A Very Merry Rockwell Christmas Lifestyle Session

I've been taking The Rockwell's family photos for a year now.  Last year we did Ainsley's photos in a field for their Christmas card, we did another session this past spring and now this session! Now as they're expecting their son, we have more reasons for more photos!!

We had planned to take them outside, but a sudden chill overcame our area so we decided to do a living room/ lifestyle session! It was my first one and it was fun! Definitely a learning experience playing with window light. 

 



Josie | Mother and Son

Josie and I met in collage.  We hit it off in class and have kept in touch over the years.  We both became mom's around the same time and have always kind of been on the same life plateau.  She just moved back to the area and hit me up for a session, and believe it or not, we did this session behind a Sheetz! But you would never know had I not said anything!  This is one of my missions, to go beyond a studio and let life be our backdrop!  Josie is beautiful and T.J. is freaking cute!! So glad  she's back in town! She's a baker at heart and has promised me a cheesecake!!

 



Elizabeth and Tyler | A Fall Romance

Elizabeth and Tyler are one of my last sessions I shot to benefit my brother and his wife's missions expedition where they are headed to the Middle East!  Elizabeth and Tyler decided to come to me for their session and we met at a Battlefield pull off not far from my home.  It was the peek of the colors of Fall and made for an exception location for a session! 

The Michaels Family | Downtown Alexandria

I was inching my way to having 500 Likers on Facebook which is a big milestone for me as I started with none! I've been building my business since 2007 and I'm very happy with my growth process these last few years! So, to celebrate my growth, I decided to have a 1 hour session Give Away and here are my winners!

The Michaels! Friends of friends! Bonnie entered my contest and was my lucky winner! I'm SO happy she won because I wanted this session, whomever won, to be something I could learn from! And shooting in Old Town Alexandria was awesome and a learning experience! She had lots to offer for the session, showed me around Old Town and introduced me to a world to photograph! I'm no stranger to Old Town Alexandria.  It was my husband's and my date spot back in the day, but I never had viewed it through the eyes as a photographer when we used to go there years ago.

Now, if you are interested in a session in Old Town Alexandria, I'm your girl! Check out these awesome shots from our session! We had so much fun! It never gets old meeting new people for a session and leaving as friends! This family is so wonderful and I had such a great time with them getting to know them and chatting like we've been friends for years! Our next session, Bonnie has already decided that she's getting a couch and we're taking over a street and putting it in the road! 

For now, here's our family session where we got to explore Old Town Alexandria!

 Totally in love with this yellow wall!

 I was so excited about doing the chalk shots!! Love these!