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Happy January, friends! Welcome to a brand new year and a brand new decade! We can hardly believe how fast 2019 went by, but we know that 2020 is going to go by even faster. As we look ahead at our 2020 calendar that is already filled with some BIG things (like having a baby!), […]
Jan 14, 2020
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Happy 2020, friends! We hope your year is off to a wonderful start already! Today on the blog, we are sharing our favorite images from sessions throughout the 2019 year. All our favorite dreamy engagement photos, joyful family memories, portrait sessions and senior photos from our very busy year. Though we took on less weddings […]
Jan 2, 2020
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When Haley reached out to us about doing their Chesapeake couples session, we were so excited! Haley & Andrew have been married since January of this year, but with the rushing around of the Navy, moving and getting Andrew into OSC school, they didn’t have the opportunity to do engagement photos before their big day. […]
Nov 26, 2019
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There’s just something about the Pagoda Gardens and Freemason District of Norfolk that is stunning year round. No matter the weather, it seems there is always something alive and blooming which makes doing photoshoots later in the year here extra easy. We loved this Norfolk Freemason engagement session with Tiffiny & Alex and had a […]
Oct 25, 2019
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Back in December, we had the great privilege of capturing some engagement photos for Maisie & Ryan at Windsor Castle Park in Smithfield, VA. Though it was a chilly day, it was still unusually warm for December and so we spent the afternoon wandering around one of our favorite photoshoot locations in the area. Although […]
Feb 7, 2019
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From the moment we started Emily & Nathan’s engagement session at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia, we knew that it was going to be a lot of fun. Most sessions start out kind of slow as our couples get used to being in front of the camera, but Emily & Nathan started off like they […]
Mar 23, 2018
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We can’t believe it, but it’s that time again! As the calendar year comes to an end, we are looking back at our favorite engagement session images from 2017. Our engagement sessions took us all over Hampton Roads, to Richmond and even to Raleigh, North Carolina. While we definitely put some miles on our car between […]
Dec 26, 2017