Shari and Evan's DC Nighttime Engagement Session!

This past weekend I was able to photograph Shari and Evan in downtown DC, and boy did we have a great time!  When I initially met with Shari and Evan, Evan told me straight away that they wanted to do an engagement session and it had to be at nighttime.  To me, this was a dream come true, as most couples don't specifically request photos at night!  I was completely up for the challenge, so we decided to start things off in Dupont Circle for our shoot! Dupont Circle is special for Shari and Evan, as Shari used to live right near there and they both have spent several date nights there!  Evan wanted to make sure we highlighted exactly where we were, so you'll definitely notice some street signs indicating that we were, in fact, right in the heart of Dupont!  We also stopped by Cafe Dupont, one of their favorite places to go, located in The Dupont Circle Hotel.  Shari and Evan got the opportunity to sit back and relax and have a couple of drinks while I photographed them candidly at the cafe.  I absolutely loved that, and I'm so glad the staff and patrons at Cafe Dupont were okay with us hanging out there!

After our Dupont Circle escapade, we decided to head down toward the back of the Lincoln Memorial to see what kind of shots we could get.  I have to agree with Evan on this one: the Lincoln one of my favorite memorials to view at night!  It's just so gorgeous, even driving passed it from a distance, so I'm really glad we got some photos with it!  As a super bonus, while I was setting up the Lincoln shots, Shari happened to notice the super moon that peeked out to the right of the Lincoln!  We were all crazy excited about it, so naturally we got some shots with the super moon as well.  :D

Thanks so much Shari and Evan for an incredible nighttime session!  I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do!

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Helena and Dan's WWI Memorial Wedding - Sneak Peeks!

On Friday I was thrilled to be able to photograph Helena and Dan's wedding at the WWI Memorial in Washington, DC.  Their intimate wedding was absolutely beautiful (I cried, a lot!), and then we traveled around DC taking some more photos of the happy couple and family.  Here are two sneak peeks I really loved, one in front of a WWI Memorial column, and the next at the fountains at the National Gallery of Art.  I hope you enjoy them!

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Lauren and Kunal's Spring Engagement Session!

I recently had the opportunity to photograph a pretty amazing couple, Lauren and Kunal!  Their wedding is next month, but we took advantage of the beautiful spring weather we've been having (well, when it was warm anyway!) and did an engagement session down at the WWI Memorial and Gravelly Point Park in DC! These two locations were completely ideal for Lauren and Kunal.  In terms of the memorial, Lauren and Kunal had their very first date among the monuments and Kunal had the prescience to ask someone to photograph them that night in front of the tidal basin.  They now take long walks among the monuments whenever the get the chance!  And regarding the Gravelly Point location (among airplanes), Lauren and Kunal's relationship has been defined by tons of travel.  Their first trip together was only after two months of dating, Lauren traveled overseas constantly for her old job, and more recently Kunal flies out of DC every four days for work.

I seriously had the best time ever hanging out with Lauren and Kunal.  They're very easy going and clearly just love being in the presence of one another.  Kunal is the goofball in the relationship and always knows how to make Lauren laugh.  He totally had me laughing behind the camera too!

I'm so excited to share these photos and cannot wait for Lauren and Kunal's wedding next month!  Enjoy!

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Lauren and Kunal's Spring Engagement Session - Sneak Peeks!

This past weekend I had the opportunity to photograph two very awesome people: Lauren and Kunal!  We photographed at the WWI Memorial and Gravelly Point Park and had an awesome time.  These are two sneak peeks from their adorable session!  Enjoy!

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Kayleen and Chris' Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Wedding!

This past fall Mike and I got the opportunity to travel down to Kilmarnock, Virginia for the wedding of Kayleen and Chris!  Kayleen is a friend of a friend, and I was super pumped to work with she and Chris for their gorgeous Chesapeake Bay wedding!  Chris' family owns a very historic house right there on the bay, which was the site of Kayleen and Chris' ceremony.  I'm sure you'll notice that the location was absolutely stunning and that the day itself was perfect for their outdoor wedding! What I love about Kayleen and Chris is that they're such a chill (but fun!) couple.  They decided to do a first look underneath the biggest magnolia tree I've ever seen, and I love the way those shots turned out.  Then we took some photos of them with their attendants right there on the steps of the house (which were adorbs...love the silly faces!).  Their ceremony was slightly delayed due to some shuttle issues, but it did not change Kayleen and Chris' demeanor at all before the ceremony.  You'll notice the shot of the two of them looking out the window and how relaxed they are...that was them keeping an eye out for the shuttle!  I know for some people this would have driven them crazy, but not Kayleen and Chris!  They were cool as cucumbers.  :)  The ceremony went off without a hitch and the photos we took immediately after were some of my very favorites of the day!

I hope you enjoy the photos below!  Many thanks to Kayleen, Chris, and their family and friends for letting Mike and I be part of their special day.  Enjoy!

 Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Happy Thanksgiving from Lisa Boggs Photography!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Today I am thankful for so many things, but most of all for these beautiful guys who are a huge part of my life every day: I love you, Mike and Penny (and Margot the Friendly Cat, not pictured).  Also, big shout out to my Dad who's having a birthday today!  Happy birthday, Dad! :)

Hope everyone has a fun and safe Thanksgiving!

Love,

Lisa

Deanna and Joe's Fall Engagement Session in Riverbend Park!

I was really excited to photograph Deanna and Joe for a number of reasons, but reason number one was because we did the engagement session in my neck-of-the-woods at Riverbend Park!  You've probably seen me post on Riverbend Park before.  It's a lovely park on the calmer side of the Potomac, just northwest of Great Falls Park.  Deanna and Joe really like hiking in Great Falls Park, so I suggested Riverbend as a nice alternative because it's less-traveled and we could find some great spots without a ton of people around. Reason number two that I was excited to photography Deanna and Joe is that they're just the sweetest couple everrrrrrrrr.  They have that kind of love that's simple and unspoken.  And it's fun to see unfold in photographs!  The scenery and lighting was just perfect for what I consider to be a quiet, but emotionally moving shoot.  Deanna and Joe would just exchange these looks and touches that made your heart melt.  We should only be so lucky to experience these moments ourselves!  But I was just so pleased with how the photos turned out, as I really felt the photographs emulated who Deanna and Joe are as a couple.

Thanks for such a beautiful and fun shoot, Deanna and Joe!  I hope you enjoy the photos and I can't wait for your wedding next year!  :)

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Mariah and Evan's Fall Engagement Session!

Guess what, party people?  It's time for Mariah and Evan's awesome fall engagement session!  Woot woot!  :D Evan used to know my husband, Mike, in high school, and when he got engaged to his adorable fiancee, Mariah, he contacted me about potentially photographing their wedding.  I'm so excited they chose me, and you'll love the photos we recently took at Sully Historic Site for their engagement session!

It didn't take long once I started photographing Mariah and Evan to see the amazing connection they had with one another.  They were incredibly sweet and playful and they were complete naturals!  They started their own leaf fight together and even had a small football match!  And although I could see the strong competitiveness in each of them, they always seemed to shake it off and hug and kiss one another immediately afterward.  So stinkin' cute!

It's so hard to pick favorites from the day because we had a lot of different photographic opportunities at this site!  Almost no one was there to get in our way, and we had free range of some gorgeous fall color, a cute garden area, two historic homes (one of which had an awesome window I could shoot through) and a lot of grassy areas for the football photos.  All-in-all I have to say I just love the ones of Evan and Mariah being completely natural with one another.  You can feel the love and the laughter they were experiencing during the session, and it makes my heart melt.  I seriously cannot wait for Mariah and Evan's wedding so I can see their adorable glowing faces on that day!

Thank you so much, Evan and Mariah!  Enjoy!  :)

Nicely framed, right?  Well, I shot through a window that Evan had spotted, so it really was through a window frame!  I kind of like it:

Style Me Pretty Features Lisa Boggs Photography!

So a few months back, my lovely bride, Brandy, wanted to submit her wedding to Style Me Pretty.  I was completely up for the challenge, so she compiled all of the info and I polished off all of the photos, and BAM!  We submitted it!  And within a few short days, Style Me Pretty accepted the submission, and a few months later published it on their national blog.  How exciting is that?!  I can't tell you how cool it was to see my images (Who, me?  Lisa Boggs?  Where?) on a wedding blog of that caliber.  SO FREAKING COOL!  And of course Brandy did such a great job with her write-up and list of vendors.  So, just scroll down and see for yourself how it looks!  If you want to see the original post, just click on the screen capture I made and that will take you to Style Me Pretty.  Also, Brandy's original wedding blog post on THIS blog is right here.  :) Thank you Brandy and Style Me Pretty!  You guys rule!

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Jess and Matt's Capitol Hill Engagement Session!

There are some clients that I know I'm destined to photograph.  Jess is definitely one of those clients!  Only a few minutes after meeting her, we realized we had so much in common.  The glaring similarities right off the bat were that we both have gluten allergies and both try and experiment with gluten-free baking, which is really tough .  Secondly, she and I both loved the same restaurant near the Courthouse Metro in Arlington, Toscana, which used to have the best gluten-free pasta options (and has since switched management and now offers no gluten-free options.  We are both livid over it.).  The most recent similarity we discovered is our love for Parks and Recreation!  She and Matt (her awesome fiancé) are even dressing up as Ron Swanson and bacon for Halloween (you must watch the show to get this, but holy crap, it's the best idea ever!).  So, needless to say, I was excited to meet up with Jess and Matt for their recent engagement session over in Capitol Hill! The day we went out to the Capitol was just beautiful!  Everything was very bright and sunny, with a cool wind in the air and a little fall color.  Jess and Matt looked amazing, and Jess had even coordinated their outfits to be red, white and blue, but without being obvious.  I honestly had no idea that's what she was going for and I thought she did a great job with it!  As I'm sure you'll notice, they're just a really adorable couple.  They're incredibly fun while being laid back, and just mesh so well together.  They had the day planned out perfectly so we could do most of the photos at the Capitol, do an outfit change at Jessica's work, and then head over to the Georgetown area to meet up with their super-cute dogs!  I can't say enough how great this photo session was, and I hope you enjoy the photos.  Thank you so much, Jess and Matt, for an amazing session!  I cannot wait for your DC wedding next year (and to eat some really amazing gluten-free food!  Yay!).  Enjoy!

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

October Wedding Sneak Peeks - Part Two!

I can't believe October is almost over!  Crazy!  Well, with more weddings under my belt, I'm here to share some more sneak peeks!  Thanks to my amazing couples who let me be a part of their special day! Here's Jenny and Steven!  I love Jenny's smile and that we stopped to take photos with she and Steven's adorable pup, Martini...

Here's Kayleen and Chris!  Their Chesapeake Bay wedding was gorgeous and I love Kayleen's freckles...

And last up, here's Katie and John!  Their wedding in Leesburg was beautiful and sunny, just like the two of them...

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Briean and Casey's Hurricane Irene Wedding - Part Two!

If you missed part one of Briean and Casey's Hurricane Irene wedding, go here!  Otherwise, keep reading for some recap of the reception, along with some gorgeous detail and reception photographs! By this time of the wedding we have made it passed the insane outdoor photos with the wedding party and happy couple, Briean and Casey.  Everyone, of course, got completely drenched in the rain, even with umbrellas! Our umbrellas, unfortunately, were no match for the 25-30 mph winds outside, but they did make for some lovely props!  :D

After all the craziness, heading indoors at The Sunset Room at National Harbor was such a nice, warm welcome!  The room was simply stunning, and really captured the essence of Briean and Casey's nautical theme I had heard so much about.  I don't even know where to begin on the amount dedication that Briean and Casey put into their details!   So I'll just start listing all of my favorites:  wooden sailboats as table "escort cards," wooden oars for guests to sign (that Briean and Casey can later display in their home), nautical lanterns as table centerpieces, Briean and Casey's favorite Bethany Beach go-to places as table names (all neatly framed, of course), a giant porcelain boat to hold all of the beer, cocktail napkins with questions about Briean and Casey on them (in the wedding colors, obviously), roped boat knots lining the cocktail chairs and a "Hail to the Hurricane" signature cocktail added the day before the wedding.  Other amazing details were the simple white cake with a gorgeous giant flower, made my Purple Onion (mimicking the flower on Briean's sash she wore with her dress), plus ruby red slippers that Briean changed into for her "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" dance with her father.  See what I mean?  Briean and Casey had everything covered!

Aside from the details, I just really loved how excited and energetic the whole wedding reception was.  Yes, there was still a hurricane going on outside.  Yes, the lights would flicker every once in a while (particularly later in the evening, as things got worse the later it got).  Nevertheless, everyone enjoyed themselves!  The food was incredible thanks to Purple Onion and the dance floor was hopping thanks to DJ Blazin Hot (who came straight from Bethany Beach for the wedding!).  The speeches were incredibly touching and the love in the room was palpable.  I enjoyed every single minute of it!

One more thing I want to say is about the last photo I took, which ended up being one of my favorites of the whole wedding.  Something the Gaylord does down at the National Harbor every Saturday evening in the summer is have a fireworks show at 9:30 pm.  Briean and I had talked about that well in advance and had totally planned out the shot we were going to do with the fireworks in the background.  Well, needless to say, the fireworks were completely cancelled due to the hurricane.  However, throughout the night, I kept noticing how cool the raindrops looked on the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Sunset Room, particularly when they were backlit by some outdoor lights.  So, with the same shot in mind as the fireworks, I wanted to illuminate Briean and Casey and capture the window with raindrops in the background.  I was so stoked at the final result of that photograph, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.  If it can't be fireworks, I'm definitely happy with this as a runner-up!

Thanks again to my gorgeous couple, Briean and Casey, and to their family and friends for allowing me to capture this incredible event amidst a hurricane.  I would do it all over again in a heartbeat!  :)

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Briean and Casey's Hurricane Irene Wedding - Part One!

Where do I begin with Briean and Casey?  It's been almost a year since I met them, and even though we don't hang out on a regular basis, I definitely consider them to be friends!  They're just an incredible couple inside and out.  I shot two amazing engagement sessions for them, one of them last winter and one this spring, and I honestly can't get enough of hanging out with these two.  That's why it's so crazy that their wedding is over and done with! Briean and Casey's wedding theme was perfectly suited for the two of them, as they both have a unique history with everything nautical.  Casey used to be a rescue diver in the Coast Guard, and Briean's favorite place to be in the world is Bethany Beach.  Not only that, but Briean worked at National Harbor for quite a while!  So when Casey proposed to Briean at Bethany Beach last year, it was no surprise that once they began their wedding planning they went with a classy nautical theme to tie everything in (not to mention planned their reception at National Harbor).  With a white, pink and navy color palette, Briean worked her magic all over this wedding and it pulled together to look amazing!

Of course, one aspect of the wedding we weren't counting on was the fact that a hurricane would be a part of it!  I had just returned from a small trip on Monday to see the news reports of Hurricane Irene brewing in the Atlantic, with the trajectory hitting the east coast, and *gasp* the Washington, D.C. area on Saturday!  Both Briean and I were a little panicked, but we both stayed calm and just came up with a backup plan.  I knew that we would probably have to do most of the formal photographs inside, but I told her we may want to venture out into the rain to get some of the shots I know she envisioned for the wedding.  I have to say, I was completely impressed with Briean, Casey and their wedding party.  I have never met a more passionate group of people who were willing to do whatever it took to get the perfect photographs!  For me, it was a dream, because I'm a huge weather nut, so I was up for anything!  But it was just so amazing to see everyone pull together for the happy couple!

I could go on and on here, but this is only PART ONE of Briean and Casey's wedding!  So, I'll let the photos speak for themselves.  :)  Enjoy everyone, and stay tuned for part two!

The salon provide Brie with a hurricane drink:

Many thanks to the Westin National Harbor for letting us shoot indoors:

And now...the outdoor photos!  Also, yes, the four inside-out umbrellas were made that way from the wind, I promise:

Outdoors it looked more like this with all the dark swirly clouds:

Running to the reception:

Briean's garter was falling down so Casey was a big sweetheart and helped a girl out.  Isn't this shot adorbs:

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

The Washingtonian Features Lisa Boggs Photography!

I am beyond thrilled to announce that my most recent wedding of Briean and Casey was just published in the Washingtonian!  Squee!  Right after Briean and Casey's wedding I knew someone would want to cover it.   It took place on Saturday, August 27th in the middle of Hurricane Irene (and I know most weddings in the area were cancelled because of the hurricane).  Photographed at National Harbor, my husband and I were still able to get the photographs that Briean envisioned for her big day...even in a hurricane!  I cannot thank the Washingtonian enough for writing about Briean and Casey and posting some of my images.  I am so thrilled with the whole experience (if you know me well, you know I like extreme weather, so this really fit!), and I thank everyone who was an encouragement to me right before this wedding!  Many thanks to Briean and Casey for entrusting me with their photos (and their lives!) during Hurricane Irene! Below are the screen captures, but to read the article on the Washingtonian, just go here:

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Briean and Casey's Hurricane Irene Wedding - Sneak Peek!

I have to write a huge post for Briean and Casey following this one, as there are so many great things to say about them and great photos to share.  But, for now, here's a sneak peek of one of my favorite images from the day.  Hurricane Irene looks beautiful on the window, no?  ;)  (This was originally supposed to be a fireworks shot, you know...before the hurricane came through.  I'm pretty sure I love it more than fireworks!)

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Megan and Tim's After-Wedding Portrait Session at Brookside Gardens!

I think I've officially discovered something from Megan and Tim's portrait session, and that is that every bride loves to twirl in her wedding dress.  And let's be honest, not only does she feel awesome while she's twirling, but she looks awesome...and so does the dress for that matter!  Well, you'll get to see Megan twirl a couple of times in the photos below that I took from our session at Brookside Gardens! Megan connected with me a few months back with the idea of taking some portraits taken, because their wedding photographer was very photojournalistic at their event.  So there are very few portraits of Megan and Tim alone and very few shots that really showcase the dress as well.  I told her I was completely game and met up with them just a few weeks ago to have some fun!

Brookside Gardens is a really stunning place for portraits.  I had never been there, but I most definitely will be back, if anything just to roam around and take in all of the scenery!  I really felt like it combined elements I like from Meadowlark Gardens in Vienna, along with stonework similar to Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown.  Although it was incredibly hot the evening Megan, Tim and I set out on our adventure, you can't really even tell!  Megan and Tim looked awesome, and it was such a pleasure getting to walk around, take their photos, and get to know them.  I was really pleased with the photographs we got, and I hope you enjoy them!

Thanks so much Megan and Tim for letting me take some portraits of you!  (We'll just try to forget how horrendous I looked after sweating all over the place...ha ha ha!)  :)

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa

Aubrey and Alex's Howard County Conservancy Wedding!

I was so excited when I booked Aubrey and Alex, not only because they are a really cool couple from Baltimore (who also own a really cool dog named Athena), but because they were having their wedding at Howard County Conservancy!  I've always wanted to photograph at this location!  Between the rolling hills of tall grass, the old barns, and the awesome garden areas, it's really quite an outdoor photographers dream! The day started off really hot, so I knew I'd have to keep Aubrey and Alex as cool as possible!  The ceremony was outside in a pretty tree-covered area, so that at least alleviated some of the heat and kept the bright sun off of their faces!  Aubrey and Alex looked so amazing and in love during their ceremony.  Aubrey even cried a little bit during their vows and I got a little choked up!  They're just so cute!  After the ceremony I took the wedding party to the inside of a nearby barn so they could get their inner-model on, and then finished up with some portraits of Aubrey and Alex.  Later on in the evening I took the newlyweds back outside for some portraits in the field which I really loved!  We were this close to having a storm in the background of their photos, but alas, the clouds dissipated and went away (and, lets be honest, probably not best to be in the middle of a field during a storm, yes?  Yes!).

Many thanks to Aubrey and Alex and their families for having me out to photograph this special occasion!  I had a blast and I sincerely hope you enjoy your photos!

Thanks for looking!

Love,

Lisa