Today I bring to you the 3rd engagement session I’ve shot in the past 4 days…yes I’ve been a busy little bee. But that’s what happens when you travel coast to coast, if anything it keeps me on my toes. 
I actually met Andrew on my own wedding day when he arrived along with Mike Eller from Monachetti, our now legendary wedding videographers. I actually never met either of them until our wedding day so all of you brides out there, don’t feel bad if you can’t always have an in-person meeting with your vendors. It’s great if you can but it’s just not always possible so trust your instincts and do whatever is comfortable for you.
After my wedding and after the months that passed, my husband Gary and I got to hang out with Andrew a few times in LA. Over a particularly memorable evening of margaritas & mexican food at Mexico City, Andrew confessed to us that he was ready to propose to his long-time love, Emily. We got so excited and wanted to help. He said that he already had the diamond but needed to have it set into the perfect engagement ring. So Gary and I being the helpful (nosy) people we are decided that we absolutely must take Andrew over to our favorite jeweler KFK where Gary had commissioned my own engagement ring and where we purchased our wedding bands & my wedding earrings. So the next week I picked up Andrew and we met Gary over at the jewelers where we helped Andrew to pick out the perfect antique ring for Emily. And the rest is history.
But it didn’t end there. A couple of months after the engagement commenced, Andrew emailed me and asked me if I would shoot the wedding. Of course I was flattered and thrilled and am so looking forward to their big day coming up in September. But this trip was all about the engagement session. Since Glen Echo Park is my new favorite location, I knew we had to go back…and we did last night, and finished just before the rain hit…or at least before major downpour started. A big thank you to my amazing associate photographer Jenni for coming along to shoot with me and help out.
A special thank you to Nicole for giving me the giant balloons and to Shoppers Food Warehouse for filling them with helium for me for $0.98 each.
Since the back and left sides of the train belong to Liz & Chris, I took Andrew & Emily to the front & right sides.
It started raining on us so we decided to hide under the carousel overhang for a while. None of us had the $1.25 on us that was required to actually ride the carousel though.
Finally after a lot of begging, they took pity on us and let us in for a few pictures.
Tags: dc, engagement session, Glen Echo Engagement Session, Glen Echo Park, KFK jewelry, Monachetti
Beautiful, that red door is so vibrant…ok now come back to LA.
These are fantastic! Your photography has so much style and character- I LOVE it.
LOVE the Red Door! awesome! they look amazing!
Justine, These are absolutely amazing!!
It also helps that the 2 people in them are wonderful!
-Chelsea (Mike Eller’s Girlfriend!)
Love them…the 3rd from the top with the red doors is fantastic!
These are amazing!
Andy and Emily, you guys are so photogenic and every picture is perfect.
Incredible job, Justine – I can’t wait to meet you in September!
love love LOVE!!! totally worth the rain
glen echo looks better than ever in these gorgeous portraits. great job! again! my favorite is a closeup of their faces actually, very beautiful and sexy.
gorgeous photos! the colors are awesome. i love you both!!!
i am in love with that train! what a great location. fantastic job, justine!
These pictures look great. You two know how to rock the camera. Very, very beautiful with a little Mad Men look to it.
I love you guys and I cant wait to meet you Justine, your wedding was one of my favorite Monachetti Weds
LOVE the red doors and the pop corn… so creative and fun
Love these! So much personality- looks like a super fun day!
GREAT stuff here, Justine. Love, love the train shots and carnival ones. Sweet theme, clothes and style.
Love these! I love the red door, popcorn, train, very creative and beautiful!
im all about the train. im happy you found you’re pants bowser!
I think this might be my favorite e-sesion of yours ever! So cute!
Justine! They look great! Very fun.
I love the up in the air jump. One should be jumping for joy to be getting married to these special people. SBG
They are so natural and you seem to capture the beauty of their relationship. Can’t wait for the wedding photos!
The pictures are so natural and beautiful. Can’t wait to see the wedding pictures!
YEAHHH!! Super Duper Cute! Love the balloons and love the inside carousel pic!!! They are super adorable!
These are some of the best engagement pics I have seen. My fav is the black and white with your hand on his shoulder, looking at the camera and him looking at you. Stunning! love you!!
I love the photos and thought they truly look like models! What great shots! Gorgeous people in such adorable settings. Wonderful
Justine, these pictures are gorgeous. I can’t even pick a favorite!
Andy, are we really bro/sis? How are you so photogenic?
Emily, my beautiful sister-in-law to be! Yay!
Yay! Glen Echo is one of my FAVORITE places in the whole wide world. I’m so glad you chose this for their engagement session. Beautiful!
They’re all great but I LOVE the levitating one. Happy and silly leads to longer happier marriage
The black and white closeup where he is looking at her is stunning.
These are awesome! I love the merry-go-round ones. Love the lighting in all of them! WOW you are very talented!!
very nice stuff! beautiful pics for a wonderful couple! my favorite is probably the carousel, or the train photos. but i’m weird like that.
love love love. you are so flipping creative!
i love the photos…all of them! something really special was captured during the session. best wishes to the happy couple!