capture beauty photography: MD, VA children/family photographer

Horst Family

2011-11-20T15:20:00.000-08:00

I've had the chance to photograph all sorts of different subjects, and I must say that I think my favorites are families! :) Yes they can sometimes be hard, but I love being able to capture a family and their love for each other...and this last session was no different! after having to reschedule several times we were finally able to make this shoot happen and I had the lovely privilege of meeting the Horst family!

They were so sweet and the kiddos were adorable! Now a session with a baby and two-year old twins could become a nightmare, but their girls were so sweet and cooperative! It was tricky getting everyone to look at the same time, but with some patience and fun it worked out and we didn't have even one meltdown!

I enjoyed getting a peek into this families life and sharing the love and joy that they have with one another! I especially loved watching the older girls interact (I always love twins!)

You guys are an amazingly beautiful family and I am so honored to have had the chance to capture some of these memories for you! I hope you enjoy them! :)

Class of 2012

2011-10-22T18:56:00.000-07:00

Got to take senior pictures for my bestie :)

I love this girlie a lot and she's pretty gorgeous if I do say so myself! Enjoy!

Can't believe we're already seniors! Time flies! Love you Becs! <3

New Blog!

2011-08-21T19:36:00.001-07:00

I've started a new blog called striving to be steadfast hop on over and check it out!

http://strivingtobesteadfast.blogspot.com/

Don't worry I'll still be posting here with my photography updates and photo shoots, but this blog will be about my personal life, adventures and things that God is teaching me

I'm Back!

2011-08-10T16:00:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone has been enjoying their summer! I am back from my 6 weeks ministry trip it was absolutely amazing! my team was awesome I made tons of new friends, I was challenged in my faith and we got to serve others and watch God do amazing things! I will definitely never forget it! :) Here's some snapshots from my summer!

Now that I'm back I'm getting back into doing sessions...so if you would like an end of the summer/back to school session let me know! I'm offering discounts from now until September 30th! :)

Fripp Island

2011-05-15T15:11:00.000-07:00

I did a photoshoot with these lovely girls in SC on the beautiful island of Fripp.

Corbin&Jen

2011-03-28T17:28:00.000-07:00

I got to take pictures of this fun couple the other day! They kept me laughing the whole time!

Congratulations guys! Wish you all the best! Thanks for walking around with me I had fun! :)

Hellooo

2011-03-10T17:43:00.000-08:00

Life is pretty crazzy right now! But even with all of the insanity of life I still miss this guy like a whole stinkin' lot!

my big brother is at bootcamp right now to become a marine! Only 64 more days till i can see

him & give him a hug! I miss you big brother please hurry up and come home!

Just an Ordinary Day

2011-02-01T11:42:00.001-08:00

Today is a snow day....which means

sleeping in

making myself yummy gluten free pancakes

enjoying them with a glass of OJ while checking e-mails

hanging with the family

going through pictures

baking gluten free chocolate cake

(cause i've been craving sweets

ever since going gluten free)

cleaning my room

and just relaxing not worrying about anything

and simply enjoying

this beautiful day that God has made! :)

it's just another ordinary day with my pancakes & morning meds :)

Bad Blogger!

2011-01-18T14:28:00.000-08:00

I've been such a bad blogger recently! Was Thanksgiving really the last time that I posted! Sorry...i've been super busy recently with babysitting, school, basketball manager, church stuff...etc. So yes I will be posting pictures and an update soon so stay tuned...but it will have to wait till after midterms and finals :)

For now this is the little guy that I've been babysitting recently! He's the cutest!

Thanksgiving!

2010-11-24T20:20:00.000-08:00

So This morning I woke up and it just so happened to be one of my favorite days of the year....yes that's right....THANKSGIVING!

I love sleeping in, coming downstairs in our PJs and watching the parades on tv while smelling the amazing aroma of cinnamon rolls (my fave) baking in the oven. Then having our delicious brunch as a family talking about all the important, small and funny things that we're thankful for....and afterwards all 7 of us kids exchange names for our secret Santa for Christmas. That ends the first part of our day.

Then we all pack up and head down to Bowie for an awesome time at my Dearma's house it's packed with SO many relatives, cousins, and 2nd cousins, aunts, uncles everyone! Did I mention there is usually like 20 kids. Yes it's happy chaos! With a delicious Jamaican Thanksgiving dinner...fun, football, card games and then ending the night with the best desserts & watching Charlie Brown.

I love stopping and taking time to be thankful, all the traditions, yummy food, spending time with family and just celebrating and enjoying life!

Yes I do love EVERYTHING about Thanksgiving and I'm so glad that it's finally here...not to mention afterwards there's black Friday shopping and then getting our Christmas Tree! Yes the fun is about it begin!

Wow sorry for that lengthy post, but I figured i'd post about why I love Thanksgiving so much. Since no post is complete without pictures I'll leave you with a collage representing some of the various things I'm thankful for:

(my absolutely amazing family and friends, my camera and photography, an education, peppermint, autumn, our trip to Jamaica and all my Jamaican relatives, mocha fraps, my volleyball team and all the awesome people at school, sleep and my warm cozy bed, and last but not least the Bible and fact that Jesus died on the cross for my sins. Just a few things I'm thankful for this year. )

The Flook Family!

2010-10-29T16:57:00.000-07:00

I got to take pictures of this beautiful family last weekend! You guys were absolutely awesome and so great to work with! Not to mention your kiddos are simply adorable! Thanks for letting me capture pictures of your family it was a joy!

Fall is going by quickly....If you want to get a session in before Christmas e-mail me soon! I'll be posting a fall special in the next few days.

Alan & Melissa Part 1

2010-10-04T16:59:00.000-07:00

Without further ado the beautiful wedding: I thought it was so fun that it was themed off of twilight. Those of you who know Twilight notice the colors black & red and the apples (and in part 2 you'll see the awesome cake)

Stay tuned for part 2: the formals and reception :)

Dear Blog,

2010-10-01T20:19:00.000-07:00

Dear blog,

I have been severely neglecting you and that will not do. I'm very sorry. I just realized that it has been a month since my last post! Two little things have taken over called school and volleyball which doesn't leave me much blogging time. But I will have some free time so stay tuned (those who still visit) for beautiful wedding pictures this weekend :)

and then later on for some pictures from the Frederick fair!

I will leave you with a picture of my volleyball team after we won 1st place in the silver bracket of our tournament...(excuse the blurriness)

It's been a while....

2010-08-29T14:46:00.000-07:00

since I've last posted. Life has been super busy lately! Especially with school and volleyball starting.

But stay tuned, because I will be posting an update on what's been going on with me, post #3 in my project and also I still have to post this beautiful wedding that I did earlier this month! Here's a sneak peek.

Jamaica Part 2

2010-08-10T08:27:00.000-07:00

Okay finally here are some more pictures from Jamaica!

The pool deck

The restaurants at the resort were fabulous

The view from the airplane

My favorite little Scooby

Our new made friend MJ and all the kids :)

It was beautiful! Can't wait to go back :) Stay tuned I'll be posting an update on some exciting things happening.....and then after that I have 2 more posts that are waiting (a wedding and a group of cute little girls).

A Growing Family...

2010-07-29T19:31:00.000-07:00

Meet Oliver Richard....this sweet little guy was happily welcomed home by his older brother and two sweet big sisters! They love their baby brother!

He now has a brother and he couldn't be more excited!

I thought this shot was too funny!

Welcome sweet Oliver or "Ocker" as his little sister calls him! Can't wait to babysit you and take more pictures of you growing up!

Jamaica Part 1

2010-07-27T17:03:00.000-07:00

Alright here is the long awaited post about Jamaica! I've tried doing this post at least 3 different times, but each time there was either a problem with formatting, or the pictures weren't coming up in the right size! So here they are a little small, but it's better then nothing!

Part #1 Ocho Rios and Montego Bay

It was a Saturday so all the Jamaicans were hanging out at the public beach

we bought these ginnups off the side of the road! They are
a yummy fruit :) wish we had them in America

Isn't it just gorgeous?

At Discovery Bay (this is where Columbus came to Jamaica)

I have LOTS to post on so....stay tuned for Part #2 of Jamaica, A newborn + siblings AND a special surprise :)

Just An Ordinary Day #2

2010-07-23T12:17:00.000-07:00

Just an ordinary day....cupcakes and a game of scrabble :)

Stay tuned for pictures from Jamaica sometime this weekend!

I'm back!

2010-07-19T13:56:00.000-07:00

I just returned from an amazing trip to Jamaica! Ahh it was wonderful and I have to say I wish I was back there with the beautiful weather, and gorgeous scenery! But it is nice to be home. So stay tuned for another post in my project "just and ordinary day" and then tons of pictures from my trip....

Just an Ordinary Day....

2010-07-06T07:49:00.000-07:00

I'm starting a new project and I'm calling it "Just an Ordinary Day" I'm challenging myself to capture my everyday life. Not the posed shot of my siblings in perfect lighting or the once in a month perfectly clean house or when everyone's all dressed up for a wedding, but the little details of my life, the things that I often overlook. The things that I would miss if I moved or someone died. Those are the moments and things I want to begin to capture.

So here is the beginning, don't expect anything fancy, but maybe you'll get a glimps into what my life really is like. I will try to do a post every week so stay tuned!

I'll begin with my kitchen/morning room this is no doubt the room that my family spends the most time in, whether it's cooking, eating, chilling on the island, working on a laptop, doing homework or just talking and listening to music. This room bring us together and is where we have some of the best conversations. In the collage below I attempted to capture some of the bits and pieces of this room:

oranges ripening on the window sill, math homework on the whiteboard, a kitchen cabinet that someone forgot to close, a cinnamon roll that's been sitting on the counter all morning, flowers from mother's day, dead petals on a kitchen stool, and one of my mom's kitchen decorations.

(sorry about the small size, i'm still trying to get my formatting right)

I hope you all had a great Holiday weekend, celebrating our freedom!

My little soccer man!

2010-06-23T13:36:00.001-07:00

So this post has been ready for a while, but I'm having trouble with my formatting and sizing, but I figured a post with weird formating is better then none at all so without furthur ado...here is the long over due post:

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In the beginning of this month my little brother and his soccer team had an end of the year tournament. They made it to the championship game, but things weren't looking good when they were down 2-0 at halftime however they never game up and they ended up coming back and and tying the game 2-2 they went on to win with a goal in overtime! Making the final score 3-2! Yes I'm not going to lie my brother is pretty good :)

Stay tuned for another post later this week/weekend

I've been a bad blogger....

2010-06-21T10:32:00.000-07:00

Sorry I've been neglecting this blog lately! (I'll post an update soon with pictures)!

But in the meantime I wanted to let all my photographer readers know about this awesome give away! You can get one of these Epiphanie bags (stylish camera bags) for free! Plenty of space for your equipment and other necessities and it looks just like a purse! Just follow the link and post a comment to enter!

http://www.simple-momreviews.com/2010/06/epiphanie-you-will-want-them-all.html

I would like you to meet....

2010-06-01T11:12:00.000-07:00

The newest addition to our family, Trent :) Unfortunately this puppy doesn't live with me
(I wish!), but he is my brother and sister-in-law's new puppy(which is the next best thing).
He's super cute and adorable....but I'll just let you see for yourself.

My brother

2010-05-25T09:35:00.001-07:00

So on May 15th my amazing brother graduated from College, with a Bachelors in Government.
I am so proud of him, he has gone through so much these past couple of years, but he never gave up and kept working hard at his school, even while working and trying to care for a sick wife, yet somehow he made it through the all nighters, 40page papers and studying for finals, no matter how crazy it was he still always had time for his family and church. I'm so grateful to have this guy as my brother, role model and hero. Thanks for you amazing example and for being the best brother I could have asked for! Congrats graduate!

I've been...

2010-05-18T20:29:00.000-07:00

...neglecting my blog! Whoops! You would think right now would be a great time to update, but I'm heading out of town for the rest of the week, so when I return I will have several posts that I need to blog so stay tuned!

I'll leave you with this picture (I love the scenery around here!)

Lexi

2010-05-04T07:51:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago we got to watch this cutie while her parents were away
and man I miss this sweet little girl!

Her adorable smile and cute little curls!

funny little faces and beautiful eyes!

and cute little shoes

and sweet and funny personality! You better come back and visit me soon!

Happy Birthday to my Amazing mom!

2010-04-27T11:30:00.000-07:00

This picture sums up my mom perfectly, she is so full of joy and laughter!

Thanks for being such an amazing example, for you strong faith
and for being such an amazing mom
I LOVE you so much!

Senior: Megan

2010-04-22T11:10:00.000-07:00

Meet Megan, a fun senior, who loves books and is going to be majoring in English, so it only seemed fit to start off her session with books :) I had a fun afternoon with you!

Never Hide

Congrats!

Spring!

2010-04-16T13:26:00.000-07:00

I'm so glad that spring is here and I can get back to shooting! As promised the pictures from spending the day in Downtown with some friends

Up next: Senior pictures + little Lexi :)

Coming soon.....

2010-04-13T13:48:00.000-07:00

During spring break (last week) I spent the afternoon taking pictures with friends downtown. More to come:

Dear Blog.....

2010-03-23T12:06:00.000-07:00

Please don't feel forgotten, really life has just been pretty busy! I do have a couple posts set up so come back soon.

But some fun news, I made it to the finals of the Washingtonian March Photo Contest, with this picture below:

Feel free to go over and vote for me here I'd appreciate it :)

Happy Anniversary!

2010-03-15T15:20:00.000-07:00

Happy 2year anniversary to my brother & sister-in-law :)

Stay tuned for some 70's party pictures and some of my latest design work :)

Just for fun :)

2010-03-04T18:13:00.001-08:00

A few shots of my becs ...I heart her

Special Offer!

2010-02-19T17:59:00.000-08:00

Snow Cream

2010-02-10T13:00:00.000-08:00

A fun snow treat. If you are like me and like eating clean snow then this is the perfect treat.
it makes eating snow even more delicious!

Snow Cream:

16 cups of clean snow
2 cups of milk
1 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of vanilla

Mix it all up and it will make a sweet, milky, icy treat :)

Enjoy! Hope you're staying warm and dry!

Blizzard!!

2010-02-10T12:35:00.000-08:00

Some picture from the blizzard this weekend. As I'm posting this we are having blizzard conditions again today :)

and lastly met The Snowman Professor:

Stay tuned....tomorrow I will post a snowy treat :D

Blizzard of 2010!

2010-02-07T18:58:00.000-08:00

Maryland has been dumped with snow this winter, but nothing like what we got this weekend! 30inches!!! That's a lot of white fluffy stuff...I wonder how many snowflakes it took to make 30inches of snow? Anyways stay tuned for a post about the blizzard + a yummy snow treat :)

Snow!

2010-01-31T11:01:00.001-08:00

First of all sorry for my lack of blogging lately! Hopefully I'll be back to blogging soon, though!

But we had a nice snowfall yesterday, and since I missed the snow last time, I made sure to go take advantage of it, and had a fun mini-shoot! By the end my fingers were completely numb, but I think it was worth it!

Helloo

2010-01-12T13:23:00.000-08:00

Just popping on to say "Hi" it's been pretty cold out recently so I haven't been taking many picture. But on an exciting note I just get a flash and I can't wait to learn how to use!

Looking back at 2009

2010-01-05T07:35:00.000-08:00

Some of my favorites:

families

Kids

Babies

Teens/Seniors

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Couples

Thanks so much for everyone who's helped me and supported me this past year (especially my clients)! Looking forward to seeing what God has in store for me for 2010 :)

Let it snow...let it snow...let it snow!

2009-12-28T12:52:00.000-08:00

Last week we a huge snow storm hit Maryland! I have to say I was a bit sceptical of the weatherman at first, but they were right and we actually got 2 FEET of snow!
without further ado, here are some pictures of the beautiful white fluff that covered the ground :)

Hope you all had a great Christmas! My Christmas post will be coming up next ;)

Kellen

2009-12-15T09:46:00.000-08:00

Saturday I had the fun job of meeting back up with little Kellen
and doing Christmas pics. with him, you may remember seeing his 6month pics this summer...
he's defigotten a little bigger since then ;)

This time he was so sweet and happy and gave me lots of smiles!

A quick shot of the family :)

I'll leave you with some of the many faces of Mr. K

Becca

2009-12-02T19:37:00.000-08:00

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(not sure why the colors are messed up on this one!)

Joe and Kristen

2009-11-25T10:45:00.000-08:00

As I promised....some of pictures of my favoritest couple :)

Aren't they gorgous?

Love you guys...and I had fun roaming around Brunswick with you :)

Stay Tuned....

2009-11-23T09:18:00.000-08:00

be looking for a post on this adorable couple in the near future :)

The Vigil Fam!

2009-11-11T17:54:00.000-08:00

Saturday I had the fun opportunity of meeting up with

the Vigil family for a mini session! It was great meeting you guys, thanks for

being so fun to work with....I hope you enjoy this preview!

I loved this serious of shots of the kiddos together!

beautiful fall colors :)

My Favorite Boys :)

2009-10-31T18:30:00.000-07:00

It's been WAY too long since I've done a session of my little

dudes, so when I had some extra time the other day I grabbed them and

we did a mini-photoshoot :)

I LOVE these little guys so much! Thanks for being the bestest

little brothers ever!

Coming up next......

2009-10-29T16:55:00.001-07:00

A fall shoot with my favorite little guys! :)

Christmas Cards

2009-10-16T17:13:00.000-07:00

Here are my new custom Christmas card designs for 2009.....Check them out!

If you're interested in ordering Christmas cards through me then let me know :)

capturebeautyphotography@gmail.com

Fall- Mini Sessions!

2009-10-08T18:10:00.000-07:00

I am SO excited to announce that My amazing photographer friend elise benjamin www.elisepictures.wordpress.com and I will be offering fall mini sessions for kids, families and couples! Time slots will be filled on a first come, first serve basis so E-mail me or Elise to reserve your 45min slot from the times listed below (once those times fill up, we may add more slots)! This is a great chance to get Christmas pictures for cards or prints and we will also be offering custom Christmas Cards (for an additional price).

Memories.....

2009-10-07T12:44:00.000-07:00

I found an old folder of pictures on my computer the other day. It was from last

summer when I did a photoshoot with my two photographer friends ;) it was a blast

and we did it right at sunset and got to play with some gorgeous lighting!

Can't believe I never went through these and edited/or posted them.

So here they are now...I miss summer

We'll have to do a shoot next summer. Okay girlies?

No I haven't forgotten.....

2009-09-22T08:27:00.000-07:00

About you blog.....life has just been busy these past two weeks with school and design work.

BUT be looking for two new posts in the near future

-Summer Shoot

and

-New selection of Christmas Cards

Back-To-School

2009-09-08T18:30:00.000-07:00

.Fresh. new. pencils.

nice. cool. weather.

.and. lots. of books.

Yes it's that time of year again to start school....today was my

first day. I can't belive the summer is over already! I'll be posting

about this summer soon :) But in the meantime I'm off to get ready

for school......

Lauren's Candyland Birthday

2009-09-01T08:58:00.000-07:00

Little Miss Lauren turned 4 and had a super fun Birthday Party! You might recognize

her from a session this summer (here )

It was a Candyland Theme, and they made a life-sized candyland board for the kids to play "candyland" Enjoy some pics. from the day.

Happy Birthday Lauren!

Little Kellen

2009-08-27T07:15:00.001-07:00

I got to spend a couple hours on Sunday with this adorable likee 6month old!

He wasn't too sure about the whole picture taking thing, and was a little bit

fussy, but at the end I got some pretty nice smiles out of him :)

Look....he finally smiled at me!

Youth Retreat

2009-08-20T09:20:00.000-07:00

Some pictures from our Regional Youth Retreat that we went on last weekend!

It was a blast! Pictures are in no particular order

The guys "waltzing"

It was an awesome time! Can't wait to next year :)

Out-Of-Town

2009-08-13T13:44:00.001-07:00

I am heading out of town for the weekend, for a youth retreat. I'll be back in the beginning of next week! While I'm gone, feel free to check out my fall special!

P.S If you are a recent client of mine, and are interested in ordering some of my custom made christmas cards, then feel free to contact me with info about pricing! ;)

Little Ladybug Camp!

2009-08-11T05:22:00.000-07:00

I had the joy of running a girls camp last week with one of my good friends Becca!

These girlies were so much fun and SO full of energy!

We had a water day ;)

One day the girls decorated these super cool sunglasses!

We ended the week with Princess day! We had a little tea party

and then took the girls out for a mini-shoot! They are all so cute in their beautiful princess

dresses.

getting 8 little girls together & looking at the camera was definitely pretty hard!

It was such a fun week! I'm already looking forward to doing a camp next year ;)

Ella's 1st Birthday!

2009-08-08T13:08:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday sweet little Ella! I can't believe she's already one!

I did her newborn shoot last year: Here

Without further ado some pics. from the party

Opening presents

The cake!

She dug right in, and loved that chocolate cake!

Up Next: I'll be posting what I've been busy with this week!

Friends :)

2009-08-03T19:49:00.000-07:00

Our good friends the Petruskes came and visited us last week!

It was so fun to see them and meet their little boys. Oh and of course

I snapped a few pics. at the park

This is Zachary 3 1/2

Little Buggy as they call him (or Samuel) he's 1 1/2

Oh I miss them! :) Come visit us again soon please!

Fun Day!

2009-07-29T11:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was an amazing afternoon! Elise and I were

able to spend a few hours with one of my favorite an amazingly talented photographers

Lydia Jane She told us some awesome stories and taught us so much!

She got some great pics. of us girls together! I <3>

Cute Elise modeling for me ;)

Lydia agreed to model for us....

My new favorite picture of myself! Thanks Lydia :)

I enjoyed the afternoon and trying to soak in as much talent from you as I could!

What New?

2009-07-23T17:32:00.000-07:00

There are two big things that have happend in the last two weeks for me! First I got my permit! Yay! And I'm spending my afternoons for the next two weeks taking driver's ed.

The second thing is that after 2years I am "brace free" Yep I got my braces off on Tuesday! :)

So that's what's been happening in my life :)

A real post of pictures coming soon!

To: My Poor Blog

2009-07-22T09:56:00.000-07:00

I'm so sorry that I have neglected you! But I promise you that you will be getting updated this week with the latest happenings in my life and then later with vacation pictures from out west!

For the time being I will leave you with this beautiful picture.

Love,
Becca

Baptisms

2009-07-14T08:14:00.000-07:00

Not only was I able to photograph our Church baptisms on Sunday, but

I was also able to be baptised too! It was a wonderful day....and to top

it off my wonderful friends came and surprised me ;) Some details :)
Mike led worship..

NEW LOOK!

2009-07-09T08:33:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to re-designing my blog! :)

The old colors didn't match my logo at all, and it was just kinda blah...so I thought it was time for a new design.

I'm still working on it, hopefully by the end of the week it will be totally finished. Right now I'm working on a new portfolio and about me section!!

Canale Fam || Maryland Family Photographer

2009-07-08T06:43:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of working with this adorable family! They wanted pictures for their little guy's first birthday...and let me tell you he was such a cutie pie!

(do you notice anything different? the pictures are BIG yay! No more tiny pictures!)

This is one of my faves from the day! He just kept clapping and smiling :)

Thanks for a wonderful morning in the park! Hope you enjoy the preview of your session!

Hellooo

2009-06-28T14:11:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to pop in and say "Hi" I'm having a blast! Can't wait to get back and see everyone though!

p.s. Someone asked if I was booking session while I'm away and the answer is YES! I'm still booking sessions (It may just take me a little longer then usual to reply) so if you want a summer session just E-mail me!

Out Of Town

2009-06-10T07:04:00.000-07:00

Hi Just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be out of town until July!

So I'll catch up on everything then. Oh and this is what I'll be doing

going across the country:

Hawkin's Boys

2009-06-04T18:35:00.000-07:00

I had a fun afternoon hanging out and exploring with these

energetic brothers! Thanks for showing me your

"secret path" and letting me hang out with

you guys!

My absolute FAVE pic. from the session! And the best part....

it was a totally spontaneous pic, not posed at all!
Getting your picture taken is hard work :)
Enjoy!

The Chamberlain Family

2009-06-03T10:04:00.000-07:00

I had a fun session with this beautiful family on Sunday! You guys were great, thanks for

braving the swarms of gnats so we could get some beautiful pictures!

Hello beautiful girls!

I had a wonderful time with you guys (besides all the gants!)

A Family Affair.....

2009-05-26T19:30:00.000-07:00

I had the crazy, but very fun job of photographing these

six little cousins who are absolutely adorable and full of energy!

The much worked for group shot:

This little cutie below is Amber and was so calm and sweet the whole time, I could

have photographed her all day!
We ended up sneaking in a family shot (aren't they cute?)

I'll leave you with the last shot of the kids chasing the bubbles!

Thanks for inviting me over for the morning, I had fun photographing and playing with the kids!

Summer Schedule

2009-05-22T14:54:00.000-07:00

Zach and Colleen Part II

2009-05-19T06:46:00.000-07:00

Without further ado, part II of their beautiful wedding!

Congrats!

Zach and Colleen: Part I

2009-05-16T09:02:00.000-07:00

I had the fun privledge of being able to take pictures at Zach and Colleen's Wedding!

I had a lot of fun, and it was a beautiful day!

Zach sent this card to Colleen while she was getting ready for the wedding!

It was the cutest thing ever!

Isn't she gorgeous?

I'll leave you with a picture of the beautiful girls!
Up next is the fomals and reception......

Up Next.....

2009-05-13T16:34:00.000-07:00

Zach and Colleen's Beautiful Wedding....stay tuned, I'll post the rest in a couple of days, but for now I'll leave you with this pic.

J and L Sneak Peak || Children's Session

2009-04-30T14:52:00.000-07:00

I had a session with the sweetest siblings on Monday morning! We headed to downtown frederick had a fun time exploring! Jackson is 5yr he is such a good big brother and loved to pose for the camera! Lauren is 3yr and so sweet and she adores her big brother, I had to work a little harder for a smile from her, but it was worth it! I had a blast with you guys! I hope you enjoy your sneak peak!

Liz Senior Pics.

2009-04-27T13:31:00.001-07:00

Had a fun shoot with Liz on Saturday! We went to the coolest location ever! It was an old run down barn with all these old trucks! Besides a vulture almost attacking my head and bugs swarming everwhere it was great! :)

A New Look....

2009-04-23T09:29:00.001-07:00

....Is on its way!

I'll hopefully have the blog re-done soon, bear with me as the blog goes under construction!

J and K

2009-04-17T13:19:00.000-07:00

(The title is for especially for you Joe :P )

Went to D.C with Joe and Kristen and did a mini shoot for their 1 year anniversary!

This is the place where Joe proposed

Aren't they so cute?

Coming up next......

2009-04-11T08:25:00.000-07:00

I LOVE their rings!

(Sorry I haven't posted in a while!) Up next is a mini-shoot for Joe and Kristen's 1 year anniversary and some pics. from D.C

3 year olds Rock!

2009-03-26T13:46:00.000-07:00

Had a fun mini-shoot with this adorable little 3 year old! I love

her sunglasses and she was a great model and definitely new how to work the camera!

Goodbye for now! (I'm working on the new design hopefully I'll have it finished soon!)

My All-Star

2009-03-21T13:26:00.000-07:00

My little sister is #13 the 7th grade 5'2 point guard for the Varsity Girls Frederick Warriors!

They ended their season with going to the HSPN tournament in Virginia. They ended up getting 3rd place! Yay!

There she goes (she's super quick)

This is the final score of the game they won to get 3rd place!

These girls are always all over the floor aggressively trying to get the ball!

Liz, Ana and Charity

The Coaches

Liz was the only one from her team to qualify for the 3point finals and she ended up getting 3rd place!

Go Warriors!

I'm definitely not a sports photographer, but I had fun trying to capture some shots of my amazingly talented sister and her team! I'm working on re-designing the blog so hopefully it will be finished soon!

I'm Thinking....

2009-03-17T06:33:00.000-07:00

1. That it's time for this blog to get a new look! Stay tuned and be prepared for it!

2. I'll be posting pics. of my amazing sister's basketball tournament next.....

Starbucks!

2009-03-05T16:36:00.000-08:00

Sick with the flu! So I'll be updating my blog with some of my recent graphic

design projects (once I'm feeling better) Oh and I'll leave you with a

pic. of my starbucks drink that my sis treated me too :) starbucks always cheers

people up!

I'm such a bad blogger!

2009-02-28T19:10:00.000-08:00

I know I've been such an awful blogger lately! So I've decided to post about what I've been up to these past few weeks. Starting off....I've been able to watch this adorable 6month old a lot recently!

Next up I'll post some of my design work that I've done recently

Maria: 2

2009-02-15T12:09:00.000-08:00

Here are the 2nd half of the session with maria.

Maria Part 1:

2009-02-09T10:01:00.000-08:00

Check back....later this week I'll post the rest!

Business Cards

2009-02-01T11:53:00.000-08:00

My business cards came in the mail the other day! I'm So excited!

p.s. sorry the blogs been slow. Since it's been so cold I haven't gone out to take many pics.

Class of '09

2009-01-20T12:15:00.000-08:00

I did a mini-session to get some senior pics. for my brother Mike. It was absolutely freezing out. But we still had fun and got some good shots!

Post...to come soon

2009-01-18T19:45:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. It's been freezing here though, so I haven't really wanted to go out shooting. BUT, I did a min-senior session with Mike. So stay tuned for that. Hopefully I'll post them Tuesday!

Wendy & David

2009-01-10T16:14:00.001-08:00

I had the joy of going down to Florida for Miss Wendy's wedding.

She is a family friend that I've known every since I was born, so we

were all very happy for her!!! The wedding was in a cute little garden
and it was so sweet and small, it looked like something out of a movie.

Let's start with some of the beautiful details!!!

Congrats!!!

Fun Shoot!

2008-12-31T19:42:00.000-08:00

This was a wonderful day full of fun and memories with two of my favoritest people! Thanks for being crazy with me and being such great models even when it was freezing cold outside! (warning: this is a long post)

All three of us!

Oh I <3 these girls!

Happy New Year Everyone! I'm heading off to Florida for a wedding! Yay!
Look for more posts when I get back!

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-24T14:38:00.000-08:00
Wishing you all a very merry Christmas celebrating the birth of our savior!

Girlies

2008-12-15T19:19:00.000-08:00
These girls are adorable!

playing peek-a-boo with her monkey!

Inspiration!

2008-12-10T19:02:00.000-08:00
Just a random pic. because no post is complete without one!

There are many amazing photographers out there. So today I figured I'd post about
my favorite right now (it is constantly changing)

Wendy also known as Blue Lily photography

(http://www.bluelily.squarespace.com

Her pictures are beautiful so precious and full of life! She really captures a family and their emotions and I love all her cool new locations!

next post will be filled with 2 cute girlies!

Christmas Tree

2008-12-04T14:01:00.000-08:00
Every year we go and get our Christmas Tree with the D's the Saturday after Thanksgiving! This year Joe and Kristen came with us too yay! here are some pics. from our adventure...

She adores her big brother "T"
The past few years Joe has cut our family tree down, but now that
he's gone it's mike's turn! He did great especially since the trunk of the tree
huge!
Joe and Kristen with there 1st Christmas tree! =D

So now we have our tree it's time to start decorating!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-26T15:51:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite Holidays! I love everything about it. I Love the food, family, football, the last signs of fall, watching the parade and enjoying a day full of thanks for all our many blessings! So here is a post dedicated to just a few of the things I'm thankful for because, thankfulness doesn't just have to be on Thanksgiving.

My absolutely wonderful family! I love how you guys make me laugh, how you care for me and each other and your love for the savior and church!
{pic. Kristen}
Not only do I have a wonderful family and lots of amazing siblings! But,
I also have two amazing big brothers! Who care for and protect me and are
great godly examples!

{pic. Kristen}

And I have some crazy but awesome friends! Thank you for your frienship, love and
examples and for all the memories and laughter!
I am also SO SO SO thankful for the cross! I still can not comprehend why God would
send his only son to die for me so that I can be forgiven and enter a relationship with him,
but I am so glad he did!
{not my pic}
Sitting by the fireplace reading good books
All the little things in life that I want to treasure and enjoy.
Fun vacations at the beach
My camera ;)
The simple things that can be so beautiful!
These are just a few of the many blessings that I am so thankful for this year! Hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving!

Update!

2008-11-25T10:14:00.000-08:00
I finally updated my portfolio section! BUT I'm having some technical problems. For some reason it won't let you view the portfolio section from home. So you have to get to it from the "about" section. Hopefully I'll get it fixed soon.

Nature

2008-11-24T10:46:00.000-08:00
I've been such a bad blogger lately! Sorry to all those faithful readers out there....I'm hoping to start catching up and doing better. ;) A picture of my little cousin (just because he's too darn cute!)
A now some nature pics. from Saturday when I took a walk around the neighborhood. I got tons of great pics. But not without some little adventures.
-I froze myself half to death. When I came back my hands were completely red and numb!
-I got tons of thorns stuck in my pants and scarf.
-slipped and almost dropped the camera
-and I'm sure my neighbors think I'm crazy when they drive by and see me in all these weird positions taking pictures of weeds in the freezing cold?!? Oh well! I had fun and I think the pictures made it worth it!
it's definitely between fall and winter outside when one pic. has golden crunchy leaves and the next winter berries.

Bye for now! I'll hopefully post more soon!

Joe's Partey

2008-11-09T11:57:00.000-08:00
Hello my horribly neglected blog! Okay Here are pics. from Joe's surprise party FINALLY! Everytime I was about to post someting would happen like our internet not working etc. so here they are!(Blogger was being weird and wouln't let me switch the order of pictures so here they are in no particular order at all.)
The happy b-day boy (after the shock)

Aren't they the cutest couple?

The Food!
Thanks to Mr. Stafford we had tons of hotdogs!
Football was one of the main attractions!
If you look closely you can see joe and kristen this is when they first drove
up and he was completely surprised!
Everyone waiting.

Yah Kristen you did it! The party was a blast and Joe was definitely surprised!