Heather and Buddy were married at one of my favorite venues in the area, the Patapsco Female Institute. It’s a formerly abandoned, now restored, girls’ preparatory school that is now used for Shakespeare in the Park and a handful of weddings each year. Heather and Buddy filled the place with friendly faces, lots of laughter and some seriously good dancers. PFI is a wide-angle-shooter’s dream.
When the coordinator (more on her later) told me Amelia and Javier’s ceremony was only nine minutes, that didn’t seem right. I get in-the-zone during the ceremony so it’s hard for me to judge how much time has passed, but I found it hard to believe that in nine minutes, they could pack in deep flushes, tears, words of wisdom from the officiant, handwritten vows and a whole lot of laughter. Amelia and Javier had the most joyous recessional I’ve seen and I’m so glad I was there to snag it.