Strong Mansion is the kind of place you notice before you have even reached the front steps. The house sits above Sugarloaf Mountain, surrounded by gardens, old stone, and trees that make the whole property feel tucked away.
Kwame and Christine married there on a warm afternoon in June. Pastel flowers framed the ceremony, guests gathered in the garden, and dinner was set beneath the trees.
A June garden wedding
Most of the day, I simply followed what was already happening. The flower pillars around the ceremony. The champagne tower catching the afternoon light. Guests settling into dinner as the shadows grew longer across the tables.
We stepped away for portraits wherever the grounds gave us a little room, then Kwame and Christine went back to their people and the day carried on.
Strong Mansion is close enough to Washington and Baltimore to make things easy for guests, but once you arrive, it feels much farther away. For a few hours, it was just the gardens, the people they loved, and the wedding happening in front of us.