You just can’t beat an engagement session on The Mall. It’s that one quintessential DC location that keeps on giving and giving and giving, and it’s utterly impossible to tire of. Add in Amy and Giuseppe and I honestly don’t know how I didn’t keel over and die shooting this incredible engagement. Amy was a […]

Monica and James are exactly the type of people everyone wants as their friends. They’re warm, playful, silly, and just plain ol’ fun to be around. Like everything this year, their wedding looked NOTHING like they had originally envisioned, but it was perfect anyway.  I feel silly even calling their wedding “micro” because of how […]

Molly and Glenn had a gorgeous wedding planned at the Historic Blenheim in Fairfax Virginia for June of 2020. When COVID hit, we immediately rescheduled their nuptials for this August. Easy peasy… right? LOL, we all know how this ends. When it became clear that their wedding couldn’t go on as they had imagined with […]

Michelle and Steve are two lovely, elegant creatures. Let’s get that out of the way first, okay? I mean seriously. How beautiful and perfect should two people be allowed to be?! It’s not even fair! Funny story… Michelle and Steve were actually married right here at the Carnegie Institute For Science a year ago, before […]

As a wedding photographer, I’m used to getting loads of inquiries. Every now while reading through one, I know immediately and these are my people. This was absolutely the case with Paige and Andrew. In Paige’s own words, she spoke of wanting candid, silly, and goofy, photographs that capture her and Andrew’s heart-felt DC War […]

I often think of finding your forever person as a slow and magical experience. Colors become brighter, the world feels lighter, and being together through it all makes the mess of life so much easier to navigate.  Kelsey and Scott’s sunset engagement session at Seneca Creek State Park was like if you took all of […]

Hello, lovely friends. How are you all doing? This has been such a strange time in our shared history, right? I know all of our lives have been impacted in so many ways, both big and small. I must admit it’s put me in a bit of a creative funk lately as I’ve adapted to […]

Few locations are more idyllic for a chic rustic wedding in Virginia quite like Leesburg. Idyllic is exactly the word I would use to describe Rust Manor House, where Becca and Parker chose to be married. These sweethearts were graced with a truly gorgeous sunny fall day and their wedding was full of bright, happy, and […]

When I try to picture the coolest possible venue in downtown in DC, Mess Hall is that place. Nestled in some of the hippest neighborhoods downtown, Mess Hall has an effortless cool-kid vibe from the urban loading dock ceremony space to the upscale graffiti on the outside of the building, to the minimalist warehouse interior… […]

Today is a day I’ve been excitedly waiting for since I decided to rebrand and relaunch my business earlier this year! I’m SO excited to finally be sharing the news with all of you amazing readers/clients/friends today! As of today, Aveli Studios is officially Neva Sullivan Photography and I wanted to give you insight as […]