wedding – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Something there is that does love a bridge

Something there is that does love a bridge

The Pittsburgh Bridges galleries from the past two days have evoked a tremendous response from blog viewers. The views today add more weather and some are taken from the river while on the Ducky Tour or the wedding below.

Cheri Lucas Rowlands at WordPress really unleashed so many of the BRIDGE photos I’ve taken. And finding so many images with bridges makes me realize I have taken bridges for granted.

And my friend V is right about the photos- people respond to the the bridge structures, NOT the sunsets taken from a bridge.

Smithfield Bridge in the snow

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SINGER SONGWRITER-Sue Gartland (Ford Fairlaine link)

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Railroad Bridge Allegheny 715

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Ready to lace up the panels for Knit the Bridge

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Kevin and Kat were married on the Three Rivers Queen and there are numerous shots with various bridges in their wedding highlights.

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July 9, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: Allegheny River, bridge, bridges, Ford Fairlaine, Monongahela River, Ohio River, photography, postaday, Robert Frost, Sue Gartland, wedding, weekly photo challenge 15 Comments

Brandon and Ruth Wedding Sneak Peek

Brandon and Ruth got married today at Zion Apostolic Assembly in McKeesport PA.

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Brandon and Ruth Wedding steps 672.jpg Here are the bride and groom with their families on the church steps.

I had the happy task to document their wedding day. Wishing them all the best, always.

Cakes and sweets by Miss Cheryl Lewis

June 10, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Wedding, Wedding PhotographyTags: church, McKeesport PA, photography, postaday, wedding, wedding cake, wedding photography, wedding rings, Zion Apostolic Assembly 6 Comments

Atop Wedding Cakes

A gallery of wedding cakes with bows, words, flowers, birds and leaves

for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Atop

CharlotteandJoel

This one was featured at the NYTimes Your One-of-a-Kind Cake Toppers Slide Show

My grandparents Kay and Matt Walsh were married on Valentine’s Day in 1942 and this cute couple adorned their cake. Within a few months my grandfather, who owned Jimmy Ryan’s Dixieland Jazz Club on West 54th Street, was in uniform and heading overseas. These little bisque lovebirds made an appearance at each of their four daughters’ weddings and the third generation of granddaughters continued the tradition. I’ve always thought the groom looked like a dapper New Yorker, like my grandfather. My husband, Joel, and I were delighted that it was present at our own Valentine’s Day wedding in 2010.

Charlotte Sellier

Herndon, Va.

JoeandMaura Joe and Maura in Philadelphia

LauraandJames

Love birds and flowers atop Laura and James’ Wedding Cake

You’ve seen many of these cake photos when the Weekly Challenge was Layers

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Celeste and Shawn’s Reception at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium

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Dan and Ann Crystal Tearoom in Philadelphia

Vicky and Justin

Melissa and Jeremy

Okanogan WA Wedding

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Melissa and Jeremy cut their cake

JacklynandMike

Autumn Leaves and Buckeyes atop Jacklyn and Mike’s cake with Maura watching

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Kevin and Kat’s Wedding Cake

PrudenceandJordan

Prudence and Jordan in Somerset

DonnaandJohn

Donna and John DAbruzzo Cake Topper

JarrodandLauren

Jarrod and Lauren James at the Rivers Club downtown Pittsburgh

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KevinandErica

Alaska Honeymoon Bound- Kevin and Erica Acklin’s wedding in Iowa.

MartyandIlde

Marti and Ilde’s Cake Topper

March 18, 2017March 18, 2017 by Ruth Categories: cake, Photography, Wedding Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: atop, bride and groom, photography, postaday, wedding, wedding cake, wedding cake topper, wedding photography, weekly photo challenge 29 Comments

The Road Taken- Wedding in Zagreb

Weekly Photo Challenge- The Road Taken

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March 2, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Wedding, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: photography, postaday, wedding, wedding party, weekly photo challenge, Zagreb, Zagreb Croatia 10 Comments

A Good Match- Weekly Photo Challenge

The Weekly Photo Challenge- A Good Match

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from the wedding and anniversary archives

A valentine collage of some of the couples I’ve had the privilege to photograph on their special days, capturing them loving one another.

February 23, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Wedding Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: a good match, celebration, couples, love, photography, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, wedding, Wedding anniversary, wedding photo, weekly photo challenge 19 Comments

Wedding Party in Hudson River Park

Saturday afternoon, my sister and I were walking back from Battery Park with three of the grandchildren.

The kids were running ahead on the Dog Free Zone boardwalk.

Oops!

We bumped into this wedding party taking photos so we doubled back to the concrete walk along the Hudson River where I took a quick picture.

The female attendants had to be freezing.

November 30, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Photography, WeddingTags: dog free zone, family, Hudson River Park, New York City, photography, postaday, travel, wedding, wedding party, wedding photography 7 Comments

Late Afternoon at U of Pitt Campus

Friday afternoon I was photographing senior portraits of two young women by the Cathedral of Learning at Pitt. ( no one actually says “University of Pittsburgh”)

In between their outfit changes, I photographed the tall tower in different lights.

see how the sun changes the color of the Indiana limestone? Magic

Then a bride and groom walked by, just married!

I asked if I might photograph them and they said, sure!

I even asked the groom to move a bit so his mouth wasn’t hidden. Sweet.

Those were some killer heels (in blue)

And then a woman walked by with balloons.

There was a beautiful tree

It was fun to see some different sights. And capture them, too.

All in all it was a magical afternoon, especially with the unexpected barefoot bride and the balloon woman.

Magic is the weekly photo challenge.

November 18, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Photography, Pittsburgh Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: autumn, autumn afternoon, autumn tree, balloons, bride, bride and groom, Cathedral of Learning, Killer Heels, magic, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, sunset, University of Pittsburgh, wedding, weekly photo challenge 16 Comments

David Lujan of Gallery Black Lagoon

People at Work Series.

From the April wedding in Austin, Texas.

David Lujan co-owner(with his wife) & curator of Black Lagoon: art+ yoga and artist. He tended the bar at the wedding celebration and made the little fairy chairs out of the champagne tops. He was sketching a tree house for his daughter, as I remember. I must carry a reporter’s notebook to write down the details.

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