Tirado Photography blog

Let me just introduce you all to one of the sweetest couples ever. You may remember actually Tara and Yohan from their engagement session in October. We spent an entire Sunday morning with them hiking and walking and doing a LOT of laughing. We had had no doubt that when their wedding arrived, we would be in for an incredibly fun day and they did not disappoint!

Tara and Yohan met while going to college at Boston College and - very appropriately - had their ceremony at St. Ignatius which is located right on the BC campus. When we first met with Tara and Yohan back in May, they told us that photography was going to be a very important piece of the wedding. Which is always great news to us! But we knew they were very serious when they told us that they left a 2.5 hour gap in between the end of the ceremony and the beginning of the cocktail hour so that we could have fun with their photos. And that’s exactly what we did! They also got to enjoy their entire cocktail hour as a result which was a huge bonus for them! They had their reception at the beautiful Hyatt in Cambridge and all of their guests (some of which traveled from very far away!) were treated to this spectacular view from their ballroom:

I also have to share their amazing cake - it’s undoubtedly of my favorite to date! Tara saw it a Martha Stewart magazine and asked Icing on the Cake in Newton to recreate - and they did! Here’s the beautiful end result:

Did you notice those great pillar candles on the ledge behind the cake? There were at least a dozen all lit up behind the cake and it just added to the incredibly beautiful and elegant ambiance. And look at those gorgeous peonies all around the cake. Tara loves peonies and was determined to incorporate them as much as she could in the wedding including in her own bouquet which just turned out so beautifully!

But moving on from the details, here are a few of our favorites of Tara and Yohan themselves! Here’s one that we took right on the BC campus. You know how obsessed we are with eyes and couldn’t let Tara’s crystal blue eyes go without any special attention:

And after having some fun right in the lobby of the hotel Rene got this great image of Tara and Yohan on their way up to the ballroom in the glass elevator:

And once we got to the top, we couldn’t resist using the incredible evening skyline as a backdrop.

There were just so many details that made Tara and Yohan’s wedding so unqiue. Yohan’s family is originally from Sri Lanka and they incorporated some beautiful traditions in their wedding such as a Sri Lankan candle lighting ceremony and Tara even changed into a sari at the end of the evening!

We had such an amazing time with them and our bellies hurt from laughing so hard with them. We truly feel like we’ve made some great friendships and we can’t wait to see everyone again soon!

UPDATE:  Tara and Yohan’s website is ready!  Enjoy!!