Sarah & Rob | Crystal City maternity session | Arlington

Sarah and Rob are having a baby and that's rad. They live two steps from all these places we shot at in Crystal City - the kind of session I love doing - just wandering around their neighborhood. It's especially nice to do for a maternity session, so baby-on-the-way can see where Mom and Dad hung out before they came along. Also, Crystal City is mad beautiful, if you take the time to look at it. Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-13 Their pup Maggie is going to have to give up some attention soon enough. Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-1Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-2Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-3Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-6 I kind of love the dog creeping on them. Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-7Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-8Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-11Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-9Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-12Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-14Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-15Arlington-virginia-maternity-photographers-16 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!

Megan, Pritpal & family | newborn documentary family photography | Bethesda, MD

I've had the pleasure of documenting several of Megan and Pritpal and family's major life milestones. Their engagement, then their wedding, then moving into a beautiful new house, and last week I met a tiny new person they created out of thin air. Baby S was incredibly good for the whole shoot - not even falling asleep, as nine-day-old tiny people tend to do. DC-documentary-family-photography-14DC-documentary-family-photography-1DC-documentary-family-photography-2 Jack makes an excellent big brother. DC-documentary-family-photography-6 They have an amazing house. It was pretty awesome to shoot in when it was empty and now that they've filled it with some really sweet decor, it's irresistible for compositions and things. DC-documentary-family-photography-13DC-documentary-family-photography-8DC-documentary-family-photography-7DC-documentary-family-photography-9DC-documentary-family-photography-10DC-documentary-family-photography-11DC-documentary-family-photography-12DC-documentary-family-photography-15DC-documentary-family-photography-16DC-documentary-family-photography-18DC-documentary-family-photography-20DC-documentary-family-photography-21DC-documentary-family-photography-23DC-documentary-family-photography-24DC-documentary-family-photography-25DC-documentary-family-photography-28DC-documentary-family-photography-29DC-documentary-family-photography-30DC-documentary-family-photography-31DC-documentary-family-photography-19 Congratulations again, you guys! Keep on rocking the life.