Kathleen’s Cupcake Birthday Party for 2-Year Olds

I recently had the great pleasure of attending (and photographing!) Kathleen’s Cupcake Birthday Party in Silver Spring, Maryland.  The birthday girl turned two this year and entertained her four friends with multi-colored cupcakes, Roman wreaths, and a slide with a flower-lined runway, courtesy of Kathleen’s mom’s creative vision.  Although we didn’t quite manage to [...]

Mommy & Me at Brookside Gardens

Last weekend, I got together with five-year old Nathan and his mom for a “mommy & me” portrait photography session at Brookside Gardens in Silver Spring, Maryland.  ”Nathan loves sports,” his mom had said to me before the session, so we made sure to incorporate a bit of football and baseball here and there! [...]

Father & Son Summer of Fun

I first met Chris about four weeks ago when he came over to my showroom to chat about a portrait photography session for him and his 8-year old son, Michael.  As he told me about Michael and what they had planned for the summer, anyone could see the fatherly love.  And when I met [...]

Willard Family Reunion in Annapolis, Maryland

Just 2 1/2 weeks ago, I drove up to Annapolis the Willard family’s annual reunion.  With 7 individual families and 36 people across FOUR generations (!), the Willards are a pretty amazing and wonderful family!  In fact, I must admit that I was secretly envious of how many people they have to call family… [...]

Girl in a Nomad’s Home AND January 11th Presentation to the ASMP

So I’m a little more than 1/3 of the way through processing the images from my November 2010 trip to Burkina Faso, West Africa.  My goal is to pretty much finish processing – including captioning and keywording – by the end of the month, but this is a pretty ambitious target, so we’ll see [...]

Noah’s First Birthday and Traditional Korean Career-Choosing Ceremony

Last weekend, I had the honor of shooting a little boy’s first birthday and, most importantly, his traditional, Korean career-choosing ceremony in Reston, Virginia. Dressed in traditional Korean clothing, Noah looks curiously at the items placed before him, as mother, father, sisters, brother, grandparents, and family friends watch eagerly. Should he pick the rice [...]

Help us save a smile! Join us for Family Portrait Month, benefiting Operation Smile!

October is Family Portrait Month, and we are participating in Operation Smile!  For all portrait sessions held in October AND booked in October for any future month, we will donate $25 of your session fee PLUS 10% of your print order over $200 to PPA Charities to benefit Operation Smile.  Operation Smile treats [...]

Baby Announcement Designs

I believe that portrait and wedding studios can add a lot of value beyond the photography and simple prints. This is why I offer beautiful custom-design products like press-printed storybook albums, accordion books, keepsake image boxes, and canvas prints in premium frames, and other quality products, in addition to matted luster and metallic photographic [...]

Announcing the Birth of Ezra King

Proud parents Kristen and Dan welcomed their second son, Ezra King, into the world two weeks ago.  After doing Kristen’s maternity photography last month, I had the honor of meeting Ezra when he was just 12 days old for his very first photography shoot!  Isn’t he absolutely adorable???!!!

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More Maternity Glow FAVs!

Here’s a second batch of favorites from last weekend’s maternity and family photo shoot of Kristen, Dan, Owen, and Baby! We’re going to be doing a newborn shoot in a few weeks when the baby comes out! Can’t wait to see the little cutie!

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