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Part two of Clark and Sarah’s Shockoe Bottom engagement session, celebrating the cultures and foods blending in their new family.

A joyful fall family session in Colonial Williamsburg — three growing kids, a fluffy pup, and friends Debbie has photographed since 2010.

Matt, Christie, and their Bernese Mountain Dog Huxley celebrate six years of marriage with a golden-hour session around Suffolk, VA.

A joyful multicultural family session at Maymont in Richmond, VA, celebrating the Dinse family’s Laotian and Italian-German roots.

Honoring Loving Day: 56 years after the Lovings’ victory, celebrating the mixed couples and families we photograph around Richmond, VA.

Celebrating 32: a proposal at Norfolk Botanical Gardens, a Richmond engagement session, and a joyful Nigerian-American double wedding.

WOOOOHOOOO, baby #2 is comin so soon for these wonderful friends!!!! We recently met at Ft. Monroe Beach in Hampton to snag some photos as they prepare to welcome their second son this summer. It truly feels like yesterday I was taking maternity photos featuring little Matthias himself!!! How quickly life goes. That is one […]

Oh man… just wait til you see these ladies. Waltzing them to and fro around Christopher Newport University for their senior session was making me fall in love with my alma mater all over again! And capturing their friendship in front of my lens was such a treat!!! With graduation right around the corner, spending […]

As we hit the one year anniversary this week of covid descending on our nation and changing all our lives in various ways, I have been thankful as I reflect on the people God knit around me in my life as a single lady, so that even in the changes and ebb and flow of […]

Last night, I got to meet and hold the little newborn man who is one of the stars in today’s photoshoot… how fast time goes!! (Though for preggo Mamas, I know things can often seen slooowwww… that was Sen during this session, just eager and waiting for baby Judah to get outta her belly!) This […]

There are moments in photography when you pull your camera from your eye to look at the shot you just captured and can’t help but grin exuberantly, shriek with glee, and freak out your client in the excitement their beauty gives you. I consider it such a privilege to capture people in all their differences […]

I wish everyone could know this family. Darnell & Quana became good friends to me in 2019, and their down to earth personalities, honesty about the hard things of life, and “God is good all the time” faith has been such a gift to me. (Not to mention dance parties with hide & seek games […]

It is such a gift to have couples in your life who have weathered the storms of marriage, kids, jobs, travels, aging, and the like, and who continue to show you in their words and how they choose to spend their time that Christ is a delight and worthy of serving with each passing year. […]

Oh. My. Lanta. How I love these photos and these THREE people!!! Beth is a sister from my church who I have walked through life with more closely these last two years. She is one of the kindest people I know, so full of compassion and sincere care for others. Her husband Will is also […]

Anyone else miss the pre-covid wedding days? Celebrating with friends and family, sans face coverings and social distancing? While I know our current circumstances and the various regulations upon us are limits we all just have to accept as reality for right now, I still peruse weddings I shot in 2019 with such awe and […]