Here’s a little more from late 2010 that we couldn’t help from sharing.  Emily and Jim were married at Trinity United Methodist Church with an evening reception at the Bull and Bear Club in downtown Richmond.  You simply can’t beat the view from the Bull and Bear, and certainly not when you have the Jangling Reinharts filling the floor with dancing feet.  Thank you to the Tretiak and Kennedy families for making us a part of your day.

More 2010 on it’s way!

While we catch up on the fall season of 2010, I thought I’d toss in a very recent wedding from just a few weeks ago.  Mike and Ashley received the best day of the entire winter, a 50 degree and sunny day at the time their ceremony at St. Bridget’s.  The reception was at the Hermitage Country Club where many friends and family enjoyed a very crowded dance floor, very heartfelt toasts and some of the finest displays of people lifting that I’ve seen in a while.  Enjoy!

Now that we’ve successfully navigated through the “engagement season” that makes up the winter months of every year, we can get back down to the regular business of…well….business.  While we wait for the coming wedding season, it’s time to catch up on all the things, behind the curtain so to speak, that keep things running.  Now, I wouldn’t dream of boring you with taxes, marketing, sales, equipment maintenance, sample selection…wait, don’t nod off quite yet.  It’s also time to catch up on the blog!

Here are Kate, Lenny, and their beautiful, fun wedding at the Salisbury Country Club.  We hope things are warming up for you nicely and we can’t wait to see all of our 2011 couples soon.  Enjoy!

Although I am a fan of winter clothing and cold weather, going through the warm summer of 2010 for the blog has made me a bit wistful for higher temperatures.  As Erica and Patrick will attest, there were few warmer than this wedding day.  Bluemont Vineyards, outside of Leesburg, VA, was the setting.  It’s a beautiful location on the northern Virginia hillside that we hadn’t visited until that day.  The ceremony was beautiful, certainly, but all were happy to retire to the winery after the recessional.  The hall was decorated, as you’ll see, in details handmade by Erica and Patrick.  And, after a significant cool down, the always wonderful Chez Roue was gracious enough to move outside to where the party had migrated to continue providing a soundtrack.

Enjoy!

This wedding was a double treat and great for the middle of the wedding season.  First, we traveled to an area of the country I’ve never spent much time in; Pittsburgh, PA and the surrounding areas.  This wedding was in a little town called Grove City at the cute little country club just outside of the town.  The second treat was getting to shoot with our dear friend Kris McElligott of  KM Photography.  Danielle and Patrick, thank you so much for inviting us to your wonderful home state and treating us like part of the family.  We can’t wait to see you again in the new year.  Enjoy!

And now we’re back to Richmond for the wedding of Jennifer and John at Trinity United Methodist and the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens.  The Boyland and Reynolds families were as much fun as their respective representatives on the altar.  Plus, much to our surprise, several old friends were members of the bridal party.  For us, that always adds a bit more entertainment to the proceedings (thanks for the laughs Rick and Gaurav!).  I think you can see from the images that fun was never in short supply.  Enjoy!

Who says you need sunny days and warm weather to have a beautiful wedding?  Shawna and Paul decided that Winter was the perfect time for them and we were more than happy to be a part of their wedding.  It was a very private family ceremony at Maymont.  The ceremony was at the Stone Barn, with an extended portrait session in and around the Italian Gardens.  Thank you, to you both.  It was a pleasure to witness your ceremony and, with such warm and easy smiles, my job couldn’t have been easier.  Enjoy!

You may remember the start of a unique little story back  in March of this year when we traveled up to New York City to shoot Leah and Dimitri for their engagement session (link is here).  Well, I could never accuse these two of false advertising.  Their wedding at Historic Mankin Mansion was as wonderful as we’d expected given the fun we had during that first session.  The wedding and the couple had a beautiful write-up in the national wedding blog, Style Me Pretty, very recently.  I’d encourage you to skip on over there for a their “how we met” and all the details from their engagement and wedding day.  From their intimate and well choreographed ketubah signing, to the horse drawn carriage, and the hats and the….really.  Just look at the images here and on Style Me Pretty.  You’ll see what I mean.  Leah and Dimitri – It has been wonderful getting to know you two over the past year.  Your families are wonderful and we can’t wait to see you all again very soon.

Meghan (Ms. McSweeney, still filling in for Lindsay while our daughter slept and ate her way past newborn-ness) and I couldn’t believe our luck as we’d paired up for gorgeous weekend after gorgeous weekend.  A wedding photographer’s life is completely ruled by the weather.  Rain, snow, dark clouds, a chilly breeze…they all have their charm and a professional photographer should certainly know how to handle and excel in each one, but I can’t deny that a sunny, cool day is just a bit easier on the spirits.  Well, the Allen and McCurry families were treated to exactly that.  Randi and Ryan were married at the lovely All Saints Episcopal Church on River Road in Richmond, VA.  From there, we settled in for an evening reception at the James River campus of the Country Club of Virginia. As the reception wore on you can see the party took on a dual flavor; a crowded dance floor with the Club’s effortlessly good staff buzzing about and the quieter south lawn where folks enjoyed the clear night air and a quieter atmosphere.   Enjoy!

We’d gotten to know Kristie and Joe pretty well over the past year, first taking them around the city for their engagement session, then during Kristie’s bridal session at the lovely Maury Place Bed and Breakfast.  We knew of Joe’s love of all things Microsoft (where he works in Seattle) and their shared love of all things Hokie (both graduated from Virginia Tech).  What we didn’t know was how many great moments they’d give us on the wedding day.  With the help of the Salisbury Country Club and our friends over at United Weddings, we had a fantastic evening with White and Bourne Families.  Enjoy!