This wedding was truly an adventure, Erica, George, their families and friends were all gracious. I had a great time working with them and preserving their memories. It was a really eventful day but also went down without a hitch. We started the day at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Tysons, zipped over to the St Raphael Catholic Church in Rockville, then finished off at the Bellevue in Chantilly. Here are a few from their wedding day.
I remember wondering during Michia and Collins's engagement session late last year what it would be like to photograph them on their wedding day. Both Michia and Collins were extremely laid back and that really set the tone for their wedding. I loved every moment of documenting these two, their day was filled with a ton of emotions and was just an all around good time. We started off our day at Hotel Monaco in Baltimore and rounded things up at The Belvedere. Here is a snippet on how their special day unfolded.
2015 was a pretty interesting year for me, it was one of immense growth and vast learning. During the year I learned a lot about myself as a photographer, completely embraced my vision and my approach to photography while limiting external influences and relying heavily on my unique voice. I was invited on several occasions to speak about photography and created my first creative portraiture workshop , so it's safe to say that 2015 was a year of living outside of comfort zones. I was privileged to photograph some amazing couples and weddings and really look forward to what 2016 has in store.
"Best" is extremely subjective, what we consider our best images will differ from person to person unless judged by a standard set of rules but what fun will that be? The images presented here are my favorites for many reasons, some being their technical complexity, the circumstances in which they were created, the realization of a vision, what I was experiencing at the time when they were created, the visual impact of the images, how the images make me feel and what they stand for. Here are my favorite images from 2015.
