Melissa and John were married at the lovely
Museum London, which is in a whole other country: Canada! This was the first time I'd shot a wedding outside of the states and it was a fine experience. I had Tim Hortons and paid with weird plasticy money and can confirm that Canadians are bizarrely, delightfully friendly and polite. But before I did any of that, I photographed Melissa and John's wedding.
I met John a few years ago at a photo conference in Charlottesville, and turned out we lived just a few blocks from each other. He's since gone to live up in the Great White North. You'll note I've taken my soapbox of a website here to post embarrassing pictures of the people I knew at the wedding. Enjoy!
We started the day at
Hotel Metro in downtown London with some of Melissa's closest and one canine friend.
Meanwhile, Lisa my local second (thanks Lisa!) was with the gentlemen.
We scooted over to
Windermere on the Mount for the ceremony.
Special Canadian-only part: signing the registry!
Maybe because I know John and Melissa and a handful of other folks at the wedding, but there were lots of great street-style scenes to capture. I hope John will be pleased with them, as he happens to be a street photographer himself.
And look - he managed to marry a total babe.
Party time at
Museum London! Unfortunately they didn't let us do anything in the galleries, but I still enjoyed the big windows and the fact that I was shooting in Canada!
More "street" action.
Dude on the right here danced with every single lady at the wedding, including me. He insisted and for probably the first time ever at a wedding (because who doesn't want to cajole the photographer into dancing?) I couldn't say no. He's a really good dancer!
I don't think I've ever seen a teenager who actually liked her parents as much as this girl likes her parents. This family was so freakin' cute.
The aforementioned photos of people I know looking goofy. Hi Katy!
So many congratulations, my friends!
Melissa and John's vendor team:
Ceremony venue:
Windermere on the Mount
Reception venue:
Museum London
Getting-ready venue:
Hotel Metro
Catering:
North Moore
Hair & Makeup:
Selah Vie
I met Corinne and her mother at the very first ceramics class I took. I thought it was so sweet they did a ceramics class together. Years later, she's living with her new husband in NYC. Life!
Let no one say this was a solemn occasion.
Corinne's dad's reaction to seeing her in the wedding dress was pretty great.
Thanks so much to Angel for coming out to photo this wedding with me. A handful of these images are hers.
Cocktail hour on the patio at the Hendry House. They couldn't have asked for a nicer day.
Corinne got the dance floor action started and it didn't let up all night.
Corinne's uncle (I think I got that right) is in a band called The Narwhals and they destroyed it at the wedding - mostly playing rock and roll hits. They even took on "Piece of my Heart" by Janis Joplin. Good times!
The coordinator told me these cookies came from Sticky Fingers, which is ridiculous because they are a vegan bakery and the peanut butter cookies tasted like they had a stick of butter in them.
Congratulations, you guys!
Corinne and Andy's vendor team:
Getting-ready, ceremony and reception venue: Hendry House at Fort C.F. Smith Park in Arlington, Virginia
Caterer: Lebanese Taverna
Band: The Narwhals
Florist: Little Acre Flowers
Matt's sister officiated and their parents each took a turn reading a scripture passage.
I love her beautiful bouquet! Peonies are one of two flowers I can name with conviction.
They held their ceremony in the Asian Valley, far away from almost all the tourists. But we crept back up to the Azalea Gardens near the entrance at the end.
Congratulations, you guys!