Cherry Blossom Wedding Photography - Congratulations Toni and Carl!

Toni and Carl were married last Saturday and while the weather could have been better, it sure didn't dampen the joy of these two. They even insisted on going ahead with our outdoor portrait plans - and I'm glad they did! The images are just beautiful. And the bridal party was lots of fun too as you can see. What a wonderful day! Congratulations Toni and Carl, it was a pleasure working with you. I hope you're having a fabulous time in Greece!









Church: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church
Reception: Hilton Arlington
Flowers: James Cox
Cupcakes: buzz
Makeup: Johanna Loyola
Jazz Band and DJ: The Lace Music

Arlington VA Wedding Photography - Toni & Carl

Beautiful, beautiful cherry blossoms!

Lenox and Lincoln

I went to visit the nephews last week to see how much they had grown. Lincoln is completely different from Lenox, he smiles all the time and rarely stops moving. Don't let those chubby thighs fool you, he's 20 pounds of muscle! He's also quite the talker and will go on and on about his day if he can get your undivided attention. I love the way his nose wrinkles when he smiles!

Lenox still has the cutest profile I've ever seen!
Lincoln, almost 4 months and Lenox, a little over 2 years.

Lenox is quite the attentive big brother and just adores Lincoln. Hopefully the feeling will be mutual. :)

The Boys

New Zealand and Sydney, Australia slideshows

For my faithful blog fans, I just spent 8 hours making little slideshows of my images from New Zealand and Australia. (This is why "posting a few images" isn't as easy as it sounds :)) Just a short sampling of images from each day's adventures, at the links below. Enjoy!
Day 1 - Auckland
Day 2 - Waitomo
Day 3 - Rotorua
Day 4 - Rotorua
Day 5 - Napier
Day 6 - Napier
Day 7 - Martinborough
Day 8 - Wellington
Day 9 - Kaikoura
Day 10 - Kaikoura
Day 11 - Akaroa
Day 12 - Lake Tekapo
Day 13 - Mt. Cook
Day 14 - Queenstown
Day 15 - Queenstown
Day 16 - Queenstown
Day 17 - Sydney
Day 18 - Sydney
Day 19 - Sydney
Thanks to Tracy for most of the pictures of me, plus a couple of others.

New Zealand

My recent trip to New Zealand was amazing! I highly recommend New Zealand for it's cozy B&Bs, friendly people, tasty food, amazing scenery and incredible adventure sports! Certainly a change from my normal long hours at the computer. :)
I keep getting requests for pictures, but there's been a lot to catch up on this week before I could look at my own pictures. I finally was able to start sorting though the tons of images and picked out the "best of the best" scenery shots to make a coffee table book. Here they are!

Audrey - 2 months

Beautiful little Audrey is 4 days older than Lincoln and made her modeling debut at 9 weeks. Isn't she a doll?? I think she likes the camera. :) And check out the pictures of her "talking" to her dad in the slideshow. I've never heard a baby have a conversation before, it's so cute! I wonder what she was telling him...
I've been out of the county for a few weeks and these were taken the day before I left. Travel pictures to come soon!

Audrey

Goodbye President Bush

While millions watched the historic events downtown on the mall, I was privileged to be part of a much smaller ceremony at Andrews AFB sending President Bush off to Texas. The ceremony was private so as not to take away from Obama’s day, but very sweet and sentimental all the same. While I certainly didn’t agree with many of President Bush’s big ticket items when it came to his domestic agenda, as someone who was working on the Hill on September 11th and who lives down the street from the Pentagon, I’m very grateful that his dedication to protecting us did allow me to eventually return to life as usual after those intense days. While he enjoyed some of the highest and lowest approval ratings, I believe history will be more kind and agree with him that he accomplished his goals and kept us safe.

It was difficult to get any pictures worth posting of the speeches (the Cheney's were there as well); they were on the edge of the hanger and back lit, plus there were tall people in front of me. But here are a few shots of George and Laura leaving on “Special Air Mission 28000”. The plane is only called Air Force One when the current President is aboard.

This plane is incredibly large, and so clean and shiny, as you'd expect from the military. The Bushes were joined on the flight by daughter Barbara, Bush 41 and Barbara, plus many of the President's top advisors who were going home to Texas. This is just as they were pulling away.
Special Air Mission 28000.
After takeoff they came back around for a finally goodbye. A patriotic and awe-inspiring moment for sure. This also the last flight for the pilot who is retiring.
And one of the best parts of the day was - we were in a hanger the whole time and not out in the freezing cold and wind for all those hours like we expected to be! :)

Jacksonville FL Wedding Photographer - Alayne and Matt -

More pictures of Alayne and Matt from our fun shoot in Jacksonville a few weeks ago on a beautiful, warm afternoon. (Boy does that sound good now! :)) They are such an elegant couple that it was hard to pick only a few favorites. So, here's a sampling. Enjoy!

Jacksonville Childrens Photographer - Lenox at Two

I'm still catching up on editing. Here are a couple shots from Lenox's two year old shoot, taken mid-December. Such a cute face, if this unbiased Aunt does say so herself. :)

Michelle - Class of 2009

I had a fabulous time with Michelle and her mom when we met in St. Augustine, FL for Michelle's Senior shoot. Wintertime light is great for shooting just about any time during the day and in Florida it's warm enough to actually enjoy the day too. :) It was slightly cool (relative, of course) but Michelle was a great sport especially after the temperature really dropped after dark. But it was fun to take advantage of the lights along with water after sunset.
My aim was to show Michelle's beauty and fun-loving personality, and I think both shine through in the images. It was such an enjoyable shoot that I forgive Michelle for making me feel old, as I remember her best as a baby when I was a Senior in high school!

St. Augustine Senior Photography - Michelle