Another early Christmas gift

I have had such a fun time this weekend with all of these great families! Today I photographed the B family who welcomed a beautiful little girl recently. I predict that she'll be sitting and crawling within no time. This tiny baby was so strong and full of determination! I love how amazing newborns are.

It was a little tough getting in newborn, individual and family shots all in one session but these happy and well-behaved kids made my job so much easier.

Is she not a little model already?!!

I am wondering if I can count this as a smirk?!! If not, it sure is a cute face!

She can already hold her head up at 2-1/2 weeks!So normally I much prefer to do large family shots outside because I love a natural backdrop and nothing beats natural sunlight; however, my last two family session have included newborns and it's super cold outside! But you know what, I really like them inside too after this weekend!

An early Christmas gift

Today I had the pleasure of photographing my brand new 5-day old 2nd cousin and his super cool family. This little guy was a dream to photograph and his brother was a total pro in front of the camera. I hope the rest of my holiday session go this well!

Love this holiday family portrait and I love how the baby is the ONLY one looking at the camera here! How often does THAT ever happen?!!

I used my macro lens to capture his perfect little details. I love this lens for newborn photos!

And finally, I was boring him so I left him be :)

Happy parents = happy baby

Saturday morning I began the first of 4 weekend photo sessions (was I crazy??!! no, it was just gorgeous weather outside!) with a some of my favorite customers. Why are they some of my favorites? Because I got photograph this adorable baby over the summer and they invited me back for his 6 month photos... and now he's as happy as ever!

This was my first time shooting at Catoctin Mountain Orchard since the summer and I must say, it doesn't disappoint me either in the Fall.

Two of my most favorite photos ever: awesome silouette with the sun directly above...

... and this awesome colorful background and the sweetest mommy-baby bond.

All I see here are BLUE eyes!

There are about 8 of these photos of him cracking up. I really don't know how I'm supposed to pick the best one of the bunch to post??!! I hope he thought I was just funny and not funny looking... :)

B Family: Part 2!

So I sort of teased this nice mom (unintentionally!) with only 3 photos and then left her hanging so I thought I'd post a few more of my favorites before I finished proofing the rest!

Every once in a while, I get to capture something special. And I know this when I'm editing because when that happens, I have a smile on my face the entire time. That's what happened with this very much in love couple!

I really like this one because you can see how incredibly blue all of their eyes are!

I think the background here looks a painting!

And I will leave you with a very fun and "real" family photo!

Welcome Fall!

For about 10 minutes, Photoshop was acting normal again so here's what I managed to proof from this session with the B family. Can the kids be any cuter? I don't think so. This mom is really and truely a "super mom" and her wonderful kids are a reflection of all of her hard work.

I just love the Fall colors she chose to go so beautifully with Lake Linganore.



See that opening right there at the lake? We got some gorgeous shots there with 2 white swans who decided to join us. I'm crossing my fingers that I get to edit those next!

Double the adorableness!

Today I had the awesome opportunity to photograph twins! This pair was about as cute as they get and at this age, they're also discovering their new found independence (I know this from my own Miss wannabe independent Madeline!) and their adoring parents were oh so great with them. They totally made me appreciate the team work that truely is parenting!

Here are a few of my favorites!

A Birthday Girl

You might remember this little angel from an earlier session. Her parents happen to be friends of ours so I'm very glad I got to do my very first "First Birthday Cake Smash" photos with this happy girl! She knew exactly what to do with that cake! And she was also a great model for my handmade first birthday hat.

I also took some family photos at the gorgeous Gettysburg Battlefields. I love this location for photographs!

There is a place high above the battlefields with a ton of rocks overlooking the fields below. It's absolutely breathtaking when the is sunsetting...as are these photos!