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Tomorrow I am off to TEXAS for 3 weeks! I have Brooke and Travis’s Wedding in Houston then I am off to Marfa, TX for a photographer girls vacation. I will fly back to DC for Mary and Chris’s Wedding on the 3rd of July then back to TX for Jamie and Sinclair’s engagement session and another week of vacation with my family and we are even going to take some family pictures! Crazy fun! If you need to reach me email me. I will be able to check it fairly often but I am going to try and take a real vacation as well. I am 100% caught up on editing so I am going to very much enjoy this time off! YAY for vacations! Have a great few weeks everyone!

Megan and Matt had a beautiful ceremony and reception. Maria with the Ritzy Bee coordinated the day. Megan is amazing and looked stunning all day! It was a HOT HOT HOT day here in DC but getting to hang out with this wedding party made it worth it! They were married at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown and the reception was at The Key Bridge Marriott. What a beautiful day! Lisa flew up to second shoot with me so that was super fun as always! Congrats Megan and Matt!

Veronica, Daniel and I met up in Haymarket, VA on a really hot day! I loved shooting in Haymarket,VA because it was a new place for me. I love shooting in new places and once again I love it when couples let me style the whole shoot. So that being said look how cute these two are! I can’t wait for their wedding in Old Town Manassas in August!

Emily and Frank are married! Emily booked me before I even moved here a year ago. It was so fun to see all of her planning come together! She wore 3 dresses, and looked beautiful! Emily is the most laid back chill bride I think I have ever had. Nothing stressed her out. She is so easy to be around. One thing you must know about Emily is that she loves food. She loves it so much we went to McDonald’s before the reception and then at the reception they served a 10 course Chinese Dinner. We had fun taking pictures and just being goofy. I was so happy to again at this wedding have Natalie Franke and Stacy Jacobsen second and third shoot for me. It was s beautiful day with blue skies! I was so happy to see Emily and Frank get married. They just moved to Boston to start their lives being married! I am so excited for them! 

Jen and Dan were married on Memorial day at Oxon Hill Manor in Maryland. It was supposed to storm all day and apparently it did everywhere except Oxon Hill! We did a first look in Old Town Alexandria before the wedding. I love it when couples see each other before the ceremony! It is so romantic and special. Then they have time to get lots of amazing shots of just them together. This was a great day! Natasha Tung Who just got married in October. Remember her?) coordinated the wedding. Neil enjers did videography. AMAZING! And Evan with MyDeejay.com provided the tunes for the night. I had the pleasure of having  Natalie Franke and Stacy Jacobsen second and third shooting with me. That was a lot of fun! So back to the wedding. Jen and Dan love games and they incorporated it into their details. I love the little boxes of candy and the monopoly place cards. They finished the night with dancing on a beautiful white dance floor, under a clear tent and the stars. Beautiful day! 

Jee and Daniel wanted a fun shoot with a football, ice cream and Polaroid shots. I love making each shoot I do different and fun. Jee and Daniel are super cute and I love that they are into photography. It impresses me when my clients know as much about my cameras as I do. I love chatting all techie! And on a side note I can’t believe how much Polaroid film is now since they are not making it anymore. It was $20 for a pack! I so badly wish they would bring it back. There is something so magical about taking a picture and waving it around waiting for it to slowly appear. 

Here is Melissa and Steve. Melissa is a Kindergarten teacher so I thought it would be super fun to shoot at her school playground. We had so much fun playing with chalk, apples and just being silly. After that we headed over to Old Town Alexandria. It was supposed to rain but instead we had a beautiful over cast for most of the session. Melissa and Steve are so cute and I love it when couples have this much fun together. It makes taking pictures super fun! So here are my favorites! 

Meet Cheyanne and Brandt. They are getting married in Houston this December. They live here in Virginia and we shot their engagement session here. It was another Spring rainy day but we toughed through and I love the way the pictures turned out. Cheyanne is so sweet and they are so cute together. I love engagement sessions! Happy Friday everyone! 

I flew to Houston last Saturday to shoot Haley and Camilo’s wedding. Haley has such a fun personality I love getting to capture that. They had a beautiful ceremony at The Woodlands United Methodist Church and the reception was at Creekside at Carlton Woods. The weather was kind of amazing that day. We took pictures outside before the ceremony and then durning the entire ceremony it poured. It let up right after for us to go outside and take bridal party pics and then some of Just Haley and Camilo. Then it poured again on our way to the reception and almost the whole time there. Once again it let up for me to walk out a take some scene shots and for their exit. It was so nice that we were able to work with the rain. If you remember during their engagement session a few months back it rained the whole time as well. Haley and Camilo are great for working in the spring time rain! 

Haley wanted to do a jumping shot of the wedding party and I LOVE how awesome of a jumper Haley is! AND in a wedding dress!!! Amazing! 

Ok, this is by far the most single ladies I have seen at a wedding ever! They all came out to take over the dance floor before catching the bouquet. 

Chelsea and Mike had an amazingly beautiful wedding on the beach in St. Maarten. Chelsea worked so hard planning all the details and everything looked perfect! They did several traditional ceremonies on the beach. Each one was special to their heritage. They also had each of their 30 guests come up individually and give a blessing. This was the sweetest day ever. It is so apparent that the friends and family that came to this wedding truly love Chelsea and Mike and it was an honor to be apart of this day. This is what I love about destination weddings. The guests are so involved and such a special part of everything. At the reception at least half of the guests got up to do a toast. Lots of tears and laughs. after the reception we all went over to Bliss for the after party. This was a very long and wonderful day! Thanks again to Chelsea and Mike for having such an amazing wedding and for letting Lisa and I be apart of it!