Athena Bludé Photography

01/25/2017

"Joy comes to us in the ordinary moments. We risk missing out when we're too busy chasing down the extraordinary." –Brene Brown

I had the honor of photographing the Blasers again. A glimpse of their family's story, which includes 4 generations, is on the blog now!

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12/08/2016

These two just lit up my blog with their NYC evening engagement session. Click below to see the full post.

11/18/2016

Emma + Ben's wedding is live on the blog now and this wedding has everything: love, joy, flower crowns, chickens and even dinosaurs. And yes, you heard me right, I said dinosaurs. Biggest post ever and worth every image. Check it out.

Emma + Ben got married on one of the hottest days in September at Barberry Hill Farm in Madison. Their wedding was epic and if you know me I never use that word since it’s so overplayed, but it truly was epic! It was quirky, having a “magic yourself” station at the ceremony and small, plastic toy di...

11/11/2016

12.4 miles and a hug led them here... Check out the full post of this beautiful couple's, Amanda Lynn + Christopher Zak's, wedding on the blog now.

On a beautiful September day at the Milford Yacht Club, Amanda + Chris, read the vows they wrote for each other. Hearing the words Chris spoke for the first time where he sited specific details, times and even calculated distances, Amanda smiled from ear-to-ear. It wasn’t just the beautiful pledge h...

11/03/2016

Part 3 of this 3-part post is live on the blog now. // Hania + Zahan's 3-day Pakistani wedding, the Valima! // Breath Of Henna, SILK Events - DJ + Lighting, Dhol Baja Baraat

10/21/2016

Blogged part two of day two of these two. // Hania & Zahan's 3-day Pakistani wedding, the Shaadi. // Breath Of Henna, Dhol Baja Baraat, SILK Events - DJ + Lighting, HairByAferdita, Beauty by Amani

In Pakistani weddings the groom, Zahan, stays with his family about a week before the wedding (remember the day before, the Mehndi, was just for the bride). For the Shaadi, there are no rehearsals or hotel reservations close to the venue the night before. Instead, the groom travels from his home, an...

10/12/2016

Blogged part 1 of what will be a 3-part post for this beautiful 3-day Pakistani Wedding. It's rich in tradition and love and the colors and bridal details alone are to die for. Plus, it has been on my shooting wish list for sometime! Check out part 1: The Henna & Mehndi.

08/31/2016

“The promise, made when I am in love and because I am in love, to be true to the beloved as long as I live, commits me to being true even if I cease to be in love. A promise must be about things that I can do, about actions: no one can promise to go on feeling in a certain way. He might as well promise to never have a headache or always to feel hungry.” —C.S. Lewis

Amanda Lynn + Christopher are committing to that promise this weekend and I am so excited to beautifully document it for them.

See more of my favorites on the blog. xo

08/02/2016

Meghan + Danny's wedding included Meghan's grandma as their flower "girl", a ring warming where their wedding bands were passed between each of their parents while they prayed over the couple, and the words, "divorce will never be an option" in their vows. See all this beauty and more on my blog. xo

07/12/2016

Emma + Ben made me smile so hard during their engagement session my cheeks hurt. And, the cameo by a couple of strangers didn't hurt. 💛

I smiled so hard while shooting Emma + Ben’s Madison, CT engagement session that...

06/29/2016

Blogged: Scenes from a Summer NYC Cab Ride; a simple reminder to myself to "do a lot of work...a huge volume of work."

Last summer when I went into the City for an engagement session I had...

03/30/2016

We all have a story. From where we’re from to how we grew up, what kind of things we did as a family to the kind of household we lived in. Perhaps you think yours is too ordinary to document, but that is where the beauty lies — in the everyday.

Thankful for The Nanas who let me document and share a snippet of their everyday story.

We all have a story. From where we’re from to how we grew...