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!

Meagan & Joseph | DC courthouse wedding photography | Washington, D.C.

Meagan and Joseph came all the way from Alabama to tie the knot in our nation's capital. It was a secret wedding for a few days, so they partied it up that weekend with friends unawares. Very romantic. Also, Meagan really knows how to pick a dress. Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-15 The DC Courthouse was the scene for our heroes' big moment. Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-1Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-2Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-3Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-4Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-5Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-6Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-7Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-8 Then we scooted down to the National Mall for some portrait action. Poor Meagan broke her pinkie toe a little previously, so she had to wear a brace thing. Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-9 But we switched it out quickly. My apologies for the stress, pinkie toe! Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-11Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-12 That dress really did twirl in the most fantastic way. Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-13 So, not gonna lie. I take this photo a lot. But it's always different and I don't know why! I think it has something to do with the height of my clients. In any case, I'm really glad it came out so well for Meagan, seeing as it was her one request. Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-14Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-16Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-17Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-18Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-19Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-21Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-22Dc-courthouse-wedding-photographer-23 Congratulations, you guys!

Margaret & Scott | DC courthouse wedding

Margaret and Scott are crazy daredevil rule-breaking bad-asses. They drink champagne in public on national park property. On this particular day, they got hitched beforehand. DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-17 I'm a big fan of the new marriage ceremony room. It's more symmetrical than the other one. Margaret and Scott scored the good one. DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-1DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-2DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-3DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-4DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-5DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-6DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-7 I don't know them very well, but I'm pretty sure these two people are in love. DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-8DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-9DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-11 We paused on the Mall for celebratory drinks. DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-12DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-13DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-14DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-15DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-16DC-courthouse-wedding-photographers-18 Congratulations, you guys!