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 […]

Lifestyle Photography   |   At-Home Newborn Session   |   Bethesda, MD   I traveled to downtown Bethesda last week for an at-home newborn session with this fun family of five! Little Ford arrived a few weeks earlier than expected, so our previously-scheduled maternity session turned into a newborn session instead. It was such a great surprise being […]

Lifestyle Session   |   At-Home Newborn Photography   |   Arlington, Virginia   I met this family for the first time last month at their Crystal City DC home for an at-home newborn session. They had just welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Abby, into their family. Both parents and big brother were thrilled about her arrival and so […]

June Portraits   |   Field & Farm Sessions   |   Seven Oaks Lavender Farm     We are now booking Field & Farm sessions for the June 2019 season – our favorite time of year! The season will run from approximately June 14-24 this year when lavender blooms are at their peak. We shoot in the early […]

Wollam Gardens   |    Spring Bloom Portrait Sessions   |    Jeffersonton, VA   Wollam Gardens and I are so excited to share our first photo collaboration with you! We are joining together to offer 30-minute Spring Bloom portrait sessions the mornings and evenings of Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19. Their gardens and greenhouses […]

DC Fall Maternity Session  |  The Vasey Family  |  Dumbarton Oaks   What a beautiful, beautiful session this was! I met the Vasey family earlier this fall at Dumbarton Oaks in the city to take maternity photos just in time to capture their family of three before they soon become a family of four. Even […]