salina: one year old
May 3, 2012 | Filed Under baby, portraits | 1 Comment
i had the pleasure of meeting little salina and her family a few weeks ago to take some portraits at one of my favorite spots, brookside gardens in wheaton, maryland. i’m all about babies these days, myself, with my newest hitting six months this weekend (!!!) so i had a blast watching this sweet baby girl exploring the beautiful gardens and interacting with people and plants in her own curious way. thanks so much to salina and her family for giving me the opportunity to capture these memories for you!
rashad & sana: cherry blossom portraits
April 12, 2012 | Filed Under portraits | 14 Comments
i didn’t think it was possible to photograph a more adorably in-love couple than rashad and sana at their walima last june, until i photographed rashad and sana several months later – that is, a few weeks ago, under the cherry blossoms in D.C. on a beautiful sunday afternoon. these two are so incredibly photogenic already, it’s just icing on my photographer’s cake to be able to capture a bit of the love that’s so radiant between them – especially in afternoon light like this!
rashad and sana, thanks again for the idea of switching from the gardens to D.C., for all the great posing ideas, and for struggling through all the traffic and walking so far to meet me out there. i think it was worth it! :)
2011: year in review
January 12, 2012 | Filed Under photography, portraits, wedding posts | 20 Comments
so everything takes me a while with the whole new baby and two kids instead of one thing… here, two weeks into the new year, is a selection of my favorite images from wedding and portrait sessions through 2011. at the very end down below, there’s an image my second shooter amber wilkie took of me (five and a half months preggo and looking a hot mess after eight hours of shooting) with some of my most awesome clients – osman and lubna, at their walima in july in DC. and the very last image, i just blogged prior to this – but it might be my most favorite image from all of 2011 :) thanks SO much to my family, all my clients and my amazing second shooters for taking this journey with me last year – can’t wait to get started on 2012!!
little pumpkin: baby and family portraits
November 16, 2011 | Filed Under baby, portraits | 8 Comments
for my last official photography commission of 2011, i had the pleasure of working with amna, the sister of one of my brides from last year, and her beautiful family. i absolutely fell in love at first sight with baby ayah… she smiled when she first saw me and i was hooked!! amna and amer wanted some shots in a pumpkin patch, so we met up at clark’s elioak farm to take advantage of a gorgeous, sunny fall afternoon among the pumpkins and fanciful sculptures there. amna and amer were incredibly patient with their 9-months-pregnant photographer – thank you guys so much for that, and for your patience in waiting for these pictures since my own baby decided to show up a little bit earlier than expected!! it was such a pleasure to see you guys again and i hope you enjoy the pictures!
