Wow, I have gotten way behind in blogging....again. I know it's shocking, but it's true.

Dorothy and Nate's wedding day was the hottest day in the middle of one of the worst heat-waves I can remember. Even so, they had a beautiful wedding and were a lot of fun. I really enjoyed sharing their day with them and their family and friends.

Here are a few of my favorite shots from their wedding day:



Congratulations, Dorothy and Nate!

I've got a lot of stuff coming soon, but first a quick peek from Dorothy and Nate's wedding from a couple weeks ago:

Here's a sneak peek from my portrait session with Matthew. More soon...

For Natalie's senior portraits, I met up with her, her mother and her dog Rachel at Lake Ridge Park. It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun trying to get Rachel to cooperate. Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot.

Congratulations on your graduation, Natalie!

-Ben

As promised, here are more photos from Dorothy and Nate's engagement session among the cherry blossoms in Washington, DC. We really couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day--the blossoms were (mostly still) blooming, and we had some gorgeous end-of-day light. And I couldn't have asked for a more fun couple--Dorothy and Nate had a lot of fun with the session, and that always makes it so fun (and easy! ) for me.



This one's my favorite:



Thanks Dorothy & Nate--I'm really looking forward to your wedding!

-Ben

Another quick sneak peek. This time, from Natalie's senior portrait session with her dog Rachel at Lake Ridge Park in Woodbridge, VA. More to come soon!

I was recently approached, through a mutual friend, by a local band, Bette Noir (pronounced Betty Noir) to shoot some promo photos for them. As an avid music lover and concert goer, I jumped at the chance. While we haven't gotten around to actually shooting the promos, I have been able to photograph them playing live a few times. The first time was a practice and the second was a live show.

Here's a few shots from the practice, held at their rented storage unit in Alexandria, VA (apparently, practicing in a storage unit is relatively common thing, but I had never heard of it and I thought--and still think--it's totally cool):



The rest of the shots are from their show at the Austin Grill in Rockville, Maryland:



Andy's 'rock face':



This last one is my favorite:



I really enjoyed shooting these and hope to do more band & musician work in the future. If it's something I start doing a lot more of, I'll probably set up another site dedicated to it, but for now, I'm going to just post it here.

-Ben