The Businda Family | Family Portrait Photographer Hampton Roads

• December 4th, 2014 •

It’s hard when your kids grow up, move away and start a family in a city and state away from you! So when you get a chance to get all your kids together, you need to take advantage of it! I had a great time photographing the Businda Family while they were all here in Virginia Beach over Thanksgiving.

It was a VERY COLD saturday morning and little Charlie was NOT happy to be out in the cold, but we made it work! To all of you, I had a great time photographing you and hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and these portraits will be cherished for years to come!

It’s time to think about Christmas Cards | Virginia Beach Family Photographer

• October 8th, 2014 •

It’s Christmas card time! You all know you love all the GOOD mail you get every November/December. Seeing how much your nieces and nephews have grown and matured, seeing how much weight (and hair?) your brother is steadily losing, and how stunning Aunt Emily still looks. It’s all there to see in their yearly Christmas card which you proudly display on your wall, mantle or refrigerator!

Guess what? YOU can be that awesome family member too! Send out your own amazing Christmas cards this year! It’s time for some amazing family portraits anyway! The kids are growing up and when was the last time you captured the WHOLE family and all that awesomeness in one portrait?? Be the cool family member who “has- it -all- together- she- even- sent- out- these- cool- Christmas- cards!” as well as FINALLY create and hang that amazing wall canvas of your family you have been dying to do for years!

Contact me today to book your family portraits before Dec. 10th and I will throw in 25 FREE Christmas cards! Here a few samples with some of my awesome current clients!

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Alex: Half a year old! | Baby’s First Year Photographer

• September 22nd, 2014 •

It’s a bird… It’s a plane… it’s… a drooling six month old! Alex is growing up so fast and for his six month old session he channeled his best Super man and Winnie the Pooh. (I have to say he is the cutest little superhero and childhood character I have ever seen!) He also played in a box, rode a bike with his siblings and showed me how (strong and happy) he is during some tummy time! I can’t believe our Baby’s first Year sessions are half over! Soon he’ll be one and running around after his sisters. I don’t know how mom and dad feel, but I wish time would slow down. 🙂 But since it won’t, it’s good we have these amazing portraits to help us remember his adorable his first year.

Back To School | Family Photographer Virginia Beach

• September 2nd, 2014 •

Every Year, I take my kids to a park to do some back to school portraits. I do it BEFORE the first day of school, because I am always WAY too busy the first day to remember to grab my camera. We’re too busy figuring out that morning routine and getting everyone off to school without having to worry about mom, the photographer, trying to coax out natural looking smiles! I always open up these back to school portraits to my clients as well and this year we had two families join us! Thanks to all who came out and I pray for a GREAT year of learning and friendships for everyone heading back to school!

(If you missed out on Back to School portraits but would like to do something similar- just let me know, we can schedule a session just for your munchkins too!)

Sisters: Back to School | Family Photographer Hampton Roads

• September 2nd, 2014 •

Meet Micheala and Morgan- two sisters ready to head back to school and celebrate the end of summer! They are some of the most caring and sweet girls you’ll ever meet and photographing them was a joy. We jumped, we laughed, we got sandy… it was a blast. I love photographing all different kinds of portraits but tweens and teens are some of my favorites and these two did not disappoint. 🙂 Thanks girls for being such great models, you both are so beautiful and amazing and I hope you never let anyone tell you differently!

Jack Turns ONE! | Baby’s First Year Photographer: Virginia Beach

• September 2nd, 2014 •

Jacky Boy is ONE! What a great year it was for him. I so adored watching him grow and he gave me a run for my money on a few of our sessions (TWO teeth broke through the day after his six month session and the day afer this session we found out he had an ear infection!) but we always managed to capture his awesome personality! I LOVE his adorable faces he always showed and when he giggled and laughed for me… HEAVEN!

Thanks so much Raaf and Claire. It was an honor photographing your family this past year. You are doing a wonderful job raising such an amazing your man. I can’t wait to see your family grow (hint hint!) in the future!

Farewell Reichel Family | Virginia Beach Photographer

• August 19th, 2014 •

“There’s no place like Home, There’s no place like Home!” Michelle and Levi have loved their time in Virginia Beach with the navy, and I have so enjoyed getting to know them, BUT to them, HOME will always be Kansas. This was a bittersweet session for me as it is our last before they leave to head home to Kansas.

I love Michelle and Levi, Tommy, Noah, Evie, Maddie and little Willow… they have been with me almost since the start of my professional photographer career. This will always be one of my very favorite images I did so many years ago!

Then fast forward to today- two babies later and lots of changes! I am so proud of you both. I know life is a roller coaster and you’ve been on many ups and downs, but you have never given up on each other. I hate that you are moving but I know you can’t wait to get to Kansas and I pray for many many blessings to rain down once you arrive!

Thanks so much for allowing me to become a part of your family. I pray all the portraits we’ve taken over the years will hang in your new home and you will forever be reminded of your Virginia Beach home and family. You are the clients I cherish. The ones who come to me year after year, milestone after milestone. You have blessed me so much and I am so thankful for you. You are an amazing family and I will miss you terribly! 🙂

Grimes Family | Virginia Beach Family Photographer

• July 14th, 2014 •

I love this family! While I have only been in business as a professional photographer for four years, I have been photographing families for over a decade. This amazing and adorable family was one of my first families when I first became a professional. And they didn’t take it easy on me! They hired me to photograph their ENTIRE family…four siblings with all the kids…I think there were around 25 of them! No easy feat but I did it and have loved keeping in touch with all of them over the years. So I was overjoyed when Beth and Chris contacted me to capture some more family portraits!

A family of seven with FIVE girls means there is LOTS of personality! So thankful to Dad, Chris, who just moved where I said and smiled!!! 🙂

Throughout the session we made sure to capture Jada a bit more than the others as she is about to graduate from High school! We captured some amazing shots of this natural and kind-hearted beauty!

This family is EXACTLY why I do what I do! I hate it when I photograph a family and never hear from them again after their session. I know that living in a military town, this is bound to happen when families move away, but it always makes me so sad! I want to capture my families over the years and see how they grow and change! I love being invited to the birthday and graduation parties and celebrating life with you! Last time I photographed this family, at least one of the girls were still in diapers! To see them all growing and becoming their own amazing little people is what keeps me going! Beth, thanks for trusting me again to capture your family. I’m so proud of you! Caring for all those girls and your handsome hubby isn’t always easy, but to see you now all these years later… you’ve done good!

Resurrection 5K Run | Virginia Beach Photographer

• April 20th, 2014 •

It was a cold and dreary day… but that didn’t stop us from celebrating the Resurrection! Each year my church, Freedom Fellowship, puts on a 5K race and one mile Fun run to celebrate the Resurrection and to help bring awareness and funding to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. We have many members in our church who suffer from MS, one of them being our run organizer Tom Hicks. He’s a pretty awesome guy… kinda a superman who runs marathons and cooks for heads of state… all while battling MS.

So yes, it was raining, and yes it was cold. But it was for a great cause that we all came out! We had a great time and I am so glad to have been a part again this year. I wrapped up my camera in a plastic bag and got my cheering voice ready! My son Logan ran the 5K this year and placed 4th in his age group! My son Messay ran the One mile Fun Run and WON! (Well- they didn’t really have places for this fun run- so he might have gotten second, but I’m a proud mom and it was neck and neck so as a mom- I get to say he won!) My daughter Olivia also ran the one mile and she came in third (I think.) They all did great and it was so awesome to see everyone celebrating and running with smiles, despite the yucky weather!

Check out some of my favorite images here and then, keep scrolling to the bottom to see where you can view and download images from the race!

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Thanks again all to came out, Tom for organizing and Freedom Fellowship for supporting such a great event. Happy Easter!

Welcome Baby Elijah!

• February 19th, 2014 •

I was so blessed a few months back, when out of the blue I got a message from my friend Tricia saying she was pregnant! I had no idea and was so excited about her becoming a mommy!!! I was honored to photograph Tricia for her maternity portraits and while it was freezing and windy, we captured some amazing portraits of her lovingly waiting on her little man!!

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In January, we got to meet little Elijah for the first time! Oh my goodness, did he steal my heart at his newborn session!!! He is so adorable and I loved getting to know him. Can’t wait to see him grow up! Great job, Tricia… you did good! <3 <3 <3

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