When I delivered their discs of pictures by hand, they invited me in for dinner with them. When their album is finalized, they’ve already invited me to another dinner and their very own Crême Brulée recipe. I’ll be bringing over some home-made tabouli.
I love my clients…
After picking out a bunch of personal favorites from Justin & Melanie’s beautiful wedding for the sneak peek, I decided to do something very bold (for me at least) and go almost exclusively to black & white on all the images.
I’m really happy with what that did as a whole and it seems as though black & white is becoming a habit of mine. Almost anytime I try something in black & white, I fall in love with it and decide to leave it that way. Some of my shoots are even designed to only be presented in black & white, though these are usually model shoots (doing one later this afternoon! Woohooo!!)
Maybe my body is preparing itself for something I don’t know is coming… Like going color blind…
I’m going to start with my personal favorite from the whole wedding and possibly one of my all-time favorites:
Just two weeks before this couple’s wedding day, I got a frantic call, asking me about my availability…
I’m glad I was available! These guys were a ton of fun to work with 
By far the oddest request I’ve had for weddings this year was from this couple.
Cliff & Jjana: “Could you NOT shoot pictures at the ceremony?”
Me: “No pictures at the ceremo–…” THUD! I fall to the ground.
When I finally came to I was in a hospital and was told I’d been in a coma for 12 years. That’s weird… I must have traveled back in time during my coma.
But as much as I tried to convince the beautiful couple to let me take pictures during the ceremony, they insisted that as actors currently living in DC, they’d become too aware of themselves with a camera clicking away to be natural during the part of the wedding they didn’t want anyone to remember in any way but in their hearts.
I respect that. They knew what they wanted, they knew what they were giving up but felt that what they were gaining was greater.
Cliff & Jjana were an absolute dream to work with. Very laid back and the coolest personalities. And their guests were too (see?).
Hope you enjoy the photography and Happy Memorial Day!
