Shiva & Julien | National Mall engagement photos | Washington D.C.

Shiva and Julien are all about compromise. He loves the big city and she wants wide open spaces. So they're doing two sets of engagement photos - one here in D.C. and another back home. We're not much for mountains in this area, but we can rock the big city for sure. The three of us strolled the National Mall in search of architecture, glass and urbanity in all its forms. The Mall, as always, did not disappoint. national-mall-engagement-photographers-6national-mall-engagement-photographers-1 We pretended for just a few minutes that it was super nasty cold out. national-mall-engagement-photographers-3national-mall-engagement-photographers-5national-mall-engagement-photographers-1-2national-mall-engagement-photographers-7national-mall-engagement-photographers-9national-mall-engagement-photographers-10 The never-disappointing light tunnel of happy sparkliness. national-mall-engagement-photographers-11national-mall-engagement-photographers-13 And some of the art is back at the National Gallery! We did a couple moody weird ones. Weird is good. Who doesn't like weird? national-mall-engagement-photographers-14national-mall-engagement-photographers-12 Congratulations you guys!

Sultana & Mark | Peirce Mill engagement session | Washington, DC

Sultana and Mark have a secret. It's not that they're getting married. We romped up to Peirce Mill last week for their engagement session and took a spin through Rock Creek and whatever the other creek is that runs into it. Peirce Mill is a great little spot. And no one was there because it was about to rain. The secret is this: they're superheroes. Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-9Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-1Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-2Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-3Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-4Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-5Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-6Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-7Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-8Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-10 Their super-power? Making it not rain for exactly the amount of time we needed to do their photo shoot. Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-12 Congratulations, you guys!

Katherine & Kermit | National Portrait Gallery engagement | Washington, DC

Katherine and Kermit are all kinds of awesome. After scrapping a National Mall / monuments rodeo with their engagement photos, they switched up on me for the National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum which, in my humble opinion, is a way more interesting place to do engagement photos. Kermit is goofy as hell. It's very rare that I don't have to yell silly things at my clients to make them laugh. Kermit was plenty silly all by himself. They seem pretty good together, these two. National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-11National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-1 Check out Katherine's banging red lace dress. National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-2 He really did all this by himself. National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-3National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-4 LL approves. National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-6National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-7National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-8National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-9 We decided to call this one "between two Bushes." National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-10 Apparently this is an important piece of art. There were actual people looking at it that we annoyed (for the record, I try not to do that - I just didn't realize). National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-12National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-13National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-15National-Portrait-Gallery-engagement-photos-16 Congratulations, you guys!