Thomas Jefferson Memorial Engagement

So this is part II of the engagement pictures.  The pillars are so cool, anyway here's some of my faves of what I have been working on.  It was so cold that day esp with the wind coming off of the tidal basin. At the end of the shoot I couldn't move my hands very well and I was praying to not drop her ring when I was trying to get shots of in in the gnarly tree bark, but everything ended up just fine. 

so fun

Engagement Session at Brookside Garden

I know that none of you know who these people are but I want to show you my favorite photos from the recent engagement shoot I was working on.   I know the future groom from work, and I'm pretty sure he might be the nicest person at the hospital.  The hours and hours and hours I spent into these have subsequently led the images in becoming my adopted children.   I was trying to go for a couple looks: vintage-y cute, vivid natural, and b&w.  I really had fun shooting them they are the nicest couple.  So fun. 

Brookside Gardens & TJ Memorial

I just took some engagements photos for a friend at work.  We went to these beautiful places to take pictures. I have been editing like a mad woman to get them finished, but I'm still not there yet, about a bajillion more to go! I have really been trying to step it up with these, more than I even do with my own photos. fun stuff.

Christmas

When we woke up there were presents! Ellie is too young to know what it was all about but she liked how we got her up early to have fun.

Don't you love Ellie's "All you want for Christmas is me" jammies?  They are so adorable.

 One of the highlights was Ellie's dog.  It walks around and barks, Ellie likes it.

 She grabs it by it's fur, licks it, swings it around, and bangs it against stuff.  It's a good thing we don't have a real dog.

After presents were the traditional sticky buns.  yum.

Midnight Mass

Last year and this year we went to Mass on Christmas eve, I think my mom is going to make this a tradition.  I'm not really sure why we go, since we are not Catholic.  It's probably to get us into the Christmas spirit that much more.  They have professional musicians at this church and it sounds really good.  Anyway, here we are on our way in. 

White Christmas

I can only remember having three or four "white christmases" here in Maryland and half of them were old, grey, ugly slush so I don't think that should count.  Should it?  This year it actually snowed and since we had no where to go it was kinda cozy.  Crap, I sound like a Christmas song.  It snowed so long that it actually covered up the grass.

Ellie's Lights

The string of lights really gave some funny shadows on the wall you can see it more easily in b&w.