Jessica and Jordan:
Civic Theatre Wedding in New Orleans

Toward the end of this Civic Theatre wedding in New Orleans, the groom lifted his bride and the two of them spun around several times as they kissed, making for a wonderful series of images from this moment.

Civic Theatre Wedding Ceremony

This couple’s ceremony had also taken place at the Civic Theatre, beautifully candlelit but with a spotlight on the couple, and framed nicely with the closed-curtain stage behind them.

Reception at the Civic Theatre

The space was then quickly flipped for the reception. The floor space of this venue is interesting. The main seating area (where the theatre audience would sit if watching a performance) can be raised up to the same level as the stage. The band set back further into the “backstage” area, elevated on it’s own smaller stage. This enables this entire area (even backstage, beyond where the open curtain is) to function as one continuous space, rather than most of the large stage area being wasted on a band that was only occupying a relatively small part of it. This creative solution is also used by other similar venues, such as the nearby Orpheum Theater.

After the wedding, the bride had these nice words for me.

“Michael was the BEST purchase we made for our wedding. We had a total of 4 photo shoots with him – engagements, bridals, wedding day & couples photo shoot after the wedding (we chose a traditional route and didn’t do a first look) and every single session had the most amazing photos. Michael is so wonderful to work with, he has the best personality and his photography skills are out of this world. Besides his photography talent, he has the most professional work ethic. He was the one to always touch base with us on shoots, suggest locations, ask for wedding day information and we never had to think twice about anything. We could not recommend him enough. We are going to keep him for all our future photo shoots! Don’t think twice about booking Michael!”