The first time I sat down with Susan & Geoff to chat about professional wedding photography for their Alexandria, Virginia wedding at the classy Lorien Hotel & Spa, it was still more than a year before their wedding date, and they said:

“We want a wedding photographer we can rely on to have fun… someone who is creative and can create unique wedding photos. We like photos that look DIFFERENT. Your photos have a ‘movie star quality look,’ and we like that!”

A few months later during their amusing, merry, & sweetly romantic engagement photography session, I saw firsthand how much Geoff likes to ham it up for the camera, and that was FUN! Lots of thought went into planning their wedding, which took on a 1920s Great Gatsby theme. Susan was just stunning in a classically elegant lace wedding gown… and OH the lace shoes!!! Just so completely gorgeous!!! Their dog, Tara, served as ringbearer and flower girl. That was her rightful place after all, given her role in the wedding proposal. (Tara had carried both the proposal note and engagement ring.) Because of Geoff’s Irish ancestry, they were searching for ways to incorporate that into their wedding, and their first dance led into an AMAZING Irish jig. I had suggested a Celtic handfasting ceremony, which then became a part of their wedding ceremony. In lieu of a traditional guestbook, they set out three records containing the first dances of each of their parents and themselves, which guests then wrote messages on and signed. A few months after the wedding, Susan & Geoff then came over to our photography studio in Germantown/Clarksburg, Maryland to look at different wall portrait options. They picked out three favorite wedding portraits for me to print as large wall portrait canvas gallery wraps to hang in their home. All in all, it was an amazing, wonderful day. Congratulations to the happy couple!

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