Chelsea & Aaron | A Sotterley Plantation Engagement Session Can you believe I’ve lived in southern Maryland almost my whole life, and had NEVER been to Sotterley Plantation until this week?! I’d seen photos and knew it was beautiful, so when Chelsea asked about having their engagement session there, I jumped at the chance. There’s […]

A Manassas Battlefield Portrait Session | The Zuniga Family We had to traipse through a battlefield to find it, but autumn has arrived in northern Virginia! I met the Zuniga family at Manassas Battlefield last night for a family portrait session. The leaves were just starting to turn yellow, but it was still nearly 90 […]

A Coastal Portrait Session Baby Evalene is a member of our baby’s first year program, and I’ve so enjoyed getting to know her family this year! This was my third time photographing the Westley family, and each time just gets better and better. It really takes the pressure off everyone when a session feels like […]

The Dickens Family | A Destination Family Portrait Session Spoiler alert: this session looks like it’s straight out of a European fairytale! I’d never been to Princeton before, but the campus is so special to Kate and her family. When she asked about hiring me to create new portraits in their favorite place, I jumped […]

The Hom Family | A Destination Family Portrait Session The internet really is an amazing thing. I met my friend Val six years ago in an online group for brides planning their weddings. We’ve stayed in touch all this time, as the conversation moved from wedding to babies to kids, even though we’d never physically […]

A Solomons Island Senior Session Okay, it’s official. Senior sessions are TOTALLY my jam! We met Emily a few days ago to photograph new images for our senior style guide, and it was SO much fun! Solomons Island was the perfect location for the shoot. There were so many great little locations just minutes away […]

The Wagner Family | A Southern Maryland Summer Family Session It may be scorching hot outside today, but the day of the Wagner family session was so perfect! We had a slight breeze coming off the water, and we had Jefferson Patterson Park all to ourselves. I love scheduling portrait sessions on weekdays for this […]

Hanna & Emily | A Senior Portrait Session The cat’s finally out of the bag! When Hanna contacted me about booking a secret senior portrait session as a surprise for her mom, I was THERE FOR IT. As a mom of two girls myself, I knew Hanna’s mom was going to love this idea! Hanna just […]

The Nelson Family First, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Kelly and Russ! They’re celebrating seven years of marriage today! Life feels crazy now with two kids keeping them busy, but just wait until you see the portraits of just the two of them. You’d think this was an engagement session, not a family session with kids running […]

Baby Carter | A Lifestyle Newborn Session Warning: LOOK AWAY if you have baby fever! I photographed this adorable little chunk today. Carter’s newborn session was a total dream! His family moved into a gorgeous home in northern Calvert County last fall. What better way to celebrate a growing family and new house than an […]