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Welcome!

Connor Studios is owned and run by Michael Connor and his beautiful wife Nicole and their little ones Grace and Jack.

As one of the leading documentary wedding photographers in the Washington, D.C. area and a photojournalist for The Washington Times, it is with great pleasure that we bring you some of the stories and photographs from our daily lives.

You will see photographs from my life as a wedding photographer, a photojournalist and a new father.  We LOVE when you leave comments!  If you have questions (either as a bride and groom or another photographer) don't hesitate to ask. We love sharing!

Michael grew up in Nebraska (Go Huskers!) and has lived in Sweden, Scotland, Indiana and now makes the Washington, D.C. area his home with his new family

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Connor Studios Awarded Wedding Wire “Bride’s Choice 2010 Award”

We were very honored to be given two awards in the last couple weeks that mean a lot to us because it is our Brides and Grooms nominating us.

First, we received word that we were being awarded the Bride’s Choice Award from Wedding Wire.

Second, we received word from The Knot that we were being given a 2010 Best Of Weddings Award.

Both mean a ton to us because we didn’t know our couples were nominating us.  When people truly love their photographs they like to let others know and we couldn’t receive a better compliment.

Katrina + Isaac | Wedding at the Meridian House

Katrina and Isaac’s wedding was that perfect balance of casual and elegance. The Meridian House is a spectacular location full of old-world elegance in NW D.C. Katrina and Isaac, and their guests, brought a fun and easy-going attitude that made for the perfect evening.

Originally, they wanted to hold there ceremony outside but due to a sub-par Fall, they held it inside instead. It’s one of the few locations where holding it inside is just about as beautiful as outside.  Of course everyone still got to enjoy the back courtyard with over 40 gorgeous Linden trees.  You just don’t see many settings like it anywhere.

One of the special touches was their cake made by Charm City Cakes (Ace of Cakes) to show their home state of Arizona and their new home in Washington.  It was stacked on a set of law books since both Katrina and Isaac are lawyers.  It was a beautiful cake.

Wedding planner Terri Eaves and her crew from Bash pulled off a flawless event and by the look of the dance floor, everyone seemed to have a great time.

Outside of Katrina and Isaac, Isaac’s grandmother was probably my favorite person of the evening.  Perfect combination of sweet and sass.  She was a cool lady and so sweet to Katrina.  One of my favorite photographs is her giving Katrina a kiss before heading off to the ceremony.

Wedding 411:
Wedding Planner: Bash | Terri Eaves | info@bashdc.com | 703.553.4412
Ceremony and Reception Location: Meridian House | Maria Canellis | mcanellis@meridian.org | 202.939.5592
Caterer: Main Event Caterer | Alison Fisher | alison@maineventcaterers.com | 703.220.2028
Cake: Charm City Cakes | Mary Alice | malice@charmcitycakes.com | 410.235.9229
Florist: Philippa Tarrant Floral Design | Philippa Tarrant | flowers@philippatarrant.com | 202.413.8562
Film: Paper Tape Films | Trevor Dauten | info@papertapefilms.com | 480.203.4409
PhotoBooth: Poshbooth | Neil McKinnon | poshbooth@gmail.com | 407.319.2649
DJ: Jan Davis Entertainment | Mike Blaufeld | jdedjmike@aol.com | 703.461.7253
Photography: Connor Studios | Michael Connor and Andrew Harnik | weddings@connorstudios.com | 202.321.1496

After viewing our favorites here, be sure to check out all of their photographs by clicking here.  The password is Katrina’s maiden name (all lower-case).

Now You Know Jack – Our Newest “Hire”

We were happy to meet so many fun brides on Sunday at the Bethesda Bridal Show.  The next day our newest “hire” Jack came into our family.

Connor Studios will be working out of our hospital office until Thursday morning when we all get to go back home.  Jack was 7lbs. 8oz. and just shy of 21 inches long. Grace has been so cute with him but I still think that she doesn’t have a clue that he is coming home!

We couldn’t be happier.  Nicole and Jack are very happy and healthy.

So, now you know Jack.

360 Degree Video From Haiti

CNN put together an awesome video by driving down a street in Haiti.  You can move 360˚ around as they are driving – you feel like you are in a turret gun.

Stay in there till 2:30ish to see them beat the rush hour traffic in a way I have always wanted to.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2010/01/world/haiti.360/index.html?video=haiti.flv

Connor Family 1.9

Just over 20 months ago, our “family” was changed and made better by the presence of our daughter Grace.  On Monday, our family is going to be made whole by the birth of our son (in heated negotiations and a mean game of rock/paper/scissors – best 200 out of 300 at this point – about name!!!).

This was a photograph of Grace on the first day she came into our lives.  (no, that’s not a wig!)  I remember that day and I have to say that I can’t wait to see how beautiful our son will be.

Stay tuned…

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