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Amelia & Javier | Barrel Oak Winery engagement

It's always nice when couples can incorporate some of their lives or some of their story into their engagement photos.  I particularly enjoy visiting the spots where my couples got engaged and that's exactly where we went for Amelia and Javier's engagement session.  Barrel Oak Winery, out in Delaplane, VA, was, by far, the most dog-friendly vineyard I have ever seen - the place was "littered" (haha, get it?) with canines.  So we mostly ignored them all and soaked up the beautiful countryside. super cute engagement session at barrel oak wineryvirginia country engagement photography Aaaaaand sometimes the best light is in the nastiest-looking part of the scene - like when I made them duck under this concrete loading dock. engagement photographer Amber Wilkie engagement photos in black and white engagement photography at a winery Amelia and Javier are getting married next month at an abandoned girls' school!  So many exciting times for a photographer.  Congratulations, you guys!  See you soon!
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Dana & Josh | National Mall engagement

Dana and Josh are one of the cutest, cuddliest couples I've ever photographed.  Normally I'm giving dorky cues like "give him a nuzzle" or "put your foreheads together." I didn't have to do any of that with these two - they'd just start hugging and kissing and things with hardly any prompting from me!  Makes my job so easy. This is the third shoot I've done on the National Mall in as many weeks and I gotta say, I freakin' love this place.  I super dig that each of these sessions have a different feel.  There are so many places to play, so many cool sculptures to mess with.  It's not cliched or boring at all.  (And yes, we did the Capitol-in-the-background shot.) engagement photography at the national gallery of art with SICK REFLECTIONS Dana and Josh are these crazy worlds colliding.  She is from Ecuador; he is from Estonia.  They met in Oklahoma.  It really is a small world. national mall engagement session engagement photography on the national mall washington dc engagement photographer engagement photography in washington, dc engagement photographer Amber Wilkieengagement photos at the national gallery of art sunset engagement photographsnational mall engagement photographyengagement photography at the hirschorn museum Congratulations, you two!  Rock the pants off Oklahoma!
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Kristin & Chris | Cherry blossom engagement

Well they changed the dates on us about a million times and when the cherry blossoms finally came, they were pretty seriously great - and you have just today left to see them, according to predictions.  (My money is that after the rains on Saturday, you're going to see much more sporadic blooms.)  So when Kristin wrote me to bump up her sometime-this-Spring session to this past weekend, I thought it was pretty seriously good timing, considering the cherry blossoms were only going to be around for one weekend!  We took those cherry blossoms for a spin. engagement photos with the cherry blossoms And I have to say, I was at the cherry blossoms just two days before for Emilie and Zack's wedding and none of these trees were blooming.  I can't believe what an overnight transformation occurred! cherry blossom engagement sessionwashington dc engagement photography washington dc cherry blossom engagement photos cherry blossom engagement photos engagement session in washington, dc Congratulations Kristin and Chris!  I know you guys will rock the heck out of Cancun!
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