My heart is about to burst. This is one of my most meaningful sessions to date. I met my dear friend Paul early in high school and since first meeting, I have had the pleasure of watching his life unfold in the most magical ways…

As I snapped the shutter and spun the camera around for LeaAnne to see the first image of their engagement session, the look in her eye said it all. We were in a magical setting that looked straight out of a fairytale and she was thrilled. So was I! The cherry blossoms lining the Tidal Basin this year were absolutely striking.

Well, as far as I know, this was the first photo session I did under false pretenses 🙂 Nicole told me she MUST have new photos of her and her husband Nick for their Christmas card this year. She requested we take them on the Saturday evening that we talked about getting together to celebrate my birthday. As far as I knew, we’d snap a few photos and then the four of us would have dinner and relax for the rest of the evening at my house.

It wasn’t what she had envisioned for her wedding. The dress, the venue, the ceremony…

When he’d proposed, they couldn’t have known what was coming next. They’d hardly had time to celebrate when his father’s diagnosis left them with little time and few options. Over the coming weeks, they planned and unplanned numerous weddings, each in response to his father’s declining health and the time they understood to have left.