She won’t know it until she reads this, but a few weeks before Jules got engaged her mom came to me and put a bug in my ear.  She knew it a proposal was on the horizon and knew that Jules wanted us to photograph her wedding!  Besides the general excitement of an impending proposal and […]

Remember Hurricane Joaquin way back at the beginning of October?  This session was yet another victim to the rain!  Half of this family lives out of town, though, so this was the first chance we had to reschedule, and we went for a sunrise session!  It’s no secret that the Lions Bridge at the Noland Trail […]

Adriana + Bryan’s wedding day was just incredible.  Her necklace was the same one her grandmother wore on her wedding day, family who was unsure whether they were able to fly in from Italy arrived just in time, and that dress— oh my goodness it swayed and bounced perfectly with every twirl on the dance […]

There’s something special about being a boy mom.  You have to be okay with fighting and crazy stunts and 4,000 legos covering your living room floor.  And Angie seems to have totally aced the boy mom life!  Her youngest is in high school and they still have sword fights with sticks in the woods during […]

What can I possibly say about Alyssa + Brandon’s wedding?  It was a perfect autumn day at New Kent Winery, the leaves were just beginning to change, and their rustic fall wedding fit in perfectly.  The morning was a complete whirlwind with three different getting ready locations, but when Alyssa + Brandon had their first […]

Once upon a time 19 friends went to Disney together… But only 17 of them made it to Disney because one nearly died and he and his wife had to stay behind in Virginia.  I’m not kidding– our friend’s dad went to the doctor on Saturday and found out his heart was 99% blocked.  Needless to say, […]

Man oh man… this family has stolen my heart!  They called me the first time when their daughter was turning one.  They wanted a birthday session to celebrate… and they’ve continued that tradition ever since!    Then a few years ago they added a son to their family, whose birthday is conveniently in fall, so […]

Anytime a family with young kids gets in front of my lens, there’s trepidation (on their part, not mine!).  The mom feels a strong desire to get family photos because the kids won’t be this little forever, and it’s a huge piece of life you want to remember forever.  But at the same time, having […]

When I schedule engagement sessions during the busy season, I often schedule back-up dates as well, just in case of bad weather.  That way we aren’t scrambling for open dates every time a thunderstorm rolls in.  Rain, a hurricane, and a death in the family meant we had to reschedule three times with Courtney + Chris, […]

Oh these two– where can I even begin?  Heather + Tim are some of the best people I know.  They’re family to us, and have been so kind to watch our daughter, Hazel, for the past three years.  She absolutely adores them and calls them Heffer and Timmy.  They treat her like a princess!  No […]