Maria & Doug | Our Lady of Good Counsel wedding | Grand Atrium | Tysons Corner, VA

Maria and Doug were married at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Vienna. These two are silly and relaxed, so the stoic faces during the ceremony took me by surprise. These guys take their getting-married very seriously. But by the time we got to the reception at the Grand Atrium at Tysons Corner, complete with some of the most adorable escort cards I've ever seen, cousins who can really sing, the "money dance" and a FLASH MOB, the laughs were back in full force. Maria and Doug: bride and groom dancing at grand atrium wedding We started the day at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. They must have a really great deal on block rooms, because I've been to this hotel a bunch of times for weddings. The A/C wasn't working in the morning, so they sent up a maintenance guy. This is the kind of random wedding thing I love to photograph. street scene at wedding getting-ready Maria's niece stole plenty of the show. little girl looks on as bride has her makeup done bride and her niece hold hands I don't do a lot of "artistic" shoe shots, but sometimes there's a good opportunity. artistic photos of wedding shoes artistic ring shot at wedding little girl puts on red shoes groom and groomsmen toast before the wedding street photography at a wedding bride and groom getting ready bride's hands as she has her makeup done bride putting on her dress at the hilton tysons corner little girl with baby blue fans Doug being Doug. groom exiting the shuttle at olgc weird wedding photography aunties at the wedding Maria and Doug were married at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Vienna, Va. - a beautiful, enormous church. They incorporated a number of Filipino traditions into the ceremony. church details at wedding ceremony bride walking into the wedding ceremony wedding ceremony at our lady of good counsel in vienna bride and groom during the wedding ceremony bride and groom laughing at the altar wedding ceremony images from olgc vienna wedding ceremony photography bride and groom exchanging rings at our lady of good counsel wedding ceremony images at olgc in vienna bride looking pensive during wedding ceremony bride and groom during mass guests praying during wedding ceremony priest giving mass during wedding ceremony priest in focus with couple blurred at wedding ceremony Forget the first kiss. It's all about the first high-five. first high five at olgc in vienna bride and her bridesmaids in vienna, virginia We scooted in the million-degree heat to Old Town Vienna for some portraits by the red caboose and to play with their tandem bike. wedding pictures at old town vienna A good friend of Maria's made her lovely veil. wedding portraits in vienna, virginia We headed back to the hotel to get a break from the outdoors and played with some of the art in the Hilton's lobby. This hotel has some great scenes for portraits. bride and groom portraits in hilton tysons corner wedding portraits in the hilton tysons corner lobby artistic wedding photography in a hotel bride and groom riding the glass elevator in the hilton tysons corner A shoe shot *and* a detail shot in one blog post? Have I lost it? No, it's just that Maria and Doug's escort cards were freakin' baller. They had to glue kickstands onto these tiny bikes and then taped names to them. Maria's sister painted a backdrop with important places to the couple. It. was. awesome. miniature bike escort cards Their held their racuous, non-stop-party reception at the Grand Atrium at Tysons Corner. bride and groom first dance at the grand atrium first dance images from the grand atrium in tysons corner black and white wedding photography in tysons corner bride and groom share a kiss during the dinner Maria's cousin came all the way from the Philippines and serenaded the couple before toasts. bride's cousin sings to the wedding at the grand atrium bride and groom laughing during speeches groom's brother gives a speech at the grand atrium Before the real dancing got started, they did a "money dance" - where you had to pay to dance with the couple. So fun! bride dancing during the "money dance" money dance images at grand atrium wedding chain of bills hanging from groom during money dance guests having a good time at the wedding reception One of my favorite things about this wedding is that all the "aunties" (my name for this group of women - not sure how they're all related!) danced, the whole night. No sitting on the sidelines for these ladies - they were in it. auntie dancing at grand atrium wedding And then, ladies and gentlemen, there was a flash mob. FLASH MOB AT A WEDDING bride and groom reacting to the flash mob bride's sister dancing in a flash mob at the wedding wedding photography during a flash mob aunties dancing at the wedding reception at the grand atrium When I say they got down, I mean they got down. bride getting down at the grand atrium bride laughing at the grand atrium wedding reception This would be the aunties doing Gangam Style. aunties doing gangam style at the grand atrium wedding everybody dancing at the grand atrium wedding guests having a good time dancing at the wedding reception bride and groom dancing in the crowd at the wedding reception guests going crazy at the grand atrium wedding reception bride and groom dancing at the end of the night last dance at the grand atrium wedding reception Congratulations you guys! Maria and Doug's vendor team: Ceremony venue: Our Lady of Good Counsel Reception venue: Grand Atrium at Tysons Corner Getting-ready venue: Hilton McLean Tysons Corner DJ: Dennis Morely with the Grand Atrium Caterer: Grand Atrium and Tita Evelyn (Philippine Oriental Market) Cakes: Tita Evelyn (Philippine Oriental Market) Florist: Wegmans Hair: Venus Hair Salon Makeup: Val Stevenson Maria's dress: White Swan Alterations: Judith's Boutique and Alterations Transportation: Madison Limousine Tandem bike: Get Out and Go Tours LLC Flowergirl dress and Maria's veil: Breanne Lippy