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Lisa Boggs is a Three-Time Fearless Photographers Award Winner!

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Say whaaaaaaat?!  I won some awards?!  It's true!  Last year I decided to take the plunge and start entering some of my wedding photos into competitions, my first competition being with Fearless Photographers.  I cannot even begin to explain how intimidating Fearless Photographers is to me.  Each and every image I've ever seen from this group of photographers has floored me!  So, needless to say, I never thought in a million years I could win anything with it.  Plus, the odds are not fabulous...each image I submit has less than a 1% chance of receiving an award.  And those odds are only getting harder!  Eeek! Anyway, as luck would have it, I nabbed three awards, one each in Collections 20, 21 and 22!  I screamed like a maniac each time I received one and I'm convinced Penny the Dog thinks I was possessed each time.  But hey, what're ya gonna do?  :)  Here are the photos that won with little mini descriptions about the the photographs underneath:

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"This was one of those photographs where you had to be right there in the action to get it in time! I was already following the best man and his girlfriend quite closely, as they had a ton of energy and were dancing wildly on the dance floor. In a span of seconds, I saw the girlfriend jump up on the best man, wrap her legs around him and then he proceeded to spin her around in the middle of the dance floor! I'm still not quite sure how I got this shot as the best man did not spin his girlfriend for long, but I'm so happy I did. It's a really fun, sexy, dynamic shot with lots of color and movement. Plus, I absolutely love the way the girlfriends hair looks in this photo. It's definitely a favorite reception photo of mine!"

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"My couple happened to be dentists (who even met at dental school) and they incorporated the teeth/dental theme throughout their wedding. I had conjured up a few ideas before the wedding that had the same motif, but when I saw that my couple had floss favors at their candy table (so cute, right?) I knew I had to take a photo of them flossing together. So, after my bride changed dresses for the evening, I had my couple head into the bathroom for the flossing photo. The best part about this shot, besides it being completely silly, was that they really did floss their teeth and thanked me for having them do so. Apparently they needed a good flossing and didn't know it!"

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"When I found out that my couple owned a 1965 Plymouth Fury, I just had to photograph them in it! I envisioned the groom in the driver's seat with the bride behind him and their hands clasped together outside of their windows (focusing on the hands with the couple slightly blurred in the background). I have to admit, it wasn't the most natural of poses, but once I put them there, it just worked. We were in an average neighborhood, so to make the photo more visually appealing, I crouched down on the ground and shot up toward them. I was very pleased with the result and it's one of my favorite couples portraits I've ever taken!"

Here's hoping I can nab a few more Fearless Photographers awards this year, but with so much talent to compete with, it's going to be really tough to do!  At any rate, I'll just keep pushing myself to try new things and continue grow as a photographer and a person.  That's the very best I can do!

Thanks so much for reading!

Lisa

P.S.  To view my Fearless Photographers profile, just go here!  Thanks!

Featured - Junebug Weddings Honorable Mention - Hilarious Engagement Photos!

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I was ridiculously excited yesterday to learn that one of my images of Jessica and Seth won a Best of the Best Honorable Mention award from Junebug Weddings!  Junebug Weddings just recently launched their Best of the Best Engagement Photos contest, and when I got wind of it, I knew I had to enter.  I admit out of thousands of photos entered into Junebug, I kept my expectations very low.  However, I was super delighted when they informed me of this honorable mention win yesterday afternoon! Here's the photo of Jessica and Seth that won:

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Below is how the photo appeared on their website!  You can also click to view Junebug's full post here, and I highly recommend viewing the 51 winning photos who were the very Best of the Best!  It's such a beautiful collection!

Thanks so much, Junebug Weddings!

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Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Lisa Boggs Photography's Most Inspiring 2011 Couple

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2011 was an amazing year.  I got to work with so many incredible people and photograph in some really gorgeous places.  However, according to a few blogs out there, there seems to be a unanimous consensus as to which couple was the most inspiring in 2011.  That award goes to Briean and Casey. First of all, Briean and Casey's sailboat engagement session reigned as one of Bayside Bride's favorites of 2011.  They said, "Briean & Casey’s engagement session is one of our favorite nautical combinations of love & pure eye candy! Filled with stunning sailboats, a super sweet couple, and candid smiles that are nearly infectious – this engagement is one of our favorites!"  You can check out Bayside Bride's other favorites of 2011 here.

However, nothing could have prepared me for the Washingtonian to publish Briean and Casey's Hurricane Irene wedding again  in their "Top 10 Favorite Wedding Stories of 2011."  Here's what they said about the natural disaster wedding, "The real wedding that received the most hits in 2011 was Briean and Casey’s Hurricane Irene celebration. This couple made the best of the situation, breaking out brightly hued umbrellas and yellow raincoats and having an amazing time."  You can read more about their top 10 favorites (oh yeah, did I mention the royal wedding was included in this list?  Because it was!) right here, or scroll down to view it on this page!

Many thanks goes to my amazingly inspirational couple, Briean and Casey.  Also, thank you so much to Bayside Bride and the Washingtonian for highlighting this incredible couple.  You all rule!  :)

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Style Me Pretty Features Lisa Boggs Photography!

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So a few months back, my lovely bride, Brandy, wanted to submit her wedding to Style Me Pretty.  I was completely up for the challenge, so she compiled all of the info and I polished off all of the photos, and BAM!  We submitted it!  And within a few short days, Style Me Pretty accepted the submission, and a few months later published it on their national blog.  How exciting is that?!  I can't tell you how cool it was to see my images (Who, me?  Lisa Boggs?  Where?) on a wedding blog of that caliber.  SO FREAKING COOL!  And of course Brandy did such a great job with her write-up and list of vendors.  So, just scroll down and see for yourself how it looks!  If you want to see the original post, just click on the screen capture I made and that will take you to Style Me Pretty.  Also, Brandy's original wedding blog post on THIS blog is right here.  :) Thank you Brandy and Style Me Pretty!  You guys rule!

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

The Washingtonian Features Lisa Boggs Photography!

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I am beyond thrilled to announce that my most recent wedding of Briean and Casey was just published in the Washingtonian!  Squee!  Right after Briean and Casey's wedding I knew someone would want to cover it.   It took place on Saturday, August 27th in the middle of Hurricane Irene (and I know most weddings in the area were cancelled because of the hurricane).  Photographed at National Harbor, my husband and I were still able to get the photographs that Briean envisioned for her big day...even in a hurricane!  I cannot thank the Washingtonian enough for writing about Briean and Casey and posting some of my images.  I am so thrilled with the whole experience (if you know me well, you know I like extreme weather, so this really fit!), and I thank everyone who was an encouragement to me right before this wedding!  Many thanks to Briean and Casey for entrusting me with their photos (and their lives!) during Hurricane Irene! Below are the screen captures, but to read the article on the Washingtonian, just go here:

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

 

Published Work of Lisa Boggs Photography!

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This year has been a great year for Lisa Boggs Photography in terms of being published on a few different sites!  One site that's near and dear to my heart is, of course, United with Love, which is a DC-Area blog launched in 2010 (and it has been amazingly successful with DC brides-to-be!).  They were so kind to feature me last year here and here, and included me this year in a feature series they did on DC-Area wedding photographers (aka, Photography Week)!  Every bride still on the hunt for a photographer should read that whole series! UWL is a great resource for all brides-to-be, so definitely check it out if you're looking for vendors!  Anywho, here's a screen shot below from where they quoted me (click for full post):

Next up is an even newer blog to the DC-Area called Bayside Bride!  They're  an Annapolis and Chesapeake Bay Area dedicated blog that love to post everything nautical!  So when I submitted my sailboat-themed engagement session with Briean and Casey, they jumped on it!  Here's the screen capture (click for full post):

And lastly, national blog Elizabeth Anne Designs just featured Brooke and Aaron's vintage book-themed wedding on their site, which was incredibly awesome!  Many thanks to Ami for the feature and to A Sweet Soiree for the amazing planning of that wedding (which made it gorgeously publishable!).  Here's the screen capture (click for full post):

Many thanks to all of my clients and vendors who have all had a hand in these publishing opportunities.  It would not have been possible without you!  Of course, the year isn't over with yet and I'm excited for some other publishing opportunities that appear on the horizon for Lisa Boggs Photography!  So definitely check back to see what we're up to!

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa