Willard Family Reunion in Annapolis, Maryland
Just 2 1/2 weeks ago, I drove up to Annapolis the Willard family’s annual reunion. With 7 individual families and 36 people across FOUR generations (!), the Willards are a pretty amazing and wonderful family! In fact, I must admit that I was secretly envious of how many people they have to call family… I [...]
Girl in a Nomad’s Home AND January 11th Presentation to the ASMP
So I’m a little more than 1/3 of the way through processing the images from my November 2010 trip to Burkina Faso, West Africa. My goal is to pretty much finish processing – including captioning and keywording – by the end of the month, but this is a pretty ambitious target, so we’ll see how [...]
Peace Be With You from Djibo, Burkina Faso
Here is another photo from Tabaski. Yuma and Aissama (Tabaski’s meat thief), sit by the barbecue, their faces illuminated by the fire. It reminds me of Tracy Chapman’s song, “Heaven’s Here on Earth,” in her “New Beginnings” album. You can look to the stars in search of the answers Look for God and life on [...]
Tabaski’s Meat Thief
The religious holiday of Tabaski is one of the biggest across West Africa, where much of the population is Muslim. It takes place 70 days after the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. When I lived in Niger as a Peace Corps Volunteer, Tabaski was always my favorite holiday of the year, because of both [...]
December 2010 Calendar Wallpaper is Here! “Hidden from View,” Burkina Faso, West Africa
If you’ve been following my blog over the past months, you’ll know that I pre-wrote this calendar wallpaper post because I’m actually traveling as we speak in…Burkina Faso, West Africa! So I thought it would only be fitting to make a December calendar wallpaper in honor of my last trip to Burkina in 2007. This [...]
Noah’s First Birthday and Traditional Korean Career-Choosing Ceremony
Last weekend, I had the honor of shooting a little boy’s first birthday and, most importantly, his traditional, Korean career-choosing ceremony in Reston, Virginia. Dressed in traditional Korean clothing, Noah looks curiously at the items placed before him, as mother, father, sisters, brother, grandparents, and family friends watch eagerly. Should he pick the rice and [...]
Baby Announcement Designs
I believe that portrait and wedding photography studios can add a lot of value beyond the photography and simple prints. This is why I offer beautiful custom-design products like press-printed storybook albums, accordion books, keepsake image boxes, and canvas prints in premium frames, and other quality products, in addition to matted luster and metallic photographic prints, [...]
Announcing the Birth of Ezra King
Proud parents Kristen and Dan welcomed their second son, Ezra King, into the world two weeks ago. After doing Kristen’s maternity photography last month, I had the honor of meeting Ezra when he was just 12 days old for his very first photography shoot! Isn’t he absolutely adorable???!!! View more photos from this newborn and family [...]