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paulie + family. (my family!)

my favorite little friend.

this week i’m traveling through the south visiting family, friends and clients and soaking up a little sun before the fall sets in back in dc!

right now i’m spending my days with paul – my awesome cousin who just turned four! he’s so smart, so funny, and witty as can be. he’s keeping me very busy playing spongebob bingo, building super tall lego buildings, making train tracks for thomas + friends, and reading and spelling (he goes to school now!) the sweet return is that he loves having his picture taken and has no inhibitions in front of the camera, not to mention he’s pretty much the cutest thing i have ever seen! i love this little guy!

enjoy!


paul + his dad, my uncle marc.


paul + grandma mary dot!


silly fish faces!

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matty: lifestyle session.

a rope swing, a giant sunflower, and the many faces of matty.

matty is awesome. from the moment we met he was super flirty (aren’t all little boys?) and loved the attention of my camera. i had no problem making him laugh and catching him being happy + silly, he has a wonderful family and a very happy, fun life :)

i loved chasing matty around his yard, watching him swing on the rope swing and hearing his funny stories – he cracked me up! his parents joined in the shoot for a few fun family photos and i was able to capture some interaction between matty and the baby growing in his mommy’s belly – she’s expecting in just a few months and matty already loves the baby and i can’t wait to come back and see the whole family together! 

enjoy!

  

the whole family!

 

 

matty is so excited to be a big brother! 

gorgeous mama!

and the rest of the family…the kitties!

 

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sydney + tucker: lifestyle session.

backyard adventure!

last week i drove up to new jersey for lifestyle sessions with two great families: both moms have babies on the way and i bounced back and forth shooting fun candid images of these happy neighbors and their beautiful families!

i started at sydney + tucker’s house: they have a great backyard with lots of gorgeous trees, an amazing swingset, and lots of room to run around! these two have so much energy and love to have fun, especially tucker! he is a boy on the move! they are both very excited about the new baby that is on the way and their mom, jen, is absolutely glowing! 

at the end of the day i was able to get jen alone for a few quick shots – she’s so beautiful and i know this baby is going be gorgeous!

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ella + hayley: lifestyle session.

girls just want to have fun.

i can’t imagine a better way to spend a sunday morning than playing with ella + hayley! they immediately welcomed me into their playroom with huge smiles and showed me all their favorite games…not only are they absolutely adorable, but they have the sweetest personalities and love each other so much! ella is a fantastic big sister – especially with her “the youngest goes first” rule when playing any game! she is so kind to hayley and it’s obvious that hayley simply adores ella – so cute!!

their boundless energy was so refreshing – it’s been too long since i’ve spent the day with little girls! of course it made me miss my little sister, and nostalgic for the days when we played from morning until night – completely unaffected by the world around us, and having the time of our lives.

it’s been said that sisters are the closest thing anyone can have to a true soul mate – and i feel so lucky to have such an incredible sister. she was my first and favorite best friend ever, and i love her so very much. i am so glad that ella + hayley have each other, and i know their lives will be so much richer because they will share everything together.

i choose to photograph weddings because i love to document love and relationships. photographing ella + hayley today was also a way of documenting the love and bond between two people. individually the girls were awesome, but together they were perfectly captivating – i wanted so bad to be little too! everything they did made them squeal with delight – from jumping on the couch to riding their bikes. they are living in their own perfect world – sharing secrets, creating games, even inventing their own language. but most importantly they are laughing and loving and living every moment the way we are all meant to.

enjoy!

 

 

 

 

great parents + wonderful little girls = beautiful family!

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do you like my hat?

p.d. eastman and dr. seuss would be proud.

a sneak peek of hayley modeling her favorite pink hat at our session this morning!

more to come from ella + hayley’s shoot as well as half a dozen weddings, a couple of engagement sessions and all the other shoots i’ve been super busy with these last 2 weeks! sorry for the blog hiatus – will be getting caught up tonite and this week – check back for all the awesome photos to come!!

:)

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kristin’s (super fun!) family.

a fun family photoshoot!

i had so much fun photographing kristin’s family last weekend in annapolis. this was my second time photographing for kristin – if you recall, i raved about her when i photographed jules + alexander last month- so cute!! :)

kristin was so thrilled with the photos that she had me back to photograph her whole family, and this time i got to meet her awesome husband joe as well as her parents and brothers – everybody was great! we did a few group shots and then just played around in the backyard…i am in awe of how much fun this family has when they are together – it’s so easy to see how much they love each other! kristin and joe adore their kids and the two of them totally acted like newlyweds, even though they just celebrated their 7th wedding anniversary! congrats to them! 

enjoy!

 

 

 

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