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Some of the beautiful photos from this year’s stylized photoshoot. Many thanks to Lost Creek Winery for providing us with a beautiful venue, Jamie D’Agostino Makeup Artistry for all of the hair and makeup, and Narima’s Cuisine for providing an amazing catered dinner. Also a huge thank you to our models: Annie, Mike, Karina, Raheem, Sam, and Lucy and to my awesome friend Julia who came out to help for the day, and my wonderful fiancé Brian who helped make it all happen.
                                          Had the loveliest Wednesday last week, brightened by this precious little gem, the newborn daughter of a good friend of mine. Praying for their family this weekend as this sweet girl’s Dad is in the hospital for emergency appendix removal.
        no comments I was so excited to get the “I’m pregnant!” call from my dear friend Natalie earlier this year, and it’s been such a joy to experience the journey with her so far, from weird pregnancy cravings (popsicles…), to shopping for baby clothes, and hunting for the “perfect” maternity outfit for a few different special occasions…Baby Lilah is soon to be making her first appearance! So, there was only one thing left to do! Throw Natalie a baby shower! :) With some help from another one of Natalie’s friends — Virginia — and a late night with Brian hanging homemade pom-poms and hot-gluing ribbon to mason jars…we managed to throw Natalie the shower of the year. Delicious food, lots of laughter, and some awesome gifts! Thanks to everyone who came, and keep an eye out here for Lilah’s debut mid-October!!           no comments I have to say…I love AJ and Kim. I didn’t know I was shooting their wedding until 3 weeks before, when their first photographer wasn’t able to step in after all, and as unfortunate as it was…I was so honored to be a part of their day! AJ and Kim were referred to me through a mutual friend Jamie (of Jamie D’Agostino Makeup Artistry) and after a brief client meeting at a local coffee shop, the plans were made. The day of AJ + Kim’s Friday wedding was a hectic one, to say the least. I was up at 5:30 AM in my wedding-shooting attire, with my bag packed the night before, to head into DC early Friday Morning. In all of my wisdom, I offered to help out a friend by getting some international paperwork authorized in person in DC. Thinking that it “wouldn’t take long” I’d tried to go in a few days before, and couldn’t even find the building. By that Friday, it was imperative that I get his papers authenticated…and AJ and Kim’s wedding was an hour away, and started at 1 PM. In addition to all of that, I had an old friend/internet “penpal” coming in from out of the country that day to come second shoot with me, and he needed a ride from the hostel in DC. So, after a quick stop at a street corner to pick up my friend and second shooter for the day, Brendan, we headed off to the authentications office. Nearly 5 hours later, I was in a panic that I was not going to make it to the wedding in time…trying to desperately get in touch with someone. Fortunately, it wasn’t long after my panicked phone calls that we were helped and I sped all the way back to Loudoun County for AJ + Kim’s wedding. A quick stop at home for tunafish sandwiches and batteries, and we were well on our way! I was relived to drive up and find out that Kim was still getting ready and everyone was relaxing and excited for their happy celebration! After a few mishaps, and a very disorganized, unprofessional DJ…they finally got the ceremony started. After all of the wedding guests were asked to hum the wedding march (after the bride waited half-an-hour on that unprofessional DJ to get her music queued up…) and two of the vases next to the ceremony fell and shattered in the wind…the rest of the day went very smoothly. It was one of the most fun, vibrant weddings I’ve ever had the pleasure to capture! Once the DJ got his act together, everyone had a blast dancing, and visiting, and celebrating with AJ and Kim. I’m so excited to share these pictures, particularly the dance floor pictures…I hope everyone enjoys dancing at our wedding as much as AJ and Kim’s guests did!                                                                                                          show 2 comments I love second shooting…it takes pressure off and gives me some breathing room to be creative. When Danielle from A La Mode Photography put out an ad that she was looking for a creative second shooter for two weddings this fall, I jumped at the opportunity to throw my name into the hat. By the time Sam + Nick’s wedding day came, I was so excited to meet Danielle and work with her! It was an awesome day, and I had a great time working with Danielle! By the end of it, I was so excited to work with her a second time this year. If you’d like to see her awesome shots from Sam and Nick’s day, definitely check out her blog here. Danielle has an awesome personality and is great at what she does! She’s about to take some time off, because she’s expecting a baby girl, but I watched her press through two hot, humid, stormy summer weddings, and was honored to work with her! :)                                             no comments |
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