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Elise and Dave are rockstars! Seriously! And I don’t mean, they were rockstars posing it up in front of the camera. I mean, Elise and David met when David was auditioning for the band that Elise sings in.  Like “ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!” (I”m doing my best Rob Halford here)  So it should be no surprise that music would play a huge part in their wedding day, from the names of their tables, the decorations around the reception, the string quartet that played prior to the ceremony to the musical interlude generously provided by the ice cream truck traveling through Herrington Harbor Marina in the middle of their ceremony their day was filled with music from beginning to end.

When Elise and Dave planned their wedding for a Friday afternoon, they had no idea how fortuitous their decision would be.  By Saturday afternoon most weddings up and down the Atlantic coast had been cancelled, as  hurricane Irene made landfall, and traveled up the Chesapeake Bay area.  I was on one of the last flights out of BWI on my way back to San Diego, passing through the clouds that preceded the coming storm.  But on Friday, the weather was perfect and Elise and Dave celebrated with friends and family under light clouds that barely hinted at the coming storm. [continued below]

Elise and her girls got ready at the Chesapeake Beach Resort and Spa and we had time to shoot some portraits there out at the docks before heading to the ceremony site at Herrington Harbor.   They held their ceremony on the bridal lawn overlooking the Chesapeake Bay, with high white puffy clouds and cerulean skies.  Elise’s father walked her down the aisle as Dave and his groomsmen waited.  The ceremony was fantastic with readings by friends, and of course the music of the ice cream truck.  After the vows, the ring exchange and the kiss, Elise and Dave recessed down the aisle past their guests, and as they reached the end of the aisle Dave let out a huge breath that it seems he must have been holding for the entire ceremony.

Click on the large image or any of the thumbnails above to see a few of the images from the first half of Elise and Dave’s wedding. Stay tuned! More images from the second half of Elise and Dave’s fantastic day coming tomorrow!

Friends and family can go to Pictage to register to see all the images from Elise and Dave’s wedding as soon as they’re released by clicking here.

On the beach overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Rehoboth Delaware, just across the boardwalk, with wind and gathering clouds, Justin and Kim were married among friends and family members.  I met Justin and Kim at Justin’s brother’s wedding, Alix and Nate at the Valley Country Club last year in Maryland.  Justin and Kim decided to have their wedding as a destination, and have their guests travel to Rehoboth Delaware for their destination beach wedding on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, right next to Delaware State Beach.  I traveled from San Diego to Baltimore, then drove the two hour drive I had made so many times growing up in Maryland to get to the beach with my good friend and fellow photographer Wendy to help document their day.  The whole trip Wendy and I were watching the skies and taking back roads to avoid the traffic heading to Ocean City.  Driving through the open fields of corn on the Eastern Shore, then eventually smelling the salt air as we neared the Atlantic.

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Once we arrived, Wendy and I quickly scouted out locations, and worked on getting our bearings.  One of the exciting things about destination weddings for me as a photographer is photographing at new locations and looking for unique perspectives where I’ve never shot before.  After a quick lunch on the boardwalk,  Wendy and I went to meet Kim and her girls at Bad Hair Day salon in Rehoboth.  After a short while, Wendy drove back to the Henlopen Inn to photograph the Salero Restaurant at the top of the hotel where they would be holding their reception.  The room had been beautifully set up including shells and sand from the beach, and Crab and Sandle Cupcakes.  The weather still held as guests gathered on the beach for their wedding.  While Kim’s girls processed down the beach, Kim waited with her father then made the long walk down the boardwalk and onto the beach for their wedding as onlookers from the beach and hotel watched.  After the ceremony, we gathered Kim and Justin and their bridesmaids and groomsmen on the beach with just enough time (less than five minutes) to grab a few portraits before the rain came.  After that we were inside the rest of the evening as the storm that had been gathering all day, and thankfully held off until after the ceremony, poured down outside.  After a fantastic entrance and first dance, toasts and dinner the rest of the night gave way to dancing dancing dancing!

To see a handful of images from Justin and Kim’s wedding click here, or on any of the images above. 

Friends and family members can register at Pictage to view all the images from their wedding by clicking here.

Location and vendors:

Henlopen Inn

Salero Restaurant

Bad Hair Day Salon

Bayberry Rehoboth Flowers 

If you didn’t see the first half of Frank and Jean’s wedding at the Johns Hopkins, University Baptist Church on the blog yesterday, hop on back there to take a look at their ceremony and portraits at the church before we all headed to the Valley Country Club for their reception.  I’ve photographed several weddings at the Valley Country Club and it really has a unique feel to it.  The front porch is a beautiful location to take in the evening air, the main floor and ballroom have a great charm and the bar filled with dark wood and Art Donovan’s sports memorabilia is pure man cave! It’s got something for everyone is what I’m trying to say!

Jean and Frank were introduced into their reception straight into their first dance.  I was lucky enough to see a few of their dance moves during our engagement session together, so I knew they were not going to simply rock back and forth on the dance floor.   Following their first dance, a close family friend provided a blessing for dinner then toasts.   As the daylight faded outside and just before cake cutting I took Frank and Jean out in front of the mansion for some beautiful twilight shots.  After cutting the cake, the rest of the night was filled with dancing by Frank and Jean and family and friends.  My good friend and outstanding videographer, Matt Buerhaus was there through it all to document the video of their whole day.  Check his page out for their upcoming video spotlight!

Jean and Frank, I had a great time meeting you at your engagement shoot and was so thrilled to be a part of your wedding day!   Thank you for including me in your plans!

If you haven’t yet registered to see all of the photos from Frank and Jean’s wedding and engagement photos on Pictage, click here.

You’ll remember Frank and Jean from their  in Fells Point and at the Cylburn Arboretum engagement session.  I met with them for the first time at their engagement session, just before hopping on a plane to San Juan for Valerie and Ray’s destination wedding in Puerto Rico.  After their wedding, I flew back to Baltimore for Frank and Jean’s wedding at the University Baptist Church in Baltimore.  Traveling so much for weddings can be exhausting, but it can also be exhilarating, this two week span was exhilerating!!!

I had spoken with Jean over the phone while I was in San Diego about her and Frank’s upcoming wedding.  She had been referred to me by Bridget and Matt … I shot their wedding so long ago, I can’t even provide a link to their blog post because, well, back then I didn’t have a blog! (I love my couples, and I love that even years later, they’re still referring me … even after I moved across the country!) Any way, I spoke with Jean on the phone about their plans, and even though their wedding was coming up so soon, it worked out perfectly as my travel plans were taking me back East just before their wedding anyway.  Since, they wanted to have an engagement session, we scheduled to meet in person the day before I left for Old San Juan, then fly back from Puerto Rico to document their wedding in Baltimore. Again, it can be exhausting, but so much fun to travel this much!!!

Jean and Frank chose the University Baptist Church, just across from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore as it was her childhood church, and even she had moved out of the city, many of her family still lived in Baltimore, and went to the church.  Jean got ready in the back of the church right next to the small chapel.  After the ceremony, I took Frank and Jean back to the chapel to get some quiet portraits of the two of them.  It’s such a beautiful little area in the church with fantastic light!

To see  a few images from the first part of their day click on the large image or any of the thumbnails above.  I’ll be posting the second half of their wedding day including their reception at the Valley Country Club tomorrow!

Friends and family members can log onto to see all their wedding photos as well as their engagement photos at pictage.

Yesterday I posted the  first half of the photos from Valerie and Ray’s awesome destination wedding in Old San Juan Puerto Rico at the historic El Convento hotel.   Even though their ceremony was moved inside because of the weather, the small, but beautiful Oller Salon provided an intimate setting for their wedding ceremony.  After which guests mingled in the courtyard before heading inside to the Salón Campeche for the dinner and reception.  Valerie and Ray were introduced and went right into their first dance, then dinner and dancing for the rest of the night.  Since it was a destination wedding, after the night was over the party took to the streets of Old San Juan and whatever bars were still open were filled with Valerie and Ray’s guests.  The next evening Valerie and Ray returned to the El Convento Hotel to take advantage of the fading evening light and make some dramatic images in Old San Juan without the rain from the night before.

Click on the image above or any of the thumbnails below to view the second half of Valerie and Ray’s wedding at the El Convento hotel in San Juan.

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