Did this engagement shoot back in April. It was a very cold spring day. I was introduced to Cindy and Hua through a good friend. Although they had planned to have their wedding ceremony in China, they wanted to have engagement pictures taken in DC before heading back in May. We did the usual National Mall walk as well as a visit to the National Gallery of Art. At the end of the day, we headed to one of the parks in Springfield, VA. It was a lot more pleasant than the tourist-crowded downtown DC. Anyway, my personal fav is the sunset shot by a lake.

This was the only engagement shoot I did last winter. In fact, it was in January and January was cold as far as I remember. However, on that particular day, the temperature was in the 50s. Shin and Brett were so pumped up they ran around in t-shirts.

Anyway, Shin and Brett are recent University of Maryland grads. According to the couple, they met while training to be RAs (resident assistants). They started dating after a semester of rowdy residents and disappointing diner food. As silly as Brett is, he’s the calm one when Shin freaks out. When he asked her out, she freaked out and he very calmly dealt with it and coaxed her into acquiescing. Same for the proposal. They’re trying to navigate their relationship by melding their very different upbringings and points of views… this leads to lots of anguish and hilarity.

I shot this session last month. Even though it was November, the weather was in the low 70s. It was one of those rare perfect fall days. We started at their home in Merrifield, VA. Then we went to the top floor of the parking garage of the building I work at in Tysons Corner. It was great. There was so much space for them to run around with balloons. Danny’s car became a good prop as well. Overall, it was another fun session. The sunset couldn’t have been more glamorous.

Rose and Danny met each other through a mutual friend. I first met Rose back when I was still at Penn State. She moved down to DC after finishing her master’s. Danny used to live on the east coast, but moved to Seattle to attend University of Washington. He then moved to DC for his MBA at The George Washington University.

Originally Diana and I scheduled this shoot for the Sunday after Columbus day. However, it rained pretty heavily that day and the week after as well. Finally, we got to do it on the last day of October, which was probably the last weekend of Fall foliage in the DC area. I thought we were pretty lucky as it only rained the morning and right after our two hour afternoon shoot. It was really fun.

Diana and Jorly met through college, reunited after college, dated, engaged! Now they both work in the DC area. In their spare time their love to volunteer, play tennis, beat each other up in Thai boxing, and go bowling.