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Spring Georgetown Engagement Photos

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Say hello to #rehplovebirds, Shani and John!! Shani and John booked their wedding photography with me late last year and it was so fun getting to finally meet them at their spring Georgetown engagements photos session earlier this month. Two Smart Cookies Shani and John are two smart cookies – not just in their careers […]

Capitol Hill Proposal Portraits

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Katie and Luke are engaged!! I’m so excited to share with you Katie and Luke’s Capitol Hill proposal portraits – they are so special! So Excited!! Each of my clients finds me at different stages of their planning process, whether it’s for a proposal, engagement, or wedding. Luke ended up booking his Capitol Hill proposal […]

Spring National Arboretum Engagement Photos

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Ahhh I am so in love with these spring National Arboretum engagement photos! I don’t know what I like best – the much-in-love, smily, silly couple in the photos, or the magical location, or how dedicated these two were to creating a truly wonderful engagement session. How do I choose?! Oh wait, I don’t have […]

Sunny Cherry Blossoms Engagement Session

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I don’t believe in coincidences; I believe that all things are working out for me. When Abby let me know she and her fiancé, Gerry’s Lyft dropped them off in the wrong place for their sunny cherry blossoms engagement session, I flowed with it. I hauled my cookies across the tidal basin to meet them […]

Washington D.C. Engagement Photos – Best of 2018

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Yesterday I shared some of my favorite wedding photography from 2018, and today I’m excited to share my best of Washington D.C. engagement sessions with you! I love engagement sessions so much, y’all! And I’ve really realized that so much more in the past year. Engagement sessions give you the opportunity take photos in your […]

River Farm Engagement Photos

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  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’m one lucky photographer, and the River Farm engagement photos I’m sharing with you today are another wonderful example of why! What I loved about planning Nina and Alex’s session was Nina had such a beautiful vision for their shoot! After she described what she […]

Jones Point Park Engagement Photos

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You guys have seen me write about how I love full circle moments, and today’s Jones Point Park engagement photos post represents a beautiful full circle, which is one reason I’m so excited to share. Anna found me online and when she and I had the chance to talk on the phone, I asked what […]

Old Town Alexandria Wedding Portraits

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Eep! I’m so excited to share these Old Town Alexandria wedding portraits from Alexandria, Virginia, with you today! Not just because the couple in them is beautiful, and the photos themselves are too (if I do say so myself…), but because of the circumstances surrounding the session and how everything worked out. Mari and Ishan […]

Baltimore Engagement Photos – Claire & Corey

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  I had so much fun taking these Baltimore engagement photos over the weekend with Claire and Corey in Baltimore, Maryland. We got to go to a couple of their favorite places and I was excited to get the tour of areas I’ve never been before! Baltimore was showing off for us and gave Claire […]

National Arboretum Engagement Photos

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Oh, you are going to love the story that goes along with the photos I’m sharing today from Stephanie and Abe’s National Arboretum engagement photos in Washington, D.C.! Stephanie contacted me the day after she and Abe got engaged, so I knew she was 1. so in love and 2. super excited about these engagement […]