2007 Weddings

I wanted to say a quick thank you to all of my brides and grooms that have allowed me to serve them this year. It has been a true joy to be able to share in your special days. Please enjoy a slideshow of the years highlights! I am looking forward to 2008 and all the bookings we already have. I know it is going to be a great year! Happy New Year!


2007 Wedding Slideshow

Shooter Girl

Ok so what do you get when you have a man who loves to fish and hunt, in a house full of girls? Dress up...thats about it! The little pop gun is what Grace picked out for Daddy at the "shooter store" (thats what she calls anything camouflaged: shooter pants, shooter hat, shooter boots). When asked if she wanted to go hunting in the woods with Daddy, she waved her hand in front of her nose and said "No, I don't want to smell that thing on the deer" (then proceeded to point to her bottom) Come to find out she was talking about the deers rear end...what a girl...Thats ok though, because if you know Grace, I don't think she could stay quiet for 1/2 a minute in the woods!

Merry Christmas!

Getting in her workout

Abigail has been practicing holding her head up. Grace and I had fun trying to get her to look at us and make her smile...this is all we got, but Grace and I were having fun.

Do they look like sisters?

Grace at 8 weeks

Abby at 7 weeks

Sisters

Abs...

Grace's nickname for Abigail is ABS, it is very cute when she says it.
Here's her 6 weeks photos.

Yawning...something she does often!

This little bundle is so sweet. She has been such an easy baby, she barely cries, and when she does she sounds like a kitty cat. She is just as content as can be...What a blessing to us! She is also allowing Mommy to sleep 6-7 hours a night...love it!

It's getting cold...

We busted out the hats :) My sweet Grace, so serious...

2008 Packaging

I am excited to say I have been working with PAPER IN THE PARK on a labeling project. They helped me to come up with a packaging idea for my proof boxes. I am thrilled with the result and look forward to working with them in the future on some more ideas! Brides and Grooms- if you are looking for invitations THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO! They are super sweet, great customer services, very very cool paper products. Very hip, I am telling you, you have GOT TO CHECK THEM OUT! They are a sister team that owns the store and they have been such a pleasure to work with! Thank you so much for all your help.

Fall

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Proud Mama

Ok so you may think this post would be about being proud of my 2 little girls...but you are wrong...I am actually a proud mama of my assistant Heather. I had her shoot an engagement session for me recently and I have been so impressed with how she has really learned a lot over the last year 1/2 that she has worked for me. I have really seen her learn and grow as a photographer! I am a proud mama of her skills...so I put a mini slideshow of her recent session! Thanks Heather for all you do!
Stacy

She's Awake!

Not something she does all the time, she is usually asleep...had to grab these while I could!

Abigail Kate Richardson

We are proud to annouce the arrival of our newest little girl Abigail Kate Richardson. She came into this world on November 1st at 10:17 pm weighing 6lbs 14oz. She blessed us with her presence almost 3 weeks early. She is doing well and we are enjoying having her here. Grace has been a sweet big sister and loves her to death. God is so good to us to give us this new little life. I marvel at His ability to create such a little bundle of joy.

Note to clients: I will be returning emails and working on finishing up orders and such By the end of next week. I am on a mini maternity leave with orders and will be taking a few months off weddings picking back up full swing in the SPRING. I will be setting appointments in the meantime for 2008 bookings :)

Thank you for your patience in advance.

Friends

Our dear friends are here for Seth's ordination this weekend. We have enjoyed having them here. Grace of course is in heaven that her man Garrison is here. I am missing a Daniel photo so stay tuned for more...these are just a few....I am realizing I am not as mobile as I am used to being, and to photograph kids you have to be a little more mobile than 9 months pregnant....

Queen Annes Farm

Yesterday we went to Queen Annes Farm for a field trip with our little home pre-school group. It was so much fun. They got to learn about the Harvest, and farming and making Corn meal out of corn. They really did a great job. First they dug up potatoes, then they made corn husk dolls, then a hay ride, a lesson on making corn meal and gathering nuts. Then they got to play in the fields and bring home their very own pumpkin. It was so much fun. This shot is my favorite. It is all the girls in her "class" playing leap frog over the pumpkins. I guess this was Grace's first official field trip! Thanks to Mommy Grace David for planning it!

Heres a MINI slideshow!

Chris and Jessica

What a way to end this years wedding season. Since I am now due in 5 1/2 weeks, I have not booked anymore weddings for 2007. I am however booking up fast for 2008 so call me SOON if you are interested ;) I will still be in the office and finishing album orders, photo sessions and meeting with clients but this was my last wedding until 2008.

Chris and Jessica are so sweet together. This wedding was really beautiful down to the finest detail. The sweetest thing about the whole day is that is was such a peaceful event, a time for good friends and family to share in their celebration and that was evident. I don't know if it is extra hormones or what but I cried 3 times at this wedding. Once when Jessica walked down the isle, at her Moms toast and when she danced with a very dear man in her life (Greg), all of which were done in memory of her Father who is no longer with us. There was not a dry eye in the place, it was really a special event.

Please enjoy their mini-slideshow.
I know it is a little longer than normal, but I had a hard time narrowing down my favs.
Congrats Chris and Jessica, hope you had a great trip to Aruba!

Tom and Laura

Tom and Laura got married on September 29th at the Chartwell Country Club. It was fun to shoot this wedding because I know Laura from one of our good friends. The day was beautiful and Laura looked fantastic. Her Daddy gave her a sweet toast that made me cry! He talked about how he remembers like it was yesterday how she clung to his leg and said "No Daddy I don't want to go" as he dropped her off at Kindergarten. He said it seems like in a blink of an eye he is walking her down the isle, this time she was not clinging to his leg and she was gladly willing to go. You know it is really hard to take pictures while you are crying. What a sweet toast. Congrats Tom & Laura!

Here is a sneek peek at your mini slideshow

The girls

These are my 2 lovely assistants Mandy and Heather! We had a blast at Saturday nights wedding! We had way too much fun! Usually it is only 2 of us...but since I am pregnant I have both of them with me :) They are a huge help! Thanks guys!! Love ya!

Joseph

I love taking pictures of Joseph, his baby blues just pop right out of his head.

G-R-A-C-E

Brandon and Juliet

This was one of my favorite weddings of all times. As soon as I met Brandon and Juliet I knew I was going to enjoy shooting their wedding. They are both very artistic and have shared many fun adventures together, they love to travel and hike and are just really down to earth. I have to say...this was my favorite dress...it was perfect for her and she looked absolutely amazing in it. I find it funny that both of them said "we are not very photogenic" WHAT?!?! They were both VERY EASY to photograph!

They got married down in Fells Point and
had their reception at The Baltimore Museum of Art.

Check out the ring shot towards the end, Brandon designed and sculpted them both...REALLY COOL! Anyway...thanks for making my job so much fun...it didn't even feel like work!

Check out the mini slideshow!

Greg and Lauren

Greg and Lauren had a wonderful wedding day in downtown Baltimore. The heat couldn't keep them down! Lauren was great at planning every detail of her big day. She had a "few friends" in her wedding party :) They were all fun to be around. It was beautiful!
Enjoy their mini slideshow.

In action...

Ok, here goes my pride, out the window...my sweet friend and assistant Heather grabbed this photo of me at last nights wedding...Nice huh? The reception was at a sculpture garden, I thought I would try and fit in...say tuned for FAB photos from the last 2 weddings I have shot. And for those of you who would like to know, I have 8 weeks and 5 days to go till my due date! (But who is counting?)

Worth more than Rubies

Some friends and I decided that we would do a small little preschool type thing with our kids every Thursday. Our kids are all 3 and so we thought this would be a fun alternative to preschool. This Thursday was our first one. The kids had fun. Each month we will rotate whose house it is at, this week was mine. We will learning things like letters, sounds, Bible Stories and all sorts of fun arts and craft type things. They were so cute I just wanted to eat them up. Had to of course take their picture!

Daniel and Gabriella

Daniel and Gabriella had a great wedding day on Friday. These are some of the nicest people I have ever met, everyone was so pleasant to be around. To give you a small idea of how sweet Gabriella is, during the receiving line I could overhear her saying something to each one of her guests, like "oh hows your foot healing, or oh you got a haircut, hows your sister doing...ect" Even on her big day it was evident to me she was thinking about other people. It was so fun to be a part of their big day. Many thanks to my lovely assistant Heather who really is such a HUGE HELP!

Heres a sneek peek at their mini slideshow!

Beach House

A dear friend of ours let us stay at her beach house. What a blessing it was to us to have a few days away from the hustle and bustle of life. We enjoyed being together as a family. The timing was perfect as I think life is about to get a LITTLE chaotic in the near future :) Praise God for the many blessings he gives us daily! Thanks Nina for this gift to us !

The famous quote for the weekend by Miss Grace:

Dad: " Hey Grace, do you want to go catch some fish with your new barbie fishing pole?"
Grace: " No, I may catch some fish and get my fishing pole all dirty"

Thats our girl!

heres a mini slideshow

Jack

This is what I do when I have a little free time, and my daughter is playing outside. I take pictures of the kids in the neighborhood. Can you say addicted to taking pictures. Jack is a Ham...a cute one at that! I am looking forward to my Fall wedding season coming up here soon. I have back to back weekends booked from now until October 6th. So stay tuned for the upcoming slideshows.

I love this shot...it makes me smile :)

Lauren

Last week we had our dear sweet "auntie la-la", Lauren out for a visit. Lauren is a dear friend of our family. While she was here we took some photos since she is going into her senior year. We had fun. We miss you Auntie La La.