Tammara    |    Wollam Gardens   |   Jeffersonton, VA Tammara asked to do a Wollam Gardens portrait session with me to celebrate her 30th birthday. As she said “I want this to be a ceremony for my life and reaching 30. A ceremony to celebrate myself and who I am becoming. Earthy, playful, yet peaceful, […]

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* […]

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 […]

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 […]

Battlefield Engagement Session   |   Aly & Justin   |   Manassas, VA   I met Aly & Justin for a sunset engagement session at the Manassas Battlefield this past summer. Aly and I have known each other for a few years now. We were both at James Madison University at the same time and she was in […]

  Wollam Gardens  |   Taylor Breton   |   High School Senior Session   Taylor and I had the most gorgeous Spring portrait session at Wollam Gardens this month! Taylor is a senior at Battlefield High in Haymarket and was accepted to Virginia Tech after graduation. She asked to be surrounded by flowers for her graduation photos […]

Theodore Roosevelt Island   |   Heather & Eric   |   Washington, DC Proposal     Oh my gosh — I LOVE proposals! I met Heather & Eric last summer at our first lavender festival at Seven Oaks Lavender Farm. I have seen them a couple times since, but this was by far the most exciting! Eric contacted […]

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 […]