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Lauren and Patrick’s Old Town Alexandria Engagement Session

nessa k — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:37:56 +0000

I like modern spins on old ideas. Old houses full of modern furniture, vintage pieces mixed with new items, and retro locations juxtaposed with modern couples. Old Town Alexandria is full of vintage stores, cobblestone roads, cute shops, and brightly painted buildings. Primary colors, this couple, their dogs, and all the love they brought to this sunrise shoot make my heart feel light. I can’t get over this Old Town Alexandria engagement session.

Two Frames at Sunrise: Washington DC Engagement Photos

nessa k — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:26:38 +0000

Hilary and Brent: Washington DC Engagement Photographer

nessa k — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:26:38 +0000

Hilary and Brent travelled a few hours from my homestate of West Virginia to meet up for their engagement pictures. Since I have a lot of home state pride, getting to meet them and spend a sunrise shooting them after they travelled in was the very best way to start my morning and kick off the cherry blossom festivities.

If you’re not from DC, then you may not know that there’s about a week in March or April in DC where everyone flocks the parks, tree filled neighborhoods, monuments, and the Tidal Basin for photos of the cherry blossoms. If you are from DC, you’re probably enjoying the view, but crossing your fingers the tourists clear our soon. But cherry blossoms are something of magic, no matter how many people are around. For a few short weeks there are cherry blossom festivities, tours, exhibits, hotels are impossible to book, and it’s one of the busiest times a year for engagement photos. And this is exactly why:

Photos by Washington DC Engagement Photographer Nessa K

Sterling & John’s Rooftop Engagement Session

nessa k — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:09:53 +0000

I’m finding that living in DC has more perks than I ever anticipated. While I worked in DC all of last year, now that I’m actually living here, it has proven to be a whole other world. I’m constantly finding new places to explore, new foods to try, and, admittedly, I still end up revisiting some of my immediate favorites, which is why this session features Ben’s Chili Bowl, the location of an amazing detour from a wedding I recently posted. This walk around DC quickly became a rooftop engagement session when we got back to their building. Some sunshine, exploration, and two people, in love.

Photos by Washington DC Engagement Photographer Nessa K

Sonia and Stefanie’s Washington DC Engagement Session

nessa k — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:09:35 +0000

Sonia and Stefanie love art, videogames, and live in the beautiful state of Georgia. When they decided to get married, they travelled up to Washington DC for their wedding nuptials. For their engagement session, we met up at a soybean field just as the rain had cleared a few days before their wedding. We carefully stepped through spiderwebs into the field where the leaves of plants were turning bright yellow toward the end of summer and the weather was windy and warm. This is where I got to know them.

Being a wedding photographer means I get to spend a very short, but intimate time with couples. Meeting these two in person for the first time in a cafe, I knew I was going to love getting to work with them. Shooting their engagement session confirmed this, but on their wedding day, getting to see just a handful of their friends and family come together for their union; that completely sealed the deal. These two women are absolutely stunning, incredibly bright and cheery to be around, and although they had to leave their homestate of Georgia to be wed, they are married and I couldn’t be happier to have met them and been a part of it. Love is love.

Bri & Zack: Foggy Sunrise Engagement Session

nessa k — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:24:57 +0000

One of the best things about being in DC is having access to all the rural areas that surround it. This session was in Perkasie, PA in autumn. When the sun came up, the entire sky was orange and warm and the fog stayed on the ground for a full hour after sunrise. I’ve said this before about sunrise sessions, the light is unbeatable. I loved delivering this session to Bri and Zack and hearing back within a few minutes from the groom that waking up early to drive to PA for this session was daunting, “but good lord was it worth it.” It sounds crazy to wake up early to go out and shoot, but I’m going to have agree.

Totally worth it.

Emily & Eric: Washington DC Engagement Photographer

nessa k — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:45:16 +0000

Emily and Eric are bubbly, they have a cute dog, they love pepperoni rolls, and I learned at the session Eric is from West Virginia, my homestate (represent). They wanted to incorporate some of their favorite places to walk in their neighborhood into their engagement session before their move to Colorado and I can’t think of a better location to walk around and laugh with them. Here are a few from our session and I can’t wait to share their wedding photos from Fallingwater in PA.

Jacqueline and Evan’s Eastern Market Engagement Session

nessa k — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:56:43 +0000

I love and adore these two; their curiosity, their love to explore their city, their bubbly laughs, and the way they braved the strange autumn DC weather for their engagement session.

Love and a Bookstore. Just One Frame.

nessa k — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 02:13:54 +0000

KC and Aaron – Philadelphia Engagement Photographer

nessa k — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:57:04 +0000

A golden evening in DC with KC and Aaron followed by long talks over German beer. Truth be told, I’m still trying to think of ways to convince these two to move to Pennsylvania so I can keep them around forever and always.