Philadelphia whiskey distillery engagement // Emily + Zach

I love people who dream big. Like Zach, and Emily. Who live in Philadelphia where they are building a whiskey distillery.

Yep. This Philadelphia whiskey distillery engagement session took place in their whiskey distillery, among toasted wooden barrels and steel cylindrical containers in a red brick building on the north side of the city.

This is the whiskey distillery that Zach is building (with his friend Brian), while he and Emily finish up their graduate degrees and plan a wedding.

But nowhere in the world made more sense as a backdrop for their engagement session, and spending a day in Philly to make photos that tell the story of their relationship, that began in the halls of the University of Pennsylvania, was the perfect way to celebrate the first part of their wedding story.

I always mean it when I say I love my couples. Every single one. And Emily and Zach are so easy to love – they treasure each other, as told by the way they intertwine their arms in as they embrace one another, and the way they smile when they look into each others’ eyes, and it would be impossible not to feel joyful around them because they bring so much of it into the room when they’re together. They made Philly such a fun place to be and welcomed me with open arms to document the dreams that they will bring to life together.