Living in DC, I’ve of course spent time in Baltimore here and there over the years.  But as I’ve had the opportunity to shoot there more, I’ve fallen more and more in love with Baltimore and it’s very obvious to me why they call it “Charm City!”  I had a great time with Carrie and Matt at their engagement shoot last fall, near the Baltimore harbor, and have been so looking forward to their wedding.  When we met at the Baltimore Museum of Industry a few weeks before the wedding, I thought maybe I’d died and gone to heaven – everywhere I looked, there was something offbeat and interesting!

Carrie & Matt were such a joy to work with and I think there wasn’t a dry eye under the pavilion during their ceremony.  Their celebration was definitely proof that a wedding can absolutely be fun and funky as well and warm, genuine and unique!  Kudos to Heidi, from Entertain Me Event Planning, for helping them to put it all together!

Carrie & Matt got ready with their friends and family at the Intercontinental Harbor Court Hotel.  Carrie’s dress was stunning – there was such gorgeous detail on the back – I’ll admit that I was a little obsessed with photographing it!

And the shoes….to DIE for!

Carrie’s earrings left me a little speechless…..but can you blame me?!

Carrie & Matt got to see each other for the first time in the garden at the American Visionary Art Museum.  They were so cute!

Then we ran up (ok, drove up) to Federal Hill Park for a fantastic view of the Baltimore skyline and a little fun on the swings

All the amazing flowers were provided by Divine Designs – Colleen is so sweet and is such a floral artist!

Hands down my favorite shot of the day!  And thank you to the little boys out there who gave up their swings for a few moments

The ceremony, under the pavilion, was so fresh and harbor-ish feeling (obviously, harbor-ish is not a word, but you get the idea).  Carrie couldn’t take her eyes off Matt as she came down the aisle and Carrie’s mom was so sweet – she couldn’t hold the tears back!

The Baltimore Museum of Industry was fantastic!  Sooooo much cool stuff everywhere, I loved it!

Carrie & Matt did a swing dance when they were introduced – it looked like so much fun!

After walking over to H Street Country Club for dinner a few weeks ago, I have just been itching to photograph a couple there.  The bold colors and designs and fantastic decorations are just so much fun!  So when Melissa & Mitch agreed to my suggestion of starting for a drink there during their engagement session, I was so excited!  After some great drinks, we headed to this really cool old Firehouse that hasn’t been in use for decades.  Then we went to Stanton Park and looped down by the Capitol and around to Union Station – phew!  It was a chilly evening, but Melissa & Mitch were great sports for all of it and I hope they had as much fun as I did!

Melissa & Mitch brought their absolutely adorable English Bulldog, Lola, along for the outdoor portion.  She was such a ham, I loved it!

There is this great old firehouse on Maryland Ave near H Street in NE DC.  It hasn’t been in use for decades and it made a great backdrop for these shots.  I hear they’re talking about turning it into condos.  I want to turn it into a studio – I just need to win the lottery first so I can afford to renovate it.

I love this shot by Union Station with the cars whizzing by!

Melissa & Mitch are planning a destination wedding in some sort of paradise – I hope it’s every bit as beautiful as it sounds!

I’ve lived in DC for 12 years and I have never spent as much time among the cherry blossoms as I did with Kelly & Dan last week for their engagement session.  And you know what?  I can see why people flock to DC by the bajillions to see them!

We thought we’d be clever and avoid the crowds downtown by going to a gorgeous neighborhood in Bethesda, where the cherry blossom trees are amazing and arch across all the roads.  Well….about 1,000 other people had the same idea

But Kelly & Dan had a great time and were the picture of spring, goofing around and laughing together and having an awesome time just hanging out.  I hope we have as gorgeous a day for their wedding at Sequoia in October!

We headed back to Kelly & Dan’s condo building in Washington DC for the rest of the shoot – the grounds and woods there are gorgeous!

Reyna & Matt’s wedding at Seqouia is coming up so soon!  So we hurried out to Georgetown in DC at the first sign of spring weather and got some great shots!  Despite a bit of camera shyness, these two had a great time together and even, at times, might have forgotten about the lens for a moment or two.

We started off for a couple of drinks at Peacock Cafe – everyone there was so nice!

Reyna loves the cable tracks on O St, so we had a little fun around there.  We may have seemed a bit foolish when we were asking strangers on the street to shine their car lights toward the camera, but hey, it’s all about the shot, right?!

As dusk fell, the streetlamps came on and cast this beautiful yellow glow on everything – with the first bit of warm weather we had, it was really a nice evening to be outside!

Here’s another 2009 wedding!  I second shot this one with the oh-so-fabulous Kelsey of KThompson Photography (I’m not kidding, she really IS fabulous!).  Sarah & Nick got married in a blizzard in December – little did we know that the snowpocalypse then was destined to be dwarfed by the snowmaggedon to come in February!  Sarah & Nick wanted to have a Christmas themed wedding and so the snow actually couldn’t have been more appropriate.  And, may I take this moment to mention how fantastically my little Prius managed the insane amount of snow – yay Prius!

The ceremony at St. Matthew’s Cathedral was so gorgeous and the reception at the Carnegie Institute was a blast!  Since there were so many images I liked from the first half of this wedding, I just stuck to that.

Who knew how artful and gorgeous the underside of a dress could be!  It’s amazing what you discover while lying on the floor!

This shot makes me wish I’d gotten my camera out a little more often during all this snow!

The cathedral was fantastic and gorgeous from every angle!

They had only a moment to themselves in a back room before their wedding party came in and cheered and congratulated them…

Love all the little details at the reception!