This lovely baptism took place at one of my favorite churches here in Nicosia, the Archangelos Michael Church, a couple of weeks ago:

Congratulations to beautiful little Emily and her parents Melina & Haris!

Viola

A lovely afternoon combined wedding and christening at the wonderful Archangelos Michael Church. With the warm sunlight streaming in letting the inside of the church glow.

Many guests and beautifully dressed children filled the church.

Let me feature a detailed selection of the many pictures taken that afternoon right through to the night, where the family celebrated at the well known restaurant Occhio, Nicosia.

Marios’ arrival at the church and waiting for Evi to come with Haris:

And here she comes, with her father Andreas and little Haris:

Love this portrait of Haris:

Marios’ parents Androulla and Haris:

Evi’s parents: Androulla and Andreas:

The first part of the ceremony, the wedding,  is about to start. On Marios’ right the best man Nicos and on Evi’s left beautiful Maid of honour Stella:

And look at all these amazingly pretty girls! I honestly couldn’t keep from turning around to portrait them throughout the ceremony:

Natasa, one of the godparents to Haris, with her younger daughter:

Before the wedding ceremony proceeds the first part of the christening was held. Lovely eye contact between the priest and Haris:

Second godparent Constantinos now holding Haris:

Back to the wedding:

All the girls had their hair done so nicely, very elegant:

Congratulations Evi and Marios!

Now back to the christening, until the end:

Very sweet, and very exhausted!

After this very beautiful and emotional ceremony we moved out of the church and took many family and friends group portraits in the shade underneath an arch. Here are just some of the many I took, but please if you don’t find your portrait here on the blog, don’t worry, I have them all, just email me directly!

The church grounds are particularly well maintained and despite the strong afternoon sun we found some lovely spots to take portraits of Evi, Marios and Haris:

A couple of hours later we met again. This time at Occhio, famous restaurant & bar in the heart of Engomi. A very elegant table lay-out and decoration for the dinner, followed by a fun filled dance party till the early morning hours:

And they also celebrated the birthday of one of the cousins! What a surprise!

Lovely lovely…. and now the dancing starts! The lights were dimmed, the music was turned louder, lots of disco colourful disco light. Amazing how the whole party atmosphere comes across in those great action shots:

Congratulations again! You are a wonderful family and I had a lot of fun documenting your great day!

All the best to the three of you

Viola

with their parents Keren and Joel. A lovely family photo sessions with some fantastic close-ups of their beautiful children:

What a suspicious look “what is happening?” from little Liya:

And here four striking close-ups presented as an example of a large wall art arrangement:

There are many ways of displaying your favorite images at home. Why not arrange to come over and discuss some options?

Viola

After I photographed beautiful Lena a few months back while she was pregnant I now had the pleasure of portraying their little Alexander, here at the age of 2 months:

I can’t wait to welcome the next newborns in my studio!

Viola

What a great portrait session with Stefanie, Tash and 3 months old Thor at the studio last week. A large varierty of striking images; here are some of my favorites:

Wishing everyone, here in Cyprus, a lovely Easter week-end!

Viola 

Lovely to see my images printed in this brochure and available around Larnaca Airport. These photos along with many other amazing interior design images were shot a few months ago. Check them all out by clicking on this link.

On a sunny Sunday Nancy, Stavros and their families and friends celebrated Nephele’s christening at the St John’s church, Nicosia. Already last year I had the pleasure to do their pre-wedding photo session as well as their wedding, which were both wonderful events.

With the first signs of spring and the temperatures now quickly rising they had a wonderful day. The lunch reception took place at the well known Chateau Status, Nicosia.

This is a selection of images documenting many important and emotional moments of the event:

Let me show you my favorite images from a recent Newborn Photo Shoot! This is Paul, 2 weeks old, very cute indeed, with his parents, Isabel and Hardy, as well as 2 grandparents that came from abroad for the occasion.

We already had two exciting photo sessions when Isabel was pregnant, a Studio Session in December and an Outdoor Session in January.

Apart from a couple of moments Paul was right awake throughout the whole session! Very unusual for such a young baby;  he was ever so curious and there were many beautifully tender moments to capture .

Lovely images that will soon become amazing wall art pieces:

 Wie wunderschön! Die sind einfach super toll!!!!!!!!

“We can’t thank you enough for those amazing pictures! Initially I was a little worried taking my newborn out of the house at only two weeks of age, but looking at these fantastic images there is no doubt that it was the absolute right thing to do. It was such a relaxed shooting in a most comfortable studio environment and Viola’s patience had no limits.  The results exceeded our expectations and I can only highly recommend to have a portrait session of your newborn done by Viola. Thank you again!”  Isabel & Hardy

These are some stunning images from a recent ballet performance at Strovolos Theatre, Nicosia. So much colour, motion, expression, beautiful acting and unique costumes.

A breathtaking performance I loved to photograph and that kept my attention throughout when watching it on the second evening:

Some close-up portraits of gorgeous Anastasia: