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* […]

The Mall   |   Christina + Jooyong   |   Washington, DC    DC Winter Engagement Session   I met Christina + Jooyong on the Mall for their DC winter engagement session this past December. It was my last session of the year, and such a fun one to go out on! Jooyong lives in Maryland and Christina […]

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. […]

Lincoln Memorial   |   Sara & Brad   |   Washington, DC   Lincoln Memorial Winter Engagement   I had such a fun –and freezing– morning with Sara and Brad this February when we photographed their Lincoln Memorial winter engagement session! Sara reached out to me a few months ago to plan their session. Our mutual friend, Heather, […]

Flower Farm Portraits   |   Sarah & David Casterline   |   Jeffersonton, VA   Wollam Gardens Maternity Session What a crazy time we are in right now. Shoots this summer have looked very different from any other year so far. Because of COVID and being in my 34th week of pregnancy, I’ve been going slow and steady […]

Fall Family Session   |   The Burns Family   |   Manassas Battlefield, VA   Manassas Battlefield Family Session – If you’ve been to the Battlefield in the Fall, you know what I’m talking about when I say it is a special kind of crazy. Hoards of people come from all over the DMV to catch a glimpse […]

Green Spring Gardens   |   Fall Family Session   |   Alexandria, VA   Green Spring Gardens Family Session – Last time I saw the Vasey family, we met at Dumbarton Oaks in DC for a family session. Rachel was pregnant with their second at the time, so I had not seen them in-person as a family of […]