Category Archives: Photography

A few weeks afer Maggie and John took these maternity photos, a snow storm was expected to hit Virginia. Thinking Lily was on her way (and thankful to precede the weather) the parents arrived at the hospital. No such luck. Lily obviously has quite the sense of humor and decided to stay cozy for a […]

I love stepping outside my photography “comfort zone” and was beyond honored when Diana asked me to take boudoir photos. As anyone who knows me is aware, no matter what it is I am doing, I rarely simply “wing it.” Of course I love to go with the flow, but there are times when planning […]

In case you haven’t seen on the land of Facebook yet…  late last night (well, super early this morning I should say) I launched this little contest.  I’d be oh so happy if you hop over to view the photos and click that little ‘LIKE’ button or your favorite(s)!

ONCE UPON A TIME beautiful girl meets a dashingly handsome boy at college… girl and boy fall madly in love…  girl and boy have a gorgeous fairytale wedding… they become pet-parents to two precious pups…  they find out they’re having a baby…(yay!) they have the sweetest list of possible baby names… they decide on the […]

I’m often asked for advice in planning a styled portrait session and after sharing some of my thoughts and inspiration,I always love seeing what my clients come up with! Their creativity always amazes me.  This adorable family brought along some of the cutest props! And, by starting the session off with a little tree decorating […]

Two parents, a two year old, and a newborn…. make for quite the entertaining family portrait session.  It may have taken me singing barney songs and dancing around like a goofball, but I got this sweet girl to show off her adorable smile and all her little “monster teeth” as her mom so sweetly calls […]

I was thrilled to travel to DC for this session, and the timing was perfect. It was one of the last weekends with gorgeous fall foliage, and despite the frigid air, these two lovebirds warmed up to the camera (not shown here are all the “coats on”/ “coats off” moments!) We wandered in search of […]

I was thrilled when this Northern Virginia newlywed couple asked me to take their holiday photos, and I loved even more that they wanted to include their 5 month old puppy Macy in the photos as well! After all… this precious pup was born just a week before their wedding and is a special part of their […]