Cecelia & Patrick | Holy Rosary Church | Hotel Monaco | Washington, DC

Cecelia and Patrick got hitched on a beautiful sunny day in the middle of our fair city, amongst scads of family, tons of friends and with plenty of style to spare. First they got full and really married at Holy Rosary Church, then partied it up at the Hotel Monaco, which supplied lovely red lamps for me to use as background. To top it all off, they hired a grilled cheese food truck to refuel their guests, who spent most of what they had on the dance floor. Cecelia and Patrick: hotel-monaco-dc-wedding-photographers-34 Special shouts to Kara from HJ Planners. We hadn't worked together before, but she was so awesome and such a pleasure to work with! We started at the Monaco, which is always super-fun to shoot in with all the textures and patterns and such. And, you know, busts of Jefferson (?) to help with the dress shot. hotel-monaco-dc-wedding-photographers-1© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Thanks also to Tim who came along to help out. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Also, can I just say... Cecelia's hair looked this good all day. That shiz is unheard of. Amie Decker Beauty has the hair thing down. (PS: I'm not just pimping all these vendors for SEO or good will or whatever - I'm moving to Sweden in a few weeks! -  They really were this good!) hotel-monaco-dc-wedding-photographers-9 Yeah I have like seven thousand photos of this flower girl. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Gotta love the dads. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com A little bit of Senate Park action to round off the very-DC day. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.comhotel-monaco-dc-wedding-photographers-37© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com I'd almost forgotten what it's like to shoot during golden hour vs. working around midday sun. So delightful! Also, I know C&P were straight ready to dive into some apps but they trudged down the hall with me for this silhouette portrait and I'm glad they did. hotel-monaco-dc-wedding-photographers-44© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Sisters. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.comhotel-monaco-dc-wedding-photographers-58© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com This is the first real cake-smash I've seen in a long time. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.comhotel-monaco-dc-wedding-photographers-65© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.comhotel-monaco-dc-wedding-photographers-74© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com And, of course, I had to stick around to snap a few of the cheese truck. Best idea ever. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Congratulations, you guys! Cecelia & Patrick's vendor team: Planning and coordination: Kara from HJ Planners Getting ready and reception venue: Hotel Monaco Ceremony venue: Holy Rosary Church Band: Escapade for Bialek's Music Florist: Greenworks Lighting: John Farr Lighting Design Cake: Fancy Cakes by Leslie Baklava: Shatila Bakery Hair & Makeup: Amie Decker Beauty Cecelia's ridiculously pretty dress: BHLDN Patrick's dashing suit: Suit Supply Post-party grilled cheese truck: The Big Cheese

Nancy, Ilan, Baby L and Baby #2 on the way! | Washington DC maternity photographer

I've been photographing Nancy and Ilan for years now - from wedding to baby bump to squiggly infant. Well, folks, they did it again this year and they've got another rocking mix of genes on the way. Baby L is no itty bitty squishy thing anymore, as happens with babies after ten months. She's on the move and living large and about to get a big shock of baby sibling in a couple months! Nancy, Ilan, and the fam: © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Look at those curls! © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com They bought a big old house since the last time I saw them. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com One of my favorite images from the session - totally unstaged and just real life, hanging-out, kinda-weird. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Baby L had exactly one hour of photography session in her. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Then she promptly went to sleep and we could do some lovey maternity portraits. Washington-DC-awesome-maternity-photographer-14© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Model Nancy. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Regular Nancy. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Congratulations *again*, guys! Fingers crossed I get to meet the newest member of the clan.

Juliet & Mike | Montrose Park intimate wedding | Washington, DC

I've known Mike for the better part of a decade, ever since I was renting a tiny room with crappy A/C and very charming housemates in Del Ray. We're all married now and having babies and acting like straight grown-ups! It's been my pleasure to document the nuptials over the years. Juliet and Mike gathered together their families under a big tree in Montrose Park and together with their children said some serious I-Dos. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.commontrose-park-intimate-wedding-photography-dc-1 Juliet and Mike spurned the courthouse in favor of a quiet park, on a just-warm-enough sunny summer day. Tiffany from MarriageDC, with her ever-calm presence, officiated. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.commontrose-park-intimate-wedding-photography-dc-2© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Baby M slept through the whole ceremony but woke up right on cue for pictures and adorableness. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.commontrose-park-intimate-wedding-photography-dc-20© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Ceremony and portraits a wrap, we scooted to Restaurant Nora so these legally-wed folks could get their eat on. © 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com© 2015 Amber Wilkie Photography | www.amberwilkie.com Congratulations, you guys!