Charae & Deren Engagement Session

Charae and Deren based their engagement session on one of their favorite restaurants --Georgia Browns in Washington,DC. It was a beautiful saturday afternoon, so after shooting inside we decide to stroll around to some national landmarks!   These two were an awesome pairing, and so fun to shoot! The energy stayed up.........WAY UP!, and the hautness that came from it-------well, you'll see.  These are some of my FAV images of the two of them on that day. 

Enjoy =)

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Erica & Dwight Engagement

Erica and Dwight have a love for football, so we knew right away that we had to begin our session in a place where there was plenty of enough space to PLAY!  I loved how it all turned out!

I felt like it truly showed who they were and just let them be themselves :) perfect for an engagement session. Erica and Dwight are one of my out of town couples so I met them for the first time @ our

session. And they were exactly as I had imagined :) I love that! So blessed to shoot their sweet wedding day!

 

 

 

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Ericka and Damien (Engagement Session)

Ericka and Damien's engagement session is one of my FAVS!

They needed little direction and were just themselves on our shoot :)

I really felt like a stalker there with my camera as they were just carrying on with their day!

It was perfect! =)

So effortless :) and I loved documenting their sweet relationship! It started to get kinda steamy too......(i think these two practice A LOT at home :) Roooooooooowl

 

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TURN Magazine Feature Editorial - STRAYS

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Photographer: Leonard Poteat (leonardpoteat.com)
Wardrobe Designer: Walish Gooshe (walishgooshe.com)
Wardrobe Stylist: Ayanna Scott (scottnco.com)
Hair: Darrell Thompson (darrellthompsonhair.com)
Make-up Artist: Kia Darby (yummy411.blogspot.com)
Manicurist: Jasmine Smith (webhautejas.com)
Models: Iris, Amy, Ilka

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Tiffany and Walter (Engagement and Wedding)

I always love when I meet a couple through a recommendation.  Tiffany and Walter came recommended to me by one of my dear friends...(and also former engagment client Jennifer/Jeffrey)  They walked into my home, sat down...and immediately this big smile came over Tiffany's face. The conversation from there was just as pleasant and easy breezy as I woulda hoped. Tiffany described her vision for the perfect wedding, her thorough planning process, and her emphasis on wanting her photos to be "amazing".  Tiffany don't play when it comes to her photos. 

For their engagement session,  I suggested Brookside Gardens. If you follow my blog, you will know that this is one of my favorite spots to shoot at.  Every time I venture there with a couple, I always walk away with something different....and that makes me smile.

sorta like this >>>>>

I typically like to look for things to climb on....you know, to get a different perspective.  The image above, I am up in the tree like curious george

 This image here......perched on the arm of a park bench. 

This is one of favorite pictures from the engagement session.......... GET IT GET IT...SNEAKY KISSING COUPLE IN THE BUSHES  *ooooooooooooow


Now if you're wondering why the double posting.........why not!  Just keep watching, it gets goooooooooooooood

 details. details. details.

 Tiffany is bringing sexy "back".  Was that corny?  If so, i dont mind...this picture screams HAUTNESS!!! 

 Special thanks to my awesome second photographer Jen!

 The couple elected to have their bridal party pictures taken at their old alumni --- Eastern SHS.  We posed on the steps, and then went inside for more snappy snappy.

 Tiffany custom designed her bouquet to include a photo from her late father.

 more details details!!  again thanks Jen

Long post right? BUT totally worth it! Again, thank you Tiffany and Walter on selecting me as your wedding photographer.  It was a pleasure and honor to be able to capture this magic moment in your lives as Mr. and Mrs. Watson!

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