Monday, March 29, 2010

Lew-Myers Wedding

It was a great start to the 2010 wedding season this Saturday March 27th in Charlotte, NC. I was honored to be a part of the wedding of Megan Lew and Patrick Myers at the Roof With A View. The weather was fantastic and everyone was ready to celebrate!

Megan and Patrick met at Bilbo Baggins Bar in Old Town Alexandria, VA. They really like to travel together and Pat proposed to Megan on a trip to Chicago. When he proposed, the skyline of Chicago was in the view of the hotel window. It seems appropriate that the Charlotte skyline was in the background of their rooftop wedding on Saturday!

I really had a great time with Megan, Patrick and all their friends and family. This group definitely knew how to throw a good party and the dance floor was full all night long!

Thanks so much for having me as a part of your wedding and I hope you two are having a blast on your honeymoon in Buenos Aires, Argentina!

The day started out with preparations at the Downtown Marriott hotel.



Patrick hangs with his groomsmen (below).


Megan's bridesmaids help put the dress on.

The flowers at the ceremony (below) with the skyline in the background.


Patrick (above) smiles to himself right before the ceremony starts.

Patrick's sister, Jeannette (above).

Megan's father escorts her down the aisle.




The ring exchange (above) and the kiss (below).

Mother of the groom, Ethel, sheds a tear (below).


We did it!! (above and below).

Megan's bridesmaids show off their swatch watches! (below)

Patrick and his groomsmen (below)


There was a cookie table at the reception (below)!
Maid of Honor, Sarah, makes her entrance to the reception! (below)

Megan and Patrick share their first dance (below)
Patrick dances with his mother (below)

Sarah, the maid of honor, gave some great tee-shirts to the newlyweds (below).



There was a full moon on Saturday (below).
Megan and Patrick had their guests sing karaoke and everyone had a blast! (below)



Groomsmen compete in a dance contest (above and below). This was one of my favorite parts of the night!! These guys were having so much fun (and me too!!)



Megan and Patrick's friends and family were not shy about getting down and dirty on the dance floor!

Thanks so much for letting me be a part of your wedding! Another special thanks to associate photographer, Kate Monroe who served as my second shooter for this wedding. Check out Kate's blogsite for some more photos from Megan and Patrick's wedding!

Friday, March 26, 2010

Hannah, The Bride (Lauren)

Lauren, here! I had a fabulous time with Hannah Strickhouser last friday, March 19th in Durham, NC at Duke Gardens. After some rainy days this week, we had a gorgeous day on Friday and Hannah was looking absolutely stunning!

We did the photos here at Duke Gardens because this was the location of Hannah's mother's bridal portraits (and Hannah's family lives in Durham). I'm going to be photographing Hannah's wedding to Dan Reese on May 15th at Claxton Farms in Weaverville, NC and I am so excited (even more so after meeting Hannah and shooting her portraits!)

Here are some highlights from Hannah's bridal portraits below: