Top Engagement Session Locations In Washington, D.C.
The most beautiful backdrops for your engagement shoot in Washington, D.C. — from the monuments on the Mall to quiet historic corners and the riverfront, matched to the photographer who'll capture them.
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Lincoln Memorial
Location Highlights
- A marble colonnade with deep shade and strong verticals
- Steps looking east down the Reflecting Pool
- The Washington Monument on axis behind you
- Floodlit after dark for a completely different look
- Steps from the Mall's other memorials
- Scale no smaller landmark can match
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The Lincoln Memorial is the most photographed backdrop in the city and still worth it, because scale like this cannot be faked. The colonnade gives you deep shade and hard verticals, the steps give you height and a view straight down the Reflecting Pool toward the Washington Monument, and the marble glows at sunrise. The catch is that everyone else knows all of this too, which makes it a first-light location if you want the steps to yourselves.
Georgetown
Location Highlights
- The first mile of the C&O Canal towpath and its bridges
- Cady's Alley, more European than American
- Georgetown Waterfront Park on the Potomac
- Cobblestone streets and painted rowhouses
- The Key Bridge upstream for a wider frame
- Sunset over the river to finish on
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Georgetown fits more variety into walking distance than any other neighbourhood in the city. The first mile of the C&O Canal gives you tree-lined towpath, low bridges and still water; Cady's Alley reads more European than American; the waterfront park opens onto the Potomac with the Key Bridge upstream; and the streets between them are brick, ironwork and painted rowhouses the whole way. Georgetown's own visitor guide sends couples to those three in particular, and they hold up.
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The photographers we'd recommend to capture your engagement session in Washington, D.C. — matched to your style and these locations.
