The Times They Are A-Changin'

And so is this blog...check out my new and improved blog:

www.mattlisackblog.com

Also, if you don't follow Matt Mendelsohn's blog (you really should), he posted a picture of Karin and Peter that he took a while ago:

www.mattmendelsohn.net/matt-mendelsohns-dark-slide/2009/6/15/cover-girl.html

Hope you enjoy the new blog!

-Matt

Catherine and Jonathan

Back in May I shot my friends Catherine's wedding. We have been friends ever since we were interns at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality together and I was thrilled when she asked me to shoot her wedding. Catherine and Jonathan are perfect for each other and the ceremony and reception were beautiful. Her best friend from childhood, Britt, did her makeup and the reception was held in her mother's backyard in DC and everyone had a blast. Here are a few shots from the day:

Happy 4th of July

Quick shot of Peter having fun with mom outside on the 4th.

Sleeping Beauty

I have been pretty bad about putting pictures of Peter on this blog, so here are a couple from the last month or two:
Here is one from Mother's Day:
This last one kills me...I was feeding him at about 2am one night and he completely fell asleep in the middle of the feeding. So I tried to wake him up by unzipping his sleeper...his belly was so big, I had to take a picture:

Leslie and Paul

About a month ago, Kim's (my sister-in-law) sister Leslie got married at the Hay-Adams Hotel in D.C. I wasn't the main shooter but she asked me to take a few shots when I got the chance (I was also on baby duty). It was a beautiful ceremony on the top of the hotel with an amazing view of the White House. I was in the back watching Peter but managed to take a few shots of the ceremony:

Allison loves being around Peter and was trying to rock him to sleep:

Not surprisingly...I took quite a few pictures of my favorite niece...here she is dancing with her grandmother:
and with grandpa...and well...everyone and anyone who felt like getting on the dance floor:
I love this shot...the look on Leslie's face...pure joy:



Another shot that I really like...here is Allison staring out a huge window into the streets of D.C.
One of the benefits about having your reception at the Hay-Adams is that there are plenty of famous people who stay there, we ran into Natalie Portman and Dennis Leary during the reception.

Next up is Catherine and Jonathan's wedding I did a couple weeks ago...then Greg and Natalie's...and then a few pics of my friend Emily's son...and hopefully a couple random shots of Peter here and there.

Ryan and Ginny

Ryan and I have been friends since middle school...the days of playing hockey in his parents unfinished basement listening to Anthrax and Metallica. Not hockey video games...but our version of deck hockey (when it was too cold, wet or dark to play outside)...slap shots at point blank range and checking your friends into random boxes laying around the basement included. Ah the good old days. So when he asked John Boal (friend since 4th grade and now photojournalist) and me to shoot his wedding, we were happy to oblige. John and I split duties and had a great time at the wedding. Here are a few shots from the day.

I couldn't resist putting this shot up...thank goodness the Caps won in a blowout, otherwise BlackBerry's and iPhones might have been out during the ceremony to check the score.



How about this for a corny shot...I couldn't resist...it was there and had to be taken:
It's all about trust...love the look on their faces:
I normally only put up one shot of the first dance, but I couldn't decide between these three, so I put them all up...and there is no way the forth one wasn't going to be posted.