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Every little girl deserves a tea party. As a mother of three I admit I have failed so far at providing this particular childhood memory for my girls. This month, however, these sisters turned 2 and 4 years old and it was high time they experienced their first tea party together. Surprisingly, big sister was […]

We are all photographers in this instagram-this and FB-that world.  Thanks to the iPhone and similar smartphones, we can capture it all – all the time… never miss a thing!  Unless…. you’re like me, and your iPhone memory is constantly full.  Ugh! I carry over 2,000 photographs around on my iPhone on any given day.  […]

Farewell 2014! It was a great year, and we have so many wonderful clients to thank for that! Below is a sampling of the Best of 2014 – and a look at what to expect for 2015. So Where are we headed in 2015? What a wonderful question. As 2014 draws to a close and […]

Woo hoo – summer is officially over!  Not that I’m not a fan of summer… but oh how I LOVE fall.  Love love love it;  the autumn colors, the smell of fallen leaves; the cozy comfy sweaters we get to pull out of storage, and oh – let’s not forget pumpkin spice everything.  Let’s face it, summer actually […]

It’s that time of the year again, and although most of the country has already sent their kids back to school, Prince William County in Northern Virginia doesn’t head back until after Labor Day.  In celebration of the upcoming school year I took some fun back to school photos this week.  Good luck to all […]

7 Tips for Taking Great Vacation Photos of Your Kids Okay okay, this last one may sound like a no-brainer, but after a week or two of photographing your kids on vacation you may start to forget why you were there in the first place; to relax and have fun right? Although kids typically love […]

7 Tips for Taking Great Vacation Photos of Your Kids Vacatons are great opportunities for family portraits. But if you can’t hire a photographer to meet you on location then be sure to still take advantage of those picture perfect settings with a DIY Family Portrait. If you’re traveling with extended family or friends then […]

7 Tips for Taking Great Vacation Photos of Your Kids After a few days on the beach things tend to get a little boring – scenery wise. This can be true at just about any vacation spot. You might start to lose some creativity and inspiration with your photographs, and even worse – your kids […]

7 Tips for Taking Great Vacation Photos of Your Kids If you’re like me you take a ton of videos of your kids on vacation, download them to your computer and never see them again. I always have the best intentions when taking videos; I think – this one will make a great short movie […]

7 Tips for Taking Great Vacation Photos of Your Kids So far in this series we’ve discussed the rule of thirds, and drawing focus in order to get great photos of your kids. Another great way to highlight your kids on vacation is to use perspective. Webster defines perspective as: the technique or process of […]