If you’ve been following along (and I hope that you have) I kinda skipped over this part and went right from the cerermony to the reception. So I thought I’d like to save this series for last cause I love them (really, I love all the pictures from the wedding, but these are just among my favorites). All the pressure was off at this point and everyone was getting ready to head into the reception. The guests were enjoying cocktail hour and we went back to the beautiful courtyard for some pictures.

I think everyone couldn’t have been happier!

They’re pretty much self explanatory, so I’ll just leave you with these final images from Garrett & Susan’s wedding. And a big THANK YOU to them from me- you guys were wonderful and I had such a great time photographing your special day!

Please click HERE if you’d like to see the rest of the images from this part of the wedding.

Now just wait til you all see the Trash The Dress session that we did when the happy couple arrived home from their honeymoon. We totally rocked it to pieces!! Coming soon. Well, soonish.

Ok, so I know I’m really supposed to only be up to part 3 , but part 3 looks very similar to part 2 as most of it is in the same location. So to mix things up a little, I’m skipping ahead to the reception. Part 3 (after the ceremony with all the bride & groom together shots, family, bridal party, etc) will be up soon. So for today, enjoy the reception!

By the looks of things, everyone was READY for the party.

The groom had a sweet card for the bride. I snuck over to catch the moment.

A beautiful sunset, a happy bride & groom checking out their reception, and a reflection of a beautiful bride in the suite.

Some family (ok, a lot of family). And friends too. I even snuck in for one.

A bunch of toasts.

Some cake and decor.

And a lot of dancing too!

And finally, some I love just cause. Garrett is the manager at Rockville Camera (where we know eachother from. So not only is there the ‘normal’ pressure of shooting a wedding, add on the fact that he’s a photographer himself and knows what a good picture looks like. Can you say panic attack? But all’s well that end’s well…) and Susan is a nurse. The shot was planned with the old camera for Garrett and her stethoscope but we couldn’t find it, so Beth W. saved the day by finding a medical book and she set up the whole shot. Thanks, Beth!

And I know the picture on the right is way underexposed, but there’s something about it the way it is…

A perfect ending to a pretty perfect night.

To view all of the reception pictures, please click HERE.

The next installment of the wedding. Some from before the ceremony and the rest during.

(ok, I totally fell asleep last night at 9pm which is about 5hrs earlier than normal. I usually post at night for the next morning, so please excuse delay this morning in posting and the lack of narrative here as I’m obviously running a bit behind schedule now.)

Love these two shots. Susan, you know why, right?

Some of the everyone before the ceremony. Nerves were running high but you could never tell from the pictures.

I know the bride hated this room (not to mention that it was about 1,000 degrees in there) but the colors were too good to pass up.

Waiting for her groom…

…who was waiting for his bride.

A little decor from the reception while the sun was still up.

The ceremony: (gorgeous venue)

Daddy escorting his little girl down the aisle.

The groom waiting at the end of the aisle and his first look at his bride.

The ceremony was beautiful and moving. So glad a caught at least one little tear of joy from the bride.

The big kiss.

Husband & wife-now,  lets party!!

And a big thank you to Beth W. who (as always) second shot the wedding for me. She did a great job and covered the back end wonderfully!!

To see all of the pictures from this portion of the wedding, please click HERE.

*this week’s installment of  “5 for Friday” will be either “6 for Saturday” or “7 for Sunday”. Needed to get these up first.

Finally began to delve into the 2700+ pictures I took at the wedding and started the editing process. Figuring I’d do it in stages and post it the same way. Think there are going to be 4 parts (getting ready, before the ceremony, the ceremony, and then after the ceremony/reception). That’s the plan at the moment anyway.

So, here we go with the first part- getting ready.

The bride had her good friend G do her makeup. He did a fantastic job and she looked absolutely beautiful.

Her sister and bridesmaids were all so helpful with the dressing process.

A few details…

A beautiful, glowy (yes, Garrett- I said glowy again and it is a word if you understood what I meant- and you did!) bride.

So, the bride was on the edge of tears for a while there and her sister did everything she could to make her laugh.

But the tears really started to flow when she 1. saw herself in the mirror fully dressed and fully bridey, and 2. when she saw her dad. After these pictures, there was a rule instituted that the bride was NOT allowed to see herself in any reflective surfaces.

Some shots with mom & dad and wedding party. We made one exception to the reflection rule in dad’s glasses below.

The kids (neices and nephews) came over dressed up for some pictures and then got to go on a pool adventure with some babysitters.

Susan has the best sense of humor and catching laugh. Love the bag o snacks with accompanying goofy snack face.

And we’re off …. More pictures to come soon. To view all of the “getting ready” photos, please click HERE.

Remember how I said I was so behind? Well, this little sneak peek is from Garrett and Susan’s wedding back at the end of May that I’m not even close to done editing yet. Saw them again today for a very special shoot and I know they really wanted a few pictures to show everyone when they went back to work tommorrow.

So here you go..a few picked at random. More to come soon. Really.

The beautiful, radiant bride.

Awesome boquets. Love how none are exactly alike but all of them go so well together.

The smitten groom & happy couple. True love.