African Traditions Come to Dallas: Jennifer & Ike

UPDATE! The formal photos from Jennifer and Ike’s wedding are now online! To view the proofs, please CLICK HERE

mist Photography had an incredible opportunity to be part of probably one of the largest Nigerian festivities in the Dallas area - and if it wasn’t, it sure felt that way!  Upon stepping into the church for the ceremonies, we almost felt transported to that mysterious continent, as Nigerian garb was likely more common than Western (and we mean this in the general sense, not just the typical cowboy sense) attire.  Here’s a few previews of some of our favorite images from their special day.

A quiet afternoon shot prior to all the hustle and bustle of the day along with a few special details

Jennifer’s absolutely fabulous dress. We just love those reflections on the table!

We love to take classic black-and-white photojournalistic images - here’s one of Jennifer getting her make-up done

We love this textured shot of Ike checking on last minute details on the phone by the window

And Ike and his groomsmen are all smiles

Though the flower girls were a little nervous…

The two kiss as husband-and-wife as everyone cheers…

Now we encounter a lot of guests with cameras at our weddings, but we can honestly say that we’ve never seen the papparazzi atmosphere we witnessed here…this is a shot of the guests DURING that kiss shot above…can you find the two members of the mist team trying to get a shot during all the chaos?!?

By the way, the formals were taken with an even bigger gallery than what you can see above…but we all just teamed up and still got the shots!  Here’s a classic shot of  Jennifer and Ike

And we couldn’t resist doing our signature mist lighting style with the great architecture and blue skies

The reception was full of traditions, down to a very formal agenda and the traditional speeches…however, there was also time for some dancing and the traditional attire was just so colorful!

They even had a money dance, where the guests were literally throwing money at them…but Ike was focused only on Jen!

And finally, the happy couple runs off to their new life as Mr. and Mrs!

 

 There are just the previews so stay tuned.   Please leave a comment for us (or for Jennifer and Ike) - I’m sure everyone would like to know what you thought of  these initial images!

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