Marla and Eric are my very favorite kind of people to photograph. They were down for
anything, as I will prove shortly. We take a few "happy couple" shots (how I refer to the smile-at-the-camera-and-look-pretty photos I take mostly for my clients' mothers) and then we were off! They chose to do their engagement photos at Dumbarton Oaks which, despite being the site of engagement and family sessions
every single day, is an incredibly awesome place to both visit and photograph. Every time I visit, there is something new to see.
Eric had actually just sneezed in this frame, but I love it.
This sparkly installation thing is totally new and completely cool.
And, yes, I should probably be too embarrassed to post this (especially after the "30 most awkward engagement photos" or whatever that post is called has been making the rounds) but I think this is hilarious. These trees confound me, really. They are so cool, so weird, so creepy. And I have been at Dumbarton Oaks with a couple way too many times not to have done something awesome here. So we did some stuff. And then I figured - heck - if you're going to go with silly,
go with silly. And voila!
So much congratulations Marla and Eric! I'll see you guys soon for that wedding!
Michael's a small-town guy. So when there was a dude with a bike hanging out right about where Joanna and Michael are now, he just went over and asked him to move. Then later (for the photo at the top), I needed my light to be way higher, so we just asked this little old lady to hold the flash. She dug it. It was awesome. Random New Yorker being my 30-second photo assistant.
That was all for NYC.... for now. So much congratulations to Joanna and Michael! I'll see y'all soon!
This was a really really cool engagement session for me, and not just because they fed me porterhouse steak. As I strive to move my business more and more toward candidness, documentation, photojournalism, I'm thrilled to work with people who want their real lives on film. So, without further musings, Anastasia & Nick cook dinner:
As you can imagine, I'm even more excited now for their wedding in July (here in DC). Thanks so much for inviting me into your home, guys! It was so so cool.