Real Wedding- Beth Tfiloh, Baltimore, MD- Michael Temchine Photography

Real Wedding Description

Orthodox (frum) Jewish weddings are nothing if not emotionally charged affairs. They go from quiet refelction to overdrive over the course of four hours or so. (As an aside, I've always been amazed that an ambulance hasn't been called at any of the weddings I photograph their dancing is so crazy.) Rivka and Benjamin's wedding was a great example of this, minus the need for an ambulance. 

Both come from families and communities- and believe me the community part is huge- that really know how to make the chosson (groom) and kallah (bride) happy on their wedding day. If only every wedding had the same approach as orthodox Jewish ones, guests are not guests as we understand them, they attend knowing they are supposed to entertain the couple, not the other way around. This approach makes all the difference in the world. 

Hundreds of people attended their wedding but you would never have felt lost in a crowd. If anything, you felt like the entire day was one amazing group embrace.