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The wedding ceremony itself took place at a reception hall at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. Gorgeous area. It was originally planned to be outdoors, but it was drizzling that day, so it was taken indoors. By the end of the ceremony, the sun came out and Li took the formal portraits outdoors on the lawn.

P.S. They had a friend of theirs officiating at the wedding. How awesome is that??

Doing a cute little dance as they walked out at the end of the ceremony…

Over at the Piccadilly’s Public House, known locally as Brew Pub, was Brian and Andrea’s wedding reception. I love how they have string lights everywhere.

This one was one of my favorites from the day. And that’s weird, because I don’t like pink all that much.

Aren’t they adorable?

More LensBaby shots. I couldn’t get enough!

Last week James and I worked with the September Concert Foundation (second time for me), this time shooting for their main event at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC. There were three choirs, and the music was beautiful. I loved the third, younger and more colorful choir… mostly because they danced and were so upbeat! At the end, the three choirs joined into one ginorma-choir and belted out “Give Us Hope”, the foundation’s theme song. Go buy that song in iTunes. I did, after I couldn’t get it out of my head.

That same night, the September Concert Foundation’s benefit event was held at the United Nations Delegates Dining Hall. FYI, they are open to the public during weekdays before 5pm and serve cuisines from around the world, buffet style. I need to stop by there one of these days

Two of the speakers that you’ll see below are Haruko Smith, the founder of the September Concert Foundation, and Darryl Pottorf from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (and an awesome artist!).

A friend of mine, Nga, got married last month, and although I was attending the reception as a guest, that didn’t stop James and I from bringing our good ol’ cameras. Quite honestly, I wasn’t exactly the happiest camper when I saw how my photos were turning out that evening, and it hit me that I’d much rather photograph a wedding than attend one. As always, James did what he could to get me out of my emo mindset and by the end of the night, I actually ended up having a lot of fun (yay!). We even made friends with one of the working photographers that evening.