Northern Virginia Photographer - Winners!

Congratulations to Laura and Candice for winning my session and frame give away! Thank you to everyone who sent in pictures. Some of you were much more creative than I would ever think to be.

Here are the winning photos:

Laura, who is local to me, won a complete free session, all the digital files and a canvas gallery wrap of her favorite portrait.

Congratulations Laura! Give me a call and lets set something up for when it gets a little bit warmer. I can't wait!

Here is Candice's entry. So cute and I am sure we have all caught our little girls trying on our lipstick at one time or another.

Candice, per your request I will donate the amount of the frame to the American Heart Association in your name.

Thank you to everyone who played!!!

Fairfax Virginia Family Photographer - Faces!

This week the topic for my Project 52 was "muse". Well I only had to think for about 2 seconds to come up with the the subject of my photograph. My daughter inspires me every day to be a better artist, mom, wife and person.

We took these pictures today after school while sitting in our living room talking about life in general. I knew that picking one picture would be impossible as she is the master of expressions and loves to be overly dramatic when she is telling a story.

Love you sweet girl!

The real reason she sat in one place for longer than 20 seconds.

Even her toes are expressive.

Northern Virginia Photographer - Happy Birthday!

Two weeks ago I got a call from a fellow photographer saying that a client of hers was having a big get together in honor of her Grandmother's 85th birthday and was I available to take pictures of the family at the party? Event pictures are not my usual thing but I paused for a minute and thought, "why not"?

The reason being is that last March when we had my Grandmother's 100th birthday celebration, we hired a photographer to help us capture the memories that day and it was the best thing we could have done. I didn't have to "work" that party and we were able to commemorate Grandma's 100th birthday with some formal and family portraits that will be treasured by my family for generations to come.

I wanted to be able to provide that same thing for this family as they gathered to celebrate their grandmother's birthday.

Happy Birthday Mary! Thank you for letting me document your big day with your wonderful family.

Four generations of beautiful ladies.

The beautiful guest of honor.