mary wyar photography

01.09.10

I love the couples I was able to photograph in 2009... thank YOU for allowing me to do what I love! Thank you for trusting me to capture the most intimate and special moments in your lives. All of you are the ones who make me want to challenge and push myself further out of my comfort zone with every shoot. It is truly impossible for me to express in words how lucky I feel to have the clients that I do, you're all amazing people.

Here's to 2010!!!

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the album.

12.18.09

This year has been such a learning experience. Figuring out workflow, taxes (ugghh), dealing with equipment issues... I have a feeling that every year I will learn through trials and tribulations... I will never sit back and say, YES! I now have it all figured out. Won't ever happen... and I don't want it to.

One huge thing I learned this year was the importance of THE album. I have memories of looking at my parents wedding album, opening up the plastic covered white silk album, the corners adorned with metallic photo corners... one huge print per page. It's funny how certain things stick with you. That memory made me want to make sure everyone of my couples had a wedding album... and that's what happened... though they all may not have them yet, they will soon. :)

Midway through the season, I reworked my workflow. The first thing my couples saw after their wedding wasn't a blog post or their gallery full of thumbnails, it was their album design. I designed the biggest, baddest album without any limitations and presented their wedding to them in story form. They saw their wedding for the first time how I visualized it while shooting. This has been the biggest and most rewarding change to how I do my post work.

I design the album 100% in Adobe InDesign from scratch, no templates. InDesign makes it extremely easy for me to design a modern album in hours. I know the spacing is perfect and it works seamlessly with Photoshop & Bridge, so I can easily make sure the photos will look great in print. All the spreads have white backgrounds, are completely clean and modern. I don't want the album to look dated in 5 years, and by keeping it simple, about the photos and not the design, I know it will never look trendy. Pro DPI (an environmentally conscious pro lab) does the printing of my spreads, sends them to me to so I can approve the color and quality before I ship them off to Renaissance for the production of the album.

If you'd like to look through a couple completed albums, take a peek at the albums page here.

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joshua says:

is it weird if i call that thing sexy?

Mary says:

red silk?! it's hot!

Jenn Stark says:

Hi! I've only just started offering albums as an option in my packages and just wanted to thank you for sharing some insight on your album production workflow! They are beautiful!

sarah and cj

11.07.09

Sarah and CJ are warm, genuine, considerate and completely laid back + chill. Once I met all their friends and family on their wedding day, they made even more sense to me. They have this tight knit group of incredibly warm & thoughtful people who made their story complete. Their wedding day was a reflection of the deep love they have for, not only one another, but every person in their life. I found myself tearing then laughing so hard my face hurt.

We had an absolute blast spending their day with them... and I feel incredibly lucky to have gotten to know these two people just a bit.

ceremony: zoar lutheran perrysburg ohio
reception: hilton garden inn perrysburg ohio
coordination: bee for the day
dj: decorative sound
florist: hafner's
videography: fordham footage

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sarah says:

PERFECT, Mary. That's all I have to say :)

Christina says:

These pictures are awesome! And you are such an amazing and beautiful couple!

Michelle says:

These pictures are absolutely breathtaking! You can almost feel the chemistry between them just by looking at the pictures!

Kerry M says:

The pictures turned out beautifully! The whole day was wonderful and I am so happy we get these pictures to remember it all.

KP says:

Mary, these pictures are incredible (as always)! After Sarah kindly introduced me to your work, I've been a full-fledged addict to the blog :) You have such great style... Can't wait to see more!

Christy says:

This was a magical evening, and the photos captured it! Congrats, Sarah & CJ!!

Meredith says:

The photos are amazing and incredibly creative. Great job! Congrats to the newlyweds = )

Hayley Wiemer says:

These pictures are amazing! I love the way the colors really pop in the pictures! Congrats to Sarah and CJ!!!

Julia says:

wow... i'm impressed! the red accent was a brilliant idea - mad props to whoever came up with that! it was a beautiful wedding, and a wonderful way to remember it

Kristen says:

Oh My Goodness! These are amazing pictures!! The wedding was a BLAST and Mary absolutely captured all the love, laughing and fun in these pictures. Amazing job! :)

sara + nate

10.30.09

Sara was a part of the Tri-Delta project that I was a part of last year... The first time I met her was a couple days after Nate had proposed. She lit up as she told the fuzzy teeth proposal story, and I knew then that they were smitten with one another. She is hands down one of the most positive up for anything brides I have had the pleasure of photographing and Nate has this super chill, down for whatever attitude. Together they beam with enthusiastic love and excitement.

ceremony: chorpus christi toledo ohio
reception: stranhan theatre toledo ohio
coordination: eventology
dj: decorative sound
florist: beautiful blooms by jen

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Sara says:

Mary everything is so beautiful and you did such an amazing job! We loved the day and you really captured it in our pictures! Thank you soooo much!

Britt Kelly says:

These pictures are amazing! I loooove them all!!

Anthony says:

Wow, that bridge looked unstable,

beautiful guys, especially the ones where you look like the London Guards with the tall black hats standing by the door,

Good Pix

Danielle Cotterman says:

B-E-A-Utiful pictures of your wedding day! You two were captured perfectly!

Dawn McKinney says:

Absolutely beautiful, Sara and Nate! Love the pictures...
Mary, very impressive photos, I've enjoyed browsing your website.

amiee says:

you both look great!! so happy to see such beautiful pictures from your beautiful day.

Theresa says:

Wow! These photos are absolutely gorgeous! They really capture their true love :)

Julie says:

Sara your pictures are BEAUTIFUL..just like you! Love them:)

Julie says:

Sara-you look amazing and so happy! Great pictures!

Lori Recker says:

Such a beautiful couple. Your photos are amazing! Mary you are quite the creative one.

Emily says:

Great wedding photos on such a wonderful couple!! The photos are truly amazing!

Liz Fowler says:

Mary you did such a beautiful job of capturing this very special day for Sara and Nate. It was my pleasure to be able to work with you! Congrats Sara and Nate!

Beca says:

WOOP! WOOP!! I had fun having my picture taken all day long! :D great picturess!!

David says:

They look great!! Enjoy, Recker!

Nicolette Kulka says:

As always, beautifully done Mary.. What a wonderful day!

clark says:

Nathan looks as pretty as the Queen of England. Great Pictures.

Nicole Harrison says:

Sara your pictures are absolutely beautiful...im so glad i was able to be apart of you and nates wedding!!

Gina Fontana says:

Priceless.. I LOVE you guys :) What a beautiful day!!! xoxo

Kathy Neiman says:

What a lovely couple and your captured them beautifully. The wedding will be one of our fondest memories. Kathy and Pete

Linda & Rob Sabo says:

Loved Sara and Nate and their beautiful day. Great pictures and a great couple!

Jeff Biggs says:

Sara-Beautiful Pictures!

Dionne Bailey says:

Sara, you two looks absolutely perfect together. And you were a very beautiful bride. Best wishes.

Dionne Bailey says:

Sara, you two look absolutely perfect together. And you were a very beautiful bride. Best wishes.

Aunt Pat says:

Very nice and unique photos ; especially easy with the cute couple you had to work with!!

Helen Sehlhorst says:

You did a wonderful job on the pictures

Jen Cummins says:

Mary, The pictures turned out wonderful! Thanks for sending me some so I can use them on my site too. Looking forward to working together soon. Sara, Thanks for letting me be creative! I couldn't be happier with how they turned out!

Lauren Mohamed says:

Sara, these pictures are sooooo beautiful. I love the romantic,edgy, modern feel. Just looking at the blue sky and white fluffy clouds on your wedding day I know that you and Nate will be on cloud nine for the rest of your lives together.

Theresa kulka says:

I am amazed how absolutely breathtaking these turned out. good luck choosing. There is not a bad one in the bunch.

Kendra Meyer says:

Nate and Sara, I love your wedding pictures!

lee recker says:

Amazing pictures!

Jason Recker says:

Everything looks awesome! Pics capture everything!

Diane Recker says:

Awesome

Awesome!!!!!

Kellie Barney says:

Fabulous Photo's.......I am jealous

Deb and Steve Barney says:

Beautiful photos of the new beautiful couple!

Steph Harper says:

Wedding was beautiful, and the pictures look great!

Erin Askins says:

Sara and Nate your pictures are great. It looked like you had a beautiful wedding.

Ashley Longwell says:

BEAUTIFUL PICTURES!! They look just as good on film as it did in person!!!

Janelle Head says:

These pictures are so beautiful! Great job mary!

Nancy Schnipke says:

Sara and Nate your wedding was so beautiful. You two make a great couple. Your pictures are great!! They look like pictures in a magazine.

Amanda says:

Awwww heart you two!

Donna Kent says:

...Love to say I love all pics, especially black and white. Sara you look
so beautiful in your dress. ..nice shots

jenna + kyle

10.14.09

Jenna + Kyle are another fabulous couple who said, whatever you want to do Mary, we trust you... and like I have said numerous times before, the best images come when I am free. That trust certainly doesn't mean that I would take them to the most unsafe, gnarliest location for photos, it really means that they trust what I will do which puts me at ease. Their engagement shoot was the first shoot I did after my mind blowing Seattle mentoring session and it was then that I took a sharp left turn down the hilly road instead of just coasting along with what was easiest. So needless to say, they have a special place carved out of my photo brain.... oh and it certainly doesn't hinder my abilities when Kyle makes Jenna laugh nonstop and that Jenna has the most infection smile..... this is soooo not a 'job' :)

ceremony: liberty center united methodist church
reception: otsego park stone hall
coordination: linda grant
dj: signature sound
florist: weeping willow

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joshua says:

purrrrdy!