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Margaret and David were one of my first couples to book for 2022! I’m counting down the days to celebrate their wedding day with them at Stone Tower Winery! If you’ve been following along for some time you already know that Stone Tower is my favorite Northern Virginia winery and I’m so so excited to be able to capture what I know is going to be such a beautiful and emotional day for them there next year! They are both incredibly thoughtful and intentional people and not only do they love that about each other, but it shows to anyone that meets them!

April 13, 2021

Margaret and David were one of my first couples to book for 2022! I’m counting down the days to celebrate their wedding day with them at Stone Tower Winery! If you’ve been following along for some time you already know that Stone Tower is my favorite Northern Virginia winery and I’m so so excited to be able to capture what I know is going to be such a beautiful and emotional day for them there next year! They are both incredibly thoughtful and intentional people and not only do they love that about each other, but it shows to anyone that meets them!

Margaret and David and I had the BEST time at their engagement session! I knew from our consult call when they booked that they’re such easy-going and fun people to be around and it felt like hanging out with old friends at their engagement session. They were incredibly comfortable in front of the camera and I loved capturing how they made each other laugh during their sessions! It was special going to Blagden Alley because they had their first date at Lost & Found. It was my very first time being in Blagden Alley and I loved getting to explore it with them!

Their favorite memory together is Valentine’s Day 2019 when they had a surprise dinner at a local chef’s house. They learned to cook his favorite meals, drank wine with him and then ended the night at a new bar where we ordered every fancy drink on the menu! You guys know I’m a huge foodie and I told them that this is one of the cutest date night ideas ever!! It’s no wonder that they feel like old friends!

Margaret & David, I hope you had a ton of fun during your engagement session and I’m counting down the days to celebrate with you guys again!!!

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April 13, 2021

This week was a little crazy hence a weekend recap instead of the normal Friday Fun but I’m trying to be more consistent with these so here it is!! I finally made it out to a meet up with some D.C. creative ladies on Tuesday out at the Congressional Club! It was pretty cool finally […]

July 15, 2018

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This week was a little crazy hence a weekend recap instead of the normal Friday Fun but I’m trying to be more consistent with these so here it is!!

  • I finally made it out to a meet up with some D.C. creative ladies on Tuesday out at the Congressional Club! It was pretty cool finally putting faces to a ton of names including the ladies at the Mcneese Thomas Group who featured Sayali and Pulkit’s Proposal at the National Arboretum. I also was surprised to actually KNOW someone at the meetup, my girl Angelica who made the Capitol Hill styled wedding shoot of my DREAMS come to life!!
  • I was one of those people driving around in the middle of the day during the weekday because I had a dentist appointment!! It’s the little things people hahah 🙂 I was remote for the day which was a good change of pace! And it was only slightly embarrassing that it took me over five minutes of struggling to get the TV on to watch the World Cup
  • Which is always much much more fun in Spanish!!! And I HOPE YOU GUYS SAW THE FINAL!!! What a game!!
  • The rest of the week was spent meeting up with Jill & Nelson for their engagement session at the Spanish Steps & Kennedy Center, here’s a couple of sneaks from that!! We had the most gorgeous day and the steps all to ourselves, I have to add this spot as one of my favorite local spots
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  • I went to Georgetown TWICE in one day on Friday hahaha not crazy at all, thank goodness for Uber! The highlight of this week was most definitely going on a nighttime bhangra boat cruise with my dance team as a fundraiser!! We ended up going out afterwards to two places and then capped off the night walking SIX blocks for late night pizza, if that’s not called dedication, I don’t know what is hahaha 🙂
  • I think I made a personal record of how many times I’ve been to Georgetown in one week because I was back the next day for Karan & Urvee’s PROPOSAL!! Guys, Karan had planned out a flash mob (the moves were legit!!) to the song “Marry Me” by Bruno Mars and it. was. EPIC!!! They had a whole crowd waiting in anticipation for the big moment going down 🙂 I got to take Karan & Urvee’s portraits right after and these two are SO CUTE!!! And the celebration didn’t stop there for these two, Karan had a yacht booked to sail around the Potomac for after their pictures to celebrate with lots of champagne and their closest friends!

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So safe to say it was a jam packed week!! Next week is looking like it’s about to be the same so I’ll be back with another recap soon 🙂 Hope you all are making the best of this summer!!

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