Ok… full disclosure: I had the hardest time coming up with the words for this blog post! I also totally edited & blogged this session through teary eyes. Anna and Darian are two of my sweet friends from college, and y’all…. THEY’RE GETTING MARRIED! (And I am obviously WAY too emotional about it all!) If you’ve spent any time around here, you may be familiar with my fellow photog friend, Savannah of Savannah Smith Photography! I met Anna & Savannah around the same time and we all became pretty close, so it was only natural that we decided to join forces to photograph A&D’s wedding! 

Happy Friday, Friends! I’m gearing up for a double header wedding weekend with two of my sweetest gal pals in the industry, and I CAN’T WAIT! During last week’s Friday Chatter, I passed the ladies some tips help style their engagement session outfits, and today, we’re diving into style for for the gents. See part one here! 

Oh I need to give a HUGE shoutout to these two for being SO flexible! I think we had to reschedule their session three times because of the RAIN! (The rain has been nonstop in the DMV, y’all!). When we were finally able to get together for their session, we had so much fun! We FINALLY saw some sun and spent the morning exploring the gorgeous Downs Park.

Happy Friday, friends! I am SOO excited about today’s blog post! Today is part ONE of a two part series on selecting outfits for your engagement session. I am diving into four quick tips to help my ladies pick their outfits. Tune in next week for my tips for the men! 

Let me tell y’all about Carolina & Brandon…. When we got out of our cars in Old Town Alexandria, I felt like I was meeting up with two old friends! These two are the warmest, most genuine people and just make you feel GOOD when you are in their presence! Carolina greeted me with gluten free/dairy free blueberry muffins (that were absolutely amazing) and the sweetest little succulent that I’ve ever seen… what?! How did I get so lucky?? They’re the kind of people that think of others first and that know how to hold each other just right. We spent their session plotting ways to steal every dog that passed by while touring Old Town on foot, which let me know that they’re my kind of people.

Today’s blog post is one that brings me so much joy! These two… y’all they are ENGAGED! A few weeks ago, I hinted that I was working on a super top secret project in Shenandoah, and today, I am excited to share it with you! I was so honored to play a very small part […]

These two… I just can’t, y’all! I had so much fun with Francis and Daniel. A little bit of a back story… these two absolutely LOVE flowers, so much so that Francis’s engagement ring is custom designed to look like a FLOWER (It is gorgeous, just wait ’til you see it!). So naturally, a cherry blossom […]

Can I just say how hard it is to shoot an engagement session with your jaw on the ground?! Y’all…I got to visit Longwood Gardens for the very first time with Kait & Dan, and it sure didn’t disappoint! I was in jaw dropping awe the ENTIRE TIME! I didn’t realize how much I missed […]

As a photographer, I often find myself wishing that I could control the weather! This specific morning, I found myself wishing I could crank up the heat for these two, even by a few degrees. If I am remembering correctly, the thermometer was reading 12 degrees, the real feel was -2, and the wind was […]

Y’all…I can’t even tell you how HAPPY this session made me! You see…about a million and one years ago, I had my very first photo session in this very park behind my home in Houston. Fast forward a few years, and I got to return to work with these two! It felt just like stepping […]