Happy Fourth from these three cuties from Monday’s session!!
Union Mills Homestead - Intimate, Rustic Wedding
And now, moving on to wedding number 3 of the weekend, we have the BEAUTIFUL Melia & Ryan!! Cannot get over their golden hour photos 😍Union Mills Homestead was a stunning historical park with countless backdrops to offer. These two really put the cherry on top of our busy weekend.
Rita & Ryan <3
We had quite the busy wedding weekend but we poured our heart and soul into every wedding! Here are some favorites from Saturday. Rita & Ryan are the sweetest couple. We met them for their engagement session at Harper's Ferry last year and we knew their wedding would be amazing. Rita's parents got married at this same country club 29 years ago, too!! We had fun recreating some pictures.
District Winery Wedding
We LOVED finally photographing at District Winery in DC, a stunning waterfront venue off the Anacostia River. Aida & Bryan’s wedding was full of so many amazing traditions that we feel lucky to have witnessed - including Ethiopian and Jewish customs!
Indian-Polish Wedding
We absolutely loved witnessing countless beautiful customs at this wedding last Saturday at Rose Hill Manor is Leesburg! It was a warm, beautiful day and the guests never left the dance floor the entire night.
Family Photoshoot
Family sessions are the perfect Father's Day gift! And fun fact - it was raining during all of these photos yesterday. Such a cute family :)
Epic Sunset Engagement
When Gracie reached out to us about doing photography and videography for her wedding we were so excited. Gracie is a professional photographer herself (Gracie Withers Photography) and it is SO flattering any time a fellow professional in the industry expresses interest in working with us. We met up with Gracie and Dan a few months ago and loved how we clicked. We will be photographing/filming their wedding next May! Last week we went out to Bears Den in Bluemont VA for their engagement session. We had no idea what to expect in terms of sunset and whether or not there would even be one. Well, there definitely WAS a sunset. We had such a great time with them, trying out fun new poses, climbing rocks, and chatting. We even started the engagement session with some beer from Bear Chase Brewery! Enjoy some of our favorite shots - -
Classic, Elegant Wedding at the Four Seasons
Still in bliss from Saturday's wedding at the Four Seasons in Georgetown! Ali and Nemanja threw a perfectly elegant, classic, and intimate wedding with their closest loved ones. Thankfully we were able to find windows of time without rain, too. We had a great time capturing the day. Wow what a gorgeous couple!
Misty Maternity Session
Our good friends visited this weekend to hang and to have us take some maternity photos. Baby Lachlan is due on July 4th - how fun! We loved walking around woodsy Reston on Saturday morning and using the variety of backdrops it always has to offer.
Premiere Venue - River View at Occoquan
Congratulations to the Reedy's! Such a beautiful day with such a kind couple. Thank you Christine and Tyler for having us capture your amazing day at the beautiful new venue!
Upper Shirley Vineyards Wedding
The J's are married!! Jordyn and Justin’s wedding yesterday at Upper Shirley Vineyards was the perfect way to kick off our Spring season. It was so great to capture yet another wedding with so many familiar faces from childhood, too. Thank you so much for having us, what a stunning day!
Manassas Battlefield Maternity Session
How stunning are Olivia and Mike at this maternity session from the weekend?? We filmed their wedding video in 2017 and now they are entering a new chapter of their lives. So exciting!
DC Cherry Blossom Session!!
Photographing amongst the DC cherry blossoms is like photographing in a fairytale. It was ironically really fun to be out there at sunrise sharing the space with hundreds of other pros doing their portrait sessions.. all respecting each other's space and just soaking in this short-lived spectacle. Karen and Herbert crushed their session, too!
Baby Camden
This in-home newborn session was the sweetest. Newborn sessions are not always easy, but in the end they are so rewarding. All the hard work, crying, cleaning up certain messes (lol), etc makes the final product so even more appreciated! I just love how much he looks like his sonogram, too <3
Now offering albums
We are thrilled to now be offering wedding albums...Ultra thick paper, lay-flat design, customizable linen color and cover design. For a limited time only we are offering these albums at a discount to any past client! You choose your favorites, and we do the rest. A wonderful anniversary gift. Please inquire for details
Engagement Session at US Capitol
Another frigid session but totally worth it! The crowds were smaller and the sunset was stunning. These two work in politics in DC so the Capitol was the perfect backdrop. Can’t wait for their wedding this fall!
Sunny Winter Session at Cabell's Mill
We found a new go-to engagement location at Cabell’s Mill in Centreville! It had so much to offer from fields to creeks to a cute well. These two braved some pretty frigid weather on Saturday but it was all totally worth it. The sun (and their adorable dog, Snow) behaved so well. Usually we do sessions closer to sunset but there’s something special about this bright, vivid midday light in this session that we’ve fallen in love with.
Wedding Tips - Where to Splurge and Where to Save
Our wedding was not cheap, but we definitely saved thousands by doing some simple tricks that I’d like to share. It IS possible to have your elegant dream wedding while cutting costs! The key is to know what you can and can’t skimp on. Our wedding was by no means perfect, but I definitely have some takeaways from the whole experience that I think would be super useful to a lot of future brides. Let’s dive in, shall we?
Our Wedding!!!
Enjoy some favorite shots from our OWN wedding on October 27th! It felt so amazing to be on the other side of the wedding process. It was a stressful few months leading up to the big day but all the hard work was worth it. HUGE thank you to our amazing photographers, Caroline and Amy with Paperbird Photography.
Just some of many highlights from the day: A huge rain storm stopped an hour before the outdoor ceremony (and the sun even said hello), brick oven pizza was consumed, there was one tree that looked like Fall and that's all we needed, almost all 800 of our first cousins attended, and everyone danced the night away in a cozy barn on a frigid, muddy day.. mostly in the form of dance circles
Chilly Reston Maternity Session
Saturday's maternity session took place basically in our back yard! We finished up right before the snow storm started and although that would've been pretty, we were cold enough 😄Very excited as well to photograph the newborn in a few weeks, which based on these two, will be a beautiful baby!
