Monday, October 29, 2007

The Veatch Fam

This weekend I had 4 scheduled shoots and was able to do 2 of the 4. It rained here nonstop for 3+ days last week after many, many months of NUTTIN. It's a great thing to finally have MOISTURE but ironically, this was one of my busiest weekends, so I'm trying not to complain b/c I know we need this rain! In any event, Saturday I met up with the Veatches who hired me last year for the first time (I love my returning customers and am grateful for their loyalty!). All of them are so photogenic and have great expressions for the camera. We met in Old Town and despite the muddy grass and huge puddles, we had a successful shoot utilizing the gravel pathway near the Potomac as well as the pavement in some areas against the brick wall.








Monday, October 22, 2007

One Perfect Portrait -- Giving Back

Now here's something near and dear to my heart! Giving back! On thanksgiving weekend, I will be helping my colleague Liz Vance of Oh Baby Photography, along with a couple other photographers I have yet to meet, with an annual charity/fundraiser Liz hosts to benefit a few of her favorite charities in her community of Arlington, VA. I met Liz through the charity Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep of which we are both a part -- as photographers and area coordinators for INOVA hospitals. We love what we do, feel blessed to be mama's to our healthy children, and honor those who can benefit from our services.

Please consider this event or pass it along to those who may be interested...

One Perfect Portrait

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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Moe Family -- Take 2

A few weekends ago I met up with the Moe family at Great Falls Park for their family shoot. In mid summer I did indoor portraits of little Charlotte and a few of her big brother Robbie, but this time it was outdoors and with mom and dad. The weather was nearly perfect for our shoot. The park was super crowded and we learned it was FREE admission that day for some random park appreciation day. So we did our best to stay away from the crowd and pretend we were the only ones there. This family is extremely photogenic! I have had so much fun getting to know the Moe family.








Thursday, October 18, 2007

Alumni Weekend at Mercersburg Academy

Last weekend was a riot -- bittersweet and hilarious. I spent about 24 hours at my high school/boarding school in PA, The Mercersburg Academy, for an alumni weekend gathering. Technically speaking, this was my 21st reunion so yes, I happily crashed '87s reunion...well, I DID pay so I didn't really crash it other than inviting myself and my best friend from '86 as well....right Paige? While the weekend didn't provide the technicolor of a normal glorious mid-October weekend in PA, thanks to the drought here in the Mid-Atlantic, the weather was crisp, sunny and festive and frankly, who cares when you're spending hours with some of your best friends from high school and laughing harder than you can remember. The environment there was unique, I know we all agree there's just something about boarding school friends that just never happens again for us in college or later.
It was just too short.

(click on an image to see a larger version - and i think this takes the cake for the largest number of images posted!)

Cheers!













Monday, October 15, 2007

Cool Boating Pix

So about a week ago, Jack, Harry and I went boating on the Chesapeake for the afternoon. Trying to get in ONE more afternoon on the water before the weather gets cool -- will it ever? Master Jackson decided to forgo a lovely afternoon on CHOPPY water so he's not part of this particular blog moment.

In any event, I wanted to post a few photos that I thought would be fun to share. First, and I think quite funny, we had two different photographer-services take photos of us that afternoon (a first for us) -- one guy was standing on his own boat on the Severn River by the Annapolis Harbour taking random photos of boats passing by with a huge advertising sign and website enscribed -- his service then posts the photos online that evening and you can purchase the hi-res image for $9.95. We did and it's the photo you see of Jack, Harry and me on the boat. About 20 minutes after that, we saw this helicopter flying WAY too low on the Bay almost doing some aerobatic moves. Couldn't figure it out...as we got closer, it TOO got close to us and sure enough, another photographer was leaning out a door with a huge lens taking many photos of us....they circled once and came back nearly attacking us (like in a James Bond film) and I acted like a total idiot showing him my rock-star pose. The photos are purchased thru boatpix.com and are only $250 (yeah, right) for a 16x20 with no mention of copyright of the image. We have to decide if we'll go for that but what stinks is we can't preview the photos. But to have an aerial would be amazing. Anyway, lastly, the few other photos are taken from my new iphone. Not bad for a camera phone!

Enjoy!



Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Caixia & Ben

Caixia and Ben tied the knot on Sept 8. Ben is the brother of Cathy (of Cathy & Mike ) who's wedding I shot last June in Middleburg. It's been such a treat to get to know the Zeigler family. They are all so fun and outgoing. Caixia and Ben's ceremony was at St. James Catholic Church in Falls Church followed by their reception at Dominion Valley in Haymarket, VA. Caixia is Chinese and had a Lion Dance performed at her reception which is a traditional dance to summon good luck and fortune! It was so cool to see!












Saturday, October 6, 2007

Fall portrait shoots

I just thought I'd post something quickly here for those of you who are browsing my site and blog to see my work and/or thinking about making an appointment for a fall shoot. Right now, I only have one available slot for October which is Monday, October 29th -- unless I have a cancellation, that's it for this month.

November is booking quickly too. Many of you know that I'm a part-time photographer as I'm a full time mom so my schedule is very limited and consequently, my calendar books fast. And for November, right now, I have these dates free:

Thursday, Nov 8
Sunday, Nov 11 (2 slots)
Sunday, Nov 18 (2 slots)
Monday, Nov 19

If you are thinking about a shoot and are serious about booking me, email me asap. thanks!