Dumbarton Oaks

I have been wanting to check out Dumbarton Oaks ever since I read my friend Matt's blog about getting kicking out while trying to do an engagement shoot(if you don't read his blog...you are missing out...not only is he an amazing photographer, he is also a very good writer). You can read about it here. Anyway, last weekend Karin and I decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather we had in the Washington area and take a walk through the gardens. As usual, Matt was right, the place is a photographers dream and fortunately we didn't get kicked out for taking a few pictures. Here are a couple of the shots that I took:
I am looking forward to returning when spring comes around and the garden is in full bloom.

New Addition on the Way

I haven't posted a blog in a while (this seems to be a recurring theme with this site)...but things have been busy lately. We are preparing for a new member. He should be arriving early April. I took this picture the other day after work with my new toy the 5D Mark II. The camera is pretty amazing...this was taken at ISO 2500. Trying to take a picture with the first 5D at an ISO over 1600 was pointless, the image would be much too grainy to be used. Anyway, pretty exciting stuff.
Hopefully I will get some new images up soon.

Katrina and Derek

After much adieu, here are some shots of my cousin Katrina's wedding. The wedding was held at Innisbrook Golf Resort in Palm Harbor Florida. We had a beautiful day, and everyone had a blast.

November Wedding...Part 1

I have finally had some time to start looking at the images from my cousin, Katrina's wedding weekend (I haven't even picked up my camera since that weekend). Derek and Katrina got married back on November 8 in Palm Harbor Florida. Here are some images from the rehearsal dinner, which was a very laid back evening at the Tarpoon Turtle (http://tarponturtle.com/) right on the water (just my style!). Not surprisingly a lot of the pictures are of the kids...

I hope to get some time in the next couple weeks to go through the actual wedding day pictures and put some up.

Still Alive

It's been over two months since I last put some pics up, but things have been pretty busy...Karin and I went to Alaska, we had my cousin's wedding in Tampa, Thanksgiving in New York, and a few other trips and happenings along the way.

A little over a month ago I had a portrait session with my old neighbors, Mike, Jill and Ryan. We went to Old Town Alexandria and got some nice shots...

I will do my best to get some Alaska shots up and images from my cousin's wedding very soon.

Columbian Carnaval

What can you say about a wedding reception that at 10:30pm turned into a Columbian Carnaval celebration where fire water and costumes where handed out to the wedding guests? Hail Columbia! Ok...I stole that from Matt Mendelsohns post (who I assisted with this wedding), but can you blame me...Matt just had an op-ed piece published in the New York Times! Felipe and Elizabeth were married at Baltimore's Saint Ignatius Church and held the reception at Peabody Library. Here are a few shots from the day:

Here are a few shots of the first dance:

Here are some shots from the Carnaval celebration...as you can see Felipe and Elizabeth's fathers really got into the action:

They even gave Matt M and I hats and necklaces to wear...I caught Matt with this shot:

I should have some shots from Karin's and my trip to Alaska and another wedding that I helped Matt out with last weekend very soon.