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01.28.13

Rachel & Tim | Raspberry Plain wedding | Leesburg, VA

Going way back again, this time to a wedding I helped the wonderful Erin Lassahn photograph more than a year ago (I know, bad me blogging so late). These two were so much fun and their Raspberry Plain wedding was beautiful, even if it did get a little rained out.

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Nothing like snagging a few frames of the groom shaving.

groom shaving before the weddinggroom tying his shoelaces before his weddinglittle boy making a phone call before the wedding

Raspberry Plain has a whole cottage for the bride and her ladies to get ready in. The poor gentlemen are squirrelled away in this tiny side room. Poor Tim and his guys had to wait nervously for the ladies to finish getting ready.

groomsmen laughing with the groom

It was worth it.

bride comes to greet her groombride and groom at their first look

Okay so the second photographer doesn’t always get the full story… but I take it these guys are big wrestling fans.

groom getting his wwf belt

Like… big wrestling fans.

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Jessica VogelsangJanuary 28, 2013 - 6:18 pm

I love the silhouette in front of the window. Gorgeous Amber!

Dale LempaJanuary 29, 2013 - 5:52 am

Classic storytelling. Beautiful posing.

01.25.13

How to Choose a Wedding Photographer

There’s a lot of advice out there about choosing vendors. And in my opinion, much of it creates extra work for folks getting married that’s really unnecessary. For instance, some websites (I’m looking at you, The Knot) have enormous lists of questions to ask photographers: What gear do you use? What do you wear to the weddings? Do you require a meal? The truth is, the answers to most of these questions are totally irrelevant to the point of the inquisition: is this the right photographer for you? So I’ve put together this guide to help couples figure out if their photographer is the right one for them. I’m assuming here that we’re getting down to photographers in your budget.

As far as I’m concerned, there are really only three major things couples need to consider when choosing a wedding photographer:  Read more... (1821 words, estimated 7:17 mins reading time)

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Abby GraceJanuary 25, 2013 - 1:46 pm

This was really well-written, girl! I definitely agree with what you said about the fact that someone 10 years in just WON’T be charging $2,500, and that there’s a reason for that. Great post!

MaggieJanuary 25, 2013 - 3:44 pm

So many insanely important points. Thank you for sharing this!

DSWfotoJanuary 25, 2013 - 5:30 pm

Great article, Amber. I’ve seen these type of articles before on sites like The Knot. But, they forget a lot of these questions. Personality and approach are so important when it comes to picking a wedding photographer.

01.24.13

Allison & Mark | Rockville Courthouse wedding

Allison and Mark rock so much. They’re super-happy-cuddly-giggly, which is hands-down my favorite quality in a couple. And Allison wore this amazing 50s polka-dot dress. And they were going to someplace called Spice Xing for lunch and they kept calling it “ex-ing”. And they’re librarians and arranged for us to do indoor portraits at a nearby library and it was an awesome library. And Mark has a Star Wars checkbook. And and and. Allison and Mark:

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After the unbelievably brief ceremony, we hustled outside in the super-frigid air to do some quick family photos outside. About five minutes of that, and we were practically running for the library.

rockville courthouse wedding with a baby

And that was fine, because it was an awesome library.

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StephenJanuary 24, 2013 - 9:49 am

Love the library shots!!!

ElissaJanuary 24, 2013 - 10:08 am

That *is* such a sweet library! I love ALL the photos!

Serena SevertsonJanuary 24, 2013 - 10:27 am

Um, love the stuffed animal dinos. And the fun couple. And the library.

This is just too good. Love it! :)

Tina TabibiJanuary 24, 2013 - 10:28 am

Your black and white shots are killer. Love the contrast and composition in your pics. Her polka dot dress and birdcage veil rock!

Dale LempaJanuary 24, 2013 - 12:19 pm

Wonderful wedding imagery.

veritazJanuary 24, 2013 - 1:51 pm

Very nice! Cool library shots.