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Rachel & Duane

Engagement session: Elfreth’s Alley & Old City, Philadelphia

Rachel and Duane walking hand in hand down the cobblestones of Elfreth’s Alley in Old City, Philadelphia

Rachel and Duane’s engagement session was right around Christmas in Old City, and to be honest, I don’t think Philly gets much better than that time of year… wreaths on just about every door, cobblestones, the brick row houses on Elfreth’s Alley, and a couple of Santa hats (their idea, and a good one). We started out in cozy sweaters and jeans, then switched it up to a red dress and a suit for a dressier look, and wandered the side streets the whole time.

Rachel sipping a holiday coffee, seen through a window in Old City, Philadelphia

Rachel and Duane sharing a kiss behind a window glowing with warm lights in Old City

Rachel and Duane standing together under a canopy of branches on an Old City side street

Duane leaning in close to Rachel on a narrow Old City side street

Rachel and Duane standing in front of an ivy-covered brick wall in Old City

Rachel and Duane in Santa hats on a row-house doorstep trimmed with holiday garland and a wreath

Duane kissing Rachel in matching Santa hats beside a garland-trimmed door on Elfreth’s Alley

Rachel and Duane kissing beside a green door decorated with holiday garland

Rachel and Duane leaning against a red door on a brick row house in Old City

Rachel laughing as Duane hugs her by a red door in Old City

Rachel in a red dress leaning on Duane in a suit in front of a historic stone building in Old City

Duane kissing Rachel’s forehead as she holds his face, in her red dress

Duane reaching for Rachel’s hand as she walks past in a fur coat

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