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This is the place I get to showcase all of my beautiful clients and the love they put into their sessions or weddings. I also love sharing tips and tricks on wedding photography planning, ideas to make your session fun, easy, and organized, as well as personal stories. Find the category you're looking for, or browse for hours! There's plenty to keep you entertained.

Happy Monday my loves! This may be the least fun of all the Mondays for me, as I’m back in action after being out for a week on a working vacation. I use the term ‘working’ loosely, as taking photos for me rarely feels like work. That’s what happens when you’re living your passion!

Happy week of love y’all! Yes, Valentine’s Day gets a whole week of celebration here at REHP! I’m kicking it off today with a recap of my weekend for today’s Fun Monday post, along with some photos from location scouting I did at the Georgetown waterfront. Continue on to read more about my busy weekend & to […]

Some weekends call for a little bit of pampering & discovering new places, and that’s what this past weekend had in store for me. I love when I get the chance to work in all of that plus a little R&R and actually have some time off to enjoy my weekend. I’m always taking pictures […]

Today is my birthday y’all! In honor of this day, I’m sharing photos from my trip to San Diego this past September. I had such a busy fall session (yay!) that I never had time to edit these photos or post a blog with them. So for my birthday, I’m whisking us all away to […]

I LOVE love love taking photos of people. But that’s not how I started with photography. And I truly believe you have to go back to your roots for inspiration & re-invigoration. It’s like when I was training my dog when she was a puppy: the training guides said that whatever trick your dog learns […]

Am I the only one who feels like screaming from the rooftop, “YES!! YASSSS!!! It’s freakin’ summer time y’all!!!” Yes? Anyone? Well I’m not ashamed. For some reason, summer time makes me feel more alive. Maybe it’s all the vitamin D I’m absorbing from laying out, walking my dog, or wearing less clothing, allowing more […]

How to Take Better Photos Memorial Day Weekend is coming up here in the good ol’ U.S. of A.  It’s a three day weekend for many of us, which offers time for travel, beach trips, winery binges, and backyard barbecues with friends and family.  All of your holiday weekend activities are opportunities to make use […]

The coveted bokeh. It seems that many Professional, amateur, and Instagram photographers have one overarching goal when taking photos these days, and that is to get as much of a blurred background behind their subjects as possible. I know I love it when I’m able to create that perfect creamy glow in my photographs, so […]

Washington, D.C. Metro Area Photographer This blog post is for my fellow creatives – people who make a living through creativity, those who enjoy making or designing things because it feeds their soul, or even folks who, for example, want to decorate their house creatively. To do all of these things we need to get […]

Washington D.C. Tidal Basin / Washington D.C. Photographer Around this time each year, the Washington, D.C. metro region is abuzz with anticipation for the blooming of the cherry blossoms on the Potomac River tidal basin. The tidal basin is awash with performers, food vendors, and swarms of tourists and locals, all clamoring for a peak at […]