The Mohar Family   |   Fall Portraits   |   York, Pennsylvania Here are a few of my favorite images from a PA lakeside family session this past Fall! I feel like it was just yesterday I was with the Mohars at our Wollam Gardens session celebrating Mandy’s pregnancy with Beck. Fast forward a few months, and now […]

The Trkula Family   |   Downtown Middleburg   |   Northern Virginia I love these Middleburg family holiday portraits! I’ve gotten to know the extended Trkula family over the last couple of years since our COVID home portraits together. Emily and I had our first two babies at the same time – literally our sons share a birth […]

Lifestyle Newborn Session   |   Washington, DC It just so happened that the last shoot before my maternity leave with Pierce was a DC at-home newborn session. I cannot tell you how excited this got me to meet my own baby just a few weeks later! I was introduced to this sweet family for the first […]

Oatlands House & Garden   |   Mangan + Hostetter Families   |   Leesburg, VA    Oatlands Fall Family Sessions   I shot two Oatlands Fall family sessions on the same day last year. They were both so different, and I love how they turned out! Oatlands is a beautiful photo venue. I am so lucky that it […]

Manassas Battlefield   |   The Brewer Family   |   Manassas, Virginia    Battlefield Fall Family Session   This was my first time meeting the Brewer family, and let me tell you, these boys were a trip! I had such a blast! We had the PERFECT evening at the Manassas Battlefield for our mini session. I am *still* […]

Wollam Gardens   |   The Mohar Family   |   Jeffersonton, VA    Wollam Gardens Spring Family Session   The Mohars are good friends of ours. When Eric asked me if he could surprise Mandy with a Mother’s Day shoot, I was so excited! They drove all the way down from Pennsylvania for my Wollam Gardens Spring mini […]

Photographing Large Families Tips for photographing large families and how to take better group portraits I remember when I was first starting my photography business, there were few things that made me as nervous as shooting a family session with more than five or six people. I remember thinking, “How will I organize them? How […]

Tidal Basin Cherry Blossoms   |   Family Session   |   Washington, DC   DC Cherry Blossom Family Session   I met this sweet family for cherry blossom portraits this Spring at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. They are friends of our friends, Heather + Eric (you’ve seen them on this blog before!) and were referred by […]

Green Spring Gardens   |   The Santana Family   |   Alexandria, VA   Winter Garden Family Mini Session   Green Spring Gardens is one of my favorite locations to shoot at in the DMV. No matter what time of year, there is always color and texture to play with in their wide expanse of seasonal flower beds. […]

Lavender Farm Portraits   |   The Hobson Family  |   Catlett, VA   Seven Oaks Lavender Farm Family Session   Lavender season is upon us! Because of COVID-19, we were unsure for a long time how this season at Seven Oaks Lavender Farm would play out. Would we be able to open? Would customers be comfortable coming […]