Amy & Matt | Arlington intimate wedding | Virginia

Amy and Matt got married on a beautiful day last week after having planned their wedding for just a handful of days (not that you can remotely tell). This wedding completed the trifecta for me - I finally photographed a wedding conducted by the third lawyer in Arlington who performs them. Even better, lawyer #3 holds them in a lovely courtyard in-between all the office and apartment buildings! Afterward, we rolled on down to the Netherlands Carillon / Iwo Jima Memorial for iconic views, "urban" scenes and even one in the "deep woods." Amy and Matt: We started in a pretty little courtyard to the side of the lawyer's office building. There were even canine guests. Then we hopped in some cars and rolled on down to the Iwo Jima Memorial and Netherlands Carillon. It's a good spot for after Arlington intimate weddings because there's lots of pretty trees and such and also an unexpected but lovely view of not one but two memorials! Playing with the funky architecture. We came back around to say hi again to Amy's grandmother and there were about a thousand eighth graders in bright orange shirts, so naturally I had Amy and Matt walk through them. My clients humor me sometimes. Ok, most of the time. These "deep woods" are about five feet from the street. Congratulations guys!

Grace & Shane | Arlington courthouse wedding

Grace and Shane were married at what serves as the Arlington courthouse last week, amongst their immediate families. We romped through the metro, rocked out some lovely greenery by the Netherlands Carillon and even stole into Artisphere for a minute, where all the galleries were closed (but we had one painting to work with). Don't miss Grace's bright red shoes. I love special-requests for pictures in the metro. Cool, right? But check this out: Having basically expended any cool places for photos near the courthouse, we hustled on over to the Netherlands Carillon and Iwo Jima for portraits with some green things in them and cool architecture. Grace's niece has so. much. energy. While Shane's nephews are a little more chill. At least for this image. One last frame at Artisphere. Congratulations you guys!