Matt was so wonderful to work with! He's such an easy going and fun presence, and he made us feel super comfortable having our photos taken (especially during our engagement shoot when he said, "Oh I forgot to mention it's super awkward for the first few minutes, but it will get better!" haha!) My husband has a Chandler-Bing-esque inability to smile normally in a posed photo, but Matt was able to overcome this and capture his candid smile perfectly :) We had a blast with both our engagement photos and our wedding day. Oh yeah, and the photos are gorgeous!! We haven't even gotten our all our photos back yet, but I know we'll cherish them forever. You can't go wrong booking Matt!

Working with Matt on our dream engagement and wedding photos was an incredible experience. My husband and I are generally camera shy but Matt put us at ease and captured beautiful, intimate moments without awkward, unnatural posing. We will treasure these images forever. Matt's process is collaborative and flexible. He was extremely accommodating throughout the planning process and the wedding itself. We were especially impressed by the sheer number of photos included in our gallery and the range of memories he captured. My husband and I get so much joy out of looking through our gallery and reliving different parts of our celebration. Without hesitation, we highly recommend Matt!

Matt was the first vendor we locked down for our wedding, after we’d seen and loved his work and style on his Instagram. And, man, he totally lived up to and exceeded expectations. He put us at ease quickly and played off our energy so well when we met him for an engagement shoot in Old Town Alexandria, so much so that when it started to pour we just rolled with it. Those photos turned out great — a mix of black and white and then mostly color, some posed, some capturing us walking or doing some bit he always encouraged — and we loved the way we looked, too.

Matt and his second shooter, Xiaoqui, totally on it for our wedding day, too, from getting-ready and detail shots to small emotional moments to the ceremony, cocktail hour, first dance, scene, speeches and dance floor. He also thought big, in a move that I think captures him well: Matt had taken the time to scout out our venue property and found a field of flowers just a short drive up the hill from our reception site, and at sunset we stole away to take some just stunningly beautiful, memorable shots. We’d recommend him to anyone, and we already have to all our friends.