Daniela + Justin | Manor Country Club Wedding Photos | Rockville, MD

May 19, 2022 Daniela + Justin | Manor Country Club Wedding Photos | Rockville, MD

Daniela and Justin’s wedding celebration this past Sunday at Manor Country Club in Rockville was an absolute blast. It was such an honor to be able to capture their wedding celebration after almost a full year of marriage!

The Couple

Daniela made a terrible first impression on Justin by joining a card game that he was winning, turning it around so that he was losing, and then not even staying to finish the game when her other friends showed up for lunch. To top it off, she forgot his name the next day. But as luck would have it, she finally remembered his name thanks to the help of a mutual friend, and they kept running into each other because of several mutual friends.

One Saturday night, a group of people was playing “Wink” in the campus center. Daniela was competitive and noticed that Justin was pretty good at the game, so she winked at Justin frequently and he was almost always successful at getting to the seat right in front of her. Justin read a little more into it and thought Daniela was trying to flirt subtly. She wasn’t. So when he started flirting back it went way over her head. But he was persistent, and a gentleman, so she eventually figured it out…. OK he kind of had to spell it out for her. But it worked and they started dating. They went through college together, living across the world from each other for a few months, graduations, long distance and finally a big move to be together in Maryland.

September 2020, Daniela was insanely stressed (weren’t we all in 2020?) from having to work in a hospital during a pandemic and desperately needed a vacation. So they planned a trip to Virginia Beach. Little did she know, he had a surprise planned for the trip too. On the very first night they arrived, all excited about the view from the beach front hotel, Justin suggested a walk along the beach. After a little while they reached a spot where it was just the two of them and Justin gave Daniela a letter written in Haitian Creole (which he had been learning for this occasion). She read the front of the letter and when it came time to flip to the back, that was his cue to take a knee and pop the question. And of course, she said yes! The ring was too pretty to say no lol.

The Wedding

Our day started off bright and early at 7:30 AM with Daniela and Justin. And by Daniela and Justin I mean, Daniela and the girls. Justin and the guys were still asleep when Jim arrived at their house for getting ready photos. Meanwhile the girls had already been up for a while doing hair and makeup. Uncool, dudes, uncool.

All jokes aside, this wedding was a blast. I still can’t get over how epic the party was and this was mid-day on a Sunday! You know you’ve got good people when the party is this hoppin’ on a Sunday afternoon.  So many wonderful people, great energy, and an awesome celebration. It’s days like these that I could just relive over and over. Here are just some of my favorites.

Manor Country Club Wedding Photos

Manor Country Club Wedding Vendors

Venue: Manor Country Club
Photographers: Breanna Shaw and Jim Heine, Photography by Brea
Toussaint Productions, The Most Gracious Lady
Charles Drake, Justin’s Grandfather
Sugar Bakers
Manor Country Club
Makeup Artist: Carla Pressley
Lo’Adoro by Rachel Allan
Susan’s Boutique, Georgetown, DE
DIY from Flower Moxie
Zazzle

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  • Joanne
    Posted at 12:15h, 19 May Reply

    Absolutely gorgeous!! You captured the day, and all the special moments, so beautifully!!

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