Christmas is maybe my favorite time of year. I mean, I’m a teacher, so summer is really hard to beat… but Christmas is a close 2nd. I love the shopping and the planning and the decorating and the eating.…
I got to spend the morning with the Gordon family and their sweet, sweet baby, Emma Rose. As I write this, my own sweet “baby” — who is almost four — is howling away upstairs because he doesn’t want…
I made the choice not to book more than a handful of weddings in 2017, so I feel very fortunate that one of the ones I DID sign onto was this gem of an event in Maryland. Thomas and…
April and Clay brought their two little ones all the way from Alaska to visit family in Blacksburg, and we carved out time for a little mini session during their stay. If you’ve been a long-time reader, you might…
What do you do when it’s raining, it’s pouring, and you’d really rather be snoring but there are two small children at your house and so you have to get up and do something even though you’re exhausted and…
What’s better than one cute toddler at the duck pond? TWO cute toddlers at the duck pond. This was my third session with these two, and it’s been so much fun to watch them grow up and become little…
The Wilsie family and the Gibbs family have a lot in common. We’ve both got two kids, at about the same ages. We’re both photographer families. Jenn and Ross do beautiful family and wedding work in the NRV. And you…
I was delighted when Stephanie wrote to me to say she wanted to try an in-home family documentary session. And she had the perfect reason: they are building a new house, and wanted to commemorate their time in this one…
My daughter, Caroline, aboard the Polar Express in North Carolina. This is one of my new favorite photos. Having already guzzled down a mug of hot chocolate with whipped cream and eaten a cookie and a large portion of…
Happy new year, readers! Here’s a collection of my favorite family images from 2016. I hope they bring a smile to your face, as they did to mine. …