Pittsburgh Wedding Photography by Randi Voss - Elegant, Fun, and Unique
At this year’s Turkey Bowl (our eighth year!) we saw that Rich still doesn’t the rules to Rock, Paper, Scissors. If you look at his face in the photo, you’ll see that he’s suppressing a laugh. He’s either a bad liar or he really wants to win.
We also saw our first injury, someone finally invited Kevin, and the blue team defeated team “too much mustard.” Or did they? Let the countdown begin to next year’s game!
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Coordinating a vacation for a family of working adults isn’t easy, but it is nearly impossible when only one of them has a nine-to-five job. When the others are photographers, contractors, and a nurse, it takes a while to find the right time to get out of town. Nicki was planning to run a half marathon (spoiler alert, she did it!) in Arches National Park at the end of October, so we all hopped onto the first part of her trip out west.
We started at the incredible Albuquerque International Balloon Festival in Albuquerue, New Mexico. The balloon launch happens at dawn on select days of the festival. The following photos were collected during two different days of the event.
At the Sandia Peak Tramway, the view was great! Until we made our way into the clouds where there wasn’t much to see.
Four Corners. Family of four.
Our next stop was Glen Canyon and Lake Powell and Antelope Canyon. Antelope Canyon is slot canyon (a tall, narrow canyon) located on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. We took a guided tour of the Upper Slot Canyon and a somewhat more adventurous tour of the Lower Slot Canyon–with stairs and ladders!
(Below is one of four iPhone photos in this post. Can you spot the others?)
Horseshoe Bend
Our trip took us to a few small towns where light pollution is limited. It was the perfect time to practice some wide-field Astrophotography. Here are some of the many, many, many practice shots of the night sky near Monument Valley.
Our final stop was Arches National Park. Such a great trip!!
Sister!! These are great!!
Super jealous of your experience. Awesome pictures!
These are so pretty they look fake. I’m starting to think maybe you didn’t go at all! Those nighttime shots are unreal. I love them all!
First time I saw the ones from Antelope
canyon with the shadows and the night time photos are unreal.
While Caitlin and Steven were busy enjoying their wedding reception, their guests were busy dressing up and posing for ShotBox. Check out a few of my favorite images from the evening.
Caitlin and Steven were setup on a date by their mothers. It sounds old-fashioned, especially since their mothers were childhood friends. Steven had traveled in Egypt with the help of some travel guides. Since Caitlin was planning to study abroad in Egypt, their moms thought that they should get together to exchange books and information. Caitlin did receive the books before her trip, but she and Steven didn’t meet until her semester was over. When she returned to Pittsburgh, Steven had no interest in meeting “some college girl” in Pittsburgh, but he was eager to hear about her trip that coincided with the Egyptian Revolution 0f 2011. Obviously, they both had something interesting the share and their moms had a good idea to get them together. Maybe they’ll make it back to Egypt some day!?
Caitlin and Steven were married at St Paul’s Cathedral in Oakland. After the wedding, we stopped for some wedding portraits in perfect fall light in Schenley Park. Our next stop was Carnegie Museum for a few more portraits where they were nearly (!) crushed by a piano. Thankfully they survived for their grand entrance into the stunning Carnegie Music Hall Foyer. Steven Vance provided the evening’s entertainment including a jazz trio and fantastic live music performance. Guests had a great time at the reception. I’ll be posting more proof later this week when I share some of their photos from ShotBox.
Thank you to Nicki for providing such excellent photography and lighting assistance throughout the day.
Congratulations, Steven and Caitlin!
Good Morning,
I am the grooms mother and am overwhelmed by the pictures. You are indeed a genius at photography. Take Care and again thank you for the beautiful pictures.
When Rebecca emailed me to schedule an engagement session, I politely declined since I always recommend hiring the same photographer for both your wedding and engagement session. She told me that while she and her fiance live in Pittsburgh, they’ll be exchanging vows on a beach in Florida. While I offered to go with her (hahahah), I happily booked a session with them for a beautiful October afternoon.
I hope that their wedding day is just as gorgeous! Congratulations, Rebecca and CJ!
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