After the getting ready at the Tremont Plaza Hotel and the wedding ceremony at St. Ignatius Church, finally here’s part two of Natali and Nick’s wedding. The wedding reception at the prestigious Tremont Grand Historic Venue.
It was an awesome and fun partaayy! Whoo hoo!
Check out this image from the Carnaval Carioca part of the night.
But let’s rewind a bit… 🙂
After Natali and Nick’s pre-wedding photo session at Old Town Alexandria, and another engagement session at Washington DC, I had the honor of covering their wedding at the prestigious Tremont Plaza Hotel and Tremont Grand with the ceremony at St. Ignatius Church, Baltimore, Maryland.
Since this is an all day wedding coverage, it will be split into two parts. This part will cover the getting ready at the hotel and the ceremony at the church. The second part, the reception at the Tremont Grand, will be covered on a different post.
This picture below was actually after the ceremony, but I loved the two unique moments here: the intimate moment of the bride and the groom, and the cute expression of the flower girl and the ring bearer boy which were brother and sister. They all loved each other don’t they. 🙂
Right behind the children were actually their parents. Their Mom was one of the matron of honor and their Dad was one of the groomsmen. There were two maids of honor and two best men. 🙂
But let’s go back to the beginning of the day. 🙂
Jose Fusillo
EMOCIONANTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UN SALUDO MUY GRANDE NATALI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!QUE SEAN MUY MUY FELICES!!!!!!!!!!!
TIO JOSE
Jessica DeMarco
The pictures are spectacular!!!! I love how each wonderful moment was captured so beautifully!!!
Shaune
Beautiful job capturing a gorgeous wedding!! You could see and feel the emotion of the day. Fabulous!!
After their engagement photo session in DC, I had the honor of covering their unique wedding at Fairfax Station, Virginia.
I said unique because it’s a Persian wedding tradition, not the typical ceremony and reception that you see everywhere on most blogs from the United States.
Introducing the Skrincosky family. 🙂
The Skrincoskys wanted a family portrait before their son got bigger. They wanted to have a memory this stage of their son, of the family, done professionally. So they asked me whether I could do it before summer. Luckily I had a couple of spots left to do their session during this busy wedding season.
We were blessed with a good weather that day. It was a bit hot, but at least it wasn’t raining like the day before. The only problem doing the session on the beach was the bugs. Yes, there were quite a lot of them. But you wouldn’t see it here, and couldn’t tell by looking at these happy pictures if I hadn’t told you. 🙂
Well it’s my job to make my clients look great. 🙂
Anyway, here are some of my favorites.
It was love at first sight.
Lisette and her friends went to a bar in New York to celebrate her friend’s birthday. That same night, Curtis and his friends also was celebrating his friends birthday, in the same bar. Their eyes then met, and their lovely story begun.
Here are some of my favorite shots from the engagement session at Annapolis harbor downtown and at the US Naval Academy.
Arllyn
Lisette & Curtis,
These pictures are absolutely beautiful! God bless you both!
Love you,
Arllyn
Tierra
Guys,
The photos are absolutely beautiful and I am so glad that you to found each other. I pray that God continues to bless you both on your journey.
With Love,
Tierra
Denise and Rich originally wanted to do their engagement photo session during the Cherry Blossoms at Washington DC. However, due to the weather forecast on that day, it had to be postponed. After going through a lot of site options, we finally agreed to do it at Glen Echo Park at Glen Echo, Maryland.
We were glad that we did it there. It was a really unique place. It also brought back memories to Denise who went there when she was little.
For you who don’t know, Cliff Mautner is a highly regarded photographer and educator. He was named one of the top ten wedding photographers in the world by American PHOTO magazine.
However, the main reason that I took his 3-day workshop was because he was able to create beautiful photos even during the the most difficult lighting conditions. I wanted to be able to see the light the way he does. I was so glad that I took the workshop. The tuition may be expensive to some, but it was worth every penny to me. Some including myself agreed that what we gained from the workshop was worth much much more than what Cliff charged us!
Cliff not only taught the class about lighting in difficult situation, but also about lens selections, marketing, business, and workflow to name a few. We even got to see a live real potential-client meeting who was considering in hiring Cliff for their upcoming wedding! Cliff was like an open book and generously shares his wealthy knowledge that he gained from his almost 30 years of photography career. The only thing he asked us was that we shouldn’t share these information to others who have not been to his workshop. So don’t even think about asking how I did this and that on any of these images. 😀
You may remember the engagement session of a couple that had an 18 year old dog? Well they finally got married. 🙂
Here is Sumni and Joong enjoying their moment together, dancing.
But let’s rewind and see what happened starting at the beginning of the day.
Nicole and Brandon met each other a long time ago. In fact, they’re high school sweethearts 🙂
That actually reminds me of someone else, well… yours truly… 🙂
Anyway, that’s where Nicole and Brandon met, and they have been together ever since.
Brandon is an artist (graphic designer, painter, etc) and he plays guitar too! He is also a photographer. I always feel honored being trusted by another photographer to do their engagement and/or wedding pictures.
Karen Pennewell
Nicole and Brandon
That was just so beautiful! You both look like you are so much in love. You make a beautiful couple. I wish both of you the BEST!!! and your LOVE will last forever. The pictures were just WONDERFUL!!I felt I was watching “LOVE STORY”.. Love ya Karen
Barry Feintuch
Niciole and Brandon
These pictures are wonderful, you both look very happy. Hope that you are both happy for many years to come. I especially liked the picture of you both walking along the rail tracks. Brandon, I didn’t know you played guitar. Good luck to both of you.
Barry:)
Barry Feintuch
Nicole and Brandon
These pictures are wonderful, I especially lined the one where you are both walking along the tracks. May you both be as happy as you both look in the pictures for many years to come.
Barry 🙂
Karen Unger
Nicole and Brandon,
You make a lovely couple and had me at”Highschool Sweethearts”. The pictures brought tears of joy to my eyes for the both of you.I especially loved the reflection of you both in the puddle, I thought it was unique. Thank you so much for sharing, may your love endure til the end of time. Love and Best Wishes! Karen
Pamela Dorsey
Brandon and Nicole
Thank you for reminding me what True Love looks like. Nicole you are an extraordinary young woman and I know Brandon is extraordinary to have captured your heart. I pray that in the years to come you both will continue to look at each other in the same enthralling and loving way captured in these beautiful pictures.
shelly and Connie
They are really beautiful!!!! They turned out great! You guys make a wonderful couple they show how much love you guys are in!!!
Shelly,Connie
They are really great pictures!! You and Brandon look so much in love!!!!
When Ashlee first came to Maryland, she didn’t know anyone. Luckily there was MySpace. Through online, she met new friends including Matt. Finally, their bond became stronger, and they took their relationship to the next stage. Ashlee and Matt became engaged last year.
During Ashlee’s birthday, Matt proposed to Ashlee at New York Times Square, right in the middle of the crowd. That sure takes some guts! Way to go, Matt! 🙂
By the way, do you know what that obelisk shape reflected on the water is? 🙂
I’m pretty sure most of you know what that is. 🙂 If not, the answer is below.
Patrice Datovech
Congratulations Matthew and Ashlee!!! Love your pictures so much. What a great place to have your pictures done. Hope the two of you didn’t have to wait in that line at DC Cupcakes to have your pictures taken! 🙂 Can’t wait to meet you Ashlee! (I am Matthew’s cousin – his Mom’s first cousin).
Love,
Patrice
Hey, Great shots of me painting the guests. I really like this painting. And thanks for the link. Your artist,
Martin Hardy
Where did you purchase the carnival carioca favors for wedding? It states that they are from Argentina. I would really like to incorporate this tradition into our wedding since my family is from Argentina and I would like to honor that.
Hi Sonia,
I asked them and they told me that they got the masks and everything from Argentina. It’s much cheaper to get them from there than in the United States.