I got to spend the afternoon at a winery with The Leffins a couple of weeks ago. DJ works at the winery so they thought it was only perfect that we did their family portraits at that beautiful location. I was thrilled to be able to do that. Their little girl Alaithia just turned one. She is absolutely adorable and has recently learned to walk on her own – it was a lot of fun sharing a brief moment of this precious time in her life and help document it. Here are some of my favorites from that session.

DJ+Leighera – thank you for letting me photograph your family. I had a great time!

Paige and I have been friends for a while now. We met in DC in 2001 when she lived here but she has since moved out to California where she met her knight in shining armor, Chris Rogowski, they’ve now been married for about a year.

Paige and Chris were recently in town for a friend’s wedding and thought this would also be a great opportunity to do a photo session with me so we set up a him & her session and did the shoot in Old Town Alexandria.

Here are some of my favorites from that session. Enjoy!

Remember that couple photo sessions don’t always and only have to be engagement sessions. Stillpool Photography’s him & her sessions are specially for couples who want to capture a special time in their lives together. You can be dating, married for 50 years or 5 days and still set up a him & her session with us. We’ll help you capture a moment in your lives that you’ll always remember.

Carissa and I spent some time in Winchester, VA last weekend and had a great time exploring the beautiful small town. As we explored we also took some photos. If you live in the Washington DC area and are looking for a cute small town with plenty of character you should take a short ninty minute drive over to Winchester.

Here are my favorites from the model shoot with Carrisa.  Oh and a very special and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Carrisa!

When you make it there and you love authentic Mexican food you need to stop by El Comal. Carissa and I stumbled upon it with the help of Yelp. The place turned out to serve just about the most authentic Mexican food i’ve had on the East Coast. It reminded me of the tacos places in California. Completely unpretentious and only about 5-10 small tables for seating, El Comal serves up some very delicious burrito and tacos. This place is self-serve so don’t expect to be waited but you should definitely try it if you’re Winchester.

I will be posting more photos of Winchester in a few days so keep an eye out for that…

Daniel and Jihee are friends of mine who have been married for a couple of years. They never had the chance to get engagement photos before they were married and wanted some fun non-wedding type photos to put on the wall so we scheduled a him & her session.

A him & her session is for couples – you don’t have to be engaged to get fun pictures together. These pictures are fun and casual definitely frame worthy!

I had a fabulous time with this session. I could tell that there’s just so much love and chemistry between them, you can see that from the pictures. The session was taken in Washington DC on the waterfront as well as somewhere near E Street. Thanks for a great time guys!