Che & James | DC courthouse wedding
Che and James were married at the DC courthouse last week with a dozen of their most exuberant closest in attendance. Che made her beautiful hair piece and James teared up during the ceremony. Afterward, I took them to my favorite spot for post-courthouse-wedding portraits: the National Gallery of Art. It was a good day.
Frequent visitors to the site are probably tired of seeing this image, but it always makes me happy to make and deliver it. Such a great spot. (Yeah, I have one for you guys that doesn't have tourists in it - don't worry!)
Also, the National Gallery has taken away half of the pieces I normally shoot with... hopefully they're replacing it with something and you'll get to see some new compositions soon. In the meantime, the blank slate where they used to have that big horizontal blue and green piece makes for some beautiful negative space.
I had a fair amount of competition that day.
Congratulations you guys!
Margaret and John got ready at the Hotel Monaco in Old Town. I freakin' love the Hotel Monaco - they put so much effort into decor, it's easy to find a funky spot to do portraits.
Like a super-dark hallway with cool geometric paintings to play with. (Yeah, I said "laugh maniacally" - you gotta do what you gotta do.)
Then we braved the heat to grab some scenic Old Town Alexandria wedding pictures.
And even found a fire truck to pose with - a fitting match since they held their reception at Columbia Firehouse.
Then it was go time.
Margaret has four brothers.
Congratulations you guys!
Natasha and Aaron bought their families different colored Converse to wear while walking around between portrait locations. Adorable!
I've been having fun with these giant portraits at the National Gallery. They're so weird to shoot with.
We braved the cold to trek out to the Navy Memorial on GW (the one with the flying birds) for some more family pictures and to get a bit of the Lincoln in some photos. 'Course, I was feeling the tunnel under the GW.
Congratulations Natasha and Aaron!