Georgetown Engagement Session: Rachel + Dylan

They met at a college party.  He saw her across the room in all her glory - which consisted of sweatpants and a t-shirt - and was smitten at first sight.  For her, the feeling was mutual.  Dylan started stalking her while she worked at the UNLV Starbucks, and eventually he and Rachel finally went on their first date.  The rest, as they say, is history!

We had so much fun walking around Georgetown for their engagement session!  Rachel and Dylan are sweet, light-hearted, and just plain cute and silly together.  I loved getting to know them!

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Georgetown Engagement Session: Rachel + Lane

This is a couple near and dear to my heart.  For many reasons.  Lane is a youth pastor at my church, and one of the nicest and most thoughtful guys you could ever meet.  And then enters Rachel - beautiful, fun, sweet, kind, loving...the list goes on and on....  And seeing them together?  They are completely perfect for each other!

Lane and Rachel booked me for their wedding before they were even engaged.  And I love them for it!  They knew in their heart of hearts that they were getting married, but Lane hadn't officially popped the question yet.  They wanted a fall wedding and my calendar was booking up fast.  I even had a consultation (with an inquiry for the same date) a half hour before theirs on the same day.  As I was driving home, I had missed a call from Lane, and as I listened to the message I could hear the urgency and excitement in his voice.  He knew the other couple was interested in a higher collection than theirs, and he understood if I wanted to book them instead, but he and Rachel really wanted me as their wedding photographer, and could I please call him back to let him know if they could book me.  That right there??  That's the client that I love!  That's the client that photographers dream of - the ones who must have you and are excited to have you as their photographer!  Rachel and Lane, thank you for being so amazing...I adore you two!!

And just how perfect are they together?  I think Lane's words from their wedding website say it all...
"It’s hard to know where to start when you are asked to describe something so amazing that you can’t even believe it’s true. That’s how I feel about Rachel. She is everything I have ever wanted, and she far surpasses anything I could have ever hoped for in a lifetime companion. She is committed to following Christ with her life, she is loving and compassionate to others, she has a warm heart, she is thoughtful and caring, she is intelligent and successful, she loves to laugh, she has a smile that makes me melt every time I see it and she gets me, she knows me and she loves me like no one else does. A girl like her is hard to find. She is a beautiful, precious gift from God that I am SO excited to spend the rest of my life with! And on top of that she is all kinds of HOTT, I mean seriously, that girl is on fire! :) "

We had so much fun shooting their session in Georgetown (one of my favorite locations!)...

Lane made a photo book to propose to Rachel.  It contained all of their best text messages and photos together in a timeline, and the very last page had the name "Rachel Sebring."  She didn't even notice at first that it was his last name instead of hers.  As she reached the last page in a perfect location picked out by Lane in Central Park, New York, Lane was reaching for the ring....

And of course she said "Yes!"

They've read For Men Only and For Women Only to help prepare them for marriage.

Rachel and Lane, I'm SO excited for your October wedding!  Much love to you both from the bottom of my heart!!  xxxo, Laurie

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Decatur House Wedding: Megan + Tim

I recently had the incredible privilege of shooting alongside Matt Mendelsohn, one of our area's top wedding photographers with an impressive background and photojournalism resume.  (And can I be a complete dork and tell you how giddy I am to see one of my images on the main post in his blog, with a few others making it into the mini gallery?!)  Later that week I went to his studio where we went through the images and Matt was an open book about how he works and what he looks to capture in each scene.  Matt, thank you for being so generous and kind, and thank you for having me along to shoot Megan and Tim's wedding with you!

I started with Tim and the guys at the Sofitel in DC.

Ceremony at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown...

Reception at Decatur House on Lafayette Square...

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Georgetown Engagement Session Sneak Peek: Rachel + Lane

Hotness from last night's engagement session!  Can't wait to blog the rest!!!

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Georgetown Engagement Session: Nicole + Kelly

She looked at his profile online.  He saw that she had looked, thought she was cute, and messaged her.  For the next month and a half they corresponded over phone and email, Nicole living in Brooklyn and Kelly in Maryland.  They tried to meet up on more than one occasion, but the Snowmageddon of 2009 thwarted their efforts and turned plan A into plan B.

Finally, on New Year's Eve, Nicole was able to make the trip down to visit Kelly.  It was their first date, and Kelly had plans for a nice dinner and then a party to ring in the new year at his friend's house.  But because Nicole arrived in town late and still needed to get ready, that nice dinner turned into a quick Subway grub while seated at Kelly's friend's dining table, the party happening all around them.  And while they ate, Nicole was silently deciding whether or not Kelly deserved a kiss at midnight.  Even though this was not the wining and dining Kelly envisioned their first date to be, he felt that if Nicole was okay with a "Plan C" Subway dinner on their first date, then she might just be the one.

Well...Kelly got his kiss at midnight.  And not long after that...Nicole got her ring.

We had an amazing engagement session in Georgetown.  The heat and humidity was crazy, but the light was just gorgeous and these two completely rocked it out!

Nicole.....gooorgeouuussss!!!

One thing I absolutely loved about Nicole is that I would start explaining what pose I wanted her in, and all of the sudden she would strike a pose that much better than what I had envisioned!  Nicole, I seriously want to bring you on EVERY engagement session from now on!

I think we picked the busiest bridge over the canal for this part of the shoot.  We only had a few seconds for each shot while people kept walking across from both directions!

Nicole and Kelly, I had SO much fun with you during your session, and I'm so excited for your wedding at the City Club in October!  Loves.....

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