DC, Oh How I Love Thee!

November 2016

 DC. Oh, how I love thee. 

Time flies when you are having fun, I guess? I cant believe this trip was nearly 15 months ago, when it seems like just yesterday.  I was lucky enough to be able to take a trip to DC for a grants training workshop for work. I visited during November 2016 and thats when I fell in love with this town, real hard.  

The buildings were not overly tall, making the town feel like a town, instead of the big city. Each city block was an interconnected web of homes where the sides of each town home touched their neighbors, the only detail indicating a change in home owner was the difference between the homes exterior (oddly enough were usually vastly different from the next). It seemed like the long skinny homes stared back at me from my walks through town, giving me discerning looks as if they knew I was the outsider peering into their windows. For a brief moment I felt like I stepped back in time, I awaited the sound of a horse trotting down the brick land but was only met with the sound of a Subaru. The sidewalks were lumpy from original bricks being laid on ground that had moved under their weight, with grass growing between the bricks where the sunlight touched the soil. And due to the weather in November the leaves had started to change to their fall suits, and fall to the ground. Walking on crunchy leaves make me happy, and I frolicked through town aiming my feet towards the large piles of fallen foliage.

The past has made this place a special place, and this place makes history every day.  Seeing the National Mall, the White House, the Treasury, and all other historical markers within this city make me want to become a historian and move here to share our past with the people who hold our future. 

 Why is no one looking outside when we take off and land? I feel it should be a rule. The world looks perfect, like lego-land, from above.

 The Pentagon, a vast structure. This photo doesnt clearly represent the size of this edifice, its incredibly massive.

 Mr. Lincoln. You were my favorite.

 Testing out some long exposures!

 These photos dont do the Washington Memorial justice. This is an incredible sight.

The White House. Too legit.

K & S Engagement Sesh!

 These are some of my favorite humans (as Katie would say). They are silly, super silly actually, funky, fun, head-over-heels in love with each other, and over the moon for their city. So why not highlight their love, where they love? Welp, we did. And it turned out reallll good.

I'm not your average "stand there, just like that, and smile" photographer. I'm your "lets go outside, and do some shit" photographer. We get crazy. We run around and play. And we get some shots, hella good shots.

These two, silly goofs.

 There sure was a lot of laughing happening.

Pretty sure Katie just might kill me for this shot... but I couldn't help myself. And, its one of Sean's faves.

 Then, we went back to their place, and while they did what they normally do at home I totally fibbed and said I was just reviewing the images from the day and shot these. 

Genuine happiness, pure love, in their home, in their element, I felt like I stole something... I stole a little part of their world. 

And, to be completely honest, these are some of my favorite images to date.

These two, two of my faves.

For years its been "You two are our relationship role models", but, after being a part of this day, your wedding, and seeing you two together I can honestly say you two are actually our role models. You reminded us to have the most fun ever, love as hard as you possibly can, and get silly, always.

I cant wait to be part of the O'Neill's future, to see what wondrous things this life brings these two ridiculously amazing people. To infinity and beyond my friends. Love you both dearly!

"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." Walt Disney

Ohhh, how the time flies...

1 year, 365 days, 8760 hours, 525600 minutes ago. these were shot. This sweet baby was just a few weeks old, and so was this new mother and father. It was a bonding time for this new little family, and now that this sweet baby boy just turned 1 these images take us all back to this day, when he was super "fresh" as his mama would say.

We had just mere moments to capture these, Jack Jack wasn't the happiest little guy ever, he pooed on my bed, and the sun had set. A short and sweet set of images for this sweet little dude.

"Making the decision to have a child - its momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body" Elizabeth Stone

You are in our hearts forever baby Jack-Jack.