I was very happy to be shooting with
Sam Hurd again. Katherine and Jonathan tied the knot last year at the
Baltimore Museum of Art, which is a happy three blocks down the street from my very best friend. I had an easy commute that night. They rented out
Gertrude's, a lovely restaurant located inside the museum. We got to use the sculpture gardens for pictures. It was pretty much an incredibly awesome day.
And once again, can I just say that the light at the
Hotel Monaco in Baltimore is gorgeous, beautiful, stunning, unending. I love love love shooting getting ready there. I need to rent it out for some boudoirs.
We scooted to the Baltimore Museum of Art to do first look and portraits and things.
Here's Sam.
And I am in no way trying to take credit for this, I just think it's so cool. There was this metal sculpture with a small opening - a slit, really - in it. Sam saw that and shot Katherine and Jonathan through the little hole - but it made such an awesome effect in the lens. I had to try it out myself and this is what happened. So neat, right!?
They held the ceremony outdoors in the ridiculous afternoon sunshine.
I fell in love with this venue. There's a little fountain that separates the ceremony from the guests and you have to walk over those three stepping stones in the middle to get to the altar. They had a sound system so you could hear everything - but it made for an incredible visual and it also had this really nice stage effect, even though they weren't elevated. I dug it so much.
L'chaim!
Is there anything cuter than the two moms hugging?
Such a great wedding. Congratulations to the bride and groom and thanks again to Sam for having me out!
I don't often go out to the Eastern Shore - not sure why, just don't get that many folks asking about it (though I would love to do a beach wedding this year!). So it was really nice to be by the water. Here's the view from the bride's hotel suite:
Love Point at Kent Island really was a gorgeous venue. I had to stop the car on the drive in and take some photos.
Orange at a wedding. It's the best.
All morning, it rained and these big dark clouds filled up the sky. Just in time, with only a few minutes to spare, it cleared up. The staff dried off the chairs and the wedding went on at Love Point's gorgeous balcony overlooking the ocean.
Forgive me so many detail photos. I really liked their classy but laid-back setup - orange napkins and wicker chargers and little bits of seashells here and there.
And it's fair to say that I was obsessed with this tulle-and-Christmas-lights thing they had going on on the ceiling. You'll see more of it below.
Just before they're announced.
Congratulations you guys! And thanks again to Jessica for having me out.
Here's what the images look like. I'll set up my stuff in a corner, with easy-to-follow instructions, and your guests will click the shutter to their hearts content, capturing the zaniness that is them. For a limited time, my wedding photobooth add-on is just $400. I'll set it up starting with cocktail hour, if you want and that makes sense, all the way through the end of the night. You'll get the images in high-res along with your wedding photos. You will also have the photobooth images on Facebook, ready for your friends to get juiced all over again, within one week of your wedding.
This all took place within like 30 seconds. This is what photobooths do to people.
And since I'm so excited and because I love photobooths and because I have the best clients ever and as a reward for reading my blog, the first person to write me about adding on a photobooth