Happy New Year!

2008 was a great year. I think it was my busiest year yet and filled with lots of exciting work. I want to say thank you to all my clients, friends and family who made this year possible for me! I am truly thankful for all of you and feel blessed to know each and every one of you.

This is the first time I have tried a slide show, so hopefully this works. This is a collection of some favorites from the past year....enjoy!

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Hannah & Matt: Married!

Just before we went on vacation, I had the pleasure of photographing Hannah and Matt's wedding at the lovely Briar Patch Bed and Breakfast. I had met Hannah awhile back, and had actually photographed the couple's adorable daughter, Grace, for her one year birthday. So, if felt like I was hanging out with old friends for the day! The wedding was really beautiful and elegant while still being relaxed. The bridal party wore flip flops, which I loved! There were so many fabulous photos from the day, I may have gone overboard here, but here are some favorites.
One of the bridesmaids seeing the bride in her full bridal attire.
Adorable flower girl shoes.

Getting ready...

The ceremony was presided over by the bride's grandmother, which really gave a personal touch. The is cutie pie Grace entertaining the guests during the ceremony.

I love the way they are looking at each other here.

Baby's first wedding.

The happy couple.

Some of the tasty food from Basic Kneads.

Gorgeous natural light during their first dance.

One of the best wedding cakes I have tasted--courtesy of the bride's brother, who was a pastry chef in a former career. It was sooo good!

Love the back of the dress and her hair.

An emotional speech by the parent's of the groom.

Mother son dance.

The cake

The happy family. Congratulations you guys! I had so much fun photographing your wedding and I hope to see you again soon!

Shannon and Blake: Married! (part 2)

I'm now back from vacation and finally getting back into the swing of things. In my haste to finish all the editing I could before I left, I never posted part 2 of Shannon and Blake's wedding photos! So, here are a few more favorites that I picked out. I really loved the photos from this wedding. The ceremony was held at St Robert Bellarmine Chapel on the GMU campus and the reception was at the Waterford in Springfield. Shannon and Blake both went to GMU hence the speed bump photo below, showcasing their school colors.

There were many more from this wedding that I really loved, but just couldn't post them all here!

Shannon and Blake: Married! (part 1)

So, I'm kind of in love with the pictures from this wedding. As evidence, it is now officially July 4, and I was supposed to go to bed hours ago (on July 3!), but I have been pouring over these photos and editing them. I used a different prime lense than my old favorite standby (which is being repaired/cleaned), so I think some of the images have a bit of a different look. Other than that difference, I tried to keep it very photojournalistic, but still creative. I'm starting to get so tired that I am not thinking totally straight, so I'll leave you with some favorites so far and write more about the wedding in my next post :) Happy 4th!!!

Lisa and Joe

So, I had never met Lisa and Joe until about a month or so before their wedding. They live out of state, so we did everything over email until they came to the area to finalize details. As anyone who has met with me knows, I feel like meeting is really important because you get to see if you really fit together, share the same ideas, have compatible personalities, etc. Well, I could not have asked for it to turn out better with this couple! From the instant I met them, I knew it was a match made in wedding heaven :) They were so fun, and their families made me feel really at home.
They were married in MD, at the bride's family church, then the reception was at Mt Airy. Here are some of my faves from the day. There are a lot, but I actually had to stop picking favorites--there were just too many!
The wedding paparazzi. Joe and Lisa have some die hard fans!

In the limo.

One of the thank you card photo experiments.

Killer shoes. Lisa spent the whole day and evening in these--a feat in itself!

I think this qualifies as the cutest salad ever. That is a pansy on top, which is, coincidentally, one of my favorite flowers.

Beautiful Mt Airy with some sun flare. What is it with me and the flare lately?

During the toasts.

Some great candids during the reception and dancing.

One of the Thank You Note pictures we experimented with. It was a little windy, but this one turned out pretty good.