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Owned and operated by Alexis Buryk, City Love Photography provides editorial and documentary wedding photography services for intimate weddings in NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco + beyond.

December 30, 2013

Happenings: Woods Family + Maternity Session

December 30, 2013/ Alexis Buryk

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Combination Family + Maternity sessions are so special and filled with anticipation. I was glad to be able to spend time with and capture a moment like this in the family life of Cheryl + Chris Woods, who recently welcomed beautiful twins into their home, which already includes the adorable Harper, and pups Gretchen + Grace. They are a truly awesome Chicago family...congratulations on the new additions!

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"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences." --Audre Lorde, poet, feminist, and civil rights activist // #regram from @femalecollective // I just keep thinking about the art piece at the Museum of the Moving Image from November, orchestrated in part by Shia Labeouf. The refrain lingers: he will not divide us...he will not divide us...he will not divide us...

Super cheesy family photos a la your reunions at the beach where everyone wears matching denim? 😳 No, thanks!

But here's the deal: you should still make time in your wedding day for more straightforward family portraits. You never regret taking them and having them, and your parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles love them.
My philosophy has always been to make family photo time super efficient, swift, and actually fun. Why shouldn't it be? Weddings are beautifully chaotic, and the odds that you, your mother, and your sister are going to be standing next to each other at any point in time over the night for more than a few minutes are slim.
So we make the time, and in the process capture even more lovely candid details, too: the in-between moments of glances between you and your dad; a laugh with your favorite cousin, who's like your sibling; the way in which your mother holds both your hands in hers, so tightly.
If you're looking for a photog who's equally adept at making you + your family look amazing in portraits, and capturing those how-the-hell-did-she-get-that?! candid moments, I'm your lady! Get in touch at the link above and tell me more about yourselves and your awesome wedding celebration. I'd love to hear from you and work together to create the visual preservation of your day 📸💖🥂
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Stacy x Matias // Gantry Plaza State Park, June 2017 ✨🥂
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Best buds up at Wave Hill in the Bronx...is it time for autumn weddings yet?! I still have a few dates left for October + November this year, so if you or anyone you know is a late bloomer, drop me a line and let's make some beautiful photos together!
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I love being able to capture these tender, fleeting connections. After every wedding, my heart is so full. Thanks to my couples for trusting me and hiring me to witness and make permanent the many different ways in which you and your community express love to each other✨💖✨

The Weylin is a freakin awesome wedding + events venue located in the former location of the Williamsburg Bank (it's that iconic dome that pokes up in the skyline when you're on the Williamsburg bridge!) In one of the old bank vaults, they have stacked a major amount of champagne bottles, which is exactly what I would do with a bank vault, should I ever own one #goodideas #probablyweredrinkingwinewhentheythoughtofit
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Well done, Weylin! Check them out if you're looking for a traditionally nontraditional Bklyn spot for your celebration
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Here's the thing about cities: they make even the most mundane details feel iconic, epic, bigger than life. Weddings do the same. They heighten our senses, make us feel more deeply, and remind us that life is filled with so many magic, passing moments. I am so lucky to get to capture a few of those precious, glittering experiences for my clients, to be able to hold onto them for a bit longer, to be reminded every day of the awesomeness in the little things ✨

I'm always excited when weddings that I've photographed get published. My couples are always excited, too; it's an amazing way of reminiscing, reliving fantastic memories, and sharing their celebrations with others who can find inspiration in their quirky decisions and tradition-bucking. *

I'm especially proud that at the one year anniversary of Alyssa + Christyn's wedding, @theknot decided to include these two amazing women in the print issue of their New York magazine. I have always considered The Knot to be a more traditional outlet for couples, and I am really proud to have City Love and Alyssa + Christyn's wedding included as an effort on their part to open up and become a more inclusive resource for wedding planning members of the LGBTQ community. *

Change takes gradual steps, and doesn't happen overnight. I'm really thrilled, and honored, to be part of the continued movement to create inclusivity in this country and world; to show real, genuine love, of all kinds, and the ways in which celebrating this authenticity can help us all experience and honor the authenticity in ourselves.

Happy anniversary, Alyssa + Christyn! xo
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Ready for the weekend like we're singing Paradise by the Dashboard Light at the top of our lungs! ✨🔥🥂
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#tbt to last July, to Flushing Town hall, to Lindsey and Andrew's awesome modern Jewish wedding💖⠀
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I love portrait sessions on the wedding day. It's super important to me that they be a unique experience for each couple, and that I help keep sacred this 30-45 minutes of time that they get, just the two of them, on their wedding day. I might invite couples to stand in a certain spot, but ultimately what I'm looking to do is just capture how they naturally are with each other. Those authentic relaxed moments are the absolute best in person, and in photos xo A⠀
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