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Nov 23 2009

melissa & land – day after

Melissa and Land were married on a day in October that was a little less than cooperative weather-wise, so we met up a few weeks after their wedding for some shots around DC. Who wouldn’t love having a good excuse to put that dress on again?! We walked around on a cool, cloudy day this past weekend and pretty much hit all of the major monuments. Some of my own favorite images are the ones with the beautiful natural bits of the city, like these first few pictures with these huge knotty/twisty trees along one of the basins:

Perhaps the most important spot we visited was the WWI memorial where Land proposed. There is something so fun and flirty about this image that makes me love it:

We almost had the memorial to ourselves, with the exception of a few tourists who wanted to get a shot with Melissa and Land:

You know I love details! And just a side note for anyone looking for a way to have fun personalizing their shoes – Melissa bought the shoes and then added the little jewel she found on Etsy for the perfect bit of color and sparkle.

Okay and here’s what I’m talking about with the nature – how great are all these trees? Thank you, fall, for hanging around just long enough for these pictures!

I love that this shot is completely candid and other than the wedding dress, it looks like it could just be any day in the life of these two, walking around the city.

How quintessential-DC is this shot with the hot dog stand?!

Just hanging out on the steps of the National Archives building…

And I’m going to wrap up with one of my very favorite images from this session. Land had this spot picked out and I love it! (Please note that no traffic laws were broken in making this image.)

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Nov 22 2009

custom flush mount album

I have had quite a few albums coming in and out of the studio over the past several months and I keep forgetting to take pictures of them! Thankfully I took the time to grab a few quick shots of Leslie and Bill’s custom flush mount album before I sent it on its way to become a treasured heirloom. Our custom flush mount album starts as a 10×10 30-page album and then has literally hundreds of options from the size to the cover colors, fabrics, textures and treatment. (Note: These options are the biggest difference between our basic flush mount album, which just has the choice of seven solid cover colors.) Leslie and Bill chose a timeless black leather cover with silver stamping on the cover and spine, and it turned out just so classy and beautiful:

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Nov 21 2009

family photo attempt

Last weekend I met up with Jenn and Stephen to attempt to take a quick family picture with their two kitties. I say attempt, because the kitties didn’t end up being very cooperative. It turns out that because they don’t really like each other, they don’t really want to be in a group photo either. So rather then force them and end up with tons of scratches, we took a few pictures of just the human part of the family instead:

Jenn and Stephen just recently celebrated their one-year anniversary, and this was Stephen’s anniversary gift to Jenn. (Nice job, Stephen!)

And we couldn’t leave Max and Boney out of the photo session completely! We took a few individual pictures. Here is Mr. Max looking rather peeved still. And I don’t think he likes his outfit:

And here is Boney, who doesn’t love the camera but I managed to sneak this one in anyway:

For the record, I adore all animals and am super patient with them! I’ve had some successful people + pet photos in the past, including pictures of just Jenn and Max, but this was my first try with two cats that don’t get along really well and don’t want their picture taken. I guess you can win ‘em all.

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