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 [...]
Executive Portraits: Every Photograph Tells a Story
I am 100% an on location photographer. That means that I don’t photograph in controlled studio settings. Rather, I make my own studio wherever I go! Why do I do that? Well, for weddings and special events, I can’t control the location. And on the family portraiture side, I like to photograph people in places [...]
Grace Laura, Welcome to Our World!
Twelve days ago, I had the great pleasure of meeting a tiny bundle of joy named Grace Laura, who, at the time, was all of 30 days old. As I was driving over to Grace’s home, elementary school kids were walking home from school, and as I stopped for them at the crosswalk, I couldn’t [...]
Looking for a Wedding Venue? Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase
Next up in my series on wedding venues in the Washington, DC metro area, the Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase in Chevy Chase, Maryland is a terrific location for your wedding reception. The auditorium is a large open room with a dance floor and stage, perfect for a live band. The album pages below are [...]
Looking for a Wedding Venue? Rockwood Manor, Potomac, Maryland
Looking for the perfect wedding venue? Here are a few photographs of Potomac, Maryland’s Rockwood Manor. A charming, 30-acre estate nestled in the woods of Potomac, Maryland and just steps away from the C&O Canal, Rockwood Manor offers a secluded and natural venue for weddings and other special occasions. Hold your wedding ceremony outdoors in [...]
Rustic Farm Wedding, anyone?
Sunday, I spent the day at the 410-acre Agricultural History Farm Park in Derwood, Maryland, where rolling fields of grass, a big red barn, and a green and red wagon are just a few elements that lend a charming, rustic feel for the rustic farm wedding. The Agricultural History Farm Park is one of five wedding [...]
New Workshop Coming March 12th. People Photography for Beginners: Gaithersburg St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Do you have an expensive camera that you don’t know how to use? Do you always shoot on automatic? Do you wish you could take better photos of your children? Do your photos often end up under or overexposed? Do you wonder why your photographs lack impact? Do you wish your photographs could equal your [...]
Announcing FLASH, The Exhibit, Sponsored by FotoDC: Opening March 18th, 2011
Yesterday, I spent a few hours at VisArts in Rockville, MD at the opening reception of a juried Lensbaby exhibit, featuring one of the works of my photography student, John Jacks. This was John’s very first fine art exhibit, and he did a terrific job with the printing, matting, and framing of his artwork! His [...]
One of This Week’s Executive Portrait Assignments
I did several executive portrait/corporate headshot assignments this past week. For one of them, I was over at the offices of a tech start-up in Gaithersburg, Maryland creating executive portraits of four members of the leadership team for their new corporate website. The company’s Marketing Director wanted fun images with personality on a standard white [...]
I’ve Won the 2011 Bride’s Choice Award!!!
Yesterday, a little e-mail popped into my inbox. It looked like any other, so I clicked it open, and out popped the big words, BRIDE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2011 WINNER!!! I am SO thrilled that my brides and couples, have spoken out to WeddingWire and chosen little ol’ ME for the Bride’s Choice Awards! I love [...]
New Fine Art Photography Purchasing Options: Framing, Greeting Cards & More
I’m happy to announce a new way through which clients can purchase fine art photography from me, whether for home, office, or a gift to a loved one. My new fine art photography website is pretty cool, and allows you to see exactly what the artwork will look like on canvas or in different color [...]
The Be-My-Valentine Portrait Package Promotion is Here, Together with Valentine’s Day Cards!
Memories don’t have to fade with time. We offer family portraiture in unique locations that are meaningful to YOU. Between now and Valentine’s Day, take advantage of our Be-My-Valentine promotion by purchasing any of our portrait packages and receiving an additional $100 in complimentary luster or metallic prints! Capture the moment with photography that will [...]
Lisa’s 40th Birthday Bash
I could see that Lisa is a very special person. I could see it in her family and friends, who filled the room with joy and laughter. I could see it in Ed, her husband…as he watched her, happy to see her happy…as he brought her a piece of birthday cake…as he serenaded her sweetly [...]
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Sarah & Charley: Story of Everlasting Love
It was so obvious. So evident. It was a story that begged to be told. A story about a deep, everlasting love. The story of Sarah & Charley. You could see it in the way they looked at each other. You could see it in the joy of the guests. You could see it in [...]
Lighting Up the Night in Rockville
Some of you might remember that I’m running a photography workshop called Light the Night: A Photographic Storytelling Workshop at the Light the Night charity walk in Washington, DC on October 16th. In preparation for the 16th, we drove down to Rockville this evening to check out the Rockville event. It was a WHOLE LOT OF FUN. [...]
How I Shot This: Carnival Rides at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair
Earlier this week, an e-mail popped into my inbox. It said: Hello, my name is Ashleigh and I am 16 years old. I have recently started my A-Level Photography course and have been inspired by your photos of fairground rides which i found on google images! I then took a look at your website and [...]
September 2010 Wallpaper: Light & Motion Abstract
A few weeks ago, I taught a Light & Motion photography workshop at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland. I headed back to the fair a week later to work on my own focus blur-zoom blur technique. My abstracts were some of my newsletter readers’ favorites, so I’ve decided to make one available [...]
Light and Motion Abstracts
During my photography workshop last week on Light and Motion: Photographing the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair last week, I wanted to focus on my students, so I didn’t do any of my own shooting. However, I did get the chance to catch two hours of the fair on the last day this past weekend, before the [...]
Student Work: Light and Motion – Photographing the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair
Last week, I taught a photography workshop on Light and Motion: Photographing the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. The students and I had a great time; everyone agreed that the fair is a great subject for a photography workshop! What better place to learn about night photography? And of course, everyone got some great photos, so all of [...]
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 [...]
Leigh & Garrett: A Match Made in Heaven
Last Wednesday, I got together with Leigh & Garrett for their engagement photography session at the tennis courts of King Farm in Rockville, MD, less than 1 1/2 years after their first date. And boy, is it obvious that this is a match made in heaven. Leigh & Garrett were made for each other. Their [...]
Emily & Jason’s Wedding Story
So if you thought I’d fallen off the blog wagon over the past week, it’s just because I’ve been hard at work on Emily & Jason’s wedding photographs and storybook album! Emily & Jason are the beautiful bride and groom who got married at the Lorien Hotel & Spa in Alexandria, Virginia last Saturday. Emily wore [...]
DC Memorials at Night: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and World War II Memorials
I’ve been so busy with portraits and weddings this summer, then I’ve only just gotten around to processing the photos I shot at my DC Memorials at Nightphotography workshop three weeks ago. We started out at the Lincoln Memorial, then headed to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Memorial, and ended at the World War II Memorial. [...]