Welcome to the brand spankin' new Worthington Photography Blog! We are Sam and Mel, a husband-wife photography team based in the "rivah city" of Richmond, Virginia. We hope you'll come on in, sit a spell, and browse through Mel's journal of our most recent shoots and adventures. If you wish to reminisce, you can still access posts from our old blog here. Enjoy!
So much to blog before we make it to the weekend but check it out – Jill and Todd’s amazing wedding from April 25th is featured on The Bride’s Cafe today! If you haven’t checked out Janie Medley’s nationally recognized blog full of real weddings and fashionable wedding ideas, get it bookmarked. Congrats to Jill and Todd for catching Janie’s eye for style and originality!
Brayden changes so much from shoot to shoot. Version 6month.0 is all chub, charmingly smiley, and dashingly handsome. Check out all this new hair and how big he has gotten!
The little guys was pretty tuckered out half way through the session so we took a break for a nap. The nap was great because I got to catch up with his folks and get a sleepy land shot in his crib:
While we took photos of Brayden playing with his favorite toys, he seems happiest playing with his family:
Here’s a slideshow and if you would like to view Brayden’s online gallery, click here. I’m looking forward to seeing him crawl around at our next “official” shoot!
Kristen & John’s wedding brought us back to the Gardens at Sunday Park, a lovely spot right on the water in Brandermill. I loved Kristen’s sculptural and sassy dress as well as her vintage inspired hairpiece, check it out:
Though thunder loomed in the background, it never rained a drop and we even got a spectacular sunset on the water:
John is a fishing enthusiast so each table was named after a fish complete with an antique illustration and description, many of which thrive right here in the James river. And then the groom’s cake was a giant bass! The ladies looked so lovely in peach but one could make the argument that they were wearing salmon. It was truly refreshing to see so much of the groom’s interests reflected in the decor, we don’t see that too often. Sam and I are both interested in fishing in our own ways so we were totally hooked.
Speaking of great choices, Kristen and John chose served their favorite cake in the city as wedding cake and it just so happens that its our very favorite too: tres leche cake from Kuba Kuba! We ate at Kuba Kuba for years before we decided to try what appeared to be a very plain and ordinary cake… with an unusual amount of patrons ending their meal with a slice. As we learned, once you order it there’s no going back. You’ll just have to trust us and try it and see.
Here’s a slideshow with our favorites from the day and if you would like to be notified by email when the online gallery is available click here. What a beautiful day, thanks so much for inviting us to be part of it!
There are so many amazing things to say about Jesse & Jonathan’s wedding and I have to start somewhere – literally – the wedding took place at King Family Vineyards in Crozet, Virginia. There was definitely a threat of rain that day but the cloud cover that prevailed only seemed to heighten the fresh color of the grass, bouncing perfectly with the greens in J&J’s color scheme.
Jesse and Jonathan made the event truly personal with a unique ceremony and some great reception choices. Instead of bouquets, the mothers and bridesmaids carried small vases of water with a single white tulip. The gentlemen carried vases of soil with sprigs of pine. As each couple approached the top of the aisle, the ladies poured their water into a tall vase while the gents poured their soil into an opposing vase. An evergreen sapling sat on a table and Jesse and Jonathan planted the tree during the ceremony using the water and soil and promised to transfer the tree to the yard of their new home. They will be able to see it every day and watch it grow together as the years go by.
I have to mention Jesse’s bouquet made of lily of the valley, a flower near and dear to my heart. My mother grew a small hill of lily of the valley in our backyard when I was growing up, its subtle fragrance always makes me smile.
Between Jesse’s love of math and Jonathan’s love of engineering, numbers became a fun game for the table assignments. Instead of table numbers, the couple made math problems for guests to solve as they found their tables. My favorite was the puzzle for Jesse & Jonathan’s table below, Table #1. I had never really thought that a marriage could be summed up mathematically but I stand corrected:
There was croquet, green socks and shoes, so many fun things to mention. But perhaps a style swatch does it best?
While a beautiful, sculptural cake was indeed cut later in the evening, we were really impressed with Jesse’s surprise groom’s “cake” awaiting Jonathan and their guests: not a cheese cake, but a cake made of cheese wheels. Jonathan loves cheeses and was thrilled with his groom’s “cake”, cheesy as it may sound, the couple did indeed cut the cheese together. It was then served on trays with fruit and preserves to each table just following the main meal for everyone to enjoy.
Talk about an awesome celebration of awesome people in an awesome place. Did I mention an awesome party? Check out the slideshow of our favorites and if you would like to be notified by email when the gallery is ready for viewing, click here. Congrats, you guys…it was spectacular.
