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.

Went camping with some friends in Shenandoah Valley on a weekend last month. During the day it was in the 60s if I remember correctly. The temperature dropped pretty quickly after sunset. It had to be in the 30s when we went to sleep. However, the coldest moments were early in the morning. I kept waking up every 10 minutes or so because of sleeping in a fairly thin sleeping bag. The next day we went hiking in Shenandoah National Park. Great weekend, great weather, lots of fun!

Campsite at KOA Shenandoah Valley

Lots of tiny spiders near tenting area

Steak for breakfast

Who doesn’t love fall? Here are some photos from Big Meadows at Shenandoah National Park. It’s about an hour drive west of DC. The weekend we went was pretty crowded. I originally planned on visiting Luray Caverns but the line was long…about an hour wait. So we changed the plan and hit up Big Meadows instead. It was our first time there and the first thing that came in mind was that it would make a pretty cool golf course. Anyway it’s pretty much a big open field and what was cool about it was the colors of different kinds of little plants.

I did this photo shoot of Shirley and her family earlier this year. Shirley, who used to work with my wife, always wanted to have family portrait photos taken. The first time we tried to arrange the shoot one of her kids got sick the day before so we had to call it off. A month later we ended up at Fairfax Lake Park in Reston, VA on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Shirley chose the outfit for the entire gang. White shirts and blue jeans. At the beginning, the kids were really shy. One of the boys even covered the face with his hands. Anyway after a while, they became relaxed and that was when the fun began. They would make funny faces, noises and laugh at each other. And since we were at a park, it was hard for them not run around like — you know — kids. I even ran with them to take some of the shots. Fun times.