Northern Virginia Children and Family Photographer

I had the pleasure of meeting the SWEETEST family yesterday. The M family contacted me to take photographs of their newborn baby boy. T is simply precious....just look at his adorable little face!!! I had such a great time with them and I hope they like this sneak peak of their pictures!

And this one is special just for his Mama. She and I were cracking up laughing at the facial expressions T was making in this pose. Funny, yet still adorable!!

Thanks, M Family! It was such a pleasure meeting you!

Happy Anniversary!

2 years ago was the best day of my entire life. With the most amazing family and friends there to witness, I married the greatest man on this planet. Saying that I am blessed beyond words just doesn't seem like enough. Happy anniversary to the love of my life! xoxo

Northern Virginia Family Photographer

For the second year in a row, the R family allowed me to photograph their adorable family. This year we headed down to Old Town Fredericksburg, VA. Their boys are so super cute and have the best personalities (as you can tell in these photos)!

Ms. Ella is 3 Months Old!

Remember her newborn pictures? Ms. Ella is now 3 months old and LOVES being outside. She was so smiley and cute for me while we got some photos to commemorate the 3 month milestone!

Head Shots and Lighting Techniques

I attended a photography course today taught by the extremely talented Nicole Hill Gerulat. One of the many things we worked on was head shots using different lighting techniques. I thought you might enjoy seeing a few. All of the below shots were taken in the exact same location --- pretty interesting how much you can manipulate the lighting, huh! I love this stuff!!!! Yep, today was a super fun day for me!! :-)

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Settled In or Just Plain Crazy?

We have internet at the house, which means we are connected back to the world -- YIPEE!!

Although our lives have been quite hectic for the past 2 weeks, everything is going very well and we are getting settled in the new house. Many of you have asked for pictures, but if you know me well enough, you know that I can't show you pictures until I have the place looking "just so". So, you'll have to wait on interior pics, but I can show you the outside!

(front of house as the girls sniff out all the new smells)

(view from the back deck --- LOVE the wooded area!!)

You have also been asking me how the girls are doing. Bailey has handled the whole thing like a champ as she does everything. She wasn't a fan of packing up the old house and loosing "her stuff and her room," but she loves the new house and is doing great. We were most worried about Kelsee since she is our major stresser and doesn't like anything new AT ALL. Surprisingly (and a major blessing), she has done wonderfully. I think the fact that she has a fenced in back yard, a huge empty lot next to us covered with trees, and a much quieter neighborhood has really helped. She loves it.

Lastly, just to reinforce the fact that I'm a little crazy, I thought I'd share my attempt at a recent project with you. I wanted to enter a contest with other photographers that required that I take my own self-portrait --- completely on manual settings and without any help from anyone else. In the midst of moving I, of course, procrastinated until the very last day to take my self-portrait, so ended up on our back deck looking like a complete idiot running back and forth to try and get myself in focus, etc. Let's just say I REALLY stink at this and I'm better off just sticking to taking pictures of other people!! I did not enter the contest and you can see why below. After WAY too many attempts at a decent photo I resorted to taking stupid pictures of myself just for the fun of it. Yes, I know most are not in focus.....it's HARD, people!!! :-)

Happy Friday --- hope you all have a fantastic weekend! Mine is very busy, but I should have a lot of photos to share when it's over!