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!

Kelly and Tyler’s Wedding

July 2nd, 2010

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Kelly and Tyler’s wedding brought us back to the beautiful University of Virginia campus in the mountain town of Charlottesville, Virginia.  It was a memorable Saturday for lots of reasons: the USA was playing Ghana in the World Cup and a massive storm with hurricane winds had blown through town just a couple days before, wiping out trees and power lines in its wake.  It’s as if storms like to follow the Walk boys to their weddings only to jump ship after the rehearsal, we remember the storm that hit Williamburg the day before Tyler’s brother Mitch’s wedding to Beth a few years back.  We heard that the power had not returned in time for Kelly and Tyler’s rehearsal dinner on Friday night but that the chef figured out a way to grill the entire meal… and nailed it!   How’s that for Dinner Impossible?  Sam and I didn’t have any such weather related professional challenges, the sunshine was happy to help us out.  And if the prospect of power outages had either Kelly or Tyler worried the day of the wedding no one would be the wiser… they were all smiles from day into night, as you can see.  Our job is a piece of cake in any weather when we work with a couple as easy going as Kelly and Tyler.

The wedding colors were a cheery combination of peach and pink, summery and bright.  I asked Beth to order one of the house martinis for me to photograph, a yummy looking ice tea martini with fresh peach.  It doesn’t get much more summery sweet than that!

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A big congrats to Kelly and Tyler on such a fantastic wedding… we’re so thankful that we got to be a part of it.  Here’s a slideshow of our favorite shots from the day and click here if you would like to be notified by email when the online gallery is available for viewing.  Congrats again!

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Jennifer the Thoughtful

July 1st, 2010

Jennifer and Tim’s wedding last spring was beautiful in so many ways: Jennifer and Tim are among the warmest folks we have had the good fortune to shoot for.  Just the other day I was saying to Sam that its the brides who think of others on the day of their wedding who truly impress me.  I’ll never forget arriving at the Mill the day of Jenn and Tim’s wedding because Jenn ran up to greet a very pregnant version of me with a hug and a gift bag containing a beautiful silver spoon for the baby.  I was floored, I couldn’t believe that in all the hullabaloo of wedding planning, of all the things she had to remember to bring with her that day, she had taken the time out to think of our family much less bring us a gift.  Predictably, I started crying and blamed it on the hormones.

We are so fortunate to shoot for so many brides and grooms who are beautiful people like that.

When Sestra Bridal got in touch to ask if we would share photos for their blog, that Jennifer had wanted to share her story I thought: how Jenn is that?  Of course she would take time out of her super busy day to offer a recommendation for a vendor she had a great experience with, she’s just that kind of gal.   So check out Jennifer’s story on the Sestra Bridal blog.  Congrats to Sestra for a job well done and congrats to  Jenn and Tim on this first, beautiful year of marriage they have enjoyed together.

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