family of the Castle, their children, and the hair and make up girls. This was our second annual “fashion” shoot.
(Photo of me by Ryan Jensen blog.jensenstudiosnyc.com )

Jordan Van Aken www.jordanvanaken.blogspot.com

Julia Newman www.julianewmanphotography.blogspot.com

Jayd Gardina www.jaydgardinaphotography.blogspot.com

Aga www.agaimages.com/blog

Jennifer Davis www.jenniferdavisphotography.blogspot.com

Felicia ( she did my hair)

Anni Bruno www.annibruno.com ( she did my make up)

Hank and Krista ( the owners of the castle)

Lila ( Hank and Krista’s daughter)

ONE YEAR WITHOUT A CIGARETTE !!!

I couldn’t imagine this would ever be possible.

Yippee!

They were adopted from Save Kitty Foundation and are the best kitties in the world!

Zippy is cleaning Moosya in their favorite box

Moosya stretching

Zippy

Moosya

Zippy

Zippy

Zippy by Paul O’Reilly

I did gain 20 pounds but who cares, right?

Here is a random photo of Maria and me from Krista and Andreas wedding taken by one of the guests. Maria is one year smoke-free herself! Congrats sister!!! We did it!!!!

There were 2 images from Liza+Stepan‘s Wedding:

..And one from Stacy+Hiten‘s ceremony:

Where: Near Moscow, Russia

Creative portraits of Liza and Stepan from their wedding day and the day after session. Click here, to see part 1 of Liza & Stepan’s fabulous wedding.

Bride
Gown: Valentino
Shoes: Christian Louboutin
Groom
Wedding Suit: Christian Dior
Riding Suit: Hermes

Below are the new HUGE gorgeous canvases. Sizes are 20×24, 16×20 and 20×30

Detail. Love the texture!

Detail of a corner of the canvas. You don’t really need a frame. It’s ready to be hanged on any wall.

For the record I quit smoking with Chantix, the stop smoking aid. It’s been really weird month- I was sleeping ALLOT (10-12 hors a day) and eating ALLOT ( I gained 5 or 7 pounds and still counting:-) and had a very low energy level. But I am getting back to normal with really great benefits like clearer skin, brighter teeth and no ash tray smell :-)

I want to thank everyone who called and emailed. I couldn’t do it without my friends at FWForum, Maria, Amanda and specially Babak. Thank you for the great support!!

Last photos of me smoking taken by a bad ass fab photographer Sergio during One Light Workshop in Arizona :-)

I was working on Allison and Corey’s photos at 1 am when I heard the explosion and then the sirens. As a good girl I grabbed my camera and went outside where I saw a burning car and then some more. The fire fighters ignored me and I was able to take some photos.

Tomorrow I am shooting a two day assignment for NBC about the makers of “Ghost Hunters”. That should be fun.

Why this time I think it is going to work:

1. I do want to live longer. Life is too good right now.
2. I always had a great skin and in the last few years am getting an adult acne. My dermatologist says it is from smoking.
3. I want to kiss my boyfriend a lot!
4. I cough.
7. I am getting wrinkles.

Wish me luck and strength!!

I am also glad to see many of my friends in the list like the Photographer of the Year Ben Chrisman as well as David Murray , Matt Kim , Erwin Darmali , Robert Mirami .

I am really honored to be among this such a talented group.

While I am away and you need some blog food check out www.loveunscripted.com where photographers I network and vacation with post their favorite photos and slideshows. I also want you to check out www.fwforum.com where you can post any wedding related questions and find a photographer. Unless you want ME to document your wedding :-) Have fun!!

I will be back on November 30.

First Place (Amanda and Ben wedding):

JUDGES COMMENTS: I kept coming back to this photo. It is an incredibly high impact moment. The woman’s hair and dress puffed out from twirling around, her leg tossed in the air combined with an intense look in her partners face creates an electric moment.

Eighths Place ( Rachel and Michael wedding):

JUDGES COMMENTS: I like this picture for it’s simplicity of form, light and at heart the pure moment of the veil being taken off by the groom and the woman’s expression is so beautiful. At that moment she is both there and in some other world and you can imagine the next moment she snaps back into the present, but for the second the photographer took the picture the bride is somewhere else and I love it. The light and even the expression, care and tenderness that the groom is showing is beautiful. Excellent.

Check out Rachel and Michael’s wedding slideshow here.