Monica and Aaron's Engagement Session

This past weekend I took engagement portraits for the oh so lovely Monica and Aaron.  Monica's parents are dear old friends of mine and I cannot wait for the wedding next year.  Randy Wood, another old friend to all of us, came along to help with this shoot and will, of course, be shooting the wedding with me next October.

Monica's parents have a wonderful old country home in the town of Marshall, Virginia.  It's only an hour from D.C, but it feels like its a million miles from town.  The Virginia countryside in the fall is spectacular and the weather this weekend was perfect.

We started out at a friend's house down the street from Soley and Ray's.  These folks had a restored cabin on their property as well as the proverbial red barn which both made for great backdrops.  Then we moved back to Boland's house which has its own share of great photo sites.

Monica and Aaron - you are great models, great people and I hope you had as much fun taking these pics and Randy and I did.  xo

Trip To Marshall, VA - October 14, 2012

This past weekend I went out to Marshall, Virginia, to take engagement photos of Monica and Aaron.  Monica is the daughter of my dear friends, Soley and Ray, and Randy and I will be photographing their wedding next October.  I did not travel light for this shoot.  In addition to bringing Randy to help with the portraits, we brought his wife, Susan, daughter, Lily, and my two pups, Sammy and Binky. 

Soley and Ray have a country home in Marshall and this was my first trip out to see it.  Truly a little slice of heaven.  Lily ran free, the pups ran free, and all of us had a wonderful time.  I cannot wait to return and bring Joe and Jake, who had to stay in DC this weekend.   We wined and dined and sat by the fire pit, and, as always with this gang, there was a bit of dancing.  This morning we hit a pumpkin patch for Lily before we drove home.

Thanks so much to the Bolands for being such great hosts and for making us all feel so welcome.   I will post the formal engagement session of the lovely couple very soon.  For now -- just some fun ones of the weekend.