Jackson's Senior Photos

This past weekend, I spent some time with a great family in downtown Ellicott City taking photos of Jackson, a senior in high school, who will be graduating this spring, and his two brothers. We started at their house, taking some "formal" photos for Jackson's school yearbook, and then headed out for some more fun photos in casual clothes.

I really enjoyed spending time with the family, and loved photographing in a new location! Congrats Jackson on your upcoming graduation! It was great to meet you all!!! :)

Craig & Christine's Engagement Images

Christine & Craig are getting married this fall, and we got together for some engagement photos this past weekend. I'm so excited for the photos-We had great weather (for a winter day!) and we found some awesome spots to take photos. I loved how they brought their Ravens jerseys along for a few photos too :)

Hope you guys love the photos. Can't wait until your wedding!!!

Christine & Craig ~Engagement Preview!

Yesterday, I spent the afternoon with a great couple, Christine & Craig, taking their engagement photos. It was an amazingly beautiful winter day, and we got some amazing photos. This is one of the last photos we took-first photo I've ever taken in a rail car! I just had to post a preview photo of their session. More to come later this week! :)

Ruger!

Not that he wanted it, but Ruger had his first "real" photo shoot this weekend. I brought out my nice camera and took some shots of him hanging out at my parents house and surrounding areas. I just couldn't resist his sweet puppy faces in these photos and had to share! He is such a joy to have in our home. It's quite a challenge to get photos of an active little puppy, but I think I might really enjoy pet photography now! :)

Christmas 2009

Wow, it's been forever since I've posted anything to my blog. Sorry for being so absent! Recently, I've been pretty busy, because Matt & I adopted a puppy! We drove all the way to South Carolina to pick up our little chocolate lab boy, who we named Ruger. He has been such a perfect pup for us. We're so thankful that we got to pick him up from the shelter early so he could spend Christmas with us & our family. I'm sure I'll be posting many more photos of him, but for now, here's the first "family photo" of us right after we met him!
Happy holidays to all, and Happy New Year!

Jessica & Steve's Engagement

I couldn't believe that the gentleman at the Oriole's park said we could take photos anywhere in the stadium last week for Jessica & Steve's engagement pics. It took me a second to get my ideas together, but we had so much fun crusing around the stadium and choosing the best spots for photos. Steve proposed to Jessica on opening day for the Orioles this year, and it was only fitting that we got some photos around the stadium. And because they were up for anything, I think my favorite photo is the first jumping shot! We also headed over to the Inner Harbor that day and took a few snaps before the wind and dark clouds left us heading for home and rescheduling the second part of our photo shoot.

This past Saturday, we met up at Centennial Park and got some beautiful fall backgrounds for our photos there. The two photo shoots really summarized their life here in Maryland. They are both from the Mid-west, and that's where they are getting married next year, so Jessica thought it would be great to have photos around Baltimore and their lives here.

I had a great time both days heading out with you two. I hope you love these photos, and I can't wait to show you the rest!!!

The Hiner Family

My great friend, Erin, emailed me a few months ago and said that her family was interested in getting a nice family portrait taken with their dogs. I didn't realize until I got to the photo site that there would be seven dogs all in one photo! It ended up being really successful and a lot of fun. I just love their Raven's family photo-beating up on the Cowboys fan! :)

Thanks for a fun afternoon with a great family!