One of my best friends got married over the summer!!  I was honored and so excited to have been asked to be in the wedding!  Even though I couldn’t take photos of the gorgeous ceremony, that did not stop me from at least snapping a few fun ones before.  : )  Alina was a beautiful bride, and Rick a handsome groom (sorry, no photos of him…hence the post title “Alina”).  I couldn’t be more happy for my best friend and her husband.

ps – make sure to check out the last few…one of my favs is the MOH taking a peek under the dress : )

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Over the summer some friends of ours were married in the Detroit area.  They are such an amazing, caring, giving couple and I was honored to be able to photograph their wedding! It’s always fun to be a part of a wedding where you really know the wedding party and the guests and can just relax and truly have fun. That being said, I want to apologize. This is probably the largest post I have done.  When your friends are the subjects, I think its a little more difficult to decide what to keep and toss.  There are so many different expressions and poses that show their personality.  I am pretty proud of myself though.  When I started out with photos for this post, it was about double the size!  Considering that, I think I did okay. : )  So, if you actually sit and make it through, thank you.  If you don’t, because it’s photo overload, that’s fine too.  Enjoy!