Pittsburgh Wedding, Boudoir, Senior Photographer

Sara + Ronnie | Heinz Chapel Wedding

Sara and Ronnie’s wedding day was the perfect spurt of sunshine and beauty in between the days of drizzle this past week! Married at the majestic Heinz Chapel, it was the perfect setting for their wedding, especially since Sara is a Pitt Alumni.

Sara and Ronnie’s love for each other is so tender, which is completely evident in their images! Yet, come time for the reception, they were the first on the dance floor, rapping, dancing, and singing! We loved the transformation over the course of the day from romance to full blown fun!

Cake: Bethel Bakery
Caterer: Elegant Accent
Ceremony: Heinz Chapel
DJ: Damon Kershaw
Florist: Donati Florist
Hair: Yolanda’s Hair Design
Makeup Artist: Enhance Makeup by Mandy
Photographer: Lavender Leigh Photography
Reception: St. Nick’s Cathedral

Summer Family Portraits

Between photographing weddings, engagements, and family sessions, it has been a busy few weeks for LLP. We’ve been hopping around trying to capture it all in the beautiful weather! Thanks to everyone for your patience while waiting for this blog to be posted!

This past weekend, we had the opportunity to photograph two families… you’ll notice a familiar little face in the first session, along with his parents, cousins, aunts, uncles, and beloved Situ (grandma!)

Randyland was the destination for this next session. If you’ve been on the Mexican War Streets, then you can’t miss this cheerful masterpiece of a house. Decorated with murals, signs, statues, sand, and flowers, it is like a fun house! We met Randy himself, who gave us top priority privileges to photograph on the grounds while other tourists came to visit. If you haven’t been to Randyland, I highly suggest you visit to see this piece of work for youself! Check out this little angel and her session!

Nana + Lei | University of Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer

You’ve seen these beautiful faces recently! We slid in a quick engagement session for Nana and Lei right before their wedding, which was held at the Reformed Presbyterian Church of the North Hills this past Saturday. Nana and Lei’s marriage was beautifully intimate- they put a lot of time into hand creating their wedding bouquets and decorations, with the help of many caring friends to execute their special day. After the reception, we stole away to take some pictures on and around Pitt’s campus at the Cathedral of Learning and the Mellon Institute– you would never know from the pictures that it was pouring rain outside!

Anne + Gordon | Pittsburgh Zoo Wedding

Anne and Gordon are just one of those couples who are simply sweet on each other, which is completely evident in the images we’ve taken of them, and why it makes them so much fun to capture! Their ceremony took place at the First Unitarian Church, with the reception to follow at the Pittsburgh Zoo. The Zoo is such a perfect spot for this couple because of their love for animals, especially their three little dogs! One of their dogs named Magna made a cameo at the ceremony and was a spritely little ring bearer! Take a look at some of the magnificent moments we captured on Anne and Gordon’s wedding day.

Cake: Vanilla Pastry
Caterer: Taste of the Wild
DJ: DJ Rick
Florist: Alex’s Flowers
Hair: Command Performance
Makeup Artist: Enhance Makeup by Mandy
Photographer: Lavender Leigh Photography

Nana and Lei | Strip District Engagement

The storm clouds rolling through Pittsburgh on the evening of Nana and Lei’s engagement session didn’t stop us from taking some great images in the Strip District! Nana and Lei are getting married this Saturday 8/2/14, and they decided that they wanted to grab a few engagement photos prior to the wedding. Take a look at some of my favorites from their session!