Abs and Sarah...Married! | July 18, 2009

So last weekend was definitely a whirlwind! Late on Friday night, (when I was supposed to be packing up my apartment so I could move early the next morning) I saw Kristen Leigh's Facebook status asking if anyone was available to second shoot a wedding down at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. Well, I knew that Saturday was going to be a crazy day, but it was too good of an opportunity to pass up! Kristen is an amazing photographer and I was so excited to able to shoot with her! :) So I packed all night, moved the next morning, and then was off to photograph a fab-u-lous wedding!

Abs and Sarah were absolutely adorable! Both were so calm and collected before the ceremony...I couldn't believe it! Everyone in the wedding party was so sweet (even when they thought I was some creepy person taking random pictures of them...oops!).

You could tell Abs felt perfectly comfortable in front of the camera...even when all of his groomsmen were making fun of him!

You couldn't ask for a prettier day in Alexandria...walking around by the water was so nice. Of course there were a ton of people snapping pictures of the beeeautiful wedding party as they were walking by!

The bouquets were so pretty and fresh looking!

So of course I couldn't miss the opportunity to take a picture of the mother of the groom's shoes (stuart weitzmans!). Apparently they were killing her, but the fashion was definitely worth the pain!

The groomsmen were such good sports and hysterical! They poked fun of one another the whole time...rock, paper, scissors, shoot!

Right before the ceremony and Sarah is still super-calm...I don't understand it!

There were so many little details in this wedding that I loved! I think helping plan my sister's wedding (and also being in another one--hey Amy!) definitely made me notice the little details.

It was sooo dark in the Torpedo Factory, so I was shooting at 800 and 1600 ISO during the ceremony. The lighting accents were perfect, though!

The tables were so well done...loved them!

The Torpedo Factory definitely had a lot of character...what a great place to have an event!

Congratulations to Abs and Sarah--thank you so much for letting me join your celebration and capture some of the moments! I loved being able to watch you two skip down the aisle at the end of the ceremony!

Thank you, Kristen, for letting me tag along! This was such a great experience--hopefully you'll let me shoot with you again soon! ;)

Also, a shout-out to Ica...thank you so much for helping me out! You girls are amaaazing people and photographers and I hope I get to shoot with you both again! :)

(Check out their blogs, everyone--fo' real)