destination engagement

Trump Winery Engagement Session | Charlottesville Wedding Photographer | Brad + Lauren

Trump Winery Engagement Session | Charlottesville Wedding Photographer | Brad + Lauren

There's something so inspiring about traveling to gorgeous destinations for engagement sessions or weddings, and when the venue is as gorgeous as the Albemarle Estate at Trump Winery, newly added on last year, I knew the whole day would be amazing. Even though it had been raining all week, the clouds parted and the sun came out for this gorgeous winery engagement session.

Brad and Lauren met by chance and quickly formed what they call Team45 - their own little club for just the two of them, one that's lasted through the years. In July Brad blew Lauren away with a complete surprise proposal, and this traveling duo knew their next big adventure was just about to begin. Charlottesville stole their hearts with its picturesque mountains and vineyard backdrop, and became the place for their future wedding - as well as the most perfect engagement session I could imagine...

Destination Engagement Session | Northern Virginia Engagement Photographer | Alex + Ellen

Destination Engagement Session | Northern Virginia Engagement Photographer | Alex + Ellen

I absolutely love it when couples choose a location for their engagement session or wedding that is unique and special to them. This year, Alex + Ellen get the award for the most meaningful location I could have imagined. I traveled up to a little town northwest of Washington, DC, called Purcellville for their engagement session, to the little house they call home - on 18 acres of land in a beautiful, quiet part of the country.

Alex and Ellen met in college, as many couples do, yet did not realize until they started dating that they in fact lived only one floor apart in their Longwood University dorm! I guess it was just meant to be...and one way or another, they would have ended up together. Years later, they are engaged and living in a quaint farmhouse far away from city life - and they wouldn't have it any other way...