Ah, Anastasia and Nick. Teachers (up until recently),
NYC dwellers (up until recently), Harvard attendees, book lovers, foodies. They threw a pretty kick-ass wedding - at a rad gallery/event space, with beautiful decor and a bar custom-built for their wedding, tasty tasty foods and more love and happiness than you can shake a stick at, if you were one for shaking a stick at love and happiness. Plus, joy of joys, they arranged for us to do formal pictures inside the Smithsonian American Art Museum. (How do I keep having
clients that are into portraits at museums? Because I really, really love doing them at modern art museums.) You love this couple too, right? How could you not.
Anastasia and her girls got ready at the
Hotel Monaco. I really dig how the Monaco plays with fabrics and patterns. So did this stuffed pig.
Anastasia carried simple white roses and her bridesmaids had these fantastic green things from
Amaryllis.
Rockin' to some old-school jams.
And bein' gorgeous. A girl can do both.
Then we scooted across the street to rock out the
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and
American Art Museum.
This is like like 50% more portraits than I ever show. Suck it up - this was awesome.
Then it was go time.
Longview Gallery was such an awesome place to shoot. I loved playing with the art and how clean the space was otherwise.
Amaryllis and the team at
Ritzy Bee Events did a beautiful job with the decor. Anastasia and Nick are big foodies, so they had farm tables with edible plants and rustic touches.
Wedding photographers. They are always trying to make your life harder! But you can get them back by posting their photo-bombing on the internet for all to see. Nice work,
Sarah.
I would never have used this word before
Spencer's workshop, but this wedding had more than one beautiful palette.
A couple after my own heart. No cake, just lots of pie.
The real purpose for mason jars, amiright?
Rockin' out with
DJ Atticus.
Woo! Congratulations you two! It was a great pleasure to document your wedding.
Anastasia & Nick's fabulous vendor team:
Ceremony and reception venue:
Longview Gallery
Getting ready venue:
Hotel Monaco DC
Wedding planning: Kelly and Maria of
Ritzy Bee Events
Caterer:
Well Dunn and
2Amys
Florist:
Amaryllis
DJ:
DJ Atticus
Hair and makeup:
Andre Chreky Salon
Anastasia's gorgeous dress:
Puccini by Peter Langner
Atelier:
Mark Ingram (highly recommended by the bride - she says to take the drive up to NYC!)
Veil:
Erica Koesler
Bridesmaid dresses:
Jenny Yoo
Nick's dashing suit:
Isaia at Saks
Groomsmen's suits: J. Crew
Great couple shots in the art gallery. The twin bride shot is a classic.
Wow, Amber. These are amazing. I love the variety of the couples portraits in the gallery…especially the one behind the curved statue. I didn’t have to suck it up, it was awesome, and you should have done another 50% more. 🙂
amber, these photographs were breathtaking. i am shouting from the rooftops about them. which is probably very confusing for the neighbors, because i am in barcelona, and they mostly speak catalan here.
can’t wait to order some.
Ohmywerd! your BW ceremony shoots are so money.
Aren’t art museums so inspiring!? Absolutely an amazing post:)
fantastic use of the environment. makes me want to shoot in a museum now!
LOVE the black and white images here. Amazing work!
Wow, these guys are so much fun….so nice that you captured that!! Well done.
Awesome pictures! Beautiful bride! Congratulations! The best of luck to both of you!
You are absolutely right. I DO love this couple. I actually want to meet them in person after seeing this, along with their engagement shoot. I am not even kidding!
Awesome couple, very nicely shot wedding!
You not only captured our event, but also our spirit. Thank you, Amber.
So blown away by this gorgeous couple + wedding! Amazing job, thanks for sharing.
I wish you both all the happiness that the world has to offer you. Take care of each other… love you!
Special day for a special couple! Much happiness today and forever!
Beuatiful!
Beautiful!
I love your reportage style – the photos look great!