Brooke and Clayton- DC Courthouse Wedding

brooke and clayton didn’t want to have a big wedding. so they decided to do something small.  clayton told me that the day they chose was his late grandmother’s birthday. she basically raised him.

right then and there i knew the day was going to be special.

i’ve always been intrigued by small intimate weddings and photographing a courthouse wedding. you know…it’s the people you truly love that would surround you on that day. and brooke and clayton’s wedding celebration proved that notion. they had family and brooke’s best friend join them on this beautiful friday afternoon at the dc court house.  later on, they had a brief dinner reception at maggiano’s in bethesda, md, where more family and friends came to celebrate with them.

it was an honor to witness their love for each other, family and friends. and thanks brooke and clayton for making me feel like part of the family…with a fancy camera.

here are a few pictures.

if you’re looking for a photographer to capture your courthouse wedding affair (or any small intimate wedding), please be sure to contact me.

steve jobs. RIP.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

-Steve Jobs

blog love – hitched

Hitched Georgetown

i got some love from the ladies over at hitched, a couture wedding boutique in dc. thanks to yewande’s exquisite taste. and a BIG thanks to the ladies of hitched in georgetown for the shout out on their blog. please show them some love as well- i really love their blog.

angela’s bridal shower in washington, dc

every now and then, i get called to photograph a bridal shower. yes ladies, i can handle it. i mean….i cover my ears half the time :-). heather and christine hosted a wonderful bridal shower at the source in dc. i loved the details. the food was good. drinks were awesome. dessert was heavenly. we really had a blast (yes WE). angela’s fiance made a surprise appearance too.  during the shower, the ladies wrote special notes to put in balloons. and at the end of the shower…they let the balloons go. it was very sweet and emotional.  it was such a wonderful time, and i can’t thank christine enough for having me photograph the bridal shower. anyway, enjoy the pictures.

can you guess what angela’s favorite color is? LOL.  and thanks, ALWAYS, for visiting my blog. please leave a comment.

and the blog is back…

sorry for the brief downtime(s)….blog is back to working condition and all is better in the world :-)

and here’s one pic…

elizabeth looked stunning at her wedding last month. more to come…