A First Look at Kim and Dan’s First Look!

Friday, September 3, 2010 Posted in General, Northern Virginia, Weddings

I really love first looks.  Mike and I did a first look six years ago, back before it really gained popularity, and I think it’s awesome!  If it’s new to you, the general gist is that the bride and groom decide to throw tradition out the window and see each other before the ceremony.  It’s a great way for the bride and groom to have a special moment before the nerves really kick in and before guests start arriving!   That and you can really get some amazing photos out of the whole experience!  Well, my latest couple, Kim and Dan, decided to take advantage of that idea, and I’m featuring some photos below!  Now you can finally see some of the awesome scenery that the Thomas Birkby House has to offer (previous post of the photo booth blocked everything!).

My favorite part out of all of this is Dan’s reaction to how Kim looks.  I love how in the fourth photo down (third photo in the final sequence) that he’s actually making an “Ooooooh, you look gooood!” remark!  So hilarious and fun.  I just love moments like these.

Stay tuned for more of Kim and Dan next week!

The OFFICIAL first look:

And here’s the whole sequence that I just love! (Click to view larger!)

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

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Kim and Dan’s Photo Booth – Leesburg, Virginia Wedding

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Posted in General, Photo Booth

This past weekend I had the pleasure of photographing Kim and Dan’s wedding, two very good friends of mine!  We met almost a year ago, just before I took their engagement photos in Riverbend Park, and I have been eagerly awaiting their wedding ever since!

Well, I knew early on that Kim and Dan wanted a photo booth at their wedding, and I was very excited to incorporate that on their big day!  Mike was nice enough to head up the photo booth for me while I ran around taking the wedding photos at the lovely Thomas Birkby House.  I think the results were fantastic, as Kim and Dan’s guests were more than happy to indulge in some fun photos with props!  Below are a few photos from the event, but if you’d like to see the whole gallery on Facebook, you’re more than welcome to here, or if you were a guest of the wedding and wish to see them without the watermark, you may go here and request your gallery password.  Enjoy!

For more information on having a photo booth at your wedding, simply write to lisa@lisaboggsphotography.com.  Also, please stay tuned for Kim and Dan’s sneak peeks!

Lisa

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September 1, 2010 - 1:00 pm

Jason - I love it Lisa! This looks like it was so much fun!

September 1, 2010 - 1:17 pm

Lisa - thanks so much, jason! it was a blast!

September 1, 2010 - 1:22 pm

Courtney - Yes! Those are awesomely fantastic!!

September 1, 2010 - 2:36 pm

Christin - These look amazing! Nice work Team Boggs!

September 1, 2010 - 8:10 pm

Chris - I love the snazzy background and mustaches!

September 1, 2010 - 11:24 pm

Cindy - What a great idea ! Fabulous Fun !

September 3, 2010 - 10:59 am

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Lisa Boggs and the Ninja Squirrels

Thursday, August 26, 2010 Posted in General, Northern Virginia, Personal

Ninja squirrels.  If you haven’t seen them yourself, you more than likely have heard of them.  They are not ordinary squirrels, mind you.  They are the types of squirrels that do anything for food.  Anything.  They plague the yards of millions of people every year.  If I had to throw out a statistic based on zero facts, I’d say ninja squirrels occupy the yards of 72% of North American households.  That, my friends, is a lot of ninja squirrels.

Today my ninja squirrels were up to their old tricks again on our bird feeder.  I thought the semi-invisible wire that holds our feeder would keep those silly squirrels guessing for years.  But no.  They’re ninja squirrels, so they figured out in a few months that the semi-invisible wire was actually something they could climb down.  Adjacent to the feeder is a bird bath that is empty most of the time unless I put water or food in it.  Anywho, I’m just going to narrate what happened in the photos I took because it’s really hilarious.  It involves ninja squirrel no. 1, and ninja squirrel no. 2.  Here goes (narration under each photo):

“Look at meeeeeeeeeeee!  I’m ninja squirrel no. 1!  I’m dangling from from yo bird feeder!  See my epic ninja moves?  I cling to yo feeder with my crazy claws and then drop this seed down fo myself and the other ninja squirrels to eat!  Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah!  Take THAT!”

“Sometimes I don’t care about the other ninja squirrels, and I just cling to yo feeder and eat the bird seed all by myself.  I got game!  Look at my back legs!  Don’t think I couldn’t karate chop yo face!  I could!  Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah!  Hey…wait…what’s that noise…wha…WHA?………”

“NINJA SQUIRREL NO. 2!  What are you DOING?!!!  This is MY turf, boyyyyyyyyy!  You don’t know how to jump into that bird bath!  WHAT THE CUSS?!!!  YOU’RE RUINING THE MISSIOOOOOOONNNNNN!!!!!!!”

“ABORT MISSSSSIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!”

Lisa

Disclaimer: No ninja squirrels were injured for the creation of this photographic sequence.  All ninja squirrels are alive and well, and hopefully will be back for future blog posts.

P.S.  I am now excepting new names for Ninja Squirrel No. 1 and Ninja Squirrel No. 2.  Please feel free to leave suggestions in the comments!

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August 26, 2010 - 1:18 pm

Nicole - I don’t know why, but I think their names should be Tanto (TOHNtow) and Tito. (Via Wikipedia: Tanto: a fixed-blade knife of Japanese origin, i.e., a Japanese squirrel warrior. It fits).

August 26, 2010 - 2:07 pm

Sarah - Their widdle feets! And their widdle bums! They are leaping! They are flying! Bah! I love this! And I love you! Lisa Boggs Photography for the win!

August 26, 2010 - 3:38 pm

Kathy Dvorak - Great photos! We feel our Ninja squirrels are bigger than yours
because ours eat Chewie’s dog bones. Names for yours:
I really like Fred and Harry but who knows if they are guys.
Maybe like the 007 movies from “Live and let Die”. Karate chop and those 5-6 pt. stars they throw…I’ll work on it.

Johanna and Bobby’s West Virginia Wedding – Sneak Peek!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Posted in General, Travel, Weddings, West Virginia

I recently had the opportunity to travel to the Glade Springs Resort in Daniels, West Virginia to shoot Johanna and Bobby’s wedding!  I was pumped for this wedding for a number of reasons.  One was because I got to travel through West Virginia, which was, absolutely hands down, some of the prettiest mountain landscape I had seen in a while!  Two was because I knew I’d get to see the bride and groom hitch a ride in a helicopter (Bobby is a helicopter pilot!).  Yay!  I was super excited on the day of to get started, and was blown away by how gorgeous some of Johanna and Bobby’s details were in the wedding!  I had not seen peacock features used in a wedding to date, nor had I seen them incorporated with these beautiful rustic branches intertwined in the floral arrangements!  As you’ll see I got a bit carried away with some detailed shots, but only because they looked amazing!  Johanna also used the peacock green throughout the attire, including green in her dress, the bridesmaids dresses and the groomsmen ties.  The event was beautiful, and I couldn’t have asked for a better wedding!  I want to extend a huge thank you to the Johanna and Bobby’s bridesmaids and groomsmen, who were incredibly helpful to me during the photo taking process (they moved chairs for me!  SO nice!).  Also, many thanks to Johanna and Bobby for inviting me all the way to West Virginia to be part of their special occasion.  You guys are the best and I hope you enjoy the photos below!

Bobby didn’t actually fly the helicopter for their 10 minute fly by…he was on the other side of Johanna!

Johanna and Bobby flying over their wedding guests:

Cool couple shot after the helicopter landed:

Did I mention…candy apples?  :)

The couple listening to their love story:

The brother of the bride bowing after catching the garter!  Now THAT was a first!  Ha ha!

Thanks for looking everyone!

Love,

Lisa

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August 25, 2010 - 6:42 pm

Kim - I love seeing all of the creative details of this wedding! Fantastic theme, Johanna and Bobby. And, as always, amazing shooting, Lisa :)

August 26, 2010 - 8:28 pm

Bill Whitt - Fantastic shots! Love the B&W table setting and the closeup of the peacock feather with the sky in the background. Very impressive.

Rachel and Ryan’s McLean Virginia Wedding – Sneak Peek – Part II!

Friday, August 20, 2010 Posted in General, Northern Virginia, Weddings

Alrighty folks, get ready for some party photos!  As promised from my Part I blog post, here are the photos from Rachel and Ryan’s reception at the Springfield Golf and Country Club!  The best part about this reception is that there was absolutely never a dull moment.  Everyone was so high energy and so excited to be part of this special occasion, and it really shows in the photos!  From the couple’s first dance, to the dudes chillin’ on the balcony with cigars, to Ryan breakin’ it down in his own dance, the emotion was always high!  I love that!  I hope you feel like you were right there in the celebration with Ryan, Rachel, their family and friends.  Enjoy!

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

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