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Monthly Archives: September 2011

09.29.11

Chloe & Aaron: Married! | Museum for Women in the Arts

The word stunning used to describe a wedding is cliched and trite.  But oh well.  Chloe and Aaron got married at the stunning National Museum for Women in the Arts. The always-talented Cassidy DuHon had me along to second shoot their gorgeous, elegant wedding.

bride having her makeup done

bride and her sister laughing before the wedding

mom tying her daughter's wedding dress

bride before the first look

bridesmaids flowers - white and green

groom doing the guns with purple tie

groomsman tying shoe

groom frame-in-a-frame

I’d never been to the NMWA so I didn’t know what I was getting into.  Holy moly, is this ever a wedding venue!

national museum for women in the arts

chairs at the national museum for women in the arts

chairs at the wedding ceremony

chuppah at national museum for women in the arts

bride coming down national museum for women in the arts staircase

Part of a Jewish wedding ceremony is circling around your just-for-a-few-minutes-more fiance, creating an area of protection. This is a long-exposure shot, and while Aaron stood still while Chloe circled him, she appears as a white blur – punctuated with the flashes. Pretty cool, right?

circling during Jewish wedding ceremony

The National Museum for Women in the Arts is a seriously amazing venue.

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09.27.11

A handful of random black and whites

Truth be told, it’s been a busy season.  I’ve been seconding out the yin-yang and my own sessions are amping up significantly, starting this past week.  So exciting but also draining.  And it leaves a hole in my blogging heart.  So many wonderful sessions and weddings to blog, I hardly have time to throw in some embarrassing punnage (for that you might try twitter) or treat you to the inanity of my daily life.  But never fear dear blog readers, for today I post some random black and whites!

First up, a self-portrait from my very own office building.  Yes, I pass by this window maybe 5 or 6 times a day on my way in or out of the elevators.  But on this particular day, I noticed a double reflection and decided to snap a selfie.

self-portrait in an office building

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09.26.11

Georgetown engagement session | Preview

We went everywhere for this session.  And these two went to town.

engaged couple at jack's boathouse

engagement photos with son

intelligence photo - engagement photography

engagement photo in the dc metro

True story: if my husband is around when I’m editing photos, I’ll always bug him for his opinion.  “Hey, do you like this one?  What about this one?”  He looked through these and a couple others from this session and he says, “You really make her look like a knockout in these photos.”  So cute that he thinks I can do that.  Sorry dear, but she is a knockout.

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