And here they are, the 25 families I had the privilege to photograph in 2020. (Two families requested to keep their photos private). It’s been a tough year, but you couldn’t tell looking at all these beautiful people. I am so happy that I was able to capture so much love and joy amidst these […]

At its best, 2020 taught us patience, resiliency, adaptability, and a new appreciation of things we had taken for granted. (We all know what it brought us at its worst). I am very grateful to my clients who trusted me to take the necessary precautions and asked me to take their families’ and children’s photos this […]

Very few of my clients share my linguistic proclivity towards the language that comes easiest to me: Denglisch. It’s the random mixing of German and English (Deutsch und Englisch = Denglisch) and reflects the sentiment of neither here nor there which many expats (I would imagine from any country) experience regularly on a visceral level. […]

To say that this young lady rocked her Senior Session would be quite the understatement. And what a perfect day it was, right at the transition from late summer to early fall. Thank goodness that blogs don’t limit the number of images – that would have been a truly tough assignment. Wishing this radiant High […]

There were moments this fall when I considered pitching a tent at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna. It’s a favorite for photographers and clients alike (definitely not a secret), with its well-kept grounds, variety of settings, easy access and reasonable fees. Within it nearly 100 acres it features native plants, meadows with wildflowers, grasses of […]

When your silver anniversary coincides with your daughter’s senior year of college, it calls for a photo session to commemorate both occasions at once. In the last twenty or so years our families have mostly known each other in swimsuits and goggles, laboring up and down 25 meter lanes of chlorinated water, some, I should […]

I first met this lovely young woman a couple of years ago when I photographed what I called her “Quinceañitzvah” – her coming of age celebration blending the traditions of each of her parents. I figured out very quickly that she was somebody special: in lieu of (what usually would be copious) gifts, Lydia requested […]

I met this absolutely wonderful family during my Front Steps Project at the beginning of the pandemic, about, let’s see, maybe 10 years ago? Although we live near each other, we all made the trek to Chantilly for a morning session at Ellanor Lawrence Park. Let’s just say that the sweetness and love in this […]

If I had to characterize this session in one word, I would call it “sunkissed.” The summer sun made a very strong appearance after days of changing weather forecasts that kept us guessing. Rain? Drizzle? Clouds? Well, there it was, beating down on us as though making the point that no, summer isn’t over quite […]

What a session! I have known Samantha (and her family) since she and my daughter started kindergarten together so this shoot was a bit emotional for me, too. Sam recently graduated from George Mason University and, yay, landed a job, like so many others during these crazy times, working remotely from her childhood bedroom. The […]