I have been so busy flying and shooting and shooting and flying over the past couple of months that I have hardly had a moment to blog all of the fun stuff I've been up to. And I am determined to share it all here. So that being said, please forgive me as I jump around chronologically just a bit. I will get to everything, just perhaps not in the exact order it was all shot. So first up, Morgan and Jordan's absolutely amazing wedding at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. This was the first of 2 weddings I photographed in the Washington DC area on Labor Day weekend. Morgan may have been the most excited bride I have ever photographed and her enthusiasm was absolutely contagious. She was also one of the most calm and collected brides I've ever seen and although I'm a little (or okay, a lot)
In Category: ‘WEDDINGS’
Tags: Blue Sky Films, Congressional Country Club Wedding, frost lighting, labor day weekend wedding, marilyn cave bradley, oreo cookie cake, phillipa tarrant
Just days after I returned from Boston for Jenn & Josh's wedding, I recharged my body and repacked my gear to shoot the wedding of yet another photographer, Mher and his lovely bride Atina. This was to be my first Armenian wedding and boy was it fun! I loved the cool, casual style, fun traditions and high energy that these long-term loves brought to their wedding for 300 guests at their home in Northridge. An extended portrait session, heartfelt toasts and tons of dancing made it a real pleasure to photograph...not to mention the totally gorgeous peacock-themed color palette. And I was thrilled to have the incredible CK Hwang along as my 2nd shooter for the day. I started my day at Atina's mom's house with the ladies and CK with the guys. Enjoy! A little rendezvous with the ice cream truck helped to cool everyone off.
Tags: blue bridesmaid dresses, Los Angeles Armenian wedding, northridge wedding, peacock themed wedding, urban wedding portraits
I was actually on my way back from Boston where I had flown in for Morgan & Jordan's engagement session in mid-May when I first got the call about Jenn & Josh's wedding. These two were putting the event together in just 6 weeks and could I jump on a plane back to photograph it? Well of course! I have known of Jenn Hudson for a number years through WPPI...where this incredibly talented photographer cleans up on awards night year after year. But it was actually at Mystic 6 that I actually met Jenn and (her) Josh for the first time when Jenn was scheduled to speak directly after me...we met during our AV check and these two immediately made an impression on me as a couple who were deeply and gloriously in love with one another. So although it's insanely nerve-racking to photograph the weddings of other photographers, it
Tags: Anthropologie wedding, backyard wedding, Boston Wedding, Etsy Wedding, The Beehive Boston, vintage wedding details, yellow and purple wedding
Can you believe that Michelle was my first redhead bride? At least as far back as I can remember. (My sincerest apologies if I photographed your wedding a gazillion years ago and you were then or are now a redhead.) But I must be in some sort of special club now because I have found that they are now coming out of the woodwork...redheads that is, or auburn if you prefer. :) Many many years ago, in a different century (this is true), I once got it in my own head that I would look great with red hair. The problems with that idea were thus: 1. Having freckles is not enough to offset having dark, Brooke Shields-esque (read: thick/ bushy) eyebrows, 2. I had previously decided to be a blonde, 3. I was in college therefore poor and decided to dye my own hair, and 4. I was just
Tags: purple wedding details, retro hotel wedding, Sportsmen's Lodge wedding, Studio City wedding
Kirkland Manor Wedding – Lisa & Jon
I must say that Lisa & Jon were one of the most darling couples I have ever had the pleasure of shooting. And their wedding was like a perfect storm. Stephen Gosling, my awesome 2nd shooter for the day commented that it was the most beautiful wedding he had ever seen. The threat of rain had nerves on edge early in the day but as soon as these two saw each other for the first time, none of the worry seemed important or worthwhile anymore. It could have stormed and rained all over these two (it didn't) and I almost wonder if they would have even noticed. The mutual respect and total gaga admiration between Lisa & Jon was so apparent you almost felt like it was a tangible thing you could reach out and touch. Lisa was probably one of the most excited brides I have ever seen...and Jon's
Tags: eastern shore wedding, Easton Wedding, Kirkland Manor Wedding, St. Michael'ss Wedding