Great Falls Washington DC Engagement Photography
Allison & Jamie’s Engagement photos in Washington DC | Washington DC Engagements | Great Falls Potomac River | H Street Corridor | Apollo Fields Wedding Photography
You know how the Best Man and Maid of Honor are supposed to hook up at a wedding? Well, that’s sort of the case with Allison and Jamie— except there was a couple of years before they actually got together! It’s hard to believe that in 2016, we were all up in Quebec for Jen & Jon’s wedding where Allison and Jamie stood up at the altar as the wedding party. Fast forward a couple of years and now they are planning their OWN wedding for June 20, 2020!
We’ve been lucky to get to know them as friends since then and I cannot wait to shoot their Brooklyn wedding at St. John St. Matthew Emmanuel Lutheran Church next year. This church also has a special meaning for them, as it is where they officially met as witnesses for Jen and Jon’s US Marriage certificate signing and is where Allison has been a member for many years since she lives close by in Park Slope. It was fitting then that Jamie asked Allison to marry him at this church and proposed with a custom ring made from two separate family rings (one from each side of their families).
They are both sentimental people who really value their family, friends, and faith but also love to explore and adventure together. Allison and Jamie have been killing the long distance relationship game, alternating weekends between NYC and DC, so it only seemed fitting to do their engagement photos down by Jamie to really round off the story of their relationship.
We started the day down in the H Street Corridor which is an energetic and artsy part of the city. I wanted to shoot in places that felt more local and less touristy, so this was the perfect urban start to the day. We detoured for a quick happy hour drink and then went to the Great Falls for a short hike. We got super lucky with the foliage and weather and were able to get some great shots down by the water. Jamie and Allison even climbed up to the top of the falls which looked way easier from the bottom (AKA where I was standing) but they were champs and it made for some epic pics! We closed out our afternoon in the theater at the school where Jamie works for a few pics that show their theater-y side.