{"id":1618,"date":"2011-09-27T10:35:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T15:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2011-10-06T22:42:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T03:42:30","slug":"wheaton-silver-spring-brookside-gardens-pre-wedding-engagement-photography-session-raisa-michael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/wheaton-silver-spring-brookside-gardens-pre-wedding-engagement-photography-session-raisa-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"Engagement: Raisa + Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raisa and Michael are another couple that also met through work. However, it&#8217;s not the typical place like a corporate office like you might think. They met in the Army. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>As you know, if you&#8217;re in the military, you will move around a lot. However, they wanted to do the engagement photo session in Maryland, because it is where they met, became friends, and fell in love. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nThey finally picked Brookside Gardens to do the pre-wedding pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of my favorite images.<\/p>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0247.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I like these straw hats that they brought. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0075.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0057.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0125.jpg\" alt=\"Engaged girl wearing hat and smiling big to her fianc\u00e9. Pre-wedding engagement photo session at Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Silver Spring, Maryland, by wedding photographer Leo Dj Photography.\" width=\"720\" height=\"482\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0135.jpg\" alt=\"Engaged couple wearing hats smiling at each other. Pre-wedding engagement photo session at Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Silver Spring, Maryland, by wedding photographer Leo Dj Photography.\" width=\"720\" height=\"482\" \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0152.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0188.jpg\" alt=\"Engaged girl hugging her fianc\u00e9 from behind. Pre-wedding engagement photo session at Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Silver Spring, Maryland, by wedding photographer Leo Dj Photography.\" width=\"720\" height=\"482\" \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0223.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0234.jpg\" alt=\"Engaged guy whispers in his fianc\u00e9e's ear amidst the flower garden. Pre-wedding engagement photo session at Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Silver Spring, Maryland, by wedding photographer Leo Dj Photography.\" width=\"720\" height=\"482\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0264.jpg\" alt=\"Engaged couple laughing and having fun. Pre-wedding engagement photo session at Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Silver Spring, Maryland, by wedding photographer Leo Dj Photography.\" width=\"720\" height=\"482\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0367.jpg\" alt=\"Engaged guy holding his fianc\u00e9e under a Japanese gazebo arch. Pre-wedding engagement photo session at Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Silver Spring, Maryland, by wedding photographer Leo Dj Photography.\" width=\"482\" height=\"720\" \/>\n<p>No we didn&#8217;t do this. :p<br \/>\nRaisa found this tree with the heart already carved on it.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0376.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement ring by a heart carved on a tree bark. Pre-wedding engagement photo session at Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Silver Spring, Maryland, by wedding photographer Leo Dj Photography.\" width=\"482\" height=\"720\" \/>\n<p>Feeding each other. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0495.jpg\" alt=\"Engaged girl feeding her fianc\u00e9. Pre-wedding engagement photo session at Old Town Gaithersburg, Maryland, by wedding photographer Leo Dj Photography.\" width=\"720\" height=\"482\" \/>\n<p>Wham!<br \/>\nRaisa just shoved the strawberry in Michael&#8217;s mouth. :p<\/p>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0449.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<p>Yeah,&#8230; I think I know what&#8217;s going to happen during the cake cutting on their wedding. :p<\/p>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0458.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0462.jpg\" alt=\"Engaged guy feeding his fianc\u00e9e. Pre-wedding engagement photo session at Old Town Gaithersburg, Maryland, by wedding photographer Leo Dj Photography.\" width=\"482\" height=\"720\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/Raisa-Michael-Engagement-0507.jpg\" alt=\"Engaged couple posing by an old B&amp;O Train Freight House. Pre-wedding engagement photo session at Old Town Gaithersburg, Maryland, by wedding photographer Leo Dj Photography.\" width=\"482\" height=\"720\" \/>\n<p>Congratulations on your engagement Raisa and Michael. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Leo Dj<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raisa and Michael are another couple that also met through work. However, it&#8217;s not the typical place like a corporate office like you might think. They met in the Army. \ud83d\ude42 As you know, if you&#8217;re in the military, you will move around a lot. 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