I have this friend, Stepha. She is one of my favorite people ever and she gave me the honor of photographing her portraits the other day for the launch of her new bridal gown business! Its going to be so great, Ill be sure to share the info with you when its all up and ready! Now, I want to tell you how awesome this girl is…she would probably blush and tell me to stop, but I really think she is one of the best people I have in my life, and I am surrounded by wonderful human beings. I wont get too sappy, but Stepha’s faith in the Lord and loyalty to her friends and family is inspiring and heart warming. She is amazingly understanding, patient, compassionate, funny, and lovely. She is just a great friend and I love her! Enjoy some of my favorites… we may have goofed around a little…just a little.
It was windy…
She’s funny…
And SO PRETTY!!
Love her laugh! These are favorites…
I cant wait to share all of her website stuff with you! Stepha is incredibly talented, as seen here and here. Yeah, she MADE those gowns! She loves doing too, which makes her that much more fun to work with. If you know what you want, and you want something COMPLETELY custom to your body… contact her. She rocks!
I don’t actually do that many senior sessions, but when I do I love them! Lauren is such a sweet and gorgeous girl, (isn’t she so pretty?!) that walking around downtown richmond, with her and her mom, in the heat was a breeze. her mom is one of the sweetest women I have every met…must be where lauren gets it from! Congratulations on your senior year lauren! make it count!!
Meet Hillside Missions! A few weeks ago we did a staff shoot, and I have to tell you…these are some funny people. Good, and funny. Hillside is the international mission component of our church, Commonwealth Chapel. I remember when their organization was first introduced one Sunday morning, being so excited about getting to meet these people. I really don’t know why, but I just had this joy in my heart about Hillside! Over time Jared and I have gotten to know most of them and they are all awesome. During the entire shoot I was laughing. I think I have just as many blurry pictures as I have focused pictures from all the teasing and hilarity. Sometimes its hard to control the camera when you are shaking from laughter!
Be sure to check out their brand new site, its looking good! Thanks Hillside!
You saw Ryan’s head shots a couple days ago, and now you get to see Maggie’s! I walked around with the both of them for about 2 hours and did them at the same time. So, you might see some of the same backgrounds!
Maggie is another one of my friends from high school, who also did theatre. I told you one thing I loved about Ryan, so I will tell you one thing I love about Maggie. She is loyal. To the core. She is there for you whenever you need her, no questions asked. She moved out to California last year to show off her comedic talent and her charming looks. Isnt she soooo pretty? I love it.
I had a great time listening to Maggie tell me what California and west coast people are like. Im from rural VA, and Ive never been to CA so I was pretty interested. Im not ashamed!
Gosh, I can’t get over how gorgeous she is! Mags, I love you so much and I know youre going to great things on the west coast! Break a leg!
I did theatre in high school. If you knew me in person this might make more sense to you. although I have changed alot, so it may not. I also majored in theatre in college until I changed my major, which I did…oh about 10 more times. and still haven’t finished yet. anyways… this is my friend ryan, who also did theatre with me in high school. and was/is such a dear friend to me that I doubt i could explain our friendship to you. high school for us was rough, and going through rough things together brings you closer. One thing I will tell you is that Ryan is an amazing listener. If you know him, you know exactly what Im talking about.
Well…he recently moved to Florida to follow his dream. He has a passion for bringing smiles to kids faces, and he likes to do that through Disney. He told me his dream job would be taking the characters around to visit children in hospitals. And he is there in Florida chasing that dream. In any type of entertainment, you need head shots. We did these about a month and a half ago walking around the fan district near Lombardy. I am a really bad procrastinator! And it was, yes, you guessed it, freezing. But just like all my other clients, he was awesome about it!
Ryan, I love you…and although Im sad youre not super close geographically anymore- I cannot be more happy for your move to Florida! Break a leg!!
I met Nikki in 8th grade and we have been pals ever since. She is my best friend. We have been through hard things together, and had soooooooo many laughs. To put it simply: I love her. And this is her younger brother, Jake. Who I may or may not have had a small crush on in high school, much to Nikki’s dismay. :-) These pictures of them together are a gift for their mom, who I also love so much. Basically- I love the whole Melton family.
Aren’t they fun? It was super cold out during this session, see that snow? Very. Cold. But we had a great time at the canal walk and in shockoe slip. love you guys!
I tried really hard to make him laugh….success!
Josh is the brother of one of my good friends, Julia. You might remember her because she modeled for me. Well, Josh is applying to some ah-mazing virginia schools and I cant wait to see what he does in his life. He is just naturally good a lots of things, like languages and currently is in love with japanese. yes, he speaks japanese. and wants to learn to speak many more! Good luck with everything and thanks so much for letting me capture this moment in your life!!
I love this family to pieces! The Robinson’s trusted me way back when I was first starting and I am so glad that they still trust me to capture the love and joy of their family. Lucy is a new addition, who is so sweet-already fitting in very well. Thank you guys so much! You’re awesome and we cant wait to babysit/dog sit!
