I typically like to let my images do my talking for me but the story of this wedding definitely deserves told. This was the worst snow storm in December in Washington, DC’s history. I’ve never seen anything like it and I’ve never shot a wedding under such strenuous conditions. The weather reports from the night before were looking pretty bleak so I decided to get a room in the Hilton in Old Town Alexandria where Jennifer (the bride) was staying. It was a good thing I did! Almost all of the vendors canceled due to the terrible conditions. Even the church canceled on them. Since they are catholic they needed to get married in a church. After a lot of time spent on the phone trying to get the wedding back together one of the family members walked about a mile in the snow to the nearest catholic church (St. Mary’s). When she arrived the priest was busy shoveling the front walk, trying to keep ahead of the snow. After hearing the story, the priest was happy to mary them. So all the guests and bridal party piled into available SUVs and shuttled to the church. The ceremony went off with out a hitch. Then everybody shuttled back to the hotel where the bridesmaids had found a DJ willing to tackle the storm and luckily the hotel was able to cater the reception. Only about half the guests made it to but everybody that was there had a lot of fun and will definitely remember this wedding! It was amazing, and made for some great photos…

Image by Abby Field. Edited by Mike Lesnick

Primary Photographer: Mike Lesnick