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Latifah and Jason became husband and wife on a muggy summer evening at a cozy bed and breakfast nestled in the hills of Orange County Virginia. They gathered with their children, family and closest friends over music, fried chicken from The Personal Chef in Fredericksburg, VA , and glowy lights. Fire flies bounced between the […]

Abigaile and Sam drove down from DC to the lake for a weekend away from the noise and spent sunrise with me at Lake Anna State Park for their engagement session. I told them, “Oh lets meet at sunrise so we can avoid any crowds!” Well little did I know that an entire triathlon also […]

If you are looking for a Culpeper wedding venue or a Charlottesville area event location, Mountain Run Winery has you covered with spacious fields, a vineyard, beautiful golden hour and in Jorge and Megan’s case… a tent filled with twinkly lights that makes you feel like you are dancing directly under a starry night. This […]

I had the honor of doing birth photography for Chelsey’s youngest daughter and WHAT an experience that was. I barely made it in time to capture the moment, went about 100 mph on 95 north and sprinted into the hospital with her laying on the hospital bed with feet in air. CRAZINESS. So what a […]

When I received the inquiry from this mom to do her maternity session I knew it would be a stretch to make it work. My schedule was booked up through the end of the year and she was due in a couple of weeks! But we somehow found a small window of time on a […]

Hello! You may be here because you are a bride, love weddings or just genuinely curious on just WHAT can help make your wedding day photography experience go as smoothly as possible. I have been photographing weddings for a DECADE and have seen it all. Forgetting a wedding dress at home hours away…. dropping the […]

We met outside Casa Del Barco in Richmond, Virginia and were determined to walk off some toddler energy during the last hour of daylight on a hot July evening. I think what I enjoyed the most about this session is that their daughter was shy, stubborn and had zero interest in me taking her portraits. […]

The very first morning she started volunteering at an arts center in El Salvador, Chomingo, who was teaching art classes, knocked on her door to grab her for a project they were starting. She immediately thought, “He is gorgeous!” Little did she know she would soon get a chance to impress him… over pasta sauce! […]

Just a few years ago we photographed their college graduation portraits on the steps of University of Mary Washington. A few weeks ago, we captured their maternity portraits in the same spot! Donna somehow walked around the campus in high heels and didn’t even break a sweat! Take a peek at their maternity session and […]

When the bride is a killer artists and an owner of an impressive branding and design business… you know the details of her wedding are going to be out of this world. Cassie wanted to go for a natural bohemian aesthetic for her wedding with tones from oatmeal to dusty rose and lots of greenery. […]