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Category Archives: How did you meet?

Stories of how the couples we photograph met.

Tiffanni & Mike – Mountain Branch Golf Course

Tiffanni and Mike met over a bowl of broccoli cheese soup one Sunday. He was watching football at the bar and she stopped in for a bite after shopping. She knew “this is it” on their first date and obviously they’ve been together ever since. They began their relationship in Florida where they met, but...

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Caterina & Michael – Tabard Inn

Caterina tagged along with a friend to an office birthday party to snag a piece of cake when she saw Michael. The attraction was instant and mutual. Yes it was –what some people find hard to believe, love at first sight. They both asked their mutual friend about the other’s dating status. The answer —...

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Amy & Richie – Sheraton National Hotel

Amy and Richie met in high school but didn’t start dating until college. Their relationship started out long-distance since she was at University of Connecticut and he was at University of Maryland. They’d been best friends and new becoming something more was inevitable. Rachael photographed their wedding this fall on a rather cool, breezy day....

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Maria & Rick – The Hay Adams

Maria and Rick first met while working together at the White House where they became friends. Coincidentally as life would have it their professional paths crossed again when they began working for the same company in San Francisco a few years later. Some things are just meant to be! They were welcomed back to Washington...

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Anita & Dan – Inn at Little Washington

More good news! Not only are we listed in Washingtonian Bride & Groom as one of Washington DC’s best wedding photographers, but Anita and Dan’s August wedding at the Inn at Little Washington is also featured in the issue that goes on newsstands this week! Anita and Dan became friends while attending the London School...

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Joanna & Phil | New York Times Weddings Page

  I photographed Joanna and Phil’s wedding yesterday at the Cosmos Club in Washington DC. They are the first couple of mine to have their wedding announced in the New York Times Weddings page. The announcement is nice, but it leaves out the really good parts like how they met. If you can believe it,...

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Kimberly & Ian | House of Sweden

I’ve been looking forward to posting images from Kimberly and Ian’s wedding photographed by team photographer Marvin Joseph on May 9 at the House of Sweden. They met while working together at the National Portrait Gallery here in Washington DC. Ian had the band and setting for Kimberly’s engagement ring designed after the canopy over...

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Sima & Nadim | Chevy Chase Club

Rachael Spiegel and I photographed Sima and Nadim’s wedding at Dahlgren Chapel on April 25th. This was one of those days where all of the critical elements –laughter, lighting, and love, fell into alignment to create beautiful images.  It was a rather toasty day at 90+ degrees which made our portrait session through Georgetown and...

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Sarah & Ben – Baltimore Inner Harbor

Sarah called friends late one night after her shift at Johns Hopkins, where she is a pediatric neurologist, to see if they were still hanging out at the bar across the street. Good thing she did, because that’s where she met Ben.   They lucked out on their wedding day. It had been a wet...

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Shannon & Matt – Torpedo Factory

Shannon and Matt were married on March 14 in Old Town Alexandria –the town they also call home. The day began at the ever stylish Kimpton Hotels — Hotel Monaco and Lorien Hotel and Spa, where the couple saw each other for the first time that day.   The weather did not cooperate quite as...

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