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Vanessa + Jonathan’s wedding – Tyson’s Galleria Ritz Carlton – June 2, 2012

June 26, 2012/in Weddings /by lindseydeb

I didn’t get to spend a lot of time with Vanessa and Jonathan before their wedding day. Little things like Vanessa’s graduation from medical school and Jonathan’s residency in Minnesota meant they weren’t in the DC area much before their June 2 wedding. So I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect…I have to say the whole day was a pleasant surprise. It was my first time shooting at the Tyson’s Ritz Carlton even though it’s one of my favorite meeting places in Virginia. Both the ceremony room and the reception were elegantly decorated…a chuppah dripping with crystals and beautiful spotlighting (I know, I’m all about the lighting). The theme continued for the party set up…crystal draped floral arrangements and candlelight set a romantic mood. I loved Vanessa and Jonathan’s first look. From the moment they saw each other the joy in their faces truly moving. The ceremony was a mix of Jewish and Filipino traditions including a surprise for Vanessa–Jonathan donned a traditional Filipino dress shirt just before he walked down the aisle. They had glorious sunny day and I so appreciated that the couple was willing to go outside for pictures before and after the ceremony and finally after dark where we were able to take one of the coolest photos I’ve ever done at a wedding.

Wedding, Reception, Catering + Cake: Ritz Carlton at Tysons Galleria/703.506.4300

Event coordinator: Linda Lazo/202.285.9622

Florist: Edge Flowers/301.330.5232

Hair and makeup: Hee-Soo /240-246-6677

Band: Onyx /301.807.8335

Photography: Deb Lindsey Photography

Selina + Dan’s wedding – Old Town Alexandria – May 26, 2012

June 11, 2012/in Weddings /by lindseydeb

Old Town Alexandria is a very special place for Selina and Dan. They got engaged on the waterfront and on the very warm Saturday of Memorial Day weekend they got married there. It was a classic Old Town event. They started the day at historic Christ Church, where Washington and Robert E. Lee were regular worshippers. From there it was down to their party at the Torpedo Factory. During the course of the day they navigated the bikes of Rolling Thunder –a Memorial Day staple around town, and they were graciously escorted to a private dock at the bottom of King St. for a quick portrait session. And we even squeezed in a few minutes near the spot where they got engaged in Waterfront Park. Among my favorite photos from the day are Selina and Dan’s first dance. The smiles on their faces just never quit…even when a slight glitch in the song delayed the action for a few minutes. The rest of the night the party was a big dancing affair culminating in the cake cutting and singing of an Arsenal FC fight song while cutting the groom’s cake. Let’s just say Dan’s a fan.

Ceremony Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia

Reception The Torpedo Factory 703.838.4565 x2

Catering Main Event Caters 703 820 2028

Florist Petal’s Edge 703.518.8488

Hair and makeup Connie Tsang 703.554.9595

DJ DJ Elon Bialek’s music 410-484-7978

Cake Fluffy Thoughts 703-942-5538

Videographer Blue Sky Films – Holly Neff

A couple couples…

May 15, 2012/in Engagements /by lindseydeb

Wedding season is here and since it’s such a pretty time of year in DC there’s always lots of engagement sessions on the schedule. Here’s a few of my favorites from two recent shoots — Kathleen and Chris at the National Cathedral and Katie and Jake at Belle Haven Marina and Old Town Alexandria. I’m looking forward to both couple’s fall weddings! And on a side note–both brides are continuing my ongoing trend from 2011 with an abundance of brides whose names start with the letter K.

Amy + Mark’s Old Town Alexandria engagement session

April 17, 2012/in Engagements /by lindseydeb

Another perfect day in Old Town Alexandria. OK, it started out cloudy and we searched for any drop of sunlight and then, miraculously the clouds parted! I would love to say I’m looking forward to shooting their wedding but they’re heading to Hawaii for a small destination wedding later this week. Congrats guys, wish I were coming along 🙂

Leslie + George’s winter wedding – McLean and Glenview Mansion

December 21, 2011/in Weddings /by lindseydeb

I was so impressed with Leslie and George when they came to my house for our initial meeting. Like my best meetings, we had a long conversation about how they met and became engaged and I could easily see how happy and content they were with each other. And when they came to me for advice on others to help them fulfill their wedding dreams, I was happy to offer my two cents and we ended up working with such a fabulous team of vendors. Our day started in Reston with Leslie and her family and then we headed to McLean for the church ceremony. Leslie and George felt very strongly about not seeing each other before the ceremony and it was worth it to see the look on George’s face as he caught a glimpse of Leslie coming down the aisle! Their reception at Glenview Mansion was lovely and Christmas-y. I’ve decided that every wedding reception needs to have twinkling lights in the background…it makes for lovely ring and cake photos! One of the evening’s highlights was the elegant waltz to “Edelweiss” that was Leslie + George’s first dance. The day was a lovely celebration of family and I need to make a special shout out to Sara Bauleke who kept the trains running on time all day long, remade the bride’s bouquet and got everyone together for all the group shots I needed to get at the reception!

Event coordinator: Sara Bauleke, Bella Notte DC www.bellanottedc.com

Wedding ceremony site: McLean Presbyterian Church

Reception site: Glenview Mansion

Caterer: Occasions Caterers www.occasionscaterers.com

Florist. Nick’s Flowers www.nicksflowers.com

Hair: Maude’s of Herndon/Tina Jay www.maudehair.com;

Make Up: Dina Gardizi, dgardizi@yahoo.com

Music: Celebrated Strings www.strings4.com

Invitations: Paper Zest

Calligraphy: Meant to Be Calligraphy

DJ: Dabe and Janelle Swing Dance Instruction and DJ www.dabe-and-janelle.com

Cake: Occasions Caterers

Videographer: Blue Sky Films www.blueskyfilms.com

Carla + Ed – St. John Neumann Catholic Church + Belmont Country Club wedding – Virginia

October 25, 2011/in Weddings /by lindseydeb

Carla + Ed were the first of my two Columbus Day weekend weddings. And the weather was finally cooperating. What an amazing day for a wedding! I made one of my favorite photos of the day 10 minutes after arriving at Carla’s parent’s house in Virginia. Usually I’m the one taking the wrapping off the wedding dress and arranging it somewhere with pretty light. When Carla’s dad climbed up on the bench to hang the dress I just had to laugh—and shoot! Carla + Ed were married at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Reston. I had been there in June and it’s a lovely bright church. It was sweet that Ed was so enthusiastic that he gave Carla a kiss when she arrived at the altar…I’m pretty sure he was supposed to wait until the end of the service! And as it turns out, he was right to get one in early. The service which was performed by 3 (!) priests had a little snafu when they forgot to have the couple present their gifts to the statue of the Virgin Mary. Once that was taken care of, they never told Ed he could kiss the bride—so he didn’t! From the church we headed to Belmont Country Club in Ashburn. A lovely manor house is attached to a more traditional country club facility so of course, we took all the fun portraits outside the house and with the rolling hills of the golf course as the background. And did I mention how gorgeous the light was. I think my favorite photo of the day is Ed + Carla from behind, full length with the rays of sun shining on them! And the party was tons of fun with awesome DJ Aaron, one of my favs!

Marija + Mike’s Middleburg, Virginia wedding

September 28, 2011/in Weddings /by lindseydeb

I wasn’t sure what to expect with Marija + Mike’s wedding. Both the church and the reception were places I hadn’t seen and the church had mega-restrictions on what I could shoot. In fact, they would have preferred I didn’t shoot at all. But I was thrilled when I pulled up to Trinity Episcopal Church and saw what a quaint and scenic spot the couple had chosen to get married. And it turns out that Marija’s parents had also been married there. I’m a sucker for that family tradition. The church was surrounded by rock walls and rolling hills and had lots of fun archways and doorways to shoot through. And it was a complete bonus that the couple was gorgeous and very comfortable in front of the camera, it just made my job easy. From the church we headed to Stoke Farm, a private residence. To say this was just someone’s home, doesn’t do it justice. It was an amazing layout with a boxwood garden, pergola and more of those rolling hills. It turns out the place is owned by Marija’s cousin and has been in the family since the Civil War. It was just unbelievable. Mike got the party started with a Sambuca toast and the dance floor was packed from beginning to end. I don’t often give a shout out to the band but their band, the Venture Rays from Richmond, VA were terrific. I was completely surprised by their cover of “Bad Things,” aka the theme to True Blood. The last dance of the night was “American Girl” by Tom Petty which I thought was a pretty inspired choice. In my recent post about Maura + Pat’s wedding I mentioned that I had never seen a groom being carried horizontally around the dance floor—now I’ve witnessed it being done with the bride! It reminds me a little of the Hora just without the chairs. Or maybe it’s closer to planking. In any event, Marija was a good sport and it made for some fun photos.

Church: Trinity Episcopal Church, Upperville, VA

Caterer: Six Star Catering

Band: The Venture Rays

Florist: Country Way Flowers

Cake: Hollin Hall Pastry Shop

Maura + Pat’s Old Town and Belle Haven Country Club wedding

September 1, 2011/in Weddings /by lindseydeb

After a nice summer break I was more than ready to get to Maura and Pat’s wedding in Old Town. It was a gorgeous sunny day filled with bright colors (loved the electric blue and green theme through out the day) and lots of doggies. Riley and Rumplestiltskin, their adorable pups weren’t actually in the wedding but were very much involved. Doggie treats were given out in their honor at the local florist, they were escorted across the street from the church during the ceremony and they made their final appearance of the day for a lovely family portrait with their parents behind the church. The reception at the Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria was a blast. Cocktail hour included a game of Cornhole and a Martini bar. Sometimes being a wedding photographer means I think I’ve seen pretty much everything that can happen at a wedding but Maura and Pat’s had some exciting new firsts for me. The gnome groom’s cake was quite a conversation piece…I still need to get the story behind that! And Maura and her friends heartfelt rendition of Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” was hysterical and culminated with the girls carrying Pat horizontally around the dance floor. I’ve never seen that before! It was great fun. They also cut their cake with Pat’s grandfather’s sword and one thing I have seen before but not recently was the “cake smush.” Maura got him good and it always makes for a good picture. And special thanks to the wonderful Ricky Carioti for second shooting with me. He always makes the day fun.

Event coordinator Zoe at My Simple Details

Venue: Belle Haven Country Club — Nicole Duncan

Florist Columbia Florist Gallery

Hair and makeup Ali Wear

Band High Society High Society — Washington Talent

Cake: Sweet Ladies Bakery

Engagements!

August 19, 2011/in Engagements /by lindseydeb

I know there’s been a lot of blog silence from me this summer. I had a very leisurely mid-July through mid-August and that allowed me to get almost completely caught up. Galleries and albums and blog submissions–oh my! Anyway, I have been horribly remiss in posting any engagement photos shot this summer so here they are. I can’t wait to catch up with all these wonderful couples for their fall weddings. Keep an eye out for more regular postings as my fall season gets underway starting with Maura + Pat’s wedding coming up tomorrow!!

On another not really related note–I’m now tweeting so if you’re on Twitter please follow me @deb_lindsey.

Olivia + Don’s Airlie wedding – July 2, 2011

July 20, 2011/in Weddings /by lindseydeb

It was such a pleasure to work with Olivia and Don throughout the whole wedding process. They showed their excellent taste by hiring me right away after our meeting and proceeded to be easy and comfortable during our engagement shoot at Reston Town Center. So I expected more of the same for their wedding day and I was not disappointed. Considering it was an outdoor wedding in July, the temperature and humidity held to an acceptable level and it was a gorgeous sunny day. They went with a patriotic color scheme for their July 2^nd wedding and the red and blue flowers were a really lovely contrast to all the greenery around the grounds. Their ceremony was held in the garden surrounded by big blue hydrangeas. Airlie is such a pretty site, it really needs very little in the way of decoration. I was excited to be back there—it’s been a few years and it was great to get another shot at those cool steps and stone bridge on the property. One of my favorite shots of the day is Olivia and Don having a kiss in the garden surrounded by wildflowers. I just love his hand at her chin…such a sweet moment.

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