Some sessions have a little extra magic—and this sunset / moonrise session with a USNA Midshipman and his sweet fiancée had it all.


We started with his firstie / grad portraits celebrating this huge chapter in his life at the United States Naval Academy. Then he asked if I could include his fiancée in a few photos. OF COURSE, DUH! I was so happy to bring her into the session.


As we started taking photos together, I learned they’d never had an engagement session. Well, since we were already making beautiful photos, I excitedly shifted into engagement mode, using the moon to highlight the sweet nature of their connection.


As the sun slipped away, we made our way toward the water. The full moon rose above us, and the lights came on around the U.S. Naval Academy.


To add to the magic, they began dancing—practicing the steps they’d been learning together in class. Under the moonlight, with the water nearby and the evening glowing around them, it felt like we were creating a little magic.


I love these photos so much. They’re a celebration of a proud USNA Midshipman, a beautiful engagement, and all the love and laughter they share. I hope these portraits—and this memory—stay close to their hearts for years to come.


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Man in white dips a woman in a floral dress in a romantic pose on a lantern-lined evening path surrounded by trees.
USNA couple holds hands and gazes at each other, she in a floral sundress and he in a white naval dress uniform, beside a railing at sunset.
A couple dances on a brick plaza at dusk, the man in a white uniform twirling a woman in a light dress beside glowing lamps and trees.
Navy officer in white dress uniform smiles at a woman in a floral dress wearing his cap beside a harbor railing at sunset.
Blurred couple holding hands on a waterfront, a man in a white naval uniform facing a woman in a floral dress at dusk.
Sailor in white uniform dips and kisses a woman on a lantern-lit evening path surrounded by trees at Naval Academy Annapolis Md
Smiling couple dancing outdoors at dusk, a man in a white naval officer uniform and cap holding hands with a woman, rings in sharp focus
A USNA Midshipman in white naval dress uniform kisses a woman in a floral dress on the forehead on a waterfront pier at dusk.
USNA Midshipman in white uniform kisses the forehead of a woman in a floral dress by a marina railing under a rising moon.
A midshipman in a white dress uniform kisses a woman in a floral sundress at night, with glowing street lamps behind them.
Smiling young USNA Midshipman in a white dress uniform holds his cap beside a railing, with a harbor and full moon at dusk behind him.
Couple in an engagement photo embracing beside a lblack anchor, he in a white naval uniform, she in a floral dress at Naval Academy
A smiling couple poses together beside a large black ship anchor in Annapolis MD USNA
A USNA Midshipman in white dress uniform embraces a woman in a floral dress and sandals before large ornate wooden doors of Bancroft Hall
Couple in a floral dress and white naval dress uniform pose in front of a chapel dome building, she wearing his officer cap at Academy
USNA Couple embracing in a grand wooden doorway of Bancroft Hall a man in a white naval dress uniform and a woman in a floral summer dress.
USNA Midshipman in a white dress uniform kisses his smiling partner in a floral dress on the forehead in front of USNA chapel
Couple posing arm in arm between tall stone columns, he in a white naval dress uniform and she in a floral dress and Naval Academy