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I absolutely LOVE the mayflower hotel, love our nation and the monuments that surround DC. When michelle and Pat hired us, we were thrilled as we love the mayflower, its elegance, and its beautiful ballrooms and corridors. Subtle beautiful details are throughout.

Michelle and pat both got ready for their big day on site. Michelle wore a family heirloom which was a crowned veil and blusher. Her classy dress was amazing. Neil wore a white tux… fabulous and he looked all good! They didn’t share a first look so the anticipation was real, welcome, and fulfilling. All separates we’re done pre-ceremony. With the the passing of Michelle’s dad, her amazing uncle stepped into the place of her escort and honor. They rode together in a black Cadillac to the wedding. Upon arrival He walked her down the aisle to Pat. The church was beautiful! Full mass followed by a beautiful cocktail hour for guests. While guests mingled, the newlywed, wedding party and is gallivanted through DC and hit up 3 iconic DC locations! The reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial, the WWII museum, and the Washington monument… oh and someone ordered ShakeShack Fries midway through!!

Excited to share this engagement session with you all! Sami and Drew had an awesome session with us, and we couldn’t be more excited for them to tie the knot this July at Rosewood Farms! Sami and Drew were up for an adventure with us, complete with bad Uber drivers, and hilarious moments with humanity. We cruised from the Jefferson Memorial, to the Tidal Basin, to the WWII Memorial to the Reflecting Pool at Lincoln Memorial. We were literally chasing daylight at one point and wanted to pop champagne as the sun set. I loved their pup, his bowtie, and her Mrs. jacket… makes me want to get one 10 years later haha. Sami and Drew, thanks for spending time with us at dinner, we loved getting to know you better and can’t wait for July!

Referrals are so incredible. I can’t even think what life would look like not to have a relationship with people. Ashley and Joe are one of those couples. They found us through one of our past couples Abby and Eric, one of our 2016 couples. Ashley and Joe are wonderful people. And their families are also so sweet. We met Ashley and Joe in person at their engagement shoot and what was probably one of the hottest engagement sessions of the entire year, maybe even two years. Joe had just returned from Kuwait from deployment so we were so pumped to be able to spend some time with him pre-wedding day and get to know them at dinner.

Woot Woot! What an awesome day! You know, when most people think about getting married in February, they are worried about snow, blizzards, being too cold, having to be outside for photos, and lack of daylight. But let me tell you, with this couple and this wedding day, those things weren’t even on the agenda. The day was beautiful, we all planned ahead. It definitely was cold, but since it wasn’t snowing or raining, Emily and Greg were absolutely amazing and trusted us to rock and roll and get them killer photos despite the cold cold winds. Their families, wedding party and guests were a blast and honestly, we still are so pumped that the day went as smooth as it did!

How fun was this day! What a way to step out of your comfort zone… for all of us! Gloria and Roger opted for a really unique engagement session in DC at the National Gallery of Art! It was a rainy day, so we had crowds to compete with, but they were both super flexible and were go gracious as we mazed through the museum! I loved how creative this session became and how much fun we had exploring. I can’t remember the last time I was at this museum, it’s definitely been over 10 years! These cuties are a lot of fun, I met them first at Lina and Jake’s wedding in March of 2019. I can’t wait for their wedding this September!!

If I had to give awards to each and every engagement session, I would definitely give this two awards. One award would go to the weather for being one of the coldest engagement sessions we’ve ever done. Even our Colorado engagement session we did a couple years ago was even colder than this shoot that we did at Peak Cherry Blossom. The other award would go to our couple, Melissa and Kevin, for being rockstars and braving the cold. She even wore sleeveless dresses.

In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve literally been swimming 12 feet deep in weddings and engagements. We finally have caught up, just in time to be slammed again by a wave of awesome weddings and engagement sessions that are coming our way literally in days. We will have weddings and engagements every weekend until Thanksgiving where we have some time off. And then we have 4 December weddings. But today, we are sharing a DC wedding at the classy MayFlower Hotel in DC.

Fall sunrise engagement sessions are some of our favorite types of sessions because there’s no traffic, no people around that have to be photoshopped or accounted for, and the colors of the sky are to die for! When Christina and Chris told us about their sweet moments at the National Mall during their dating season of life, we were in total agreement to do a DC National Mall Engagement Session. It was the morning of the Marine Corp Marathon so we spent the morning wandering all over the mall. We started at the National Monument, walked across the lawns of the Lincoln Memorial by the reflecting pool, down by the cherry blossoms across from the Jefferson Memorial, back to the fountains on Constitution. We had a blast with these guys and LOVE the variety of locations we covered in our 2.5 hours with them.