Author Archives:Before barrels of snow fell on Virginia, we got one of those beautiful, fleeting winter days where it warms up to the lower 60′s, and everyone comes out of their houses to go for a walk and soak it up while it lasts. Luckily, this was also a day when I had clients scheduled! So, here’s a session from last month with pretty Quinn and her pretty parents on a pretty day in January! (Maybe we can will one of these days back into this sludgy winter mix…)
There is a blizzard in Virginia today. This afternoon, winds are expected to reach 70 mph in Charlottesville. Most people are not thrilled. The first snow of the season was incredibly wonderful and refreshing. However, this is about the 5th significant storm we have had this year, and it is getting mixed reviews. We are not used to this. Most people just want the snow to go away so that we can get on with our lives. But I must disagree! Snow is wonderful for east-coasters: we hustle and bustle so much in our lives, and snow forces us to slow down. It means you can’t go to work. Yes, you, East Coast Workaholic, you must stay at home and not work. Telecommuter? Stop it. Tell them your internet is down. Tell them you got lost in a pile of snow. Then grab a cup of hot chocolate with your closest sweetie, stare out the window at the horizontal snow drifts, and contemplate existence. You have the time. I love shooting in inclement weather, so this is the first in a series of blog posts of family shoots I have had during this year’s snow. We went to my favorite spot in Old Town, Alexandria, right next to the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge and the historic Lee Street Houses. This was a great, happy family to work with – so brave to tote their 7 month old out into the snow! And look at that beautiful face!
What a gorgeous family! Thanks for the great shoot, you three! no comments It’s this baby girl’s first birthday, and when I attempted to make a still-life out of her, she and the cat made it very clear that there was not going to be any sitting still. (How naïve of me!) Yet, then the shoot turned into the perfect mix of planned and unplanned. The cat started out as my model (great for metering – thanks cat!):
It was a friendly cat, but we thought it best to get him off the table:
so that I could get some cleaner shots:
but that cat was all about that table:
This a great example of how shoots can be a collaboration between the photographer and the subject (and sometimes even the subject’s pets!). 1 comment Wow, what great baby shots! How do I schedule a photo shoot with you? I wanted to share this session with everyone because it was rather special: while I normally go to people’s houses to shoot newborns, these guys came to me in the studio! This was great because in the studio, I can exhibit a lot more control over lighting conditions and set-up. And he was such a beautiful baby! Here he is, 12 days old:
The new parents:
Black and white Baby Rothko:
Congratulations to the new fam!
2 comments You did a fantastic job of capturing the beauty of our precious grandson! Thank you! wow….these are really beautiful!!!!!!!! I love living in Virginia for the fact that there are distinct seasons. In the spring, the air is full of sweet perfume, followed by the hot, hot summer, when things grow like crazy, punctuated by an August so muggy that walking outside feels like wading through a giant bowl of soup. Then comes the most beautiful fall season one could ever wish for, with dazzling colors and morning mist, reminding us, after the sticky summer, why we live here. But it’s December now, and this is the season in Virginia with the least going on – so I thought. See, it gets very cold in Virginia during the winter, but it doesn’t snow a whole lot, which leaves very little reward for bearing the cold temperatures. We get a lot of cold rain, or sleet, or soggy snow that lasts for three days, mixes with the mud in the street, and tracks itself into everyone’s entryway. There’s not much fun in that. But I’ve started to notice the fantastic Virginia trees! The same trees that are bursting green in the spring and turning bright red and yellow in the fall – in the winter, these trees turn into bony, prickly sculptures! With no leaves, all you see is the skeleton, with pointy branches, crisscrossing high in the sky. For this family session that I recently had in Leesburg, not only did I get a beautiful, good-natured family to work with, but I got to take advantage of these giant winter sculptures!
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