Here are some tips on how to help your photographer get the best photos from your wedding day. You can affect the outcome by spending some time during your planning process to work through how you want to get the photos you want done. What do you think photographer friends? Do you have other tips?
I am pleased to announce that Event Accomplished is honored to be selected as one of the best Wedding Planners in the Washington, DC area by Washingtonian Bride & Groom Magazine! Thank you to all those who voted for us and for all the support our clients and our event partners have provided us in the past 12 years. — Vicky
Happy Wednesday, everyone! One of the first tasks you will tackle is finding a venue to host your wedding. Here is an updated listing of some of the venues in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia where we have either coordinated weddings or have visited since 2008. While this is not a list of all the possible venues in this area, we hope you find this useful as a starting point! — Vicky
Virginia
Hendry House, Arlington (real wedding)
Westwood Country Club, Vienna (real wedding)
Sunset Crest Manor, Chantilly (real wedding)
Chrysalis Winery, Middleburg (real wedding)
The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner (real event)
Sunset Hills Vineyard, Purcellville (real wedding)
Rust Manor, Leesburg
Trummers on Main, Clifton
The Lorien Hotel, Alexandria
Clarendon Ballroom, Arlington (real wedding 1, real wedding 2, real wedding 3, real wedding 4, real wedding 5, real wedding 6, real wedding 7, real wedding 8)
Whitehall Manor, Bluemont (real wedding 1, real wedding 2)
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna (real wedding 1, real wedding 2, real wedding 3)
Washington Golf & Country Club, Arlington (real wedding, real wedding, real wedding)
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Old Town, Alexandria (real wedding)
River Farm, Alexandria (real wedding 1, real wedding 2, real wedding 3, real wedding 4, real wedding 5, real wedding 6)
2941 Restaurant, Falls Church (real wedding 1, real wedding 2)
Fort Belvoir Officers Club, Ft. Belvoir (real wedding)
Hollin Hall, Alexandria (real wedding)
Thomas Birkby House, Leesburg (real wedding)
Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church (real wedding)
Signature Theatre Arlington (Arlington/Shirlington)
West Belmont Place (Lansdowne)
Top of the Town, Arlington (real wedding, real wedding)
Middleburg Community Center, Middleburg (summer wedding and fall wedding)
George Washington Masonic Memorial Alexandria (real wedding)
International Country Club, Fairfax (real wedding)
Foxchase Manor Manassas (real wedding)
Mount Vernon Inn Alexandria (real wedding)
Khimaira Farm Luray
Westfields Marriott, Chantilly (real Indian wedding)
Army Navy Country Club (Arlington, VA)
Artisphere, Arlington, VA
Lyon Hall, Arlington (real wedding)
Salamander Resort, Middleburg, VA (real wedding)
Riverside on the Potomac, Leesburg, VA (real wedding)
The Boars Head Inn, Charlottesville
Hilton Washington Dulles Airport Hotel, Herndon, VA
Briar Patch Bed & Breakfast, Middleburg, VA
Bull Run Golf Club, Haymarket, VA (real wedding)
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel, Arlington, VA (real wedding coming soon)
Sheraton Tysons Hotel, McLean, VA (real wedding coming soon)
Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA (real wedding coming soon)
The State Theatre, Falls Church, VA (real wedding coming soon)
Lyon Park Community Center, Arlington, VA (real wedding)
Lansdowne Resort, Leesburg, VA (real wedding coming soon)
Maryland
Strong Mansion, Dickerson (real wedding)
Gaylord National, National Harbor (real wedding)
Silver Spring Civic Center, Silver Spring (real wedding)
Woodend Sanctuary, Chevy Chase
Marriott Bethesda North, Rockville (real Indian wedding)
Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort, Cumberland
Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo (real wedding 1, real wedding 2)
Newton White Mansion, Mitchellville
Oxon Hill Manor, Oxon Hill (real wedding)
Glenview Mansion, Rockville (real wedding)
Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts “VisArts”, Rockville
Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown
Rockwood Manor, Potomac (real wedding)
Volt Restaurant, Frederick (real wedding)
Strathmore Music Center, North Potomac (real wedding)
Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Solomons (real wedding)
Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina, Cambridge, MD
Celebrations at the Bay, Pasadena, MD (real wedding)
Washington, DC
Josephine Butler Park Center (real wedding)
Newseum (real wedding 1, real wedding 2)
Ronald Reagan International Trade Center (real wedding, real wedding)
101 Constitution (real wedding)
The City Tavern Club (real wedding)
American Museum of Women in the Arts (real wedding)
Omni Shoreham Hotel (real wedding 1, real wedding 2, real wedding 3, real wedding 4)
Sequoia Restaurant (real wedding)
Meridian House (real wedding, real wedding, real wedding, real wedding, real wedding, real wedding)
Tregaron/Washington International School (real wedding)
Park Hyatt Hotel (real wedding)
Georgetown Marriott (real wedding)
American News Womens Club (real wedding)
Hotel Monaco (real wedding, real wedding)
Carnegie Library (real wedding)
Mayflower Hotel (real wedding coming soon)
Carnegie Institute of Science (real wedding, real wedding)
National Press Club (real wedding)
Eastern Market North Hall (real wedding)
Four Seasons Georgetown
Daughters of the American Revolution