Wood Nymph Portraits • Magical Annapolis Editorial Photography

One hot, sweltering June day Jessica and I traipsed through the woods to our secret location (especially secret because we almost got lost on the way). We'd been dreaming of an ethereal wood nymph inspired shoot for months and had spent our morning securing our wardrobe for a highly expensive $3.50 (thank you to the Goodwill of Glen Burnie!).

To a soundtrack of Iron & Wine, we blazed a trail through overgrown brush - and awesomely did NOT get eaten by any snakes.  Here are the dreamy, magical results.

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!

Baby Elias | Newborn Photography

I absolutely adored photographing baby Elias at 3 weeks up in Rochester, NY along with his amazing mother & father, close friends that I'm excited to become family with soon -  Elias' father will be the best man at my wedding next April!

I'm so psyched to finally share these photos with everybody.  I plan on taking many more when we see the little shrimp again this August!

Beautiful Brit Austin • Annapolis Portrait Photography

I was thrilled to finally get to work with Brit on a sunset photo shoot this September!  We had made an incredibly ill-fated attempt several months prior in which we got dressed up, geared up, headed to the location and proceeded to both become embarrassingly ill.  So, when we hit traffic on the way to Jonas Green Park in Annapolis, Maryland we became convinced that we were cursed as we watched the sun begin to dip...

Thankfully, we won our race against the sunset and were able to capture some truly stunning light!  Working with Brit was a dream and I can't wait to do it again...

 

 

Columbia Lakefront Portraits of Brad & Doreen

Brad and Doreen looked so stylish in their wedding finery that we just had to take another set of fabulous photos!  A few weeks after their April wedding, they got all gussied up and we traipsed down to the Columbia Lakefront to capture some romantic sunset portraits.

Brad looked and felt like James Bond, and Doreen was his stunning Bond Girl!  The light was beautiful and we had a ton of fun - everyone down at the lakefront cheered them on, waved and gave them two thumbs way, way up.