Family photos are a fun, creative, and beautiful way to record your family’s unique story. I believe that you should have family photos taken every year, if not more, and I will tell you why.
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Mom’s outfits are always the hardest to find! Here are my tips for finding the perfect family photo look for Mom.
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If you’re on social media, you’ll see countless memes. Tiktoks, and reels all focusing on how husband’s are the worst when it comes to taking pictures. It seems we know how to get our kids on board but we can’t crack the code of how to get the husband to enjoy family pictures.
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Your wedding photos should do more than sit in a file on your computer! Here are eight more ways to use your wedding photos.
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Lauren and Mark’s wedding day at the Washington, DC, LDS temple was full of love. In Mark’s words, “I just feel really giddy.”
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The Washington, DC, temple is always beautiful, but this spring wedding was especially breathtaking. Every detail of Chloe and Chase’s Maryland wedding was perfect!
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I used to think everyone who was recovering quickly from having a baby, having fun with their toddlers, or who was gushing about being a Mom was putting a filter on their life or simply lying. I had no idea I was the one living with a filter. Motherhood IS hard but it doesn't have to be as hard as what we seem to accept as ‘normal’.
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Baby Charlotte is such a doll. I loved taking her newborn portraits and working with this sweet Maryland family again!
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Lauren and Mark were so much fun to work with. Their bridal portraits at the National Mall are stunning!
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Ali's grandpa was a sealer for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had performed the wedding ceremonies for each of his grandchildren. All of them, except for Ali. Last summer, a year before she would marry Kyle, her grandparents passed away. They never got to meet the man she would marry. Although they weren't there physically, Ali and Kyle did all they could to keep their spirits present.
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"I remember holding her as a new father," her dad began. His eyes sparkled as he thought back to those first moments of his daughter's, the bride's, life. "I promised I would protect her and take care of her. I told her one day she would have children of her own and would do the same for them. Now I'm handing her to the man who will continue to protect her and take care of her. And I couldn't be happier."
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"You don't have to feel like you have to react in any certain way," I told Kyle, the groom who was about to see his bride, "This is your wedding, your bride, so just do whatever feels right for you." Days before their wedding, Ali and Kyle, flew to Atlanta, GA to be sealed in the Atlanta LDS temple. Now they were standing in a green field neighboring the cute church down the street from where Ali grew up, ready for their First Look.
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I love so many parts of my job, but photographing an in-home newborn session for a return client may take the cake. It’s so special to be able to capture those first few moments with a new addition to the family. I took family photos for the Crichton’s a while back at…
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I’ve had the privilege of taking lots of newborn sessions lately, and it has been such a fun change of pace! The Klein family is so awesome and easy to be around. I took their family photos back in 2021, when it was only Kara, Dan, and Teddy. Teddy, now a toddler, was…
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The Cole family photos are some of my favorites! We took this last spring and I’m so happy to finally be sharing them here. We were able to get some really beautiful images of the cherry blossoms, which ended up being more of a feat than we had initially thought because they blossomed so late this year!
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I’m so excited to share these beautiful images of the Stoker Family in the cherry blossoms! Spring in Maryland is a magical time of year, and that’s due to these pretty little blossoms that litter the trees all over the state. This specific session took place in Green Park, which is in Gaithersburg. Green Park is…
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Matison and Chad had a serendipitous meeting 3 years ago when friends of friends of friends invited them both to join a group going to a Christmas concert in Salt Lake City. Somehow they ended up sitting together and as only Chad could, jokes were made and interests were sparked. Three years later, over states, graduations, and trips, these two finally got to say ‘Yes’ to forever in the DC LDS temple.
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The most common question I get as a photographer is: What should we wear?? Planning outfits is one of the most stressful parts of getting family pictures done. So stressful, in fact, that there are plenty of people who forgo getting pictures done at all because they don’t want to deal with the wardrobe! Every single one of my clients gets a complimentary style guide…
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Even after deciding to take many, many steps away from photographer after the birth of my 4th, I still couldn’t quite let it go.
Even with zero marketing and announcing I was taking a sabbatical, every time an inquiry would come in - the debate would begin. I spent years honing my craft, building a client experience, becoming an expert in my field…how could I just turn my back on all that hard work and effort? All that knowledge?
And what about the moms who needed me? All those women who couldn’t see what an incredible job they were doing raising these children? How could I just leave them to figure it out on their own?
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Meet Zoe and Chris! I was so excited when they reached out to me to take their Holiday Card pictures this year. After chatting about their perfect vision for the shoot we settled on meeting at the Red Rock Wilderness Park in Leesburg, Virginia.
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