A recent discovery: The National Cathedral Grounds are a beautiful and plentiful spot to photograph! In one weekend I managed to do TWO sessions there, the first being engagement photos for Nina and Hampton in slightly cloudy weather, and then the next day I met the Dweck family in sunny conditions. Well, clouds or sun, it didn’t matter, I think the results from each session show that the gardens and grounds surrounding the Cathedral are gorgeous no matter what the weather!  And as always, it doesn’t hurt to have beautiful couples and adorable children to photograph at such nice locations!

We’ll start with Nina and Hampton, a very sweet couple who are getting married in April but wanted to get some pictures done while the fall colors still were around. Even though it was drizzling when we started, they were troopers and a breeze to work with. Congrats Nina and Hampton!

Doesn’t this say Merry Christmas?

This yellow tree became a favorite spot for both sessions!

This is by far my favorite shot of the day. Nina looks absolutely beautiful and Hampton looks like he knows it!

What a cool couple:

Thanks Nina and Hampton!

Next up I had the pleasure of photographing the Dweck family. Their six year old son Shai was a blast to run around with. We chased each other, he did a few karate moves for me, we climbed trees and made monkey face….and later on threw leaves and horsed around at the playground. I think we got some fun shots in here!

The Dweck Family:

Look at these happy eyes!

This was mid-karate…

Here’s where the real fun began….mom throwing leaves:

Dad throwing leaves:

Shai throwing leaves! (And getting a little revenge on mom and dad)

Mom and dad knew how to play along!!

Shai loved to slide! Every time he hit the bottom I got this face, combined with a giggly scream!

As time went on the faces got funnier. At the end, he finally said “Can you please stop taking my picture?” I decided fair is fair

Thanks to the Dwecks and their wonderful son Shai!

- Erin

I have several sessions from the last few weeks to post but first up are the adorable twin daughters of a very talented graphic designer, Alston Taggart! Alston has created some beautiful branding pieces for us and I am looking forward to working with her in the coming months – you can see her talent here: Studio Red. But right here, you can see her talent (and her wonderful husband’s of course too) for creating two adorable girls!!!! We had quite a time running around and playing at the grounds of the National Arboretum, with all the beautiful fall colors around. Get ready for the cuteness!

Just look at the smiles on these two!

This is ‘back to back’

Am I seeing Double?

The proud parents:

They have their mothers eyes

They weren’t so sure about this shot:

What a beautiful family!

- Erin

So given our blogging track record over the last several months, one can either surmise two things – we are really lazy – or really busy!!! Well I hope that this post along with the others this week will prove that its option number two! There has been oodles of shoots, weddings, portraits and engagements and today I am posting two different events in one!

The first is the first half (oh yes, there will be a part two to come) of my hometown church Pastor’s family portraits. Nate has three beautiful girls- his adorable youngest daughter Lily; the ham for the camera and oldest daughter Grace and of course his beautiful wife Ari. We had fun running around in Meridian Hill Park here in DC with balloons and princess crowns and a few pictures in between! I had a blast!!

Aww, sisterly love…..

Such beautiful eyes!

Nose Smush!!!!

Lily’s not so sure about this…

Next up are photos from Danielle and Mike’s Backyard Wedding! I met Danielle in CUSP (awesome designer store in Georgetown for all you shopaholics!) in the spring when I noticed her beautiful engagement ring! (Mike did well) I had the pleasure of photographing them for their engagement photos and meeting all their friends and family at their engagement party in April. Fast forward to a few weeks ago in October when I got to step back into their world for just a few hours for their very intimate backyard wedding. It had rained all morning and it cleared up just in time for their ceremony! Danielle looked absolutely exquisite in her very simple cotton wedding dress and Mike had a cool look going on with a Blazer, jeans and some Converse kicks! They had a wonderful ceremony with 20 of their closest friends and family and it was so refreshing how personal everything was.

Thanks Danielle and Mike – I was thrilled to be able to capture your special day!

This is the ring (I know, right!?)

Danielle is absolutely stunning!

But Mike isn’t so shabby himself….

Good friends,

And good family…

These two like to laugh!

And to close…look at this moment…

- Erin

A couple of weekends ago on one of those bright sunny not too hot, not too cold fall days (that there have been few of this year) I met Jennifer and Chris in Annapolis for their engagement session. I am looking forward to their upcoming wedding this May but it was so much fun to get to hang out and take a few pictures (and meet Chris for the first time!) on such a beautiful day!

I was lucky enough to have the help of Stefan too (my talented boyfriend/photography partner in crime/person who gets dragged to shoots here and there whether he likes it or not) and I think he got some great images. It didn’t hurt that Chris and Jennifer are two very photogenic people! Take a look:

- Erin

I am so lucky to have been given the honor of photographing everything Mona and Trevor! We’ve done two engagement session (why not!?), their wedding (photos to come soon on the blog!) and most recently her solo bridal session. I was so pumped about how these images came out (thanks to Mona being such a supermodel!) that I had to do a blog post. The first is my absolute favorite. Doesn’t she look exquisite on the red couch!?

Thanks Mona, for making my job so easy!!!

- Erin