Meet Lauren! She is a senior at River Hill High School… Talk about a gorgeous gal….she made my job super easy. She is super sweet…and smiled the entire time. I had such a great time walking around with her and her mom getting to know them!

Lauren loves horses and have been riding since she was 6.

She is a dancer and is on the dance company and the poms team at River Hill.

Lauren’s favorite color is pink…. and she is headed to Elon this fall to study biochemistry and then hopefully to Johns Hopkins to become a doctor.

And here she is…. LOVE the light!

Thanks Lauren for an amazing session!

m.e.

You may or may not know…. but I am currently in Florida, just outside Orlando visiting my parents. I have had A LOT of sessions to share with you, but my parents are still slightly in the stone age here.. with dial up internet… yup, that’s right. There are people who still use it! They live in a retirement village in Fl.. and luckily some of their neighbors don’t know how to lock their high speed internet.. and so I do have scattered internet access… somedays…

Anyways… has been so wonderful spending some time with my parents since I had not seen them since Thanksgiving… and later today my photog besties are headed here (my parents left for Pa… they migrate in winter) for a few days to hang out and pick eachothers brains, shoot, share ideas, etc. Can’t wait to see these ladies….. although I am afraid we are down one girl because she missed her flight this am… and it isn’t looking good.

On to the photos! Before I left I had some great sessions! The first I want to share is baby Brandon. Maribeth and Mike were guests at a wedding that I photographed last July, and they contacted me to come and take photos of their precious newborn baby…

What a sweet, sweet family… including their 130 pound Great Dane Molly! I couldn’t believe how big she was and how teeny baby Brandon was!

And he was wide awake most of the session… happy as a clam but wide awake!

The entire family!

So cute!

Proud Daddy and his little boy…

Love Brandon’s nursery! So cute!

And these I just love! Thanks to little Sarah for this hat!

The hat matches his big blue eyes…

Maribeth and Mike just have gorgeous light in their house…. You couldn’t ask for better windows…. or a cuter child!

My favorite baby part…. the toesies!!!

Thanks Maribeth, Mike, and Baby Brandon for a great session!

m.e.

Last week I had the opportunity to meet Kat and Patrick…. and had an awesome time photographing them! They were recommended to me by one of my fabulous brides, Jennifer (who just had a baby!)… and I am so thankful for the referral!

Kat and Patrick originally hail from Chi-town… and are both here in grad school, working on their doctorates. Kat is a grad student at the University of Maryland, and Patrick is a grad student at Georgetown… which was the location that we used for the photos. What an amazing campus! It was incredibly gorgeous!

And, Kat and Patrick were awesome to photograph! They made my job sooo easy! It was actually like I wasn’t even there…They were just having fun, being themselves, laughing… and were totally into one another. I think Kat was smiling/laughing the entire session.

So….. we were across the way and a big gust of wind blew and made the blossoms rain…. Yes, I said rain. You get the picture. So we all watched in amazement… and then waited for the wind to do it again, and of course it didn’t, BUT, there was a gentleman nearby and we just asked him to make it happen for us. I totally should have taken a photograph of him at work…. He was awesome, and he made the blossoms rain for us. As soon as we were done he left the bench he had been sitting on. Hopefully he didn’t leave because he thought I would recruit him again for more help…..

G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S……Look at the light in Kat’s eyes!

I have been to Georgetown… but really only on the main street, but Kat and Patrick took us on a walk to some really great places that they love going to… This is one of their spots.

And this cool old building was along the Canal…

Kat and Patrick were serious troopers! It had been calling for a storm… and we made it through the session, and as we were saying goodbye, the rain decided to start…. So, of course we took advantage of it…. only for a few minutes. It would have been awesome to play in it a bit more, but it was coming down super hard… and I don’t know that they wanted to get soaked…. not to mention that I didn’t have any kind of shelter for my equipment…. So we got a few shots, and then ran to our cars. It was a fun little adventure… I was SOAKED! But, it was totally worth it!

Thanks Kat and Patrick!!! I can’t wait until the big day!

m.e.

Loving this beautiful weather and being on the upswing of shooting again!!! The winter is a little bit quiet, and I always enjoy it, but am always ready to head out and start shooting again.

So…… Amie and Nathan….

Let me just say that I CAN NOT WAIT to shoot this wedding! Amie’s details sound amazing! So, so fun! Sounds like she has been super creative and has some really great ideas! And they are getting married at the zoo! Should be so much fun! I haven’t shot a wedding at the zoo before.

She and Nathan were actually planning to get married this May, but had to move their date up to April because of a family circumstance… So actually… I now have the weekend of May 21/22 open for a wedding if anyone is interested…  but hopefully if you are getting married that soon you already have your photographer!

Anyways… back to Amie and Nathan… we went to Old Ellicott City to shoot their session, and had a great time! They wanted a bit of a vintage look, and we certainly had some fun on the railroad tracks! Love that they brought some props for their session to make it unique! And, Amie had her makeup done by the Fabulous Amie Decker, who will also be doing her makeup on the wedding day. If you do not have your makeup artist yet, BOOK AMIE DECKER! She rocks!

One of my favorites!

So fun!!!! Love the hats!

Such a sweet moment! Love Amie and Nathan together! Nathan actually lives in VA, and travels for his job A LOT…. and Amie lives here in Maryland, so they actually don’t get to spend that much time together as of now. But, after the wedding Amie will be moving down to VA for them to begin their new life together!

The best light of the day!!!! Love the evening light. G-E-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!

Thanks Amie and Nathan for an awesome session!

Just a few more weeks….

m.e.

Meet Brittany!

We shot her senior session in good ole’ Ellicott City…. such a fun place to shoot! Brittany is a senior at Atholton High School….and is getting ready to G-R-A-D-U-A-T-E!

Here is some info on Brittany:

I’m graduating from…

Atholton High School class of '10

I plan to…

attend HCC for two years studying architecture and transferring to a university to finish my degree. And I'm going to pick up a minor in photography [:

My dream job is…

being a successful photographer :]

My favorite part of high school was…

the last days. coming up fastttt

Favorite movie…

I can't pick ONE favorite

Your idea of a perfect day…

Hanging out with my boyfriend Logan, playing WoW (World of Warcraft), actually doing pretty much anything with him is a perfect day

Favorite music/artist…

I'm not TOO picky about my music, so I don't necessarily have a favorite, but right now I love Fireflies by Owl City, and I'm still loving I'm Yours by Jason Mraz

Artist: I don't have one favorite artist, I enjoy going to art museums and I like various different works by various artists, but I don't think I like enough of any ONE artists works to say that they’re my favorite. :]

Photographers: Ansel Adams, Cecil Beaton (i LOVE his pictures of Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe, they are two of my favorite stars EVER, pretty much my only favorite actually.) and Twiggy

If you had to live off of two kinds of food what would they be…

sushi and salad

Favorite place to hang out…

my boyfriends

Favorite season…

summer

Flip flops or sneakers…

flip flops. though I'd much rather be barefoot

Favorite ice cream…

chocolate chip cookie dough

Favorite job you’ve had/have…

well I've only had one job and its working at Subway, and I don't really like it much to be honest :]

As you can see….Her boyfriend Logan came along!

Hobbies…

playing WoW(world of warcraft)with my boyfriend, photography

Neat or messy…

messy. I wish I was a tidier person, but I'd say I usually have an organized mess, I know where everything is, but its pretty messy.

Movies or books…

movies:

Grease, Dirty Dancing, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Nightmare Before Christmas (Tim Burton is one of my favorites), Boondock Saints, pretty much ANY Disney movie, but Finding Nemo is my favorite, with Wall-e at a close second. :], American History X, the Harry Potter movies, The Hangover, I'm not too much for girly movies, but I do like: The Notebook, Titanic, and Serendipity. and I could continue but I think thats enough :]

Books:

Harry Potter Series, Twilight Series (pretty much all of stephanie meyers books are on my favorite list) but The Host is my second favorite by her.William Faulkner books, and The Great Gatsby

Favorite TV show…

Weeds, House, Heroes, Tosh.0, South Park, Chowder, Flapjack

& I'm not sure if many know what these are, but I watch three animes, theyre actually in Japanese with English subtitles

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Bleach, and Naruto

Favorite place traveled to…

I LOVE San Diego, CA.

Facebook or myspace…

I use Facebook more now. But, I miss myspace and being able to customize my layout and whatnot though.

Favorite color…

pink and green, teal is a close third

Beach or lake…

beach

If you won the lottery what would you do with the money…

buy a house (if I dont have one at the time already) and pay it off. pay off any debts I have at the time, if any. Buy a few nice cars. Buy a LOT of photography equipment that i wish I could afford now, and probably build myself a photo studio. Go on a major shopping spree. Donate some to a charity. and then put the rest away and let it gain interest I suppose :] OH and travel to all the places in the world that im dying to go like Paris, Australia, Britain, etc.

What’s something crazy that you have or want to do in your life…

I want to go skydiving when I turn 18.

If you could have dinner with any 3 people from past or present, who would they be…

Audrey Hepburn- because I love everything about her

Ansel Adams- his photography is breathtaking

I can only think of two right now. :]

I added a few too :]

Fears:

Sharks, Clowns, im afraid of the dark :[, Spiders

Favorite Flower(s):

Daisies and Sunflowers

Random:

I've moved a lot throughout my life. I've lived in Texas, Oklahoma(where I was born), Iowa, Maryland, Georgia, California

I went to three elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools. And the longest i lived in one place was five years, from third grade until the summer before my freshman year of high school, and that was when i lived in Georgia.

I drink a lot of Monster energy drinks. too many to be honest

I have a LOT of stuffed animals.

I love interior design and architecture.

I just got a tattoo and love ittt <3

Oh and I’m still a little kid at heart, I love blowing bubbles, drawing with sidewalk chalk, playing on playgrounds, watching cartoons (almost all the time) etc. :]

I played softball from the time I was 4, and last summer was the first summer I haven’t played since.

Thanks Brittany for an awesome session!!!

m.e.