One Chilly Morning.

It was a chilly morning when we arrived at Piney Run Park. We were there to capture some photos of Kathy and her family, surrounded by the colors of the autumn season. Kathy was the lucky winner of a gift certificate we donated as a silent auction fundraiser item benefiting the UMBC women’s lacrosse.

The photo-session, originally scheduled the day before, had to be rescheduled due to…you guessed it, rain! We arrived at the park a little early, scouted a couple possible photo locations, and were ready to shoot. The Fall leaf colors weren't quite at their peak, but there was a little bit of color in them.

Everyone was a bit cold, so we kept coats and jackets on until we were ready to shoot. We would then take them off, and put them right back on again. Starting with the whole group, we captured photos of the entire family first.



The little ones were a little restless, so we did the best we could with the larger group. Then we broke things down into smaller groups. Eventually, we let the kids be kids, and they played on the park playground. Capturing images of the kids just having fun on the playground seemed most natural for them. Do you blame them? We hate posing for pictures too!



We included a few pics from the session in this post.
Enjoy!

Stacey and Travis are married!

Author John Ruskin is quoted as saying, “There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” This is exactly the attitude that Stacey and Travis took on their wedding day. You see, most of the plans they made for an outdoor wedding ceremony had to be changed when the weather didn’t cooperate.



The rain started a couple of days before, and continued right up to the day of the wedding. But that didn’t discourage Stacey and Travis. They were flexible with their plans, and embracing the rainy weather…made it a great day for a wedding.

A few months ago, we had a great time shooting an engagement session with Stacey and Travis, and we were excited to be part of their wedding day. We started the day getting shots of Stacey and her bride’s maids getting ready. All levels of the house buzzed with activity. In the basement, hair was being primped, make-up applied, and flowers delivered. Upstairs, the guys arrived and gathered to talk with the pastors and parents.


When the time arrived, all made their way outside to the tent where the ceremony would take place. Two pastors performed the ceremony. In a short while, Stacey and Travis were officially man and wife.

The wedding party headed back up to the house where we proceeded to capture some formal pictures, and then all made there way back out to the tent to celebrate this wonderful occasion. It was wet…fun…and all in all, a wonderful time.

Stacey and Travis - we wish you all Gods blessings as you two start your lives together as one. Thank you for letting us be a part of this special day.

Meet Ava

This little one has a definite future in modeling!

After about ten minutes of shooting, we started to think this girl knew exactly what she was doing. She was giving us cute expressions with a little bit of attitude. Along with those expressions came some really great poses…and most of this with little to no coaxing from us.



We brought along a few toys to catch her attention for the times when we wanted her looking at the camera. The noisy / squeaky toys worked the best...especially for the close up pictures.


And talk about close up shots…just look at those eyes! Aren't they gorgeous? You know, we like to take credit for our photography, but when the model is as cute and cooperative as Ava, it really helps to make us look good.





We look forward to taking more pictures of this cutie in the coming years.

Session Fee Increase

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Krista & Anthony

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A Family Reunion

Jenny and Nate live out of State. With him in the military, they are rarely in Maryland anymore. During their short visit for a family reunion (which was immediately after this photo session), Jenny had us come out to her parents house in the early morning for some family pictures. When we arrive at her parents house, we learned the meaning of the phrase "its a small world." The house looked familiar. Then we found out, Jenny's parents actually bought their home from some of our relatives a few years back.

We started out with just Jenny and Nate and got some pictures of them, as well as some with their dogs. The neighbors must have thought we were a little crazy when they heard us loudly yelling "kitty" to get the dogs attention...but it worked like a charm.

We then got a few shots of her mom and dad before getting all her sisters together for some photos of the entire family.

Despite a few setbacks, wet grass, buttons missing on shirts, water spills, and racing against the clock for those last few moments of shade, we got some great pictures!

Colin is 3 months old!

This sweet little baby boy came to our studio a few weekends ago and traveled so far to get here.... about 30 seconds! His mom was looking at the directions on how to get to the studio and realized that they were just around the corner, that's my kind of commute!

When they arrived Colin was wide awake and a little concerned with what was going on. But, after a little bit of cuddling with his mommy, he was ready to go. We were able to get some great smiles out of him and he was up for any ideas we wanted to try. His parents were wonderful and obviously so in love with their sweet baby boy.

Colin was so exhausted by the end of the session, as you can see, he fell asleep while sitting up in the family photos.

Kayla and MaKaehla

Here are a few photos from a recent shoot of Kayla and her daughter MaKaehla . We met them at Centennial Park one evening for the session. MaKaehla was wearing this adorable dress, and we instantly fell in love with her beautiful eyes and cute cheeks.

As you can see in the close-up photos, she has the darkest eyes. She was fascinated by the flowers and the tall grass at the park, and we took full advantage of her curiosity to get some great photos of her exploring.


We then left Centennial for Lake Kittamaqundi a few miles down the road. The fountain near the lake proved to be a good spot. MaKaehla seemed to really enjoy kicking her feet in the water, and wasn‘t happy at all when we left the fountain for another location. We couldn't blame her...it was hot and humid that day.


After a few more shots in near the lake, we could tell she was getting tired, and we all decided it was a good time to wrap things up.



Over all, we got some great shots of both mom and daughter during this shoot. Thanks Kayla & MaKaehla!

Dianne & Sam Are Married!

Dianne and Sam were married a couple weeks ago at Deer Park Methodist, followed with a reception a few miles away at Martins Westminster. We started this session at the bride's house, photographing the bride and bride's maids preparing for the wedding. This gave us many opportunities to get some great shots, as they joked around and acted silly with each other. Some of our favorites shots were taken when all the bride’s maids hands worked together to lace up the back of Dianne’s wedding gown.

The ceremony was wonderful, and the beautiful interior of the church added to the warmth of the moment. This wedding ceremony and reception was filled with love and lots of laughter! Although Dianne is known for her funny expressions when being photographed, when she smiled it would light up the room.

The dance floor was rarely vacant during the reception as the guest seemed more than happy to fill it up. Although Sam wasn’t much into hitting the dance floor, he looked so happy throughout the evening talking, laughing, and celebrating with his friends and family.


Dianne and Sam - we’re so grateful we had this chance to get to know you two a little better, and share in your special day. What a fantastic time we had!

Sophia is Five!

We had a great time photographing one of our regulars this past weekend. Sophia's mom is always up for anything... which makes our job a little more exciting. We had been scoping out this new location a few weeks earlier and it worked out perfectly. Sophia was great and we had fun capturing her little personality:)

Tiffany & Matt are Married!

Here are a few photos from Tiffany and Matt’s wedding we shot a couple weeks ago. This wedding was held at Kurtz’s Beach. If you’ve ever been there for an event, you know how beautiful this location is…right on the Bay. It was a perfect location for the beach theme of the wedding.



To go along with that theme, it threatened to be a fairly hot day, but as it turned out…it wasn’t that bad. This was mainly because the ceremony took place later in the afternoon. A heavy summer thunderstorm did roll through shortly after the ceremony, but by that time everyone was inside for the reception.


The reception hall layout, which was somewhat round, made it easy for us to move around the crowd for some great shots. With the casual, laid-back atmosphere of the venue and the event, we didn’t feel like we we’re working. We had a great time, and really felt like one of the guest.



Tiffany and Matt - It’s our prayer that your marriage will be full of God’s blessings. Best of luck, and thanks for allowing us to photograph and be a part of your special day.

Stacey & Travis

What a good time we had shooting an engagement session for Stacey and Travis. This session was originally scheduled earlier in the Spring, but with so much rain at that time, we found ourselves rescheduling most shoots…including this one.

Well, the wait was well worth it! There were so many photo opportunities at the house of Travis’ parents, that we could’ve shot there for hours. As with most shoots, Krista and I get so wrapped up in the sessions…we don’t know when to stop. If it wasn’t for losing the sun light that evening, we may well have shot hours more. Hey what can we say, we love this job!

Although the daylight ran out quickly, we managed to cover most ideas that all of us wanted to try. The hardest part of this session wasn’t the shooting. It was selecting some photos to post to this blog. We like so many! Finally, we managed to narrow the selection down and post a few.






We can’t wait until the Fall when we’ll have the opportunity to witness a very special day in their lives, and be there to photograph every moment of it.

Stacey and Travis - thanks for a great evening. We are really looking forward to your Wedding . . . it will be beautiful!