We’ve known Dominican Republic wedding photographer Katya Nova for a few years new. But never did we think that we would be shooting her wedding, let alone in one of the most stunning locations we’ve ever seen. Katya summed it up quite nicely when we were driving home at the end of her wedding day…
If you work in the wedding industry, it’s likely that you’ve heard of Katya Nova. Katya is a Punta Cana wedding photographer who works with her newlywed husband Rob, and the two are the kind of people who inhale you with their charisma. Katya and Rob had a morning sunrise ceremony along the beach in the Dominican Republic,…
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OOOOOOOH!
Rad. As usual.
When I saw the first fire-thrower photo I was like, “Oh, wow! That’s pretty awesome.” When I saw the next fire-BREATHER photo my jaw just dropped and I said “WHAT.”
All of these are so beautiful. I can’t wait to see the rest!
You did a beautiful job of capturing a beautiful couple! It looks like Katya & Rob had a great day, and it looks like their guests had quite the experience too! I was so happy to help their group with their travel arrangements. Can’t wait to see more! Congrats again K&R!!
damn dudes. this looks amazing.
i don’t know what’s happening in that 2nd to last shot, but i like it.
fire breather is indeed awesome, this set pretty much blew me away from top to bottom.
It looks like an awesome wedding. I suppose licking the flash is one way to cool it down.
Gorgeous work. And that fire dancer – wow!!
Guys, your work is a fairy tale. Beautiful photos! Awesome story!
Really neat wedding!!
You guys always rock it outttttttttttttt.
more more more. Katya, you look gorgeous! x
So awesome – I love Katya and Rob as it is, so it’s an easy wedding to adore. I especially love the kiss and the portraits of Katya. Just fantastic <3
Gorgeous, and warm. That stands out with this shoot.
WOOOW! When I clicked thru I didn’t now that I was gonna be served a platter of visual awesomeness. Really well done!
Damn! It’s going to be a good one :). Can’t wait to see it guys!
Ridiculous. 21 hours, not only are you in peak physical form, but these photos are beyond ridiculous friends.
Fire!! Awesome! I love the shadows on the porch. Congrats guys.
umm. holy cow.
Lovely work, stunning scenery and I love the parrot image!
It is insane how good these are, good lord.
Oh dear, you guys just keep raising that bar! Cant wait to see the rest!!
Jeez this is shit hot! I love the shot of the photographer and her camera being in one of the guest mouth! Very funny!
these images are style & class epitomised – so beautiful – an inspiration – what a beautiful wedding
There really aren’t words for how beautiful these are. Every. Single. One. The anticipation is going to kill. :)
How did I miss this til now? I’m dying to see more. Awesome work! Love the one of them in front of the door with the sweet lighting.
You guys are nuts! Beautiful images .. can’t wait to see whats to come.. something more nutty I imagine…
Katya, you look absolutely stunning!
Congrats to you and Rob!!
Pardon my french, but holy shit these are awesome.
this is soooooooooo good.
Pure magic.
Absolutely amazing!
Wow. Beautiful photos and what can beat fire-eaters?!?! nothing, that’s what! :)
Love the rear sync images! Very nice.
Very lovely as always. Please post the rest!
These are amazing, everyone of them!!
Hosting a forest wedding makes sense if you’re into forests and nature. Or a mountain wedding. Or a beach wedding. Or a bingo-hall wedding (if bingo is your thing). If it makes sense and it fits, you could really have a wedding almost anywhere. As long as it’s non-contrived. Same goes for Document You sessions….
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Absolutely gorgeous.
wow for the photos and the location! Just amazing!
so what you’re saying is you took incredible pictures in fangorn forest…
I love your forests. Great session, guys.
You guys rule!
great location and great job! love the one where they are standing in the ‘wheel’ :-)
Great forest!
What an incredible start to a blog post. You guys are simply epic.
Such breathtaking scenery, and a very cool couple. This blows me away!
Absolutely beautiful, I love the tilt-shift ones especially!
These images are so amazing! What a great location.
009 = epic.
wow…LOVE this location! Beautiful photos, as usual!
Absolutely beautiful. <3
nordica ……….
The music you pick to go with your posts always leaves me sitting here stunned. Gorgeous photos. 016 is… very cool.
Beautiful shots and such an amazing location.
That forest is out of this world beautiful.
Ridiculous. This forest rules… as do your images.
Really love your style, fellas. Keep it up :)
These are awesome! I’m so jealous of all the different scenery you have to work with! We have fields and more fields.
What an incredible setting! Amazing images start to finish!
Great post – Whole lotta space going on…
Very beautiful place, I like how you worked with it. Once again, fantastic images!
Above and beyond. This whole session is breath taking, I love everything about it. Bravo!
wow what a location, and what stunning portraits you guys have created for these people. They are beautiful, and each and everyone would look brilliant as a huge canvas! ;)
without the risk of sounding like a teenage fangirl, this place reminded me of Twilight!! :) x
Ah Gold Creek up at Golden Ears Provincial Park :)
I recognize that bridge and river. Nicely done!
So good…that forest is insane. Really like the personality in all these shots. You guys rock
Love the second to last shot! :)
Epic!
Amazing amazing photographs. They really make you realise how small we are in this massive world. Great work!
It seems funny to say this totally overused word when you just wrote about being uncontrived, but dude, those trees are freaking EPIC. Beautiful post, as always, guys.
I really like this weblog site, will surely come back once more.
once again. awesomeness in its purest form :)
I LOVE your work, guys! So unique and original. :-)
Amazing work and stunning location! Love the tilt shift ones esp!
soooooo good. it hurts.
Epic session! Love the TS in the woods and the black and white shot with the crazy tree limbs!
We’ve been focusing a lot on our two-on-one wedding photography workshops lately, the most recent one being with Seattle photographer Erin. A big ‘thank you’ to Stefanie and Christine, also Vancouver photographers, for bringing out your significant others for the photography sessions. If you are interested in learning more about the full-day workshops with us, email info@nordicaphotography.com for more…
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Brings it all back, I wanna do it again! Awesome.
This post sealed the deal. I’ll definitely do this workshop at some point.
You’d better believe we’re saving up for the shop. You guys are at the top of your game.
truly works of art. it was such a pleasure being your couple, you guys are amazing at what you do!
Rad-iculous as usual fellas ..
Dig these posts. Very cool to get an inside perspective.
These are awesome! Christine & Stefanie are wonderful, yay!
Fantastic images. And I love your unique approach to workshops.
I LOVE the alley shot of the woman alone…so mysterious!
Nice work! Love your low light shots are amazing
Delicate use of light fellas. Quality.
These photos are GORGEOUS!!
love. the first couple are definitely my favourite.
Unbelievable shots as usual! Nice perspective…really nice :)
yeah, you guys are pretty dang amazing. love the graffiti wall shot.
Amazing use of light as always, I love your images, always… UK Workshop?!
Like the skyline shots! :-)
What a gorgeous couple and gorgeous shots, I am digging your post work, especially on the black & whites.
Stunning work as usual! Workshop sounds pretty tempting right now…
Can. Not. Wait. :)
Great work lads!
Great light and lines! I really love your work.
wow, would have been great to be there. Some day I hope to be able to join you guys for a session.
/Stefan
I envy you Erin ;)
Awesome work guys. Really like the emotion behind 018.
Good job guys…Keep it up!
So amazing!! Compositions and lighting are perfect.
That pics of the wall with the boxes is insane location spotting
This is Stefanie and Paolo. We did some photos together a few days ago in Vancouver’s Chinatown. More to come.
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Amazing work, guys. I love them all, but that last one is especially beautiful.
Great space in the first one. Lovely.
I’m not sure if it’s a perspective thing, but it looks like they are floating because of the bridges on either side of them. But the high mast lighting base is right there…so…i’m intrigued!
Wow that second one is so so cool!
stunning as always.
There is a special … silence to them that i really really like.
Really beautiful–the lighting and tone is so quiet and understated. Lovely
Stellar portraits… the silhouette is great.
LOVE that last shot!
gahhhhhhh in LOVE with that second shot guys, GORGEOUS stuff
Love the profile shot. Well done!
So looking forward to the rest of these. So beautiful!
Lovely work, always such a fresh take on the universe.
I’m digging the middle one, very cool…I love that you didn’t convert it to b&w.
That first shot is….awesome! I love the way you used the lines and shapes to create and interesting photo. Can’t wait to see the rest.
Hurry up and post the rest! :D
You fellas are on another level. Consistantly brilliant!
love em’ especially that 1st one. so cool.
That first opening image is so strong and bold!
Love it!
All the best,
Alex
you guys continue to push it. thanks :)
Awesome set and couple; 1st one is all kinds of awesome!
by Cole & Jakob
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fer juaristi - killer wedding guys!
Sachin Khona - Wowza.
So beautiful!
Congratulations Katya & Rob!
Phill - Treasure trove. I think I’ll keep this open a few days in a browser tab. It’s a visual smorgasbord to be revisited time and again.
Romin - Epic, fellas. Well done.
Leo - This is just ridiculously awesome, guys. I looked through the entire post a couple of times, trying to find something that would stick out as being especially great, but I couldn’t. Because it’s all amazing – start to finish. Way to rock it, seriously.
Drew W - You guys dominate! Such amazing work you two.
tim - pure gold! (this is a 2012 best of, right?)
Andreas - so good guys! beautiful! moving! emotional!
nirav - Say what now?? Killer work amigos!!
Katya Nova - Dear Jakob & Cole… It’s impossible to put into words what you’ve done for us. I’m humbled and overwhelmed by how talented you are and how FREAKING AWESOME you are as people. We’re so excited to have created these memories with you and can’t wait for more. You are not just amazing photographers, you are artists at life. The way you see and feel is a gift. Your biggest fans, K+R. See you back here in Punta Cana soon!
dustin prickett - now this is what gives me goose bumps, so beautiful.
Will Kim - wow, what a beautiful wedding. you guys captured it perfectly.
Brian Furbush - These are freaking amazing guys. Awesome wedding.
kristi wright - Favorite.
Gabe - annnnnnnnd that’s how it’s done!! amazing guys.
Elissa - Wow. Just wow. Consider me slayed. You guys continue to blow me away. I can’t even pick a favorite shot. Amazing.
geneoh - great job dudes, I love the story.
Paul Krol - whoah that was a pretty epic journey.
Richard - Oh my WORD!!! This is one amazing set! You guys rock!! Loving it. BOOM!!!
david Jenkins - Love your work guys, you just don’t miss a thing. Even the parrot shot is stunning.
Mercedes - Not an original comment but again…you killed it.
Anushe Low - Guys. Just one word…Off the scales (ok, 3)
Poslubieni - How did you do this guys !!! marvelous shots !!!
Laura {Babb Photo} - Stunningly beautiful.
Johanna - Goosebumps.
Stephanie - Wow. This looks like it was a freaking awesome party. You captured the event beautifully!
AdonyeJaja - absolutely breathtaking. beautiful wedding! insane photography. The images from the ceremony, man they rock!
Jesse Pafundi - Dont know what else to say besides absolutely freaking incredible.
benj haisch - wow. just wow.
Anni - These are seriously amazing. The whole mood and emotion of the day is just as present as the people in the photos… amazing amazing amazing.
mike - Gorgeous work, guys.
Heather - LOVE the venue. The Domincan looks amazing!!
Ruan - Let me be the first to offer you free accommodation whenever you visit South Africa :) Of course a 2 on 1 session will be involved! Well done, inspirational as always.
Chelsey - Holy crap, guys.
I think I just decided that I want y’all to shoot my wedding one day.
Jared Tseng - Beautiful moments! Killer compositions! Breathtaking light! Amazing work guys.
ed peers - This is beyond epic fellas. Stunning.
isaiah - unbelievable
shipra - wow WOW wow!!! That’s all i’ve got, but I mean it! No wait, one more thing…she’s absolutely stunning!
Nora - Wow I’m speechless!
Jimmy - Words can’t describe the amount of awesome in this post. Incredible work.
J Shoda - It’s crazy to know that wedding photography can be this good. You guys raised the bar yet again.
Meredith S - Amazing. looks like a movie! you totally stretch your creativity in shots and it isn’t hard to notice. Keep up the excellent work.
ryan flynn - such amazing storytelling!
Nicole Firestone - Wedding of the year. Wow isn’t a strong enough word. Well done.
Sonia Jansson - There is no words for this !
ken kienow - next level. wow.
Girish - Super crazy maaan :)
Looks like you traveling to one of the wildest weddings ever. Awesome locations to add on. Wonderful pictures in everyday.
Can you share what cameras do you use and shooting in low light do you always use a flash and what iso. Hopefully you can share this info.
Thanks in advance.
zosia - I think you guys just took it up to a new level. So rad!
Kristian Leven - EPIC! was the word going through my head through that entire post – those sunrise shots…that’ll take some beating.
Alberto - Beautiful work. It’s So inspiring
Rik Pennington - Epic doesn’t begin to cover this. Stunning work. Can you retire now and give the rest of us a chance?
Ryan Brenizer - Fantastic all over.
Tyler - …….
Stephanie K. - Fantastic. Katya looked so beautiful as always!
Nessa K - You guys always excede my expectations. The best part about these photos is I feel them. All of them. Absolutely amazing. <3
FogartyFOTO - Your work is stunning, elegant and organically beautiful. I am so blown away.
Jakub - Friggin ACE! // The Nordica lads have done it again!
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Brian - Massively killed this wedding. Probably one of the most amazing I’ve ever seen. You guys are incredible.
alyda - everything has been said already but I have to say you guys are just so freaking talented! wowsers!
Brian Kraft - So, that happened.
Nikki - Pure dynomite you, such a solid performance once again, love your work.
Priya Patel - Incredible! There are so many amazing shots in here. I especially love image 159 – just fantastic.
Aprile - Amazing you guys!!! I can only imagine what our photos will look like in Hawaii. I can’t wait :)
shahroll photo - KUDOS! i love story line at your photos! Nice meet your website! (Malaysian Photographer)
Travis - Awesome work. So much life in these photos
Reimund Trost - Holy Cow!
Derek Martinez - Incredible wedding, you guys killed it!