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05.08.12

Sara & Cory | L’Enfant Plaza & National Mall engagement

Sara and Cory specifically requested L’Enfant Plaza for its “brutalist architecture”, which, any photographer will tell you, is a pretty awesome setting and not your standard engagement session fare. Plus, I happen to work in L’Enfant Plaza (for just a few short weeks more!) so I know all the cool spots. Like right here next to the parking garage.

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Or in the lobby of my building. I have been looking at this spot since they rebuilt the lobby earlier this year. So fun to actually get to take a couple here! PS: How completely adorable is Sara’s outfit?

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And my current favorite plaything on the Mall. Yes, you’ve seen it before.

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See you guys in June!

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04.24.12

Pamela & James | National Cathedral engagement

I’m really looking forward to Pamela and James’ wedding. They’re having a big bash at their beautiful NW DC home – the kind of event I love to photograph. Good times with good people. Much like their engagement session! They wanted to bring their really very charming boys along for the ride. I’m always telling people how bad I am with kids and how I have no idea what to do with them (this is true, actually, Pamela had to jump in quite a bit to get the desired reaction), but these guys were super super easy to hang out with. And they’re enormously adorable.

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I’m constantly concerned I won’t be able to pull off the happy-family photo. Got this one – score!

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And who couldn’t love a face like this? P is so handsome and mom had to talk him out of wearing a tux to the photo shoot. How cute is that?

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04.19.12

Marla & Eric | Dumbarton Oaks engagement

Marla and Eric are my very favorite kind of people to photograph. They were down for anything, as I will prove shortly. We take a few “happy couple” shots (how I refer to the smile-at-the-camera-and-look-pretty photos I take mostly for my clients’ mothers) and then we were off! They chose to do their engagement photos at Dumbarton Oaks which, despite being the site of engagement and family sessions every single day, is an incredibly awesome place to both visit and photograph. Every time I visit, there is something new to see.

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Eric had actually just sneezed in this frame, but I love it.

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This sparkly installation thing is totally new and completely cool.

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