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An Engagement Session at Lake Kittamaqundi

A Lake Kittamaqundi engagement session offers couples a beautiful combination of natural scenery and the distinctive character of Columbia, Maryland. The lake, walking paths, architecture, and surrounding landscape create plenty of opportunities for portraits that feel relaxed rather than overly posed.

For this engagement session, we wanted the photographs to reflect the couple themselves. We used the environment around Lake Kittamaqundi while allowing plenty of room for natural interaction—quiet expressions, laughter, closeness, and those small moments that happen when a couple becomes comfortable in front of the camera.

Engagement photography also gives us something a wedding day rarely provides: time. Without the schedule and activity of a wedding, we can explore different settings, work with changing light, and create a mixture of polished portraits and spontaneous photographs.

Having photographed in the Columbia area for years, locations like Lake Kittamaqundi offer something especially valuable: familiar surroundings that can still produce photographs with a strong sense of place. The result is an engagement collection that feels personal, timeless, and connected to the couple’s story.

FIRST LOOK

A Country Club

Frenchman’s Reserve

July 12, 2025

SPARKLER EXIT

A Timeless Event

Hilltop Restaurant

September 2, 2022

ENGAGEMENT session

Sunset Engagement

At Nature Preserve

June 15, 2024

luxury wedding

In The Heart Of
Washington DC

Mayflower Hotel

July 25, 2020

love has no bounds

Peach Farm

EverAfter Farm

January 13, 2023

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