danielle & gregg's wedding day!

well, it's been an insane year!!

as many of you know (and many of you may not!) -- i'm expecting my first baby in september!
and while this was QUITE exciting news for my husband and i -- it also involved making a
number of phone calls to my Fall brides to let them know that i'd be a little bit booked, giving birth and all.

when i was asking my assistants when i should work till -- they confirmed i shouldn't shoot any weddings past 30 weeks!

so who was my lucky cut-off bride??!!

DANIELLE!! :)
we snuck her into the schedule as the last wedding of the year for me (unless you count December 13th, when i return to shoot my first wedding POST-pregnancy!) and it was beautiful and a lovely way to close out a summer schedule!!!

i'm not going to lie -- it was a HOT DAY!!! without the heat index, it was 99 degrees. but add all the humidity, and sweltering sun into the mix -- i KNOW it had to exceed 100+!!!! but danielle and gregg were troopers and allowed us to get them outside for some fun candids and i have to admit -- the day pretty much went off without a hitch!

here are some of the highlights -- we hope you're both enjoying the newlywed life!!!

thanks for allowing us to be a part of your big day!!!

Marielle & Carlos

ok, marielle MAY just be the cutest bride in the world. along with pretty down to earth.
but all that aside -- this girl can DANCE :)

julie and i shot this wedding and must admit we were VERY curious to see how it would turn out because it RAINED SO HARD on the way to ceremony, we had to sit in our cars and wait until we could actually SEE two feet ahead of us as we crossed the street, so that we wouldn't get blindly hit by cars. cats and dogs, people. sheets of rain.

but somehow, we still managed to have ALOT of fun :)
and you know -- there honestly was something really romantic about having the thunder crashing during the ceremony in this ancient cathedral type location in downtown DC, for an evening wedding.

it was just NEAT. and gorgeous.
carlos, on the other hand owns a dance studio and they put on the most original and exciting reception we've been to in a long time!! we had dance-offs, choreographed routines, costume changes and a crowd on the dance floor that can't be matched!!! honestly, julie and i would have gotten caught up in the whole ordeal and danced the night away ourselves, but feared we'd get trampled by the masses!!! WHAT A FUN RECEPTION!!

and i have to make a comment about what WE were served for dinner :)
NOTHING says motivation to your photographer, DJ, and videographer like a THREE COURSE MEAL including, salad, cous cous, asparagus, salmon, crab cakes, italian rolls, anything you want to drink, we even ate cake :) sure as heck beats the cold "boxed meal" that we're sometimes fed after spending 8 hours on our feet and starving!!! THANK YOU marielle and carlos for taking such FANTASTIC care of us!!!

final note == future brides, you will NEVER be able to go wrong with:
1) First Baptist Church in NW DC
2) The St. Regis Hotel in NW DC

both were top notch with STUNNING light for photography!!!

ENJOY MARRIED LIFE, marielle and carlos and we hope you had a wonderful honeymoon!!!