Gotcha!

This morning I had the opportunity to work with my first Celebration Adoption (CA) family. I am a participating photographer for the CA program, which links families who recently participated in the adoption process with custom photographers. I had a great time working with this family, and I enjoyed reading about their adoption journey on their blog. Old Town Alexandria turned out to be a great location for exploring and capturing some of their special moments.

Three Sisters

This session was meant as a surprise for Mom, but it seems the cat is out of the bag, and she knows she has portraits coming her way. I hope she will love seeing the images of her sweet girls.

European Cutie

This little guy came all the way from Austria for a session with me. Well, ok, maybe he had other reasons to visit too ;) He was staying with a neighbor, who mentioned that they just had to have some portraits before they left. So we popped him in the trusty orange bucket and made it happen. What a good sport, since it was probably past his bedtime and the bugs were eating us alive!

Brothers in Blue

I had a fun session bright and early this morning with these sweet little guys and their parents. We started out in their yard, and ended up in the studio with some fun baby portraits. Aren't those little arms just the cutest?

Best "picks" from the farm

Ok, I couldn't resist adding the last one. I thought this little bull was so cute with his calf eyes, and sweet face. It wasn't until I got home and was looking through my photos that I realized that he was picking his nose with his tongue. My daughters were amused, and both tried to do it themselves. Luckily their tongues weren't long enough!

Mother/Daughter

I was lucky enough to be invited back to photograph my "award winning" family last weekend. My image of this young woman and her grandfather won first prize in the family category of ProPhogs Convention's print competition, and I was excited for the opportunity to work with them again. This time I was photographing her with her mother. With such wonderful models, it was hard to pick just a few to share.

A Girl and Her Flower

We got together early in the morning last week for a quick mini-session to get some closeups of this little cutie. Near the end of the session we gave her a flower and although she didn't quite understand how we wanted her to hold it, we ended up with a few cute shots after all. I just love her little scrunched nose in the last one.