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!

Maternity Glow

Yesterday, I was over at Kristen & Dan’s house for a maternity photo shoot. Their second is due in just 1 1/2 weeks! But for the moment, while he’s still in mommy’s belly, we took the opportunity to capture this special moment in all of their lives. Owen, who’s now almost four, [...]

2010 DC Carribean Carnival Parade

Last Saturday was the 2010 DC Caribbean Carnival, which is held every year during the last weekend of June.  It launches with a parade with dancers in traditional Carribean carnival costumes.  My husband and I rushed into DC early Saturday morning, still 30 minutes late, only to find that this really IS a Caribbean Carnival! [...]

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 [...]

Vote for me for the PDN Faces People's Choice Awards!

I’ve just entered a series of six photographs from my “Mali: The Makings of a Pot” photo story in the environmental portraiture category of the Photo District News (PDN) Faces 2010 competition.  One of the awards is the People’s Choice Award for the image with the most votes from the viewing public.  Of course, I’m at a [...]

What's your photographic story?

"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 [...]

Mali: The Makings of a Pot

I recently returned from Mali, where my friend, Melanie, and I had the opportunity to visit the pottery village of Kalabougou, a 45-minute motorized canoe ride down the Niger River from Segou.  Click here to see the complete photo story, Mali: The Makings of a Pot.  To download a pdf on buying fine art photography, [...]