I love documenting families each year as they grow, but experiencing fall in the Shenandoah Valley makes it even better. Each year Virginia really shows off with a display of colors second to none. The Malay family invited me to their beautiful Harrisonburg, Virginia property and we twirled and romped in the leaves as the […]

I honestly can’t remember when I first met Josh. My grandparent’s house separated mine and his when I was growing up and I was schoolmates and a friend of his younger brother, Dustin. Sarah and I met during my student teaching stint at McGaheysville Elementary School (my former teacher life before taking my photo business […]

This. family. I don’t have the words for these five! I first photographed the Cooks when A (their oldest) was turning one and E was on the way. I’ve loved watching them grow and change. Clients turned real, true friends is my absolute favorite part of what I do. And here’s what Ashley had to […]

I could teach for months with tips and tricks for taking better photos of your kids, but when it all boils down – there’s one thing that will always make or break images of people. FOCUS Miss focus and your image will always feel off. Whenever you take a picture of a person, the focus […]

Massanutten Resort is located in McGaheysville, Virginia and is a popular spot year round.  It truly is a four season beauty! I spent my high school years working at the Le Club Recreation center and know the mountain like the back of my hand.  Over the past few years I’ve had a couple vacationing families […]

Will & Morgan enjoyed the driveway lined with cherry blossom trees at Red August Farm in early April.  I couldn’t be more obsessed with the results!  The weather in and around Waynesboro, VA was NUTS in late winter/early spring, so we had to delay our session a couple weeks while we awaited the blooms.  We […]

[part of the Monday for Moms blog series – small tips and tricks that will make big changes in photos of your children, parenting, or life] It’s no secret that I think photos are really important to the family unit. Aside from documenting life and preserving memories, pictures are actually a great way to boost […]

It feels like we waited for.ev.er for our friends Tyler and Casey to have their first baby.  When we heard Casey was expecting we were ecstatic.  After spending our college years double dating with them and our “fifth-wheel” (love you, Chuck! 😉 ) dreaming about our families growing up together, finding out that they would […]

There are six of us. The Lam clan is a tight pack – we’re one of those families who have been known to gather because it’s Sunday and the sky is blue.  We’ve grown up responding “Elmer and JoAnn Lam are my grandparents” when asked who we “belong” to by other adults, because most in […]

Baby M’s first time in front of my camera was while he was still inside his sweet momma’s belly. 🙂  This precious boy made his debut with a headful of hair and curiosity to boot!  He slept for about 15 minutes of his newborn session and was wide awake taking in the scenes the rest […]