BLUEMONT VINEYARD WEDDING: LAURA & CJ

Laura and CJ were married at Bluemont Vineyard in Virginia under sunny skies and in front of a breathtaking view of the countryside. Laura and her family planned every little detail out, from the stylized signage to a custom photo booth to a specific hashtag to attach to Instagram images from the event—along with everything else you see in the photos. Laura and CJ have been together for many years and their friends and family have been there all along to witness their love grow, leading them to this wedding day. The guests were pumped to celebrate! Erin and I had a fun time photographing them all day.

The music and lighting was provided by A2Z Music Factory and John was phenomenal to work with. The guests had a great time on the dance floor and he certainly made my job easier helping to set up shots. He even took the slideshow I had running on a laptop and found a way to put it on his projector right next to the dance floor so the guests could see images from earlier in the day.

A great wedding with great people! And some beautiful images to remember it all by...

PORTRAIT: CAPTAIN COOKIE

DC has a lively and exciting food truck scene and Kirk Francis is right in the center of it. His very popular Captain Cookie and the Milkman truck, selling ice cream sandwiches along with cookies and milk, has experienced enough cookie demand to justify a second truck. Erin and I were lucky enough to get some time with Kirk before his late night dough mixing session and a day before Cookie 2 hit the streets.

We tried to make some portraits that would be good for promotion, but we also took some silly ones (at the end) with Kirk's giant 5 horsepower mixer and with Erin looking like a crazy person. Kirk baked during the shoot and we ate a ton of cookies that night!

Follow Captain Cookie on Twitter to find out where he is going to be: @captaincookieDC or visit him on Facebook. 

PORTRAIT: NEWBORN QUINN

This is cute baby number two for Lauren and Carolyn! Quinn is only a few weeks old. I'm always happy to photograph this family—each time Carolyn thinks through the blankets and baskets and things that I'm not very good at designing for a baby photo. This collaborative effort makes for some great photos!

We have made photos with Aniya (now the oldest daughter) when she was a tiny newborn, again at 6 months, again at one year, and snuck her in for a few with her little sister this time around. I love being able to document this family grow and look forward to the next time we have a photo session.