True Colors: Arlington, VA Family Photographer

My four year old is always a hot mess after school, and even more so when she eats brownies.


I resume capturing other families and their kids with my camera tomorrow and I cannot wait!  Stay tuned over the next couple weeks for some photos from Old Town, for a first birthday session, and for adorable babies!

Arlington, VA: Newborn and Family Fun Photos

I'm a new mom again.

The second time around is very, very different from the first.  My four year old was our first child, medically fragile, a surprise c-section and a NICU baby.



My newborn was a planned c-section, has an older sister, and came home when she was four days old, healthy.

(If you want the whole story, it's here.)

Getting myself in the picture this time around has been tough.  I feel like I'm constantly dragging the four year old or feeding the baby with no time to get out my camera for fun and less time to make sure someone photographs me.  Plus, I don't feel like I'm moving as well or looking as good as I did following Ellie's birth.




But as some of you have seen, I have been teaching Jessica, a fantastic high school student, a bit about portrait photography.  She came over to take some pictures of me with my family.  Not iPhone selfies, but real photographs.

Moms, stop right now.  Go through your photo albums.  (Not Facebook albums.  Real photos.)  Are you in them?  If not, email me or your local photographer or someone to take real, frame-worthy photos of you with your family.  No one cares what you look like.  Just get in the picture for your kids' sake.


Together, Jessica and I captured photos of the girls alone and together, as well as a few family pictures.  Thank you, Jess!  And clients, some of you will have the joy of meeting Jess this fall!  Jess, thank you for making sure I have proof that I'm part of my own family!





Thank you Jess for these photos!

Family.

As I mentioned a couple weeks ago in the midst of my leave, October is an important month in my family because it's Down Syndrome Awareness Month.  Less than three weeks after Caroline was born, our family headed to our area's Down Syndrome Buddy Walk, where we celebrate people with Down syndrome like my four year old.

This year, her aunt and uncle were able to join us.  Ellie was pretty happy about that.


I'll be taking Caroline's newborn photos on Thursday and Jessica will be helping us capture some images for our Christmas cards.

And here's one more shot of Ellie to hold you over until I am back out there.  I'm finally feeling a bit better so more photos will be showing up in this space!