Cristina & Kyle | Cherry blossom engagement session | Smithsonian Air and Space Museum | Washington, DC

Cristina and Kyle are getting married on a beautiful beach in Southern California, but they live on this side of the country in a place with four seasons. We took advantage of one of Washington's prettiest with the cherry blossoms last week. Their other desired location was the Air and Space Museum, for some mandatory nerding out. I'm always happy to oblige such requests. cherry-blossom-engagement-photos-3cherry-blossom-engagement-photos-1cherry-blossom-engagement-photos-4cherry-blossom-engagement-photos-5 A quick outfit change and we rolled over to the iconic blossoms. cherry-blossom-engagement-photos-7cherry-blossom-engagement-photos-9 They pup joined us for some frolicking in the trees. cherry-blossom-engagement-photos-11cherry-blossom-engagement-photos-12cherry-blossom-engagement-photos-13cherry-blossom-engagement-photos-14cherry-blossom-engagement-photos-8 Congratulations, guys!

Sheetal & Ando | Springtime Washington DC engagement

Sheetal & Ando are getting married soon way on back home. DC is a temporary stop for them, so it makes sense for them to capture a slice of their pre-married life right in the District. We wanted to hit a lot of spots, so did an extended engagement session last weekend to sweep up some waterfront views, dog park action and one of the prettiest scenes DC has to offer - the magnolias in full bloom. springtime-dc-engagement-photography-4 They brought along their little love puppy whose name is a Star Trek reference! springtime-dc-engagement-photography-1springtime-dc-engagement-photography-3 They met at sea! How romantic is that? Hence the maritime and water theme here. springtime-dc-engagement-photography-5springtime-dc-engagement-photography-7springtime-dc-engagement-photography-8springtime-dc-engagement-photography-9springtime-dc-engagement-photography-10springtime-dc-engagement-photography-11 We took the doggy to the Shirlington Dog Park to do some candid action. springtime-dc-engagement-photography-12springtime-dc-engagement-photography-14springtime-dc-engagement-photography-15 A quick outfit swap and we rolled to the full-bloom magnolias behind the Smithsonian Castle. Throughout April and early May, there are always some kind of blooming tree to stand near and get pretty flower photos. We missed the cherry blossoms by just a tad for this session, but the magnolias were wonderful. springtime-dc-engagement-photography-17springtime-dc-engagement-photography-18 And then we did some weird ones. Because I like weird and they seemed game. springtime-dc-engagement-photography-19springtime-dc-engagement-photography-20springtime-dc-engagement-photography-21springtime-dc-engagement-photography-22 Congratulations, you guys!

Jade & Paul | Arlington maternity session

Jade and Paul just bought a house, in time to fill it with their ridiculously tiny dogs and an itty-bitty new person Jade is growing. I'm excited to meet the new little human later this year, but for now Jade and Paul wanted to document this time of transition in their lives. We took a few around their new digs, then scooted over to a really lovely park near their house. I hope the baby has a huge head of curly hair, too. Arlington-maternity-photography-7 I generally like dogs, but these are really really cute dogs. I think if there were only one of them, I wouldn't be tripping. Arlington-maternity-photography-1Arlington-maternity-photography-2Arlington-maternity-photography-3Arlington-maternity-photography-4Arlington-maternity-photography-5Arlington-maternity-photography-6Arlington-maternity-photography-8Arlington-maternity-photography-9Arlington-maternity-photography-10Arlington-maternity-photography-12Arlington-maternity-photography-14Arlington-maternity-photography-16 Warning: fake laugh ahead. It works, what can I say? Arlington-maternity-photography-17 Congratulations, guys! See you before you know it!