Tips for your Engagement Session

Pinterest Engagement Inspiration

You've chosen your wedding photographer, signed all the papers, and have your wedding date reserved!  What's next?  Engagement photos! Some brides get more nervous about engagement photos than the wedding.  They picture themselves, and their fiance standing in front of their wedding photographer, in an awkward place not knowing what to do.  I've so often had my shyest of wedding clients … [Read more...]

Rebecca & Trevor | Washington DC Wedding

Bride on Washington DC bus

Rebecca and Trevor got married at Shrine of the Sacred Heart Church in NW Washington DC on June 10th. We went to Meridian Hill Park for portraits, and ended the day at the McLean Gardens Ballroom for their wedding reception.  I photographed this wedding, for His and Her Photography, with the assistance of second shooter, Angel Kidwell. I first met Rebecca and Trevor a few weeks prior. Drew of … [Read more...]

The Look

bride at wedding ceremony

The looks in Karen's eyes just says it all... … [Read more...]

Wedding Portraits in Troutdale Oregon

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I recently got asked if it all becomes the same after a while.  Not at all!  Each bride is so different, which makes each wedding different too.  At Glen Otto Park in Troutdale, it was drizzling outside.  The day before, I knew the bride I was photographing would need to be inside at the first drop of rain.  Rebecca, however, ran not only outside but charged into the muddy grass, for her … [Read more...]

Soup, a Toddler, and my Photography Business

I made soup. I don't cook, not very well at least. Just ask my hubby about the peanut butter tofu, or the boiled eggs with fried mashed potatoes. I grew up on my grandmother's chicken soup. My grandmother passed away over twelve years ago, and for years before that was not well enough to cook. Based on a memory, and some questions to my mom, who had often grocery shopped for her, I decided … [Read more...]