Shaun Menary Photography Blog » Weddings

Down South Shop // Workshop

Shaun Menary — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:28:11 +0000

I am so, so excited to announce a super rad workshop that I get to be a part of: Down South Shop. I’m teaming up with a few of the coolest photographers I know – Sara & Rocky and Jess Barfield Photography – to teach YOU about shooting in the south. The South is just a different type of place with a unique set of elements that we deal with on every shoot that really set us apart from photographers in other parts of the country. Our goal is to really focus in on these elements and teach you how we do what we do. The date is Sunday, June 17th, and we would LOVE to have you there. Check it out and fill out the form if you are interested!! DOWNSOUTHSHOP.COM

(Here’s a little eye candy of Jess’s, Sara&Rocky’s, and my work to get you excited)

Sean + Carmen // Wedding

Shaun Menary — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:32 +0000

Love love love these two. So. Much. Fun.

Denver & Kristin // Florida Beach Wedding

Shaun Menary — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:00:36 +0000

This particular wedding is really special to me because Denver and Kristin are Sleeperstar’s tour managers. They mean a great deal to us and I love them dearly. Denver is from Florida and they wanted to have a small, intimate beach ceremony with only family… and the Sleeperstar boys. And, of course, we were the wedding band. This was a first for me, my two jobs colliding, I played wedding photographer and drummer simultaneously. Enjoy these two lovebirds.

Bilal & Sheila // Dallas Pakistani Wedding

Shaun Menary — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:00:25 +0000

Shooting Sheila & Bilal’s Pakistani wedding was definitely a great experience for me. It was so wonderful to step out of my norm and experience the wedding traditions of another culture. Their wedding consisted of countless gatherings and celebrations, of which I photographed three major ones. First was the Engagement Ceremony, Mangni, about 4 months before the wedding to formally mark the engagement of the couple and exchange the rings. Next was the Henna Party, Mayoun, the day before the wedding. And finally was the actual wedding day, Shaadi. It was amazing… and kind of a photo marathon, but it was a blast. Sorry there are so many images in this post, but it’s only a fraction of the total amount, ha. Enjoy. And thanks to my buddy Andrew Shepherd for 2nd shooting with me on the wedding day. Make sure to check out his work here.

Chase + Nicci // Fort Worth Wedding

Shaun Menary — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:00:11 +0000

Thanks to my homie, Justin James, for 2nd shooting this wedding with me! Make sure to check out his site here.

Antonio & Michelle // Antigua, Guatemala Preview

Shaun Menary — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:46:59 +0000

I just got back from a dream weekend. Antigua, Guatemala is one of those places you see in movies and you think “oh that’s really nice, that would be so neat if that place existed in real life”. Turns out, it does. And you can go there. And sometimes people get married there. And these two people who got married there brought me along to photograph it. And they are SO in love. And they are THE two kindest people I’ve ever met. Michelle and Antonio, thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking me to Antigua to capture your weekend, it was an experience I’ll never forget. Here is a small sampling of their weekend.

(For you photo nerds: all the shots around the city were taken with my Fuji x100. It’s the perfect travel camera.)

Then we did a lovely day after bridal session with Michelle:

So many more images to come.

Jordan & Emily // Preview

Shaun Menary — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:58:53 +0000

I got to do this last weekend in Colorado:

Dopita Wedding

Shaun Menary — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:00:51 +0000

I had the honor of photographing the wedding of Angela & Doug. You may remember their engagement shoot, you know, they’re the really fun, ridiculously good looking, super awesome couple… yup. The wedding was at the amazing Hyatt Regency Lost Pines resort in Basdrop, TX. It was a typical Texas summer day, super hot, but everyone was a trooper and was just glad to be there celebrating the marriage of these two amazing people.

Todd & Karla // Mountain Top Wedding

Shaun Menary — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:00:26 +0000

I was beyond excited to shoot the wedding of Todd & Karla. Karla is one of my dearest and oldest friends and I was ecstatic that they wanted me to capture their story. Todd and Karla are both full time professional Jazz singers in the Baltimore/DC area and I knew their wedding was going to be unique and a crazy amount of fun. They decided to have the wedding on a mountain top in Virginia at the Lydia Mountain Lodge in Stanardsville, VA. I flew in that morning and traveled up the mountain side to the lodge. Little did I know that while I was making my way from Dallas to VA a huge storm rolled in and soaked the mountain as well as knocked out ALL the power at the resort. The greatest thing to see was how calm Karla and Todd both were and how unaffected by the weather and power situation they were. They were just so thrilled to be marrying one an other. It was beautiful. It did mean, however, that they had to get ready in the dark and Todd had to do his hair in the car rear-view mirror, ha. It also meant that the outdoor mountain view ceremony would have to be moved under the pavilion where the reception was to be held. They didn’t care, again, just so happy to be joined together. Beautiful. Miraculously, the power came back on and the rain stopped literally 2.5 minutes before the ceremony started and the rest of the day was amazing. A note about the center pieces: they are all paper flowers hand made by Karla, amazing. Also, Todd definitely sang a tune to Karla at the reception followed by an UNBELIEVABLE duet by the couple. Thank you, Todd & Karla, I’m so blessed by you both.

Ps. Go check out Karla’s tunes here <–

O’Brien Wedding

Shaun Menary — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:00:26 +0000

Bianca and Thomas…. man o’man, I get so overwhelmed when thinking back to their wedding. I met with Bianca and Thomas about a year before the wedding and instantly felt like best friends. It wasn’t until the rehearsal dinner that I saw them again and it felt like I was seeing old friends I’d know my entire life and was just so excited to catch up! They both have the biggest hearts and are surrounded by people who love them deeply and whom they love deeply. It was such an incredible honor to witness these exchanges. The wedding was a backyard wedding in Flower Mound, TX and was outrageously cool. They spent a lot of time on and put a lot of love in all the details and everything was perfect. I’m kind at a loss for words, so I can say about the day is that it was amazing. But wouldn’t you know it, as soon as my new bffe’s got married they up and moved to Florida and I’m left sad in TX because now I can’t hang out with them. I guess I’ll just have to move to Florida too.