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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’m excited to share with you these Alexandria branding session photos today! This session is so special because the woman in them is fantastic, but also because of what she did to prepare for the session. She took all of my advice on how to prepare before her Alexandria branding session photos – from having […]

I’m so excited to share these Seven Oaks Lavender Farm photos with you today! And I’ll admit it: when I see photos of people touring France, taking gorgeous photos in lavender fields, I get jealous. And I believe jealousy points us towards what we want (did Elizabeth Gilbert say that?). So apparently I really wanted […]

Welcome to the last post in my series on photo shoot outfit ideas. I’m sharing my favorite all encompassing tip today, and that’s to use Pinterest for your photo shoot outfit planning! I know that’s not exactly a mind-blowing, shocker of a tip, but I do have some great ideas for how to use Pinterest […]

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 […]

Last week you got to read all (OK, some) of the nerdy fashion things I did when I was younger. But more importantly you got some great photo shoot outfit ideas for when you want to buy something new to wear to your shoot. This week I’m bringing more photo shoot style ideas and giving […]

Oh, I am *so* excited to be sharing photo shoot outfit ideas with you guys! I think you are aware by now that I love photography (duh!), but what you maybe aren’t aware of is my first love was not photography. Gasp! My first love was fashion. When I was little, I used to spend […]

I hope I’m not making you guys miss autumn too much by posting all these autumn family sessions during the winter! I can’t help it! These south Arlington family photos are just too good not to share! Now I’m not tooting my own horn here (completely), I’m giving like 5% of the credit to the […]

One of the best things about my job as a photographer who works with people is I get to see those people multiple times to document exciting moments in their lives. I get to watch as their marriages, families, or businesses grow and that is so special! Such is the case with the folks in […]

One of the beautiful things about living and working around Washington, D.C. is having the opportunity to meet people from all around the world! My life and my business have truly been enriched by getting to interact with people from cultures different than my own. I mention this because for this Capitol Hill family photos […]