Remember how we spent a month in Boston in July?  This family was our secret sauce– the ones that held us together when we were falling apart.  And yet, we never met until July 5th.  You see, these four volunteer their home for families to stay in while our children are at the hospital.  And […]

I could write a book about this family– and someone probably should.  They have overcome so much.  So much loss, so many victories.  They choose to look at the bright side, and on this day, they celebrated.  What were they celebrating?  Family!  And also, this is the first time they’ve all been together in over […]

There are so many things to love about the Donatelli family, and I am so thankful that I get to photograph them year after year!  We’ve done a family session, a wedding, now a senior session, and there’s already a family session on the books for later this year! Sam is awesome. He’s got a […]

I love when I admire someone from a distance, and then get to meet them up close!  I saw Lizzy singing at church one day and told Josh how great she was– and then the next week I got to meet her and photograph her and Austin’s first anniversary session!  They are just plain awesome and it […]

I’m a big fan of extended family sessions, and I get to do them several times a year, which thrills me!  Let’s face it– getting everyone dressed and in the same location for photos is basically a miracle.  And for this family, an ocean was crossed in order to make this happen! I’ve known Alicia (in […]

We had an absolutely perfect day for Eden + Drew’s maternity mini-session at Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton, VA!  36 weeks is right about the perfect time for maternity pictures, too.  The baby belly is nice and full, and typically this is right when moms are teetering on the edge of being totally done with […]

We don’t get to do many sessions when we’re back in Western North Carolina anymore.  The time flies so quickly that it’s hard to fit it all in!  But thankfully we got to do a photo session with Brooklyn in the peak of leaf season before all the wildfires hit that area last year.  There was […]

Sometimes this job takes us to the coolest places, and Carson’s senior session is one for the books!  He’s a senior and incredible baseball player at Cherokee High School in Canton, Georgia.  He also happens to be Josh’s cousin and bears our favorite last name.  😉  We were in Georgia a few months ago but […]

Damaris went back and forth on whether or not to do snow pictures. Every season of the year she’s done a photo session to represent that season, so she basically HAD to do snow pictures for winter! But she’s not a fan of snow, so when I texted her to let her know that I’d […]

Maternity pictures in the snow? Yes, please! It’s always a little tricky to schedule though, since we don’t get a ton of snow in Virginia. And when we do get it, it melts away in a few days. Can I just say that we hit it really lucky this year? We hoped to do pictures […]