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!

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!