Venue: River Creek Country Club
Makeup: Laura Henderson Makeup
Hair Stylist: Kirsten Marie Design
DJ: Belt It Out Productions
Bridal Gown: Best Bridal & Tailoring
Flowers: Wegmans
Jewelry: Ketterman’s Jewelers
A huge thank you to Shelby for second shooting this wedding with me!
Kimberly & Dan’s National Park wedding was featured on the Washingtonian Bride & Groom blog. See the full post here.
Bull Run Winery is a special place for Allison & Josh. Last year on Christmas Eve Josh took Allison to Bull Run Winery for the first time and proposed! What better place for us to do their engagement session. Congrats to Allison & Josh. We can’t wait for your wedding in November.
We loved photographing this wedding, for many reasons. 1. This couple was flat out awesome. Not only would they entertain all our ideas, but they didn’t let the camera inhibit them from being themselves. 2. Chris serenaded Alyssa on their first date and surprised her by serenading her at their reception. Adorable! 3. The rain held off! Thank God. The forecast was calling for heavy rain (and it was even sprinkling during all the photos before the ceremony). However, right when the bride walked down the aisle the sun burst out from the clouds!
As fitting for a wedding, the bride describes it best:
When Chris and I started planning our wedding we wanted it to be a true reflection of us and what is important to us as a couple. Thus, we wanted to find a venue that would allow us to spend the entire weekend with close family and friends instead of limiting our wedding fun to a single day. House Mountain Inn (HMI) allowed us to do just that, providing 15 extravagant rooms, a pavilion perfect for corn hole tournaments (and later our dance floor) and a breath taking view. It’s beautiful, serene, and rustic location along with the help of the amazing staff at HMI made the weekend an incredible experience and completely stress free.
Our Wedding: As cliche as it sounds, our day was truly touched by love. We had many close personal connections with most of the vendors we chose. The man who married us, Reverend Ira Houck, was my fathers good friend growing up. He married my parents, he married my older sister, and we were so blessed to have him marry us. We couldn’t imagine our wedding without him. Our DJ was one of Chris’s friends from high school and he did an amazing job. The flowers and my hair stylist came from small shops from my hometown 3 hours away from Lexington. My ring had diamonds from my grandmother and Chris’s ring incorporated his grandfathers wedding band. My veil was made by a very close family friend. All of the center pieces were hand painted by Chris’s mom. Chris decided to wear jeans for the wedding because not only was it a little different than your traditional wedding, but it also matched the overall theme and feel of the venue. Furthermore, he felt that he would be more comfortable in jeans and it would allow our guests to come comfortable as well. We loved everything about our wedding. We just wish the celebration lasted the entire week!
Venue: House Mountain Inn, Lexington VA
Wedding Dress: Davids Bridal
Hair: Tina Rhinecker Salon: Hair impressions
Bridesmaid dresses: Ann Taylor
Flowers: Blossom and Basket Boutique
Jeans: Levi
Groom’s Vest/ Tie: Express
Make-up Artist: Sister/ Maid of honor (Caitlin Walker)
DJ: Charles Lewis
Cake: Rockbridge Cake shoppe
Invitations: Etsy, theinvitationwell
Grooms blazer- Macy’s
Brides shoes- DSW
Photographers: Kami Swingle, Aaron Forrester
Even with the forecast calling for heavy rain, nothing was going to get that huge smile off Alyssa’s face.
But of course she had to check the radar every now and then…
The venue had some gorgeous settings for photos. We were so thankful the rain held off!
Aaron photographed Chris & his groomsmen around the property until the ceremony began.
He captured their personality perfectly in the photo below.
The guys made some bold choices with the jeans, but I absolutely loved it! Completely fit their personality and complimented the rustic theme.
This was my favorite moment of the day ~ I love the first look.
The House Mountain Inn was the perfect setting for their wedding. Not only was it beautiful, serene, and rustic, but had a very intimate feel.
Congrats Chris & Alyssa!
For Patrick & Katie’s engagement session, we met at The Yards Park in DC. Having only briefly shot there once (during Kimberly & Dan’s wedding), I was excited to have a little more time to explore. The setting is gorgeous. Not having met Patrick & Katie before, I knew who they were when I saw them. They were the best dressed couple in the park ~ thanks to Stefanie Sparks, a friend who helped style their outfits! The evening was perfect for an engagement session and Patrick & Katie’s love for each other was so apparent. We can’t wait for their wedding this fall.
How they met: In August 2010, Patrick traveled to NYC for the wedding of a good friend he met on the cross country team in high school. Patrick was a groomsman. Katie lived in NYC at the time and was good friends with the bride, her roommate from law school. Katie was a bridesmaid. At the wedding, Patrick claims he tried to dance with Katie but he was unsuccessful since he never actually asked her to dance. At the afterparty Patrick discovered the way to Katie’s heart and bought her french fries. The next morning at the post-wedding brunch Patrick got Katie’s number.
Their engagement story: Patrick was living in NYC for 2 months. Katie made the Amtrak trip she had made many times while they lived in different cities to visit Patrick for the weekend before his birthday. Even though it was his birthday weekend, Patrick had refused to let Katie make any plans for the weekend. With Patrick wearing the new clothes he bought just for the occasion, they packed a picnic lunch. They headed off to Central Park to enjoy the beautiful fall weather, with a hidden bottle of champagne weighing down the bag. Patrick was very picky about finding a spot, but finally found a quite corner in Sheep Meadow. Patrick took out the camera and began taking pictures of the “leaves changing colors.” Under the pretense of setting the timer on the camera so they could take a picture together, Patrick got down on one knee, and Katie said yes! They popped open the champagne to celebrate. A few minutes later, the first people to congratulate them were the park rangers, who wrote them a ticket for having an open container! Because they had just gotten engaged, they only wrote up Patrick and didn’t make them pour out the champagne. Now they will always know where and when they got engaged thanks to the summons – Southwest Corner of Sheep’s Meadow, Central Park, New York Ciy, New York at 2:15pm on October 26, 2013.
Sometimes an early morning on the National Mall is good for the soul. It’s quiet, free from tourist and so peaceful — a great spot for an engagement photo session. Besides a few very ambitious runners, Adam, Megan and I had the National Mall to ourselves. We spent most of our time near the Lincoln Memorial, one of the best spots in the entire city at sunrise. Gorgeous scenery aside, I really enjoyed photographing this couple. They are so genuine and their love for each other was so apparent. We are looking forward to their wedding next January~
How they met: Megan had already been living here for a couple years when Adam moved to DC. Adam’s cousin, Jackie, mentioned he should get in touch with Megan because they “might get along”. Jackie asked Adam if he wanted to contact Megan via Facebook or e-mail, and in true Adam fashion, he just said, “Um, no. I’ll just call her.” They had their first date at Velocity Fire in November of 2009 and have been going strong ever since.
We recently shot some product photos for HAZE Vapes. Below are some of our favorite images.
HAZE are nicotine free, tar free, tobacco free, odor free, ready to use electric hookah sticks. Haze vapes are available in 5 delicious fruit flavors. Every one of their high quality sticks last for 600 puffs. Their cutting edge design with a crystal glowing tip gives you the sensation of smoking a hookah in vape form. These e-hookahs are designed to provide a rich and delicious digital smoking experience without harmful toxins or tobacco.
To read more about the HAZE technology visit their website here.
Laura & Jonathan’s Volt Restaurant wedding (seen here on our blog) is featured on The Trendy Groom today! Click below to view the post.
Last year we had the pleasure of working with Pucho Cigars on a promotional video as well as some product photography for their website and marketing purposes. Below are some of our favorite images from the shoot. Enjoy!
PUCHO is an exclusive, high quality brand of cigars hand rolled from the finest Cuban tobacco seeds grown and harvested in Nicaragua’s fertile Jalapa Valley. With the guidance and expertise of one of the most legendary cigar-making families in the world – the Plasencia Family – each cigar is created from PUCHO’s proprietary blend of long-leaf, finely-aged tobacco. From start to finish, more than 200 expert hands delicately handcraft each and every cigar to help create the ultimate “seed to smoke” experience for the discerning smoker.
For the last two decades, PUCHO Founder Michael Palma has imported these rare and exquisite cigars to the United States in “puchos” – a Spanish slang word meaning “small handfuls.” Until now, PUCHO Cigars were only available for purchase through private sale to Mr. Palma’s close friends and family. With a strong desire to share these masterpieces with other cigar aficionados, while staying true to the brand’s heritage and exclusivity, Mr. Palma is now offering PUCHO Cigars for purchase to the public.
To purchase PUCHO cigars visit their website: http://www.puchocigars.com
Laura & Jonathan’s Volt Restaurant wedding (seen here on our blog) is featured on Be U Weddings today! Click below to view the post.
