This wedding was extra special for me to photograph because the bride - who is also named Melanie - and I have been best friends since we were four years old. From the moment Melanie introduced me to her then boyfriend Shane, I had a hunch they would walk down the aisle together; they just seemed to “radiate” happiness when they were around each other. With Shane being from Texas and Melanie hailing from Virginia - the couple chose a Western theme. The bride and groom got ready at the St. Regis in Tysons Corner, Virginia, tied the knot at Oakton’s United Methodist Church, and held their reception at Historic Blenheim in Fairfax.