Laura & Jeff | DC courthouse wedding

Laura and Jeff tied the knot last week at the DC courthouse. When you've been together a billion years, sometimes a giant party doesn't make any sense. But the courthouse - that shiz is legal. Marriage certificate in hand, we wandered on down to the Mall for some portraits in the National Gallery. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.combest-washington-dc-courthouse-wedding-photographers-7 Some people are foreheads-together people. These two are and they're really cute about it. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com The National Gallery of Art is under all kinds of construction up top and for some reason they removed a bunch of art from the inside, too, and closed off some of the galleries. But now they're putting back some pieces, like these circles. I'm there a lot, so I've noticed the changes over time. I hope they put all the art back soon. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com In the meantime, we play with what's left. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com A newish take on an old favorite. Either improper flash placement or the burning, unstoppable love between Laura and Jeff - you can take your pick. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Congratulations, guys!

Jodie & Ryan | courthouse wedding photography | Washington, DC

Jodie and Ryan were down for whatever, so we made lots of weird photos. I enjoy that in people who have hired me to photograph their wedding. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com They got hitched at the DC courthouse, then we rolled down to the National Mall for gallivanting, standing in front of art and lots and lots of congratulations from the crowds. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Jodie has the best laugh. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com More fun weird stuff. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com And also really pretty stuff. I'm versatile like that. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com This was a month ago (they've been on a super-rad long honeymoon) so this was one of the first trees to bloom. We took advantage. dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-15 Congratulations guys!

Allison & David | DC courthouse wedding

Allison and David got hitched at the DC courthouse, amidst a small but joyful group of family and friends. It was a balmy 27* out, so we skipped the outdoors as much as possible and instead hit up the National Gallery's modern wing, where they have been reinstalling a couple artworks I missed. These two enjoy a good "street" scene, so I concocted a few for them, with the help of the tourists. DC-elopement-wedding-photography-2DC-elopement-wedding-photography-4 I shoot at this museum a lot, so sometimes it's hard to think of new things to do in the space. But we took some new angles for these two. DC-elopement-wedding-photography-3DC-elopement-wedding-photography-5DC-elopement-wedding-photography-6 A quick jaunt in the classical side. DC-elopement-wedding-photography-7 This girl seemed to have no idea there was a photo shoot happening on either side of her. Modern, right? DC-elopement-wedding-photography-8DC-elopement-wedding-photography-9 Portraits wrapped, we took a very chilly walk two blocks over to the courthouse. Check out David's hat - very swank! DC-elopement-wedding-photography-10DC-elopement-wedding-photography-11DC-elopement-wedding-photography-12DC-elopement-wedding-photography-13DC-elopement-wedding-photography-14DC-elopement-wedding-photography-15 Congratulations you guys!