Peter Bang Photography : Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia Wedding Photographer

Moving my blog!

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Hey all you faithful readers! I have a new home for my blog.

All new blog posts will be on http://www.peterbangsblog.com so please head on over.

Also check out my new photography tips for beginners blog - http://www.photographytipscorner.com

Thank you!

Mary & Paul : Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:59:00 +0000

What a wedding and what a couple! Mary and Paul had an intimate wedding with their loved ones and it was so full of emotions. There were many tears and laughter, and it was great to see two large families unite. And when I say large families, I'm talking Mary and Paul are both one of 12 children. And Mary has 11 brothers! Ha! Props to Paul for winning over all the brothers in order to marry Mary!

I know of Paul Rogers because he happens to be an awesome videographer who used to work for David Jay and now does his own work at Photographer's Reel. But it wasn't until my friend Kristen Leigh referred Paul to me that I got to connect with him over the phone and was given the opportunity to document his wedding. So thanks Kristen and Paul! Be sure to check out the sweet engagement session Kristen did with them the day before the wedding.

And special thanks to my friend Paul Kim who came to shoot with me.

Congratulations Mary and Paul!

Paul had a sweet note with flowers delivered to Mary before the ceremony.

And of course Mary loved it:)

Here we go. Here are Mary's brothers marching in.

What a funny moment when one of Mary's younger brothers changed out of his tux and ran across the front shirt-less straight to his mom saying "mommy!" during an open mic time during the reception.

We went down the road during the golden hour for a nice photo session for them. The lighting was perfect as the sun was setting. It was a perfect way to end the wedding!

Stella & Nelson : Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:01:00 +0000

Oh boy, oh boy! I had such a great time last weekend documenting Stella and Nelson's wedding. We had so much fun during their engagement shoot couple months ago but the wedding was even better! It was great meeting their super nice family and many of their friends, including the bridal party!

I was so grateful to have my friends Megan Beth and Paul Barrios come shoot with me.

There are a lot of images I wanted to share with you so I'm including a slideshow with extra photos. A crazy fun picture of YOU dancing might be in the slideshow so check it out ;)

Congratulations Stella and Nelson! Love you guys!

Stella & Nelson : Wedding Slideshow from Peter Bang on Vimeo.

Here's Stella's dog looking all sweet but she almost bit me here ;)

Yup, he cried first!

Stella's parents are great and her dad was had a lot of fun on the dance floor, haha!

newborn portraits : Megan Russell Photography

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:26:00 +0000

We had the privileged of having Megan Russell take newborn portraits of our boy last week and we love them!

I knew I'm so not good at taking newborn portraits, and after observing how Megan does it I'm not even going to attempt anymore ;) I loved how she was patient, gentle and took time to connect with the baby by holding him and posing him just right etc. It must come from being a mom of four!

Anyways, wedding photos? Bring it on! Newborn pics? I have plenty of friend who specializes in those...including Megan Russell Photography.

Here are couple shots I grabbed from her blog but go check out the rest on her blog!
Thank you so much Megan!

Here are a couple behind the scene shots I took during the session.

Renee & Jerry : Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:22:00 +0000

Renee and Jerry (a.k.a. Del) were so relaxed and seemed to enjoy every moment of their wedding day. Renee had scheduled the day in such a way that no one was in a time crunch which made it enjoyable for everyone.

We even had more than an hour to get away for some photos before the reception. So we headed over to Glenview Mansion in Rockville for photos. Despite the hot and humid weather I think we ended up with some nice images for Renee and Jerry.

It was also fun to see most of the guests dancing and having a good time on the dance floor. I found myself having to resist the urge to dance cause I gotta job to do but I still had fun;)

Once again, thanks to Jenny James and Paul Barrios for coming out to shoot. You two were a great help!

Congratulations Renee and Jerry!

Melody & Preston : Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:48:00 +0000

I had the honor of documenting Melody and Preston's wedding this past weekend in Washintgon DC. It was a blast capturing them because their love for each other was so evident throughout the day, and they were natural in front of the camera. I especially loved it that they wanted to go to the U.S. Capitol building and to the National Cathedral for photos.

Thank you so much for letting me be a part of your big day!

And special thanks to Jenny James and Paul Barrios for coming out to shoot with me!

Baby Bang #3 is here!

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:58:00 +0000

For those of you who missed all the twitter and facebook updates, our newest baby Isaiah Jude was born yesterday!

After tricking us and teasing us he decided to come on our 7th wedding anniversary ;) It was a very special day, and it was a great gift to us. We're thanking God that he's a healthy baby and eating and sleeping well so far.

For those who commented and congratulated us on twitter and facebook, thank you all! I appreciate you rejoicing with us and celebrating with us!

And a special thanks to our friend Jaime Easson who rushed over in the morning! Here's a short version of how it went down. While wifey was having contractions we called my mother-in-law so that she can come watch the kids. Well, soon after that wifey felt like she had to push so we couldn't wait until my mother-in-law got here. So I called Jaime and minutes later she was at our house with her own 8 month old baby boy to release us to rush to the hospital. What a servant and our hero! We got to the hospital at 8:35 a.m. and the baby came out at 9:06 a.m. Oh yeah, it was nuts!

He's a sweet boy and definitely more meaty than our other two kiddos as a newborn. Love him!

Below are some photos from Day 1 and click here to see some more on Flickr.

She's such sweet little girl! She was so happy to see his little brother held him for a long time and even hummed lullabies to him.

Summer time fun

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:59:00 +0000

No baby #3 yet so we're just waiting. Thanks for all the emails, phone calls, facebook message and asking. Trust me, I won't leave you in the dust.

Lord willing after I cut the umbilical cord, thank God, rejoice, give wifey and baby a kiss and wipe my tears I'll twitter it.

I just wanted to share some pics from the other night. We took the kiddos to eat yogiberry then had them run around for a while. I love my kiddos!

Btw, we went to the yogiberry in Olney because it's a little closer and I wanted to take pictures on the little hill near it. But what's the deal with them not turning the A/C on in the middle of summer? It's always like that there. If you want a better experience, the yogiberry in Rockville is brigther, cleaner and cooler.

I posted more photos on flickr too!

Bo & Kevin : Wedding Slideshow

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:58:00 +0000

Here's a slideshow of Bo & Kevin's wedding from last month! I hope you enjoy it!

Bo & Kevin : Wedding from Peter Bang on Vimeo.

Our girly : 4th Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:29:00 +0000

While I lived in Korea having the last name "Bang" was never a big deal. In fact, Bang isn't a common last name and in Korean history Bang was a common last name among peasants unlike royal families who had last names like "Kim" and "Lee". Nobody really cares anymore so no big deal.

After I came back to the U.S. my last name started growing on me. All my high school coaches and some friends called me "Bang-Bang", and most friends liked the sound of "Peter Bang". I thought to myself cool! I have a name people can easily remember.

Then I when I entered the working world I realized people often don't think someone really has a last name Bang. So I would get mail and fax sent to Peter Pan, Peter Ban, Peter Bank, Peter Chang and this is the best...Peter B. They were probably thinking what? Bang? no. Oh well, I'll just put down Peter B.

Since then when I'm on the phone sensing the other person is unsure I always say, "Bang! as in BANG! BANG!" It works.

Anyway, my point in all of that was to say God has a really great sense of humor. Because my first child was born on the 4th of July! Her due date was actually July 11 so were getting ready to have fun with 7-Eleven but she came early to come out on the 4th. I think that's so fun. Our 4th of July weekends are always going to be extra special.

Well we celebrated her 4th birthday on July 4th, and we had a great time with family and friends. She is growing really fast and I even joked on my twitter on her birthday that I'm gonna get a shotgun and start cleaning it.

She is turning into such a sweet and mature girl already, and I love her so much and I am so grateful for her.

Here are a couple of pictures, and I dumped a bunch of photos on flickr.

Here's my boy picking the sprinkles.

Baby #3 is coming soon!

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:45:00 +0000

**UPDATE**
If you haven't heard it was a false alarm! The baby totally faked us out. So different from our last two kiddos. Anyhow, I ain't saying or posting anything until the baby is out now ;) So stay tuned...
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Just wanted to let you know in case you haven't been keeping up on twitter or facebook that baby #3 is getting ready come out. At least we think so. This one is confusing us unlike our first two kids but I'll keep you posted. I'm praying for a healthy baby and a healthy wifey!

Please pray for us!

For the latest follow me on twitter or on facebook.

Gemma & Erick : Engagement

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:10:00 +0000

This past weekend I met up with Gemma and Erick in D.C. for an engagement session. We had a lot of fun hitting up some of their hangout spots that are meaningful to them. Here are some images from our time together.

Naanjie & Kip : Engagement

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:38:00 +0000

Kip contacted me few months ago because even though he wasn't engaged yet he was planning on proposing while Naanjie was visiting the States and he wanted to do an engagement session before she went back to Kenya.

So Kip proposed to Naanjie this past Sunday, and I could sense their excitement throughout the whole shoot. They were so into each other and natural in front of the camera, and we had a great time walking around Old Town Alexandria for this shoot.

And Naanjie this one is for you ;)

Annie & Joe : Bridal Session

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:00:00 +0000

My buddy Paul Kim invited me out to Annie and Joe's Bridal session at the beatiful Oatland's Garden few weeks ago.

Annie and Joe were such a fun couple to shoot and I wish them the best as they are now married! Here's the link to Paul's bridal session post and wedding post.

And here's Paul Kim in action.

Father's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:39:00 +0000

Wifey started a tradition few years ago of doing a Father's Day picnic. She makes this Cobb Salad Wrap with blue cheese dressing, potato salad and some kind of yummy dessert.

We went on the picnic couple days before Father's Day since on the actual day we had a crab feast with the family!

It's such a blessing to have a wonderful wifey and lovely kiddos we adore. Baby #3 is coming real soon and the excitement continues as we're not finding out whether it's a boy or a girl.

Little Super Strawberry eater

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Our little boy loves strawberries so last week we went strawberry picking.
Our little boy had a great time and our girly not so much...

I snapped some pics and watched our kiddos while the prego wifey did the picking.

The strawberries weren't as good as the last two years for some reason but still good. Wifey made a strawberry bread that was delicious.

Bo & Kevin : Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:04:00 +0000

I've been looking forward to this wedding not only because Bo is my wifey's cousin, but because Bo and Kevin asked our kiddos to be a flower girl and a ring boy.

I must say the day went smoothly, and it was a happy day for Bo and Kevin! Congratulations to you two, and I look forward to hanging out together.

BTW, wifey and I were so pleased that our kiddos did a great job walking down the aisle and didn't ruin the wedding ;)

Also a big thanks to Paul Kim for coming out to shoot the wedding with me.

Jump on it! Jump on it!

And here are some photos from the Korean PaeBaek ceremony they held a few weeks ago.

Bahamas 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:01:00 +0000

I returned just few days ago from a week long video shoot in Nassau, Bahamas with my friends Citygate Films, Vinegar Hill Picture Works and Drew Painter. We were filming a documentary on a church in Nassau for Sovereign Grace Ministries.

The trip was amazing. We were pulling long days of shoots so we didn't get to hit the beach during the day at all but just being there alone and doing what we love is unbeatable.

You might think Bahamas is all about the beautiful beaches and the Atlantis resort or something similar to it but we definitely got to see the non-beautiful side of the island.

If you know me you'd know that I'd pretty much eat anything so I was excited to eat what the locals eat. That's why I like watching Bizzare Foods with Andrew Zimmern and No Reservation with Anthony Bourdain on the Travel Channel. So one of the favorite parts of the trip was experiencing local cuisine and let me tell you...another week there and I would have become a Bahamian.

I had Conch in all different ways. Cracked(Fried) Conch, Grilled Conch, Conch Fritters, Conch Salad, peas and rice, grouper, and this local drink called Vita Malt. Everyone hated it except for me and Drew. Carolyn has a pic of me eating conch salad on her blog.

I have so many pictures to show so I just made a slideshow without music so that you can play your own music and look through them at your own pace.

Big ups to the church in Bahamas and Pastor Cedric Moss for their hospitality and big ups to Carolyn McCulley of Citygate Films for being an amazing director/producer and assembling an amazing crew to work with.

Here are few shots to give you a little taste. And look through the slideshow at the end if you'd like.

Here's the gang that I traveled with. Dave Altrogge of Vinegar Hill in the hat, Carolyn McCulley of Citygate Fillms, Drew Painter in the bottom left and Mike Hartnett of Vinegar Hill in the green shirt.

This photos was taken early on in our trip when we were aimlessly driving around not quite lost but almost. We were told later by some locals that it wasn't the wisest thing that we drove through and even got out of our car.

Early morning shoot.

Probably one of my favorite spots. A conch market right by the water. This guy is making a conch salad.

This was on our last night of our trip walking around the Atlantis resort. It was super nice and they had this huge aquarium with sharks and sting rays.

And here's the slideshow below. Almost 400 pics. yikes!

Doctor Fisher : Headshots

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:42:00 +0000

While my brother-in-law, aka Dr. Fisher was in town couple weekends ago for work he wanted to get some headshots so we had fun coming up with various looks for him along with some classic ones.

He started a blog to provide some resources for health tips so head on over to www.doctorfisher.com

Here's Dr. David Fisher.

Stella & Nelson : Engaged!

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:26:00 +0000

Stella, Nelson and I got together this weekend for an engagement shoot in Annapolis, Maryland and the three of us had a total blast! The weather was perfect, they were looking fabulous and did so well in front of the camera.

I was so grateful that they thought to make dinner reservations at the Chart House. And so we ended the night with a delicious meal to top it off.

Thank you guys so much for a great time and I'm looking forward to your wedding this summer!

Bo & Kevin : Engaged

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:06:00 +0000

So excited for our cousin Bo who's getting married very soon!
Bo and Kevin are both University of Maryland-College Park Alums so they wanted to do their engagement shoot on campus. The campus was such a beautiful place for our shoot and the weather was fantastic.

Here are some images from our time together.

Jeanne & Alton : Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:03:00 +0000

I had the honor of photographing Jeanne and Alton's wedding last weekend in Annapolis, MD. It was such an intimate and lovely wedding with mostly just family members.

The reception was held at the Annapolis Yacht Club and their service was top knotch!

One of the highlights was Jeanne and her son Mike surprised Alton with a special cake made by the Cake Fairy. It was a replica of Alton's race car, BMW 2002. It was definitely cool!

Thank you for having me. It was a pleasure being a part of your special day!

To view more images, click here for the slideshow!

Happy Mother's Day!

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:17:00 +0000

Happy Mother's Day to my beautiful wifey, mom, mother-in-law and all you mommies out there!!!

We had the honor of celebrating it yesterday. My wifey is the best mom to our kiddos!

And here's a wink from my little boy!

Pete Souza : Official White House Photographer

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:25:00 +0000

Here's a CBS news piece on showing a little insight on Pete Souza's life as the official White House photographer.

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Album : Kiss Wedding Books

noreply@blogger.com (Peter Bang) — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:15:00 +0000

I'd like to share with you photos of the album sample I received from Kiss Wedding Books!

The reason why I decided to use them is because they have a great reputation of providing high quality albums with superb service.

Emily from Albumesque designed this layout from my shoot with Chris and Leah and I was quite happy with the design and she was so pleasant to interact with.

Kevin Swan, I don't know you yet but thank you for making Kiss Wedding Books the way it is and I look forward to ordering more albums from you this wedding season!