You + We Photography Blog of Ross Tanner and Sasha Leahovcenco, serving Chisinau Moldova and California, USA - RSS http://youpluswephotography.com/ You + We Wedding Photography by Ross Tanner and Sasha Leahovcenco. Photographers based and serving wedding clients in Chisinau, Kiev, Odessa, Bucharest, London, Fresno, Sacramento California and Internationally. en-us Bridney :: Photo Shoot :: Fresno, CA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-276/Bridney-Photo-Shoot-Fresno-CA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-276/Bridney-Photo-Shoot-Fresno-CA Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:19:11 -0800 Recently while we were in New York, we spent a lot of time with Jason Groupp - he truly is a master at what he does, and definitely an industry leader for a new video/photography mix called fusion. So, knowing us, we wanted to try it, give it a shot! Bridney, was the test :) She is a friend of ours, and we had wanted to do a shoot together for a while, so this was a perfect opportunity. So please let us know your thoughts, on our first REAL fusion video, and we will be making sure that throughout this year, we will be doing it for all photo shoots, couple sessions and weddings! So be excited :)

I'm a photographer.

]]> Ira and Dima Wedding :: Chisinau, Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-274/Ira-and-Dima-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-274/Ira-and-Dima-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:06:42 -0800 Ira and Dima are close friends to ours, and it was a privilege to photograph their wedding, engagement and day after session :) This post is long as it includes 2 days of shooting, so be prepared :)

Without any further introduction, here are the photos of this beautiful couple:

Preparation:









Zags:











Restaurant:



















Next day photo session:































]]> Olesea and Vasile Wedding :: Chisinau, Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-273/Olesea-and-Vasile-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-273/Olesea-and-Vasile-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:29:34 -0800 Olesea and Vasile are a beautiful couple. This wedding was especially special for me, as my good colleague and partner Dumitru, was Vasile's best man. Vasile is also a web developer, and does some amazing work. It was a beautiful day, with perfect weather we made the best of it :) You guys Rocked!

Preparation:











There were a lot of girls...

Some directions :)

The church...





Portraits...

















Zags...







More portraits :)















Before the restaurant:









Thanks to you both for the super fun exciting day, you both are amazing!

]]> Olga and Dorel Wedding :: Chisinau, Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-272/Olga-and-Dorel-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-272/Olga-and-Dorel-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:44:39 -0800 I love these guys! and they really show true love between the both of them. I met Dorel and Olga this time last year when they were inquiring about our services, and when we met we had a great bond. We also did their engagement session before their wedding which was amazing. Thank you both for the amazing day, and thanks for my associate Roman for attending also.

It was raining from the morning, so it made things very interesting, but it didnt dampen our spirits...





Church...









Portraits...



Restaurant and Zags...















Olga hugging her father...

First Dance...











Slideshow...









The cake (it was really tasty also :) )

Thank you once again! :) I hope you enjoy the photos!

]]> Laura and John Wedding :: Chisinau, Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-271/Laura-and-John-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-271/Laura-and-John-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:02:29 -0800

These guys have great character, and they had a very intimate wedding together.

We wish you both every blessing.


Preparation:
















The portraits:



















The first dance, and greek dance followed by the cake!









Slideshow coming in another post soon :)
]]> Bridney :: Photo Shoot :: Preview http://youpluswephotography.com/post-269/Bridney-Photo-Shoot-Preview http://youpluswephotography.com/post-269/Bridney-Photo-Shoot-Preview Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:22:57 -0800 Bridney is a good friend of mine and since the weather was nice we decided to take some photos. Bridney is always a lot of fun to be around and this time was no exception.

Thanks to Jayne for assisting me during this photoshoot.

Here is a preview. More photos are on the way.

]]> Veronica :: Winter Session http://youpluswephotography.com/post-268/Veronica-Winter-Session http://youpluswephotography.com/post-268/Veronica-Winter-Session Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:25:48 -0800 Veronica was awesome, and such a trooper in such cold weather. Thank you!

Photos, Make-up and Hair by Lesya.

Shots below:










]]> Natalia and Sasha :: Couple Session :: New York, USA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-267/Natalia-and-Sasha-Couple-Session-New-York-USA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-267/Natalia-and-Sasha-Couple-Session-New-York-USA Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:08:20 -0800 It was great to meet so many amazing people in New York, and especially new couples. Natalia and Sasha. Myself and my brother in law Sasha both photographed this session, which was a lot of fun to mix both of our styles together:



We started off inside at Starbucks of all places and moved on outside into the city streets:

















Sasha in full action on the right:





It was freezing!

We also mixed the shoot up some - by doing a short session with Natalia alone! I love these...













Before hitting the subway again for some final shots of the both of them!











Thank you to you both for being such troopers, on such a cold day in New York! The photos were worth it I hope :)

]]> Oshrat and Mike Wedding :: Tribeca Rooftop New York, USA with Jason Groupp http://youpluswephotography.com/post-266/Oshrat-and-Mike-Wedding-Tribeca-Rooftop-New-York-USA-with-Jason-Groupp http://youpluswephotography.com/post-266/Oshrat-and-Mike-Wedding-Tribeca-Rooftop-New-York-USA-with-Jason-Groupp Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:06:19 -0800 Oshrat and Mike are an amazing couple - both are very talented individuals, and together they are perfect. Their wedding had a couple of firsts for me: my first New York wedding and my first wedding shooting for the Jason Groupp. Jason, for me, is a master in wedding photography and a pioneer for fusion (check out his blog). It was a great honor, to shoot for him and I look forward to working with him in the future.

Warning :: This is a big photo post.









Jason showing Oshrat, a video interview he took of her.







First sighting...







Mike couldn't resist facebooking:

We then started the ceremonies:







Then the main ceremony:





Rings, and first kiss:





The family speeches:







Mike with his Mother, and Oshrat with Mike's Father.



Then the first dance for the bride and the groom:



The cake:

Jason with all of his wedding couples :)

Jason giving a brave smile for the camera:

Lyndsay doing her thing:

Thank you again to Jason and Lindsey for having me, and to Oshrat and Mike for the amazing day!

]]> Ira and ilya Couple Session :: Fresno, California http://youpluswephotography.com/post-265/Ira-and-ilya-Couple-Session-Fresno-California http://youpluswephotography.com/post-265/Ira-and-ilya-Couple-Session-Fresno-California Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:05:59 -0800 Whilst in the states, we had a great time staying over with our good friends in Fresno - Ira and Ilya. The last time we met them was when we had photographed their wedding which you can see here. So we had a reunion session below:





























Whilst driving into the mountains, we forgot to take a sleigh with us, so we stopped off and picked up an uber cool red sleigh to have some fun:




A few portrait shots of Irina and Ilya:
























And a huge thanks to my beautiful wife for helping throughout the session:

]]> PAUL+LARISA :: WEDDING :: SACRAMENTO,CA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-261/PAULLARISA-WEDDING-SACRAMENTOCA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-261/PAULLARISA-WEDDING-SACRAMENTOCA Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:39:57 -0800

It was a lot of fun to photograph Paul and Larisa's wedding, which took place in Sacramento. Paul and Larisa are a beautiful couple, and every small detail and interaction with each other showed that. The day was one that I will not forget for a long time, thank you to you both for having me.

Also I would like to thanks PandL Video with whom I was shooting along on the wedding.

]]> EVELINA :: PHOTO SHOOT :: LAGUNA BEACH, CA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-258/EVELINA-PHOTO-SHOOT-LAGUNA-BEACH-CA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-258/EVELINA-PHOTO-SHOOT-LAGUNA-BEACH-CA Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:11:16 -0800 So here are some of my favorites:

]]> Oleg and Ana You+We Mini Session :: Chisinau, Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-257/Oleg-and-Ana-YouWe-Mini-Session-Chisinau-Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-257/Oleg-and-Ana-YouWe-Mini-Session-Chisinau-Moldova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:41:24 -0800 This is a long awaited post, and I have wanted to make it so many times but never got to do it. At the end of summer I was asked by a budding photographer if i would show her how I work and what I do, and I plan to do larger available sessions at the beginning of next year in Moldova and more one on one sessions, however this was the first official one - and It was an amazing encounter.

Ana and Oleg at that time dated for 1 week little to my knowledge, and currently still are in love and growing in their relationship - it was great to even meet them tonight at our place before we leave to the states tomorrow evening for a month - however Ana works for a model agency where she is a key figure there, so she was pretty amazingly easy and photogenic, so thank you. Oleg, is a very bright fella, and has so many things going on its hard to know exactly what he does every day :) Both of them have became great friends of ours, and Ana recently took one of our kittens - now known as the famous Pedor or Pedzilla as Oleg calls it.

To the photos :) We all met up at the Mcdonalds in central Chisinau, the best place :) and then we discussed technical info and initial questions before going to the park. We did some photography with both Oleg and Ana as a couple and some with Anna alone - regardless it was an amazing day, and thanks to Corina for being such a great learner :)



Ana was a little hot in the sun :)











Then some shots of them together :)

















A few behind the scenes shots from Corina...

















And one final shot of the beautiful Corina.

Thank you for the fun afternoon, it was great :)

]]> Anya and Denis :: Nick and Alina You+We Mini Sessions :: Chisinau, Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-256/Anya-and-Denis-Nick-and-Alina-YouWe-Mini-Sessions-Chisinau-Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-256/Anya-and-Denis-Nick-and-Alina-YouWe-Mini-Sessions-Chisinau-Moldova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:23:41 -0800 These couples Officially are off the hook cool - we thought they were cool when we met them and photographed Nick and Alina's wedding, with their God Parents (Nanasha) but after becoming friends and doing some more fun photo shoots with them - they are "off the hook cool". Both couples are amazing, and great to spend time with, and as there were 2 couples, I decided Lesya my wife should come along too :)

Check out both of our photos from the fun sessions below, thanks again guys! Was an honor!

Nick and Alina up first:





Some funny faces:



Some not so :)



A little bit of love...







And then a little bit more from Anya and Denis...







Before some fun with the leaves:









and my beautiful wife...



showing Anya and Denis some funny photos:











A bit of a reversal :) haha

To round up - Nick and Alina :)

and the last shot of Anya and Denis...

Thanks again guys!

]]> You+We Family mini Session with Olya, Katya and Lena :: Chisinau, Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-255/YouWe-Family-mini-Session-with-Olya-Katya-and-Lena-Chisinau-Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-255/YouWe-Family-mini-Session-with-Olya-Katya-and-Lena-Chisinau-Moldova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:35:38 -0800 Another Family Mini Session, but wow - 2 of the cutest kids ever. We did this session right after Andrei and Nazilea's and it was great! Check out the photos below in the leaves :)











































It was an amazing session, thank you :)

]]> Dennis and Ksiusha Wedding :: Chisinau, Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-254/Dennis-and-Ksiusha-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-254/Dennis-and-Ksiusha-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:21:20 -0800 Dennis and Ksiusha had a very energetic and close connected wedding - the atmosphere at the restaurant was ELECTRIC, and they know how to have a good time. Dennis is a brother of a good friend, and it was a pleasure to photograph their wedding.

Guys you really rocked on your wedding day! Please enjoy the photos, and from myself and Lesya we wish you every blessing for your new marriage!



I love dogs, but I do love this shot of max whipping up the pup.







First sighting...





Off to the Registrars...







Then to the fun part - portraits...

















Before the grand finally restaurant..

These mime artist are soo funny, and after having a few weddings with them - I think we got a pretty good fun relationship going on...



Dennis and his brother Max. Below, the first dance... before a full on boogie night















The DJ was awesome, id highly recommend him for any wedding if you want to have a fun dancing time :)







He even got the garner!

And finally the cake...

]]> Andre and Nazilea :: You+We Mini Session :: Chisinau, Moldova :: http://youpluswephotography.com/post-253/Andre-and-Nazilea-YouWe-Mini-Session-Chisinau-Moldova- http://youpluswephotography.com/post-253/Andre-and-Nazilea-YouWe-Mini-Session-Chisinau-Moldova- Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:57:59 -0800 Andre and Nazilea are a "boy meets girl, boy likes girl, boy falls in love with girl couple". They truly love each other, and it shows how they talk, and interact together.

Andre is also a pretty darn good photographer, and has been second shooting with me alot regularly at weddings, and will be joining me for alot of my weddings next year, so remember the face if your a couple for next year :)

A few weeks ago I had a you+we mini session offer, which they both where the first of my sessions which was exciting. We met up early in the morning and went to 2 quick places within 1 hour. Here are their photos :)



Bright walls rock...



















Hit the park...









Love this little combo of shots:





Thanks again guys for the fun eventful morning! You were both great :)

]]> Tanya and Sasha Wedding :: Chisinau, Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-252/Tanya-and-Sasha-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-252/Tanya-and-Sasha-Wedding-Chisinau-Moldova Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:49:08 -0800 This was a favorite wedding of mine this year. I've known Sasha for quite and while, and my wife Olesya, Tanya for a long time also. It was great to have the possibility to photograph their wedding. It was a long awaited wedding, and Chateau Vartely in Orhei, made for a beautiful wedding ceremony, and a swanky wedding reception and boogie floor.

Congrats to you both on your new marriage and many blessings!

Tanya doing the morning organising...

Sasha needed some help :)







Ariving to zags and getting officially married :)









Before leaving Chisinau, for the north, we had a few shots in a local Hotel called Boutique...





The ceremony at Chateau Vartely





The balloons rocked!













The restaurant...









Dancing like there is no tomorrow :)











Just a fun little animated photo below :)





Slideshow coming soon... See what people say on Facebook? Click Here

]]> DANIEL+EVELINA :: ENGAGEMENT :: IRVINE, CA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-251/DANIELEVELINA-ENGAGEMENT-IRVINE-CA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-251/DANIELEVELINA-ENGAGEMENT-IRVINE-CA Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:32:23 -0800

And I still give myself a credit for hooking them up, even though they don't really agree with me :)

So here are some of my favorites photos:

]]> Nastya and Ilia :: You+We session :: Chisinau, Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-249/Nastya-and-Ilia-YouWe-session-Chisinau-Moldova http://youpluswephotography.com/post-249/Nastya-and-Ilia-YouWe-session-Chisinau-Moldova Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:46:56 -0800 Nastya and Ilia, were an amazingly fun couple - we met up in Riscani, and went to a local forest with her boyfriend and younger sister to get some fun portraits of them. Even though the weather wasnt perfect and it was a little cold outside, it didnt stop us.

They were so nice to even write me a testimonial below:

"Our meeting with Ross was the best present for my birthday! I worried very much for the reason of knowing English, but it was a big surprise when I observed that the language is not so important! Ross is the person who knows how to use such things as spontanuity and freedom. And the main thing that he feels loving people and he knows exactly how to show it! We laughed, talked and joked. It was funny and we spent a lot of time with him with great pleasure!

Iandrsquo;m sure that if someone will be interested in a couple or wedding photoshoot, weandrsquo;ll definately recommend Ross!"

Here are there shots :)



















This was my favorite shot of the day!





















Thank you both once again! :)

]]> ALEX+ZARIFA :: MARRIED :: PHILADELPHIA, PA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-248/ALEXZARIFA-MARRIED-PHILADELPHIA-PA http://youpluswephotography.com/post-248/ALEXZARIFA-MARRIED-PHILADELPHIA-PA Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:42:09 -0800

First time I met Alex was about a year ago in Tennessee where we gathered for reunion of old friends, and he appeared to be friend to many of my friends. Zarifa, on the other hand, I met only on the wedding day.
And these guys are just amazing, beautiful and funny! A perfect couple for each other. It was a great privilege to capture photographs of their Big Day. Yet it was raining, wedding day was full of joy, smiles and positive atmosphere.

Here are some of my favorite shots:

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