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Borrowed & Blue is one of those websites that you can get lost in. It is so deep, and a great resource for brides planning weddings in any one of the 4 local areas they cover. I love it because their photos are big and they have a totally different format than most wedding blogs. […]

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I met Cheka and Michael outside the Ronald Reagan Building on the corner of 13th and Penn. I had to follow my google maps and ask a few security guards to point me in the right direction. [I’m so not a city girl.] I knew I’d be looking for a girl in a party dress, […]

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Sometimes I wonder if God tickles us. Before you click away, just hear me out. Have you ever been so joy filled that you laugh? Out loud? You’re heart starts to pound, you smile, you’re wiggly, and you know that there is a higher power at work. Not because you can prove it, but because […]

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“The entire Campaña family!” I shouted above the excitement. The sanctuary of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church was buzzing because the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Campaña had married Nic only minutes earlier. “Is this your first cuban wedding?” One of the guests, and member of the family asked me, slightly smiling. Yes. […]

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“Joy wants to know if you’ll shoot her wedding,” is the question I got from my best friend [sister in law of the newly engaged Joy]. Honored? Stoked? Blessed? Those were a few words that came to mind. So there we were. June 4th I’d be in Abbeville, South Carolina with one of my favorite […]

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Yea. You’re gonna love these. Coming soon…

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I found myself crying. Steven Curtis Chapman’s Cinderella was playing and I’m driving to the first wedding of the season. “Ok, get it together.” But when it was time for the father-daughter dance, the same song came on. And I teared up something fierce. The wind was blowing and the clouds were dancing around the […]

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I’d like to welcome a new little guy to my gear bag. He sits beside my two favorites: 50mm and 135mm. He is a tool I have been hoping to get my hands on for the past few months. Even though I only plan to pull him out only for a few shots, he is […]

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I am so proud and humbled to announce that Jacqueline’s beautiful Maryland wedding has caught more attention. Hitched, a couture wedding boutique in Georgetown is featuring her wedding and her photography today and tomorrow! They had such kind things to say about Alisandra Photography, and I am so thankful! I have not met any of […]

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