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Old Town Alexandria has always been a special place for Jake and Kaley so it made the perfect backdrop for their engagement session this fall!

November 14, 2024

Jake + Kaley | A Downtown Alexandria Bar Engagement

Engagements

I always joke that all good love stories start at church, because that’s where Daniel and I met. However, this is true for Jamie and Emily as well! Emily’s sister was Jamie’s boss at their church’s summer camp. One day Emily came to visit and everyone said they would make the perfect couple! Jamie decided […]

October 8, 2020

Jamie + Emily | An Autumn Engagement

Engagements

After lots and lots of rescheduling, I finally got Dani and Rob in front of my camera this morning! Perks of a sunrise session? There is a chance you can be on the blog the very same day! Plus, it was as cool as it could be for July in Maryland. Even though I had […]

July 2, 2020

Dani + Rob | A Howard County Engagement

Engagements

It feels soooooo good to be back on the blog with a new engagement session!!! After over two months of not being able to do any kind of photography, I was able to get back behind the lens last night for Kelly and Jaryn’s e-sesh! We had to reschedule their session a few times because […]

June 1, 2020

Kelly + Jaryn | A Lakefront Howard County Engagement

Engagements

Happy April! March was full of twists and turns, so I am hoping that April brings a little normalcy into all our lives. My April is full of engagement sessions, like usual, so I wanted to take this month to help all the brides out there as they prepare! For all my #MarieMedinaCouples, I give […]

April 1, 2020

Inspiration for Your Engagement Session Outfit

For Brides, Tips & Tricks

Nothing is going to stop me from my favorite time of the year to be a photographer! When the cherry blossoms are in their full bloom, nothing can compare to their beauty. I have never seen such stunning, fluffy, blooming flowers anything like them! When couples want me to go to one of my favorite […]

March 21, 2020

Jayna + Noble | Washington DC Cherry Blossoms Engagement Session

Engagements

Only t-minus two days until Mackenzie and Garrett are husband and wife! They are obviously madly in love and completely ready to be married. And it’s about time! They have been together almost 7 years. Garrett finally popped the question on a boat in the middle of a lake on Easter…anyone else feeling major Notebook […]

December 21, 2019

Mackenzie + Garrett | A Destination Engagement in Raleigh, North Carolina

Engagements

Let’s go Terps!! Aman and Andrew met at the University of Maryland at a football game and they have’t looked back since. They are hardcore Maryland fans and I loved every second of our time together last night! Aman was a fellow RA at UMD and actually was my brother in law’s co! I’m photographing […]

November 6, 2019

Aman + Andrew | A Private Annapolis Engagement Session

Engagements

In the words of Elsa, ‘the cold never bothered me anyway!’ Or in our case, ‘the rain never bothered us!’ Chelsea and Reed met me at Jefferson Patterson Park down in Southern Maryland last night despite a forecast that called for nothing but rain and we made it happen y’all. They were super flexible and […]

October 31, 2019

Chelsea + Reed | A Fall Jefferson Patterson Park Engagement

Engagements

They’re backkk!! Y’all might recognize Britain and Jürika from their epic hot air balloon proposal back in July. Well now, they wanted to get some more enagement photos that showed their two families coming together. Their parents came to Maryland from Arkansas and South Africa this week and it was important to them to remember […]

October 25, 2019

Britain + Jürika’s Fall Family Session

Families