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Mary Baldwin University Senior sessions are one of my favorite things to photograph and Caleb’s Senior Session was truly a blast! Caleb scheduled his session at his alma mater, Mary Baldwin University in Staunton and I couldn’t wait to see the campus! It’s SO beautiful! I met Caleb and his mom, Pam at the Student […]

Salim & Ian Engaged I’m so excited to share this Madison, NC Engagement Session! Madison is my hometown and my family still lives there on the 100-acre tobacco farm I grew up on. My niece Salim also grew up there and still lives on the farm with her fiance Ian. When Salim and Ian got […]

A Wedding at The Osprey’s at Belmont Park, Woodbridge Virginia Obviously, I love weddings but there was something so special about Rachel and Brandon’s wedding that just leaves me warm and fuzzy! I can’t put my finger on it exactly except that when I watched these two together, it made me happy! In their get […]

I look forward to this every year and I’m so excited to be able to share photos from James’ 8th Birthday! I can’t believe it has been another year! Every October Lisa schedules a session for him at the end of October. I love seeing how much he has changed and photographing his energetic spirit! […]

Highland Park and Wasena Park in Roanoke Virginia I’m so excited to finally have these ready for the blog! I have to say I think these are some of my best work given the lighting was absolutely perfect! I couldn’t be happier seeing that Sage is my nephew! Wendi & Sage became engaged last year […]

Topsail Beach, North Carolina Where do I start when it comes to this super sweet family! Noel is my niece and her and Eddie married five years ago on August 20th 2016. They took a big chance on me as their wedding photographer when I had no experience. Their wedding was my first official and […]

Topsail Beach, North Carolina There are quite a few sessions that happened on our annual family beach trip, one of which is the Texas Holmes Family Beach Session! Michael always calls our son’s family the Texas Holmes and the reason is pretty obvious, they live in Texas! Michael spent three weeks at the beach this […]

Topsail Beach, North Carolina – Sound Side Photographing young kids can be quite a challenge! My two youngest grandkids Sawyer and Sully have proven to be just that but I’m super excited about the Critzer family beach session! I FINALLY got pictures of the two of them together and with their parents that I LOVE! […]

Topsail Beach, North Carolina I cannot believe Taylor turned sixteen on August 25th and now has her driver’s license. Michael and I have been together for 11 years, 10 of them married, so she was five when we started dating! Taylor’s sweet sixteen birthday photos are some of my favorite photos! And because so many […]

Topsail Beach, North Carolina I haven’t had the opportunity to do a first birthday and cake smash until now! My great-nephew, Logan is turning one on September 16th! So while we were on vacation for the annual Holmes family beach trip, we celebrated Logan’s first birthday and cake smash! During our vacation, Logan got to […]