This perfect fall session may have left me wanting to have another baby!  That sounds super weird, doesn’t it?  Let me clarify.  Brandon & Mary Claire brought their perfect little angel of a son with them to their session last week so that we could also do some family pictures and I fell in love.  Braxton is the sweetest little baby boy!  He reminded me so much of my Mason when he was a baby – fair skin, blonde hair, blue eyes, and big dimples!!  I melted!!  

It is officially engagement session….and fall!!!  This was my first session of the year where the leaves were changing, t00, and we all loved it! For Kari & Daniel’s engagement pictures, we knew we wanted to do them in Richmond.  That is where these two live and they love it there.  The city has so many beautiful places and we wanted to showcase a couple of those.  

Is it fall yet?  Technically, yes, but I am going to need this weather to understand that we are over the 80 degrees.  However, on the evening of this session, it was surprisingly cool, felt like fall, and then the sunrise was killer!!  It was exactly what we wanted!

I can still remember the first time I met Cory & Lindsey…it was over coffee at Starbucks last winter and I immediately just loved them!  I know that sounds cliche.  Of course I did, or else I wouldn’t have booked them!  But I called my husband as I was pulling out of the parking lot to tell him “We are going to really like these two!”  Their excitement to get married and how much they loved each other was obvious!

One of my favorite places to do sessions is Old Town Petersburg.  A lot of people around here either say it is overused or just try to stay away from it.  Calling it “overused” basically sounds like a challenge to me!  There are endless places to discover there and so many looks you can achieve.  Historic Old Town has beautiful homes and streets, historic buildings, as well as landscape and greenery.  There are so many options!

Fall wedding season has officially started for us over here and we were thrilled to kick it off with Melissa & Cody!  I first got to hang out with these two at their engagement session, which was at the same farm they held their reception.  Cody’s family owns and operates a lot of farmland in Dinwiddie.  I don’t know if you remember that night my life changed when I saw a calf be born but it was with Cody & Melissa.  Even more little calves were walking around this weekend at the farm.  Melt my heart!

Meet Megan!  This girl has dreams and she is going places!!  I love meeting new seniors, hearing all about who they are, what they love, and where they want to go in life.  The sky is literally the limit right now for them and they are soon going to be remarking on a new journey! […]

A couple weeks ago, we were away at the beach on our family vacation.  We had the best time!  I am going to be blogging the pictures I took that week soon, for sure.  My brother & his family traveled down for their own family vacation the weekend we were leaving, but we overlapped a day so we planned family pictures for all of us!   Sean & Meghan are also in the photography business, as well as do videography (we got to all 4 do a wedding together this summer, for the first time, and LOVED IT), so of course we swap photo sessions when we can.  Perks of having family in the industry, right?  

What better place to have pictures taken than at the beach?!  Am I right?  It is a combination of the waves crashing, the beautiful sky, the way the sand acts as a perfect reflector to light up your face (ya get me, photogs?), and the overall way it makes people feel happier…all of that make it perfect for photos!  Know this, Kim & I were so excited when we realized we would be at the beach at the same time!!  I really wanted to capture Dan, Kim, and their sweet twin girls out by the ocean.   

Just a couple months ago, I got to attend an amazing workshop hosted by Katelyn James.  I knew I wanted to attend so that I could learn about my business and my craft.  Another thing I knew I would gain from that experience was friendships.  After attending that Magnolia workshop last fall, I met wonderful people who are truly there for me anytime I have a question, concern, need feedback, or just need some encouragement!!  True friends in the business!!  The KJ Workshop was no different!  The very first person I talked to on the first day was Nicole.