2011 Christmas Decor!

As promised... here's a glimps at our 2011 holiday decor! My favorite piece of decor? Our dining room chair sashes and matching center piece... one of the rooms I somehow forgot to take photos of!  Oh well... maybe next year!

Merry Christmas!

We are celebrating one of our favorite holidays with family and friends today, but I wanted to take a minute to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas.  At Christmas, I always seem to take time to reflect on our year and all of the great things we've been able to do these past 12 months. We've been more than blessed and we're so excited to see what the next year has in store for us!

 

Washington, DC Engagement Photographer - Andy and Chrissy : Engagement!

I had a great time spending my Sunday afternoon with Andy and Chrissy a few weeks ago.  We frolicked around DC hitting all of their favorite spots... and a few of my favorite spots! We started in Georgetown, headed to the Lincoln Memorial and finished our afternoon at the Capitol Building.

Andy and Chrissy are pretty much as cute as it gets.  This shot was the FOURTH shot out of the camera... talk about naturals!

Congrats Andy and Chrissy!

Old Town, Alexandria Engagement Photographer - Matt and Katie : Engagement

Matt and I have known each other our whole lives.  He is one of my big brother's best friends and has been since we were kids... making him more of a brother to me than a friend.  When I first met Katie I knew they had something special.  Once they had dated for some time, I knew that Matt had found the one.  The simple fact that she could put up with him was a miracle (that brotherly love I have for Matt comes with a little bit of brotherly teasing too).

Matt and Katie's wedding will be one of 4 weddings I get to actually attend next year!  As much as I love my job, I'm beyond excited to be a guest and not stress about getting the perfect first dance shot, posing family and hoping I don't trip in the middle of the dance floor (although that is always a stress of mine - guest or vendor) :).

Below are a few of my favorites from our jaunt around Old Town!
    

Salisbury, Maryland Engagement Photographer - Alex and Megan : Engagement

Alex and Meg have such a wonderful story. You may remember when I photographed Alex proposing to Meg last December. It was a FREEZING cold day... and I of course got emotional and had frozen tears struggling to stream down my face. Alex and I have known each other since we were little.  I'll be the first to say that him and Meg are the perfect pair!

After the proposal, we were walking back to my car and Meg's first question was - "Are you availble next November???"  I of course asked her to get the specific date to me as soon as possible as 2011 was booking up quickly!

Fast forward about 6 weeks. Alex and Meg are walking down the aisle!  You see, Alex had this wonderful idea to enter him and Meg into a contest put on by a local radio station to win a $40,000 wedding in a week... and they WON!  You read that right... they got married a WEEK after they won the contest.

Unfortunately, because they won the wedding and their wedding package included a photographer (and I was in Key West at the time!), I was unable to shoot their wedding. 

Alex and Meg didn't get a chance to get engagement photos taken and while they were happy to win the wedding... engagement photos were very important to them.  They decided to do them this fall at Salisbury University -- where they met!