:: maryland wedding photographer | {J + D 's engagement party} ::

More from Jenny + Deryck's engagement party! What a fun event! Many thanks to everyone for making me feel like part of the family! Congratulations!!!

:: a pot of gold ::

Uh, in case you've noticed the GINORMOUS gap between my blog posts - summer has been busy (good!) and fall is turning out to be even busier (sweet!). There's just not enough time in the day to update the various social media! I sometimes feel like an old fart, struggling to keep up with all the wireless younguns.

Remember at the beginning of the year, I said I'd try my hand at wedding photography this year? Wow, is it a different world than portrait photography. All I have to say is: gale-force winds, torrential rain & a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  More details to come.

Here is a preview of the beautiful (and determined) bride & her new husband (congratulations, L+H!):

:: lovely engagement | washington dc wedding photographer ::

One of the perks of living in our Nation's Capital is the array of amazing architectural spaces to choose from. I've always been intrigued by alley spaces as backdrops for portraits. There is something so intimate about the scale of the spaces. I've always wanted to shoot a session in the "alley" walkway connecting Independence Avenue & the Reagan Building  -- amazing architecture, texture and scale...and I was able to convince this lovely couple to join me :-) Congratulations, S & M!!! You guys make a beautiful couple.