The Wild Images Team Attends An Interfaith Wedding At The Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church Of Pittsburgh

This interfaith wedding ceremony of Brian and Alicia took place on July 16th, 2021. The bride is Methodist, the groom is Jewish, and the church is Presbyterian. All of this combined for a beautiful wedding of mixed religious traditions. As can be seen in the image, the ceremony is taking place under a chuppah, the traditional Jewish wedding canopy that symbolizes the figurative new home that will be built between the husband and wife. Beyond this can be seen the Methodist Minister on the left and the father of the groom on the right, who alternate between blessings and prayers in each of the faiths. In front of them, the bride is being given away by her father while nearby the groom is wearing a kippah, also known as a yarmulke, as is all of his groomsmen on the right side. On the left stand the mothers of both the bride and groom, and in front of them are the bridesmaids in royal blue dresses. The Wild Images Team Coordinator, Christina Orban, can be seen as the third one from the left. Meanwhile, The Wild Images Team Photographer, Jeremy Robinson, is behind the lens as usual. While we were not responsible for the wedding shots that day, they had hired a professional wedding photographer, we had to capture our own series of photos from the back balcony. We were responsible for the video cameras that can be seen in two strategic locations: one in the back corner on a tripod to the right of the stained glass window, and the other in the bottom right of the above image, covering over part of a door, a column, and the grand piano. Above the grand piano, half-hidden, is the organist on the left and behind him is the cellist, in the left corner under the American Flag to the left of the stained glass window. Literally minutes before the wedding ceremony began, a severe thunderstorm passed through the area, pouring with rain, flashing with lightning, and booming with thunder. This photo was captured at just after 5 PM on a day only a few weeks after the summer solstice. It should be bright and sunny through the stained glass window. Instead, the heavy clouds of the thunderstorm turned it into looking almost as dark as night, as can be seen in the photo. This enhanced the contrast of dark and light such that the lit chandeliers really stood out at the top of the chapel, so we made sure to include them in this picture. Also standing out are the candles burning at the base of the stained glass window. The two burning in glass holders had just been lit by the mothers of the bride and the groom, using the smaller bare candles. The unlit central candle, thicker than the others, is waiting to be lit simultaneously by the couple after the recital of their vows. In this image, we also love the long train worn by the bride, Alicia, which flows over the steps and is reflected in the polished floor. After the ceremony, we captured a series of photos of our Coordinator, Christina, in her bridesmaids dress and holding her bridesmaid bouquet. The wedding ceremony took place at the Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, in Fox Chapel, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The wedding reception was held at the Longue Vue Club, a National Historical Landmark in nearby Sandy Creek, across the Allegheny River. Set on top a large ridge overlooking the river, and further ridges opposite the river, it is great setting for sunset pictures. All of this made for a memorable day! The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos throughout Pennsylvania, including the postgame fireworks over the Andy Warhol Bridge, the colorful bursts of Independence Day fireworks over the Ohio River, the view as delicate flowers bloom in the Laurel Highlands, and the very early lantana at the University Park Flower Gardens, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Pennsylvania have documented the Halloween moment when hundreds of witches converged on Mellon Park and then later performed a choreographed dance routine, when The Wild Images Team attended an interfaith wedding ceremony during which our Coordinator Christina Orban was a bridesmaid, a look inside of the ornate St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica, the side yard greenhouse vividly reflecting light displays, the scene dominated by vibrant strands of holiday lights on a tree, the many hues of a very festive holiday house along McColly Street, the colorful view of the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Fall Foliage Train, the burst trails of fireworks over the Allegheny River, the red, white, and blue trail fireworks over the Roberto Clemente Bridge, the palette of colors with fireworks bursting over the Ohio River, the hundreds of American flags flying over Blairsville Cemetery, the fall leaves surrounding the Tyrone Division of the Pennsylvania System World War I Monument, the many colors of a flower soaking up sunshine, and the dichotomy created by a floral battle of yellow versus red. During our trips to New York on the other side of the state we have captured many photos such as in the Corning Museum of Glass antique cruets and dishware overlap, then in New York City itself the sudden snow squall over the Garment District, the scene of the Sherry-Netherland towering over a sculpture, and the opposite directed festive view of West 58th Street, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our New York blog posts document the Corning Museum of Glass plate of colorful giant glass fruit, the intricate stained glass vines and bubbles over a figure, and the suspended glass knives in front of a red stack tower, then in New York City itself the Empire State Building shining like a beacon, the perpetual hustle and bustle of Times Square, the impressive bronze Alice in Wonderland sculpture, the memorial bronze statue of legendary Balto and its accompanying dedicated to the indomitable spirit plaque, the animated bronze animals and the Delacorte Clock, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina with Spongebob SquarePants, the festive view of a large toy train in Rockefeller Center Station, the late night giant holiday lights on the sidewalks, and the piles of giant holiday ornaments in Liholts Pooley Pool.

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