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

Friday I was up in Delaware where I grew up visiting my parents but just before heading back down to DC I stopped for what I wish could have been a longer visit with my friend Julie, and her adorable son Riley. Her husband Jason was hard at work but we got some great shots of Julie, her belly and Riley! Shes due any minute now with another baby boy, Logan, and I can’t wait to meet him when he arrives. In the meantime, look at how much love is between Riley and Julie….

The next morning, I got to meet Claire her husband Joe, and their cute as a button son Evan. He’s six months old and despite having the hiccups the whole time, was a champ when it came to looking cute for the camera. The shoot was Claire’s Father’s Day gift to Joe, how sweet is that! Check out Evans giggly smile below