I’m so excited about this Take Me Back post!!! A little over a week ago, I was blessed to be able to go to our nation’s capitol for an engagement session! I know, my job is rough. More to come on that awesome session later, but while I was out there I of course had to take some days to site see. My roommate, Julie, was able to come along and we stayed with some of her friends who just moved out there. We spent the first day doing the engagement session and the other days embracing our inner tourist. My parents met and fell in love in DC and so they have been telling me ever since I can remember, how wonderful the city is. They have even tried several times to convince me to move there. I had been two other times in my life but I was too young to really appreciate all that the city is. This trip left me with a new city crush. It was frigidly cold, which I usually can’t stand, but for some reason I didn’t mind. Maybe it was that from every angle, I had the most beautiful view of the Washington Monument. That has a way of down playing the temperature. Anyway, I’m excited to share some of my favorites from the trip! Don’t worry that I took more images than I ever care to admit. Consider this your fair warning that there are A LOT of images ahead.
So, in the name of cold weather, patriotism and work/play,
I say, Take Me Back!
Engagement session time! Please notice my homemade ‘photographer’ gloves. What is my life?!?!
Air and Space Museum.
Fun new friends!
This was absolutely the coolest…our nation’s most foundational documents. Left me in awe.
Super cool French bakery we ate at. Made me want to be French.
Don’t worry…Claude Monet signed these.
Eastern Market!
Apparently Ted’s Bulletin is a Capitol Hill staple. It was fabulous.
So we may have periodically stopped to take some portraits. Hey, I need experience in front of the camera and Julie is learning the ‘behind the lens’ gig. Plus, I was constantly inspired…
Is this not the coolest street corner?
Arlington National Cemetery. So sobering. So grateful.
They guard this 24 hours a day…even in Hurricane Sandy. Such an honor to fallen unknown soldiers.
Nighttime monument tour = Awesome.
Silly caution signs. They add character, right?
I’ll end with this shot cause I love it…
Stunning. I especially love the black and white shots! Loved the post! Thanks!