Vision, location, & style guide
This guide contains tips, tricks, and ideas to help us curate a shared vision for your photography session. Treat this guide as a source for inspiration – and feel free to take the vision in any direction that suits your story!
A few tips!
On location:
Allow your looks and the location to work together and to serve one another! The synergy between the two can truly help a vision come to life. Feel free to use the resources below as a guide, or if you see a photo or two on the Pinterest board that resonates with you, send it my way and we can build the vision from there.
Select a location (or two, if you have booked a longer session) that honor your story as a couple or as a family – this is an opportunity to capture you in your element within the places that mean the most to you, or to create a fun new memory!
On style:
Go with the flow! I love to incorporate movement into my photography, so choose fabrics and looks that lend themselves to comfort and (some) motion.
Test for comfort – be sure you are comfortable sitting, standing, and spinning in your look.
I recommend keep patterns to a minimum, if possible. If wearing patterns, think about keeping the two outfits within a similar color range so that it feels cohesive.
Location overview
Urban & Gritty
Soft & Neighborhoody
Monumental & Elegant
Lush & Natural
Soft & Neighborhoody
Call Your Mother Bakery
Cafe Georgetown
Foxtrot Market
Levain Bakery
M Street
Georgetown
Eastern Market
Uncle Jim’s Diner
Wine & Butter Cafe
Ginkgo Gardens
Lincoln Park
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
New Hampshire Avenue
Tatte Bakery
Foxtrot
16th Street
Saturday Farmer’s Market
Lyle Hotel
Dupont Circle
Urban & a Touch Gritty
Coffee from Pluma Bakery
Cocktails at La Cosecha
Beers from Union Market
Union Market
The Wharf
The Yards
The Blind Whino
U Street / 14th Street
National Portrait Gallery
Other Distinct
Places
Lush & Natural
Constitution Gardens
Rock Creek Park
National Arboretum (requires an additional permit)
Dumbarton Oaks (requires ticket)
NE / NW
Smithsonian Castle Gardens
Botanical Garden
Supreme Court Gardens
Yards Park
SE / SW
Monumental & Elegant
Lincoln Memorial
Smithsonian Castle
National Gallery of Art
American Pharmacists Association
DC War Memorial
Kennedy Center / The Reach
National Mall
Supreme Court
The Capitol
Carnegie Library
MLK Library
Eisenhower Memorial Building
Elsewhere
Styling ideas
Casual & Chic
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Sporty & Sassy
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Minimalist & Modern
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Elegant & Elevated
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