The Ocean-Inspired Wedding of Chrissy & Jake at the W Hotel
In a beautifully designed, ocean-inspired wedding at the W Hotel, Chrissy & Jake were wed at last. Orange and blue colors weaved throughout the wedding details, which included glass goldfish bowls and a beautiful tiered wedding cake topped with two sweetly kissing goldfish. Congratulations to this happy couple! View more photographs of Chrissy & Jake’s ocean-inspired [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
January 2011 Calendar Wallpaper: An Intense Gaze
In West Africa, certain villages have markets that “assemble” at regular intervals, such as weekly or every three days. People from villages around the region come on market day to buy and sell food, livestock, and other goods and services. Last month, I visited the village of Bourro in northern Burkina Faso on its market [...]
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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 [...]
Laya & Jeremy’s Slideshow Story
Yesterday, Laya and Jeremy and I got up bright and early to catch the early morning light at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. Two years ago, Laya was with a friend when her friend went to drop something off at Jeremy’s house, and nudged along by fate, Jeremy came outside. Laya saw him 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 [...]
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 [...]
Issy & Jason’s Wedding Joyride
After the hours of getting ready that wedding morning last Saturday, July 17th… after the ceremony, where I watched Issy’s mom wipe tears from her eyes… after the formal portraits of the newlyweds and family… and after the wedding brunch… it was time for… the wedding JOYRIDE!!! Issy’s mom and dad drove me in a [...]
Cooley family portraits at the Washington National Cathedral
Earlier this week, I got together for a portrait photography session of Temple and Dameon, proud first-time parents of little four-month old Vincent. Temple spends a lot of time at the Washington National Cathedral gardens, and it’s so peaceful and quietly beautiful out there, it made for a serene location for an early evening shoot. [...]