Luray Wedding

Direct sunlight can often not be our friend... but not this time.


Congratulations, Sarah and Brock.

Modern Bride Closes

Sorry to hear that Modern Bride (along with other Conde Nast publications like Elegant Bride and Gourmet), has been closed and will no longer be published.

Too bad - we contributed fairly regularly to Modern Bride (both photos and occasional columns/articles) and enjoyed working with their editors. Declining ad revenue - along with pretty stiff competition from The Knot - caused Conde Nast to find cost-cutting opportunities.

From what we understand, Brides.com will stay in operation, and Brides magazine will go to a monthly publishing schedule to pick up some of the slack.

Ask the Experts Column

Our first column for the OneWed.com Savvy Scoop blog is up. Once a week we'll answer questions from OneWed members about wedding photography and wedding topics in general. This month's column is about location shoots and permit fees. Check it out!

Critically-Acclaimed Bouquet

Congratulations to Emma on her bouquet taste - a photo we took of her bouquet made the front page of OneWed. Here it is ----

A Little Recognition

One of our photos was just chosen out of thousands of entries by OneWed.com, the largest searchable online database of wedding vendors, to be featured on their home page. (It's not up yet, so don't bother looking. It should appear in the next week or so.)

We also will be contributing to an "Ask the Experts" column on OneWed, answering wedding photography questions from OneWed readers.

Pretty cool!

Harrisonburg - JMU - Joshua Wilton

Beautiful weather Saturday, great couple, fun families... could not have been a better day for Emma and Alan. We've barely started going through photos, but here is a sneak peek for family and friends to check out.

And congratulations to wedding planner Lynn Ianizzi of Finer Points, and the staff at the Joshua Wilton, for putting on an outstanding event. And to DJ Danny Craig for keeping the dance floor full for nearly three hours. (Never an easy feat.)

Clifton Inn, Charlottesville VA

Rained in Charlottesville a couple weeks ago for Rebecca and Matt's wedding, but the Clifton Inn was nice enough to hold a tent over from the previous day's wedding... so everyone stayed dry. You know a staff cares when the Event Coordinator and Facility Manager are hard at work on umbrella duty. This was our third time at the Clifton Inn in the last couple years, and as always they did a wonderful job.

Congratulations Rebecca and Matt!

Bubbles over Rice (or Bird Seed)

Another of our less than thought-provoking survey results:


Couples prefer bubbles by a 3 to 1 margin over rice or bird seed. Why? Less mess, less cleanup, and bubbles don't run afoul of increasingly tight venue restrictions. (A number of venues prohibit rice and bird seed in their contracts - they don't want to clean it up or avoid hungry birds later.)


Plus bubbles are a lot less likely to end up in your hair, your gown, or your eyes. And from our point of view they tend to make for better exit photos.

More Congratulations

More congratulations are in order. We photographed Jeremiah and Erin Bishop's wedding several years ago....


Jeremiah is a world-class mountain bike racer, and last year he won the U.S. National Mountain Bike Championship in both the short track and the marathon classifications. (Just how good is he? In 2006 he placed eight at the World Championships, which is the highest placing of any U.S. male at that event in over a decade.)


He's also a versatile rider; above is a photo we took at the 2006 Tour of Shenandoah road race, an event he entered just to mix up his training (and as a favor to race organizers.)

He's also been invited to be on the panel of the Washington & Lee University Institute of Honor Conference this month, "Sports in America: Playing Fair," where he'll discuss his views on doping and illegal performance enhancement. (Quick summary: He's against it.)

It's quite an honor, since the conference features speakers like Myles Brand, the head of the NCAA, Travis Tygert, Senior Managing Director and General Counsel of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and Jeffrey Toobin, lawyer, author, and legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker.