Tag Archives: Chris and Katie Torres

Sarah & Rob

June 25, 2009

One of the nice things about being good friends with other fantastic photographers in the industry you can call on each other when you need help or when you just want an extra set of eyes and the other studio is free. This past Saturday was one of those times.

My friends Chris and Katie Torres of 6 of Four and I have shot with each other a number of times. They came down to the beautiful FL Keys with me for Nikki & Johnny’s wedding and helped with Laura & David’s amazing wedding weekend last year. One of the perks of being a 2nd shooter is that you can experiment and there isn’t the same pressure. The bottom line is you have the freedom to be a little more creative.

Oh yeah, and you get to take embarrassing pictures of your friends … that I’m nice enough to keep to myself (for now).

So not much explanation needed on the images… here are a few that I liked:

Ben Vigil, …congratulations to Sarah and Rob!

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Laura & David Married in Atlanta, GA (updated)

July 15, 2008

Rehearsal Dinner: King Plow Event Gallery
Ceremony: Biltmore Ballrooms, Georgian Ballroom
Reception: Biltmore Ballrooms, Imperial Ballroom
Coordination: Susan Graham Signature Events
Accomodations: Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta
Catering/Event Design: Bold American, Steve Bales and his crew
Linens: BBJ Linens
Video: SCG
Hair: Josie LaBara, Maria Heckscher Salon
Makeup: Nikole Morrow-Petit, Van Michael Salon, Buckhead

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Congratulations to Laura and David who were the most gracious hosts! Wow, what a wedding. Susan Graham and her team along with Bold American and everybody else from the stylists to the band pulled out all the stops and made it a weekend to remember for Laura and David. Chris and Katie from 6ofFour were on hand to help as well as my trusty assistant Brian — they all captured some stellar images and I want to thank them personally.

Congratulations again to Laura and David!

There’s not much explaining I need to do here… I’ll let the images speak for themselves. These are just a quick few. You REALLY need to watch the slideshow — there’s even an option to view the slideshow full screen now.

Ben Vigil

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Stephanie & Chris

April 27, 2008

Date: March 15, 2008
Rehearsal Dinner: Piedmont Driving Club
Ceremony: Peachtree Presbyterian Church
Reception: Cherokee Town & Country Club
Coordination: Kourtney Coleman @ K Coleman Weddings & Events
Music: Del Baroni Orchestra
Video: Jonathan Nye @ Evolution Video Productions

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Wow, what a pleasure!

Having a beautiful bride and groom who are a pleasure to be around on the happiest day of their life is only part of the story. It’s the most important, of course, as a photographer. But behind the scenes making it all happen are all the vendors who help the family and the couple and just let go and enjoy the day. So it’s always great to work with some of the top folks in the industry.

I’ve heard many good things about Kourtney Coleman so it was a pleasure to finally work with her and she did a stellar job! Del Baroni and his full orchestra was fantastic! I have to add this comment: if you are going to hire them, do yourself a favor and go for the full orchestra. It really adds a lot and they are so so versatile in the styles of music they can do. I was really impressed! And Jonathan was a pleasure to work with. As it turns out, we both worked a wedding a couple weeks later too, which I’ll blog in a couple days. And last but not least, Katie Torres, of 6 of Four Creations fame, came and helped me out getting some amazing images while Brian Steele assisted and got some great ceremony images too.

I was chatting on the phone with Stephanie about her wedding images and which ones were her favorites… she mentioned the flower girl and how she looked just like a perfect little doll that they bought at the store for the wedding. Check out this picture of her at the rehearsal dinner. Don’t you agree with Stephanie!

And isn’t Stephanie just the definition of class!

They chose to see each other before the wedding (as you can tell above), and as we arrived at the church, amid the bridal party last minute chatter and chaos that takes place at every wedding, Stephanie stole a quiet moment with her groom to be. You might think this was a “posed” shot but it wasn’t. Just a simple moment that none of us would have remembered…

Stephanie in her chambers as she waits…

Back at the Cherokee Town and Country Club the newlyweds have a moment to share alone before the reception begins.

And then they stole away in a 1941 Cadillac Convertible…

Congratulations!

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Lauren & Matt

February 3, 2008

I’ve been friends with this family for a number of years so when Lauren & Matt decided to tie the knot I was delighted they asked me to cover their wedding. It was fun for a number of reasons. Lauren’s parents actually work at Catholic Church of St Andrews so the rules the church places couples under was, shall we say, not an issue. It’s nice when the father and mother of the bride have keys to everywhere you need to go. Second, the Pastor of St Andrew’s used to be our old pastor so we had a great time catching up and talking about camera gear, etc.. I knew more than half of the people in attendance which is always cool, and finally Katie and Chris were on hand to help me out before we caught a plane to Tampa later that evening. Enough of me…

Lauren was radiant and stunning on her day!

I thought I’d present Matt as the stoic here on the blog. He’s a really cool guy and handled everything with ease…

Ahhh Bernie. Can you tell Lauren’s father was a little tensed up as they were getting ready to take that long walk down the isle? I think Lauren had to relax him a little :)

But he did just fine!

Here’s Msgr. Marren, our old pastor giving the couple a little advice. The whole party loved Msgr. Marren and I overheard one of the bridesmaids telling Lauren how cool he was.

So I was wondering if Bernie was going to make it through the Ave Maria but being the pro that he is, he did just fabulously.

Lauren and Matt caught a brief moment after the ceremony to say hi before the bridal party rushed in and the congratulations started…

This young man was actually in the party for wedding I did back in 2006. It’s obvious he has the stuff it takes to begin a career in photography!

Congratulations to Matt and Lauren!

Ben Vigil

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Hi from Tampa!

January 5, 2008

Chris and Katie Torres and I just landed at TPA for the ImagingUSA for the next few days (they’re waiting for luggage). They shot a wedding with me this afternoon and we caught a flight out of Atlanta this evening. We’re all jazzed to be here with so many other amazing photographers and I can’t wait to show you some images from today’s wedding with Lauren and Matt.

Talk to you soon!

Ben

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