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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.

  I learn this lesson more and more as time passes: if someone tells me they aren’t great at having their photo taken, the opposite tends to be true! Such was the case with Cecilia and Steven’s C&O Canal engagement photos this past weekend in Potomac, Maryland. Cecilia and Steven were such naturals in front […]

  When you propose to your girlfriend in an an amazing, majestic location such as Yosemite (!!!), you could probably rest on those brownie points for months – at least until your wedding! But not George! George wasn’t settling for Yosemite proposal brownie points – he went the extra mile and did Belle Haven Park […]

One of the best ways I can serve my clients is acting as a consultant. I love to help by shining a light on details people may never think of! I’ve had lots of behind-the-scenes opportunities to observe how much a couple is enjoying their wedding day, and if they’re not, how much of that […]

I am *so* excited to share Colleen’s Washington, D.C. senior portraits with you today! I’m excited because 1. Colleen is just beautiful and was so fun to photograph, 2. we had every kind of weather during this session, so we got quite the variety of images, and 3. I’ve been wanting to photograph seniors for […]

I had so much fun working with Kelsey on her Gravelly Point headshots session! I met Kelsey at Gravelly Point in Arlington, Virginia, right outside National Airport last week for her session and not only did we have beautiful weather, we had beautiful glowy light! Woot woot! Kelsey was the winner of Alexandria Living Magazine‘s […]

With the job I have, I get to see a lot of lucky ladies. And to all the single ladies out there, this post should give you hope that there are some really decent, sweet, and extremely thoughtful gentlemen still out there! Josh pulled off the most thoughtful St. Michaels surprise proposal at the Inn […]

Welcome to the last post in my series on your wedding photography investment. This installment kind of addresses a pretty common sense piece of information, but it’s important nonetheless! And that’s to consider the tangible takeaways you’re getting when you book your wedding photography / photographer. There are different types of photographers and it’s important […]

Happy Tuesday! And welcome to the third post in my series on photo shoot outfit ideas. So far I’ve shared two great overall ideas for putting together outfits for your next photo session: here and here. Today I’m talking about my favorite tip – my suggestion to get really dressed up! Photography is always an […]

Today’s post is the second in a series about your wedding photography investment. Last week I told you why I love referring to it as an ‘investment’ versus a ‘cost’ or a ‘price’ and hopefully the information resonated with you. (Read that post here.) Today I’m sharing why your client experience is super important to […]

You’re engaged and excited to get married! Woot woot! There’s so much celebrating going on, so much prosecco being poured, and you are enjoying every moment of it. That is until you realize there are so many decisions to be made when it comes time to start planning your actual wedding. Today I’m kicking off […]