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On a cloudy, then rainy, then misty day in Maryland Erin and John were married.  Through it all their excitement and joy never waned.  We were lucky to have clear skies while Erin and her girls got ready and took advantage of the soft overcast light to shoot some portraits at her Mom’s home in Baltimore prior to the ceremony.  Then it was off to the church where during their ceremony the skies opened up, but then cleared to a light mist after the ceremony was complete.  We wandered the grounds and snuck into the old chapel for some more portraits before heading to the  Country Club of Maryland for their reception.   Click on the image above, or any of the thumbnails below to see a few of my favorite images from their day, and keep your eyes open for their slideshow on the podcast to be posted soon!

Erin and John, thank you so much for including me in your wedding plans and sharing your day with me!

Catherine and Jeff were the last couple I met with and signed before Kristy and I decided to pack up our things and head across the country to restart our lives on the West Coast.  Since that time I have traveled back to the East Coast to document many weddings, and continue to get new couples in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.  I absolutely love traveling back East to photograph weddings since it gives me the opportunity to experience the seasons that I don’t otherwise get now that I’m living in San Diego.

Catherine and her girls got ready at Catherine’s parent’s house and she and her father took a vintage car to the church where a bag piper was playing to Catherine’s arrival.  After the ceremony we drove to a nearby park where Catherine and Jeff had spent many dates, and was the site of Jeff’s proposal as well! Even though they got married on the 31st of October, it was far from a theme wedding, other than perhaps Fall themed, however Jeff’s guys decided they had to incorporate Halloween into the day and broke out sunglasses, fake mustaches and squeeky clown noses while we were shooting portraits.

The weather gods were not with me on this day however, and after raining on and off for most of the morning, the clouds finally opened up as Catherine and Jeff walked to the spot where Jeff proposed.  They were great sports though and even though it continued to rain we still stopped to grab some beautiful shots at the street leading to the park where we saw the most beautiful display of yellow leaves carpeting the road and still hanging from the trees.

The reception was held at The Mendenhall Inn and it was awesome! They incorporated a nod to the day by having candy jars for their guests to go trick-or-treating from.  The band ‘The Midnight Hour‘ rocked the reception from the introductions to the last dance!  These guys were amazing … Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Barry White, Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake … really!? Yes, they pulled all of them off and got everyone on the dance floor! If you’re getting married in Delaware or Pennsylvania, I highly recommend checking them out! I seriously had a great time with Catherine and Jeff and all their friends! Check out a few of the images below, and the slideshow on the podcast as well!

For me Christiana and Nick’s wedding can be summed up in one word ‘Travel’. I traveled, Nick’s family traveled, and the Bees traveled to Maryland for Christiana and Nick’s wedding, but the traveling started before that.  Christiana and Nick met while Christiana was traveling on work.  After a chance meeting they traveled together half-way across the country to Florida where they took up a brief residence.  Nick ultimately had to travel back to England prior to their wedding so Christiana traveled across the Atlantic to meet his family and stay with him while she planned, long distance all the details for their wedding. When Christiana started planning her wedding, she began a blog, and then became a contributor to WeddingBee.com. In the process, she made friends with other contributors and readers, so much so that she invited several ‘Bees’ to attend her wedding and they traveled from near and far to celebrate and see all the months of planning come to fruition.

They held their ceremony and reception at the Oakland Manor in Columbia.  The weather had been touch and go all day, and after all the planning across two continents everyone was praying that the weather would hold at least long enough for Christiana and Nick to have their ceremony in the Bishop’s garden … no relation   Everyone’s prayers and crossed fingers worked long enough to get through the ceremony and some quick portraits under the fading light before the rain came. After that the guests retired inside the tent for dinner, then dancing inside the Manor courtesy of Evan Reitmeyer.  Evan as always, worked the crowd and had the help of Christiana and Nick’s rocking list of songs.

Check out a few of the images below, and don’t forget to check out the slideshow on the podcast!

Christiana and Nick’s family and friends can sign up to view the rest of their images on Pictage too!

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Ok, here it is, part 3 of 3! If you can’t tell by this post that I had an awesome time at Joe and Amy’s wedding, I don’t know how else to convince you.  I wanted to do a studio setup at their wedding, but because I was traveling I didn’t have any of my seamless or my backdrop stands with me.  What I did instead was bring one of my White Lightning strobes out onto the deck, and throw a couple Nikon strobes in the trees to light the background – I think it worked well.  Maybe seamless would be better, but I still love these images!

Check out Rick, Ed and Joe getting mad hops, and Chris too! Jowe One doing the windmill, Adam looking super dapper in his hat, Amy getting and giving lots o’ love to her guests, Rachel double, no triple, no quadruple … how many beers is that!? Rick and Sarah giving me the ring finger, Casey showing off, and of course the obligatory band photo!

Loved photographing this wedding and having so much fun doing it!  Thanks again Amy and Joe, and everyone there for being made of awesome!

As promised here’s the second installment of Joe and Amy’s wedding.  You would never know it by these photos but Amy was getting knocked out by a terrible case of strep throat.  She was a total gamer and alternated between Gatorade and Wine plus some Dayquill to get her through the night.  Joe and his guys wore the traditional Filipino Barong for their shirts, and Ed even lent me one which was much more comfortable than my normal wedding attire!   Joe also gave his guys flasks as their groomsmen gifts, and because he’s a tattoo artist, he custom designed each flask for the guys!  What an awesome and unique gift!

Joe and Amy celebrated their wedding ceremony at Maggie Pond while Breckenridge Beer Festival onlookers cheered.  After the ceremony we hit the slopes for some portraits of Joe and Amy as well as the bridal party.  They held their reception back at Thunder Mountain Lodge where most of their guests were staying.  It was an incredible night and I am so thrilled that I was able to be a part of their day.

Check out the images below and the podcast too!

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Tune in tomorrow for the third post from Amy and Joe’s wedding and some really fun photos!