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!

Megan in the Lilies at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

Megan and I braved the heat last weekend for an early morning portrait photography shoot at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC.  Megan was choosing between Kenilworth and the National Arboretum for her shoot – good choice, Megan!  This is peak season, and the lilies were absolutely AMAZING – waist high, and fields and fields [...]

MORE from Temple, Dameon & Vincent family portraits at the Washington National Cathedral

Here’s a second batch of favorites from the past week’s family portrait photography session of Temple, Dameon & Vincent at the Washington National Cathedral gardens. Now how much more photogenic can one family get?

Cooley family portraits at the Washington National Cathedral

Earlier this week, I got together for a portrait session of Temple and Dameon, proud first-time parents of little four-month old Vincent.  Temple spends a lot of time at the Washington National Cathedral gardens, and it’s so peaceful and quietly beautiful out there, it made for a serene location for an early evening shoot.  Vincent [...]

More Favorites of Salome & Abigail at Brookside Gardens

Here’s a second batch of favorites from the weekend’s children’s portrait session at Brookside Gardens. Two-year old Salome stuck close to mommy at the beginning, but she warmed up soon enough to join big sister Abigail in the summer fun!

Here’s a second batch of favorites from last weekend’s children’s portrait session at Brookside Gardens. [...]

Salome & Abigail at Brookside Gardens

I did a portrait photo shoot this morning at Brookside Gardens in Silver Spring, Maryland.  Beautiful setting, CUTE kids!  What more could a girl ask for???!!!  Here’s a first batch of favorites…

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"Womanhood," Africa Dreamed Collection: A woman in the village of Diagourou near Tera, Niger wears the traditional silver jewelry of the Fulani people. Diagourou is a 5-km, very sandy motorcycle ride from the town of Tera, where I lived during my third year as a Peace Corps volunteer. I was working with the National [...]

Hello world! And congrats to newlyweds Judy & Greg!

Welcome to my very first blog post, a celebration of the launch of my new portrait-wedding-event photography website and of newlyweds Judy & Greg! 

I shot Judy & Greg’s wedding and reception at the Georgetown Club in Washington, DC two weeks ago, and boy, was it beautiful to see that first kiss! I love shooting weddings – [...]