Annapolis Portrait Photographer | Erin's Sweet 16 Photoshoot

I've known Erin since she was 7 years old, so I was thrilled to be taking portraits to commemorate her sixteenth birthday this past October.  She's gone from telling hour-long stories about leaves to driving - look out, Severna Park!  I'm so proud of the young woman she's becoming and honored to document it.

We really lucked out with the perfect fall day at Quiet Waters Park!  The leaves were in full color and matched Erin's trendy over sized scarf perfectly.

Natasha's Songwriter Portraits • Downs Park, Maryland

I saw Natasha (Baby T to her friends) in a crowded movie theater this summer with a gaggle of her students and her style & personality just popped out of the background.  I stared in awe at her amazingly intricate, colorful hair and thought, "I think I need to photograph this girl...".  Then she turned around to laugh at a student's joke and I knew that I HAD to take her portraits!

To my delight, it turned out Natasha was about to embark on an exciting songwriting tour of America and was in need of headshots.  "You gotta do this, Miss T!"  Her students urged - so we had a wonderfully creative (if stickily hot) shoot at Downs Park in Pasadena, Maryland.

Check out her website, I Define Happy (The Songwriting Tour) to learn more about this awesome young woman!

Baltimore Headshot Photography • Steven Baird

This September I had the pleasure of shooting headshots of Steven Baird, an up & coming actor in the Baltimore-Annapolis area of Maryland.   His recent ventures include The Mousetrap at Laurel Mill Playhouse and Spamalot at the Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre - this fall and winter he will also be appearing in Urinetown with The Heritage Players AND The Colonial Players' production of A Christmas Carol!  Wow!  This dude is one to watch!

As always, I like to begin & end my photoshoots with a ridiculous face.  Check the bottom right of this post for my favorite of Steve's magnificent grimaces!

Brett's Headshots - Annapolis Photographer for Portraits, Headshots of Actors

Last week I had the opportunity to take Brett's headshots - he is the wonderful fiance of the beautiful Katie, one post down. :)

He's another one that doesn't love having his photo taken...well, unless he's making ridiculous faces!

I think the first shot below will get him a lot of work, eh?  Loving it!

Katie : Annapolis Actress Headshot Photography

I loved taking Katie's new headshots this past Wednesday - she was a little nervous because while she's a talented actress, she doesn't like being in front of a camera lense! 

My favorite thing to do in this sort of situation is to start a conversation, make the client laugh - and hopefully make her forget that I am shooting pictures the whole time.  :)  Katie's doggy "niece" helped us out as well!  You can always count on a sweet little puppy to set a good mood for a shoot.

PS - Thanks to Katie and her fiancee Brett for the delicious dinner - the perks of shooting right before dusk in a client's backyard! ;)