Tips for a Smooth Family Session Scheduling a family session can feel daunting with small children. Often we wonder if it will be the day our easy-going toddler will throw their first fit. There is pressure to perform in a specific timeframe and children always feel what their parents are feeling. Being a Washington DC […]

Five Ways to Emulate Film For many years I have loved the look that film gives to an image. It’s soft and elegant and the colors are so beautiful! It’s takes many years to find your editing style with lots of experiments and sometimes failures. This past year I took the Editing Course by Hannah […]

This week a client emailed me asking if they could book a session even if their home wasn’t magazine worthy. It made me a bit sad. I photograph is some lovely homes and honored to do so, but please don’t look that others home and think yours isn’t worthy. Your home is where your babies […]

The one day I look forward to each year is the day I invite my past clients into our home to decorate gingerbread together. It is such a delight. We spend the day decorating cookies, eating snacks and getting to know good new friends. I try to set up several stations in multiple rooms to […]

This fall season I have had several child that where sad during their session. I can usually win a child over but on the rare occasion I can’t, I like to have a few items in my camera bag to make a child feel at ease. I love this little wooden car and train. They […]

As I was pondering my lift this morning I was overwhelmed with gratitude. I have family, friends and neighbors who pour into my life everyday. I own a business I love and am supported by a wonderful church family. There are aspects of life I wish were different but they pale in comparison to the […]

My nephew Landon was diagnosed with autism and epilepsy a few years ago. He struggles to be able to focus on the camera and photos in general feel very overwhelming to him. Hi mother -my twin sister- loves displaying family photos in their home so we have tried many things over the years to coax […]

Last month I attended the GATHER community workshop in Richmond, Virginia hosted by the Kindred Path. A few of my fellow DC family photographers met at my house and we drove down to Richmond Friday evening. We stayed at the Quirk Hotel and it was absolutely wonderful! We checked in and then went to the […]

I recently went through a stage of plateau in my business. It wasn’t burnout…I just felt like I was plateauing as a photographer in my skill and creativity. So I thought of ways to challenge myself and spark creativity in my art again. It really worked and I feel so inspirited and refreshed, excited about […]

A dear client sent me this photo from her session and it made me sob. The wait for our adoption has felt endless this week. To be honest, having no timeframe for a person who loves to plan feels grueling. But when I saw this moment captured it affirmed to me that my job matters. […]