Holland Photo Arts Blog

We think you’re going to love Stephanie & Ryan’s from their gorgeous fall day’s celebration and can’t wait to post more! We’ll soon be posting some full blog entries for the past couple of weddings too, so keep your eyes peeled to this space, and enjoy.

Little Ryan (the flower girl) was adorable that day. Here’s she’s reconsidering waking up from her nap.

This cracked us up, given the “assist” by their priest during the unity candle lighting.

Stephanie’s workin’ it at the Jefferson Memorial.

What a cool idea to get members of the wedding party to sign the inaugural whiskey bottle!

First dance at Hotel Monaco.

Cutest. Nephew. Ever. Yes, I just had to say it. But you don’t have to take my word for it, just see for yourself! Bill and I had a wonderful time getting to photograph him recently, and of course his awesome Mom and Dad who are always great sports around our cameras, and can’t believe he’s already a year old.

Loyal readers may remember his 6-month shoot and it’s so cool to see how much he’s grown in such a short amount of time. He could barely sit up on his own before and now he’s walking! He has hair (and had just had his very first haircut a few days earlier!), loves clapping and look at those teeth! He’s a little boy now, compared with being a baby and it’s delightful to see his personality emerging.

“Pre-Photo Shoot” ;-D

It was a beautiful, chilly day so we decided to head over to Belle Haven park besides the water in Alexandria for some great Fall color.

If there’s one thing for certain, little ones *love* to grab at the big, black lens.

Contrast the lens-grabbing with the session from six months ago:

Back to one year…Gilly? Gilly? Gilly!

No, the biker did not run over him.

Uncle Bill blowing wishes makes it all better, though.

Well, it does look like a lollipop!

One of my all-time faves for sure. He’s going to love this one when he gets older. Okay, maybe not at 15.

Showing us his hands (and his belly button?

Thank you, Andy, Jen & Bobby for such a fabulous day! We can’t think of a better way to spend a gorgeous Sunday afternoon. Love you guys!

We’re delighted to see Joy and Jerry’s fantastic wedding highlighted by our good friends at Weddings Unveiled today. Their celebration was so unusual and compelling in so many different ways and designed by the fabulous Jodi Moraru, and we hope all of WU’s readers enjoy perusing it. Thanks, Brooke and Terri, for featuring it!

Screen shots from Weddings Unveiled’s site:

Here are a few from the wedding, but you can see more on their blog posts (link above).

We’re taking full advantage of the beautiful Fall weather we’ve been having by making a road trip to South Carolina, where we met up with our good friend Erin and her fiancé Bryan for their engagement portraits one recent afternoon. They brought their puppy bulldog Sukie, who has grown by leaps and bounds since the last time we saw her. We hung out at the Anne Springs Close Greenway and had a blast that afternoon. Such a great time, and we just can’t wait to shoot their wedding here in Charlottesville next Spring! (Scroll down for the link to view their entire online gallery.)

Ready for more? You can see the entire gallery here! The password is Erin’s last/maiden name.

We awoke this morning, grabbing the Sunday Washington Post from its wrapper and excitedly opening up the Style & Arts section to reveal a feature story on one of our clients and friends, Julie and Andrew (see their sneak peek below!). The Post sent talented photographer Bill O’Leary, who was a pleasure to work with on the wedding day, to photograph the festivities for the newspaper. You can read the write-up and see a few more photos in today’s paper and of course online. It’s a wonderful, compelling love story and we’re thrilled for them both! Look to this space in a couple of weeks for even more images we captured from the wedding day. We can’t wait to share!