Emily & Rick | St. Francis Hall wedding

I'm a big fan of Leo Druker, so I was very happy when he asked me to photograph Emily and Rick's wedding with him at St. Francis Hall near the Franciscan Monastery in Washington, DC. You can see his post about the wedding here. This was the weekend after I photographed Suee and Tad's wedding at the same venue, so it was cool to see a completely different wedding (and type of wedding) there. Here are a few of my favorites: wedding photography at the franciscan monastery in washington dc mother hugging her son during a st. francis hall wedding bride entering the wedding ceremony at st. francis hall groom seeing his bride for the first time at st. francis hall wedding bride walking down the aisle outside father of the bride with guests in the foreground st. francis hall wedding vows beautiful decor at st. francis hall wedding waiter arranging table at st. francis hall wedding st. francis hall architectural detail I loved the simple touch of sprigs of lavender on green napkins. It really gave a classy look without being obtrusive or over-the-top. Plus all the kids at the party were running around with them looking really sweet. room decorations at st. francis hall - lavender and green napkins I'm the second photographer sooooo motion blur the entrance - why not? bride and groom motion blur And this is silly, but there was a fabulous beam of light shooting through the hall during dinner, catching all the little dust particles in the air. I watched it for a long time and nothing interesting happened in my frame, but I thought it was so beautiful I had to share, even though that's Leo right there taking a picture of something else. shaft of light with dust mother of the bride laughing hugging the bride on her wedding day emotions at st. francis hall wedding bride dancing with her father at st. francis hall dancing with the mother of the groom at st. francis hall groom and his mother dancing at st. francis hall wedding Double napkin dab! Love this. double napkin dab - moment junkie! dance party at st. francis hall wedding (Belated) congratulations Emily and Rick! And thanks again Leo for having me out.

Emily & Matt | Natural History Museum engagement

Emily and Matt are pretty seriously awesome. You don't need to know much more than that they picked the Natural History Museum for their engagement photos. I've become something of a specialist in shooting in the DC museums (thank you DC museums!!) but this was my first go the Natural History. It was rad, I tell you, rad. engagement photos in the natural history museum natural history museum engagement photography engagement photography at natural history museum This was hilarious. I told Emily and Matt to dance and they just started jumping around and flailing their arms. engagement photography in dc's natural history museum I had to amend myself and say "romantic" dancing. smithsonian museum engagement photos natural history museum engagement photography engagement photos with a dinosaur skeleton natural history museum engagement photography natural history museum engagement photography Last and, yeah, probably least, we have engagement photos with Titanoboa! World's biggest snake! Eating what appears to be a gila monster. How could I resist? titanoboa engagement photography Good times, y'all. Look for more from Emily and Matt in just a couple months!

Susan & Senthil | Hirshhorn Museum engagement

I'll just go ahead and say it: I am basically incapable of spelling Hirshhorn without looking it up.  But it sure is a swell place to do some funky engagement photos.  Susan and Senthil and I were meant to do an awesome hot air balloon shoot last Saturday but the weather was just not cooperating.  We're going to do that and all, but winter is long and we've just begun.  Thus we found ourselves on one chilly November morning doin' it big at one of my favorite places to shoot in DC.  Y'all, Susan and Senthil: modern art engagement photography in washington dc engagement photos at ai wei wei exhibit hirshhorn museum engagement photos Did I mention I love shooting in DC's museums?  It can be tricky, light-wise.  And then sometimes you have this giant floating light cube to play with. engagement photos with ai wei wei sculpture at hirshhorn modern art engagement portraits engagement photos at hirshhorn museum And, because why not, we hopped across the street to the Air and Space to get a couple with space man.  If you can't have hot air balloons (immediately), it's the next best thing. engagement photography at air and space museum