Tag: Hampton Roads Engagement portraits

  • My New Office | Hampton Roads Photographer

    What a year this has been.  Last year was a pretty terrible year for me personally and I was so ready for 2016.  I was expecting a much better year, but I didn’t expect this!!!  

    Less than two weeks ago, I signed a lease on my new office space.  It has been dream of mine, to get out of my home office, for such a long time but I have been so afraid to take the leap.  With a HUGE nudge from my husband, I finally took jumped off the ledge and did it!

    My space is located at 1642 Pleasure House Rd.  Suite 108, Virginia Beach.  The downstairs space is Synergy Space, an amazing multi-use space that can be rented for multiple different uses (parties, classes, networking, meetings, etc) and the upstairs space is ALL MINE!

    It’s not a huge space, I’ll shoot newborns and professional portraits/headshots here, but I’ll still rent my other studio space for larger studio work. It is an AMAZING space though to work, edit, meet with clients and have my viewing sessions!

    It’s been a long two weeks getting it ready and I am SO THANKFUL to everyone who helped me.  Jeris at Smartgiraffe (www.smartgiraffecs.com) was amazing at helping me get my computer up and running and a new screen projector installed and working.  My friends were amazing and stepped up helping me paint, decorate, rewrite and organize.  My husband Brett did a majority of the work while I was out of town and did all the heavy lifting!  I may run this business alone, but I am SO VERY thankful to those who lift me up and surround me with support.

    Here is a progression of our before and after images!!

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    My Olivia helping put up my curtains and touch up all the paint! 

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    My handsome bandyman.  I wouldn’t be here without his support and encouragement!

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    ALL DONE!!!  A few little tweaks here and there BUT I’m officially open for business!!! 

     

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     Soon, I’ll be announcing my open house date and I can’t wait to celebrate with you as I embark on this new adventure… but don’t feel you need to wait.  I’d love it if you’d stop by and say hello.  I love visitors!

     

  • Announcing Baby Mack! | Baby’s First Year Photographer Hampton Roads

    Nigel and Tia are expecting!!!!  I photographed Nigel and Tia’s engagement and am so very excited to be continuing our relationship as we head into photographing the Baby’s First Year!  

    I was SO excited to get the call from Tia telling me the news…. they are expecting a HONEYMOON baby! YAY!!!

    I LOVE that I was one of the first to know as they wanted me to photograph the announcement.  Nigel is deployed so we wanted to do a shoot that incorporated him across all the miles, you’ll see him in the phone pointing at a picture of the ultrasound!   I love how the images turned out and am so excited to do a maternity session in six months or so.  Tia is already glowing and I can’t wait to see how she transforms into the amazing mom God has called her to be.

    Congrats Nigel and Tia!  So very excited for you and can’t wit to meet your little blessing.  photography_653 photography_654 photography_655 photography_657 photography_658 photography_660

     

  • Raschdorf Family | Family Photographer Virginia Beach

    I LOVE seeing my families grow!  It has been a few years since I photographed Jake and Brittany’s family… and since then they have added Kenzie!  So it was such a joy to photograph them again and I have to say, these girls LOVE to model!  Usually I have to fight to keep little ones just looking at the camera… with Kenzie and Kira it was hard to get them to STOP posing!  Future little models I think for sure!   They loved the camera and were SO MUCH FUN to photograph.  The next kids I photograph have large shoes to fill! 

    We had such a blast climbing trees and sand dunes, playing with umbrellas and seashells and enjoying a beautiful sunset.  Thanks Jake and Brittany for trusting me again with capturing your beautiful family!  

     

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  • Tia and Nigel: She said YES! | Virginia Beach Photographer

    I can’t believe I haven’t blogged this amazing sunrise session yet!  I was so excited to hear from Nigel about his surprise engagement he had planned for Tia.  It was going to be a romantic sunrise engagement on the boardwalk.  We had it all planned… and them Nigel couldn’t wait and proposed early!  🙂  So we planned for some romantic beach portraits instead to CELEBRATE their engagement.  We had a wonderful morning session and I LOVED photographing their love for each other.  Their faith is a big part of their life, and we made sure to incorporate that into their portraits.

    Nigel and Tia, stay committed to God and your marriage will be blessed.  There will be good times and bad but I know your love for each other can withstand it all. Be blessed and find time always to love on each other!

     

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