I'm so excited to share the rest of Ryan and Cassie's wedding in Redondo beach at the fabulous Chart House restaurant. This was a gorgeous morning beach wedding, and all of the soft details and touches that Cassie put together worked beautifully with the ocean backdrop and morning glow.
The Best Man's speech was HILARIOUS - complete with props and plenty of stories!
And then the girls came up and made everyone cry!
The first dance and father/daughter dance. This is always one of my favorite parts of a wedding.
Alright, I don't think we've ever been so emotional with two weddings in a row! Ryan is definitely not the kind of guy that cries, so when we watched him with his mom, we all got super choked up!
Ryan is a huge Dodgers fan (you may remember their engagement session at Dodgers Stadium?), so Cassie got him the perfect groom's cake.
After the toasts, dances, and cake, it was time to hit the dance floor!
After an awesome afternoon at the reception, Ryan's brother totally surprised them with a 1957 Chevy Bel Air as the getaway car! Now THAT's some brotherly love! We took the car for a quick spin and found the perfect alley for some pictures with this awesome car!
So I just need to make a disclaimer here: Jeff and I do not use Photoshop actions on our images, except for Kubota's Magic Sharp. We try to keep the work we produce as classic and straight out of the camera as possible. I totally realize that these images look as if actions have been applied, but its the real deal people. This is what it actually looks like when you shoot through the windshield of a Chevy Bel Air. So awesome!
When we started shooting with the car, Ryan told me that he was stoked about the car, but even more excited that it was going to be on our blog!! LOL! This is totally your time to shine Ryan!
I love every single one of these black and whites.
Ryan and Cassie: You guys are seriously such fun people to hang out with and we're so excited to FINALLY be married friends! Can't wait to hang out at Disneyland with you guys soon, but until then, enjoy the honeymoon!
Hugs,
Erin
41 comments
Jennifer W. - Cassie looks beautiful. These pictures are fantastic!
Jennifer - Cassie looks very beautiful…these pictures are fantastic!
Robynn Karpontinis - The pictures are as fantastic as the couple is!
Ron Russek II - You guys are outstanding photographers. The wedding pics are amazing. Looks great Ryan and Cassie. WOW what a fun day and such a great background.
Bobby Gibson - Great Pictures Ryan!
Rick Russek - Awesome pictures guys. It was a blast being with you and getting to know you at the wedding. You certainly have perfected your art.
We love all the pictures, especially the car! Nice comments Erin.
-Rick
Preston - These photos are absolutely amazing, so much emotion and meaning in all of them.
Preston - These pictures are absolutely amazing, so much emotion and meaning in all of them.
Natalie - Beautiful pictures….beautiful location….thanks for sharing….and I love the picture of the back of cassie and the bridemaids walking on the beach….too cute!
Mariana - The wedding pictures look so pretty!
Gina (your cousin :). ) - Awesome pics cassie and ryan… I think I will have to recommend them to take others photos.. I love how they blurr the backround and make the picture of the one they are taking pop out..
Punkin - What a BEAUTIFUL couple Cassie and Ryan are. BEAUTIFUL pictures!!!!
Punkin and Granddad.
Kelly Murphy - I’m so obsessed with these pictures! I’m pretty sure I told Jeff that I want to get married just so that they can shoot my wedding. Haha!
Drew - These shots are gorgeous! I wish we had been there!
Jennifer S. - Pictures are definately professional! You guys look awesome! CONGRATS!
Erik - WOW!!! you guys looked amazing!! Those pictures are the best! L
Michele - Pictures are absolutely BEAUTIFUL.
K. Rotondo - Gorgeous wedding. The photography was awesome. The best I’ve seen in a long time. Congratulations!
Linda - Great photography. They really captured the day on “film”.
Ryan Russek - oh my LORRRRRRRRRD! I can’t wait to get all of the 57 chevy pics! that was the coolest surprise and the coolest photo prop ever! I can’t wait for my mom to see these pictures because she is going to go nuts when she sees the ones with the both of us dancing! I can’t believe you caught a pic with a tear in it. They only thing that could have made that anymore insane is if you saw someone’s reflection in the tear.. lol. I love you guys so much, I’m so excited to say that we had “The Youngrens” take our pictures, and even more excited to say that you guys are our friends!
Leah & Tristan - all i have to say, hot bridal party + handsome groomsmen + hilarious disney guests = most amazing wedding in history <3 and it all happened to be photographed perfectly.
Tracey Tarrence - Beautiful!
Theresa Palmer - BTW, the picture of Ryan and his mom was so touching…what a moment to capture and have forever.
Theresa Palmer - Who gets pictures in a classic car on their wedding day…oh right the Russeks’s do!! Awesome pictures…it is art.
Terry and Vicki - These are stunning. We can’t wait to see more
Kristi Robinson - WHAT A GREAT CAR AND AWESOME PICS!!! Amazing photography!!
Robin Steege - Simply stunning, surreal, so wonderful…<3
Jenni - Such great pictures !!! Beautiful day with beautiful people!!
Valerie T - Some of the best pictures I’ve ever seen! Seriously gorgeous. Wish I could go back and have you photograph my wedding.
Hali - Holy wow… the one in the rearview mirror… I just died! I love these so much.
Lorena Gonzalez - Wow, These pictures are great and you guys look even better! Congratulations, have a wonderful life together!
Cassie Steege Russek - I LOOOOOVE these pictures
BEST EVER!!!
Regina - what an incredible wedding! i am so happy! the pictures are beautiful!
Regina - Hi most beautiful photo’s EVER! what an incredible wedding with such B.A. people
Whitney Ranger - These are beautiful pictures! Ryan that car is amazing!
Christina Carlin - SO beautiful! Mother/son dance made me get all teary-eyed! Gorgeous people!
Kellene Maynard - Absolutely goregous! Congrats you guys!!!
Genae - Incredible. The cake was fantastic. I love the colors of the pictures!
Katie - Beautiful work!
Lovely wedding… Gorgeous.
stacey - 57 bel air is pretty much my favorite car… and it made for some amazing pictures!! how cool!
Kim Charie - These are beautiful! Gorgeous work as always, thank you for sharing.