Blog: Thoughts & shots
Want to read about what I’m thinking? Welcome, memory-maker, to my frequently-forgotten-by-me blog. Often, my day to day thoughts and ramblings happen on my Facebook or Instagram homes, but sometimes, if I strike (what I feel is) gold, they’ll end up here, too. Also. I blog a handful of my full sessions, when I can find a quiet morning, under a blanket, with a warm cup of coffee.
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Your first babies | DC Family and Pet Photographer
“Can we possibly include my dog (or other pet) in the session?” Yes, you can.
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Journeying
Will say it forever… watching people grow personally and families grow in number in front of my lenses is my favorite. I actually didn’t know that mama was pregnant last year until she stepped out of the car — but had accidentally referred to the session as a maternity session several times — hmm (did…
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Mud
Mud is magical around here. Open air is just life to me and hiking with the fam is my favorite thing.
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Acadia National Park | Maine
Yesterday was one of my most favorite days. Not just of 2020, but of all of the days that I’ve known. Without the curveballs 2020 threw our way, I don’t know how long it would’ve taken us to get our butts up to finally see Maine. This rocky beach in Acadia National Park made us…
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To all you badass parents
Something I have loved about every single session with this family is that I always catch a few shots of this badass mama interacting with one of the kiddos while the others are running around, or just paying attention to something else. What a juggling act it is (and especially now in the age of…
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Northern Virginia Family Sesh & First Birthday
I didn’t know it was this little guy’s birthday when I met this family at one of my most favorite session locations (Lake Accotink!). I know this doesn’t come up during all of my sessions, but it is literally magical to me when families sing to their children, or basically whenever music finds its way…
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First Birthday Portraits: Chantilly, VA
A few weeks ago I had another sesh with one of my favorite families… to get some first birthday portraits in the books. And we met at one of my favorite locations in the area (Cabell’s Mill in Chantilly) on a super warm summer morning. A little story, first! We were on a road trip…
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THROWBACK to this family of 3
… because they are now a family of 4! Let’s begin with a COVID update: I’m not adding any new in-home sessions to my calendar for the time being. My one in-home session until I re-evaluate again next month is for these sweet friends’ new baby boy. Please be in touch, though! I am working…
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Social Distancing
Making the best of this time, which means color. Flower picking and sidewalk chalk (and bee dodging) after our projects this morning and some educational screen time. How have you been filling your time?
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Northern VA Newborn Sesh: Sisters
A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves—a special kind of double. Toni Morrison One of the best things about newborn sessions is walking into a home that is new, where everything is still developing and growing and settling. And it’s even more special when there is…
