{"id":4638,"date":"2013-02-21T19:17:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T19:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2013-02-21T19:27:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T19:27:20","slug":"rachel-bryan-engaged-virginia-wedding-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/engagements\/rachel-bryan-engaged-virginia-wedding-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel &#038; Bryan Engaged: Virginia Wedding Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I remember back in 2009 when I was living in Panama and Rachel&#8217;s family was also living there at the time.\u00a0 In fact her family lived just down the road from us in a neighborhood called Albrook.\u00a0 Rachel worked at the embassy on her summers off from college.\u00a0 Whenever I saw her she always had a smile on her face because that&#8217;s just the kind of person she is, happy!\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t know her as well as I knew the rest of her siblings.\u00a0 Her little brother was friends with my kids and her younger sister Megan, was our babysitter.\u00a0\u00a0 When you live in a foreign country with other Americans you have know idea how your paths might cross again in the future.\u00a0 Turns out that our world is pretty small and when we moved back to Virginia, a year later her family did also.<\/p>\n<p>I happened to be in Charming Charlies one day and ran into Rachel.\u00a0 It was fun to catch up on things but never did I think that just a year later she would be engaged to be married.\u00a0 So enter Bryan.\u00a0 Bryan met Rachel while attending college but at the time Rachel was in a long term relationship (something like 5 years) with a gentleman in the army.\u00a0 Bryan always admired Rachel from afar but knew she was off limits so he was just &#8220;friends&#8221; and nothing more came of it until&#8230;.\u00a0 he ran into Rachel after graduation and asked her how she was doing and how her boyfriend was etc.\u00a0 As it turned out Rachel was single and Bryan did not waste any time at all.\u00a0 Pretty soon he called her up for a date and the rest, well you know.\u00a0 They are getting married this June in a sweet little church in Aldie and I get to photograph it.\u00a0 I love being the quiet observer that also gets to capture history in the making.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the best job and I&#8217;m blessed to be able to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Rachel &amp; Bryan!  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