Smiles on the Bay

This beautiful family invited us out to their waterfront home to capture some warm, autumn fun. The children were invited to play for candid shots of them enjoying fishing, sand, and the family pet. Each child also got some special time with Mom and Dad for a beautiful collection to last a lifetime.

A Record of a Lifetime

This beautiful family joined us at Jonas Green Park right across from the USNA for a photoshoot to commemorate their Nana's 75th birthday. From across town, and even across the country, these family members gathered to honor a woman who is at the center of today's love and celebration.

Long Time Lovin'

Krissy and Tommy have been together for a very long time and it shows in their love, ease, and laughter. As they approach their wedding date, we got a chance to shoot their engagement sitting at a community beach where they spent many hours together during their years in love. We enjoyed making their love into our art, and look forward to their special day.

Three Unique Kids

Anyone who has spent any time with little ones know they are each very different. It is especially and adorably poignant in this family with three children that each looks very different from the others - and each has such a unique personality too. Beautiful inside and out! We love capturing them each year in the pre-holiday sittings we hold in Columbia.

Bridal Beauty Shoot

She looks magazine ready, but this was no model. This is the real thing. A girl ready to marry her guy. This lovely bride booked her bridal shoot about 3 weeks before her wedding date. It made for a great trial run for hair, make-up, and flowers, and guaranteed that the dress was altered and ready to go. We had so much fun capturing her closer beauty shots, as well as some full length shots that really featured her amazing lines in the exquisite dress. This bride felt strongly about having no retouching, so what you see here is exactly what we got out of our camera.

Be Yourself!

These two have the coolest mom. And it shows! They are funny, smart, confident, and all-around-awesome. We can tell they are encouraged and loved and celebrated each day. What a joy to capture them each year.

An Honest Moment

Again, I will share the image that changed me. We got the chance to capture the most beautiful 6-day-old baby girl with her family last week. Mommy looked AMAZING at not even a week out. There were adorable kisses, hugs, snuggles, and laughter. We captured all this; it was beautiful. And then there was this shot - in between shots. The new mother was not posing, was not aware of the camera, was simply and beautifully looking at her new baby daughter who until very recently had only been imagined. There was a stillness and the baby felt it, and settled into the grace of it. And Brian, ever the artist, felt it and snapped this shot. And there it is. The art of that stillness. The weight of that moment. This image reminds me to look at my daughter, now six-years-old, and just as fascinating and special to me as she was in that first week of life. To look at her. And to see her. To breath into that space of stillness and simply love my child.

This is the shot.

This is the shot. I go through the images we capture. We always capture the images that meet the client's goals. That's a given. But there's always one picture for me. One that breaks my heart.
I gasp.
I sigh.
I smile.
I gaze.

I don't care who likes it, or who appreciates it, or who understands it. I love it. This is the shot.

How They've Grown!

We love repeat clients for a few reasons. It's great to know they appreciate our work. It's fun to see how the kids have grown and changed. And in the case of this particular family, they are just amazing people. Such a fun and gracious group of people is a joy to capture whenever their family vacation brings them to the Bay.

Laughter, Dancing, and Love

The most remarkable thing about Krisin and Lorne's wedding day was the laughter. With a focus on fun and candid images, we enjoyed every moment we spent photographing their joyful day. Chesapeake City, MD was a picturesque town in which to have the wedding events. From pre-ceremony images in and around the Old Wharf Cottage and the Blue Max Inn, Trinity United Methodist Church for the ceremony, and the town parks and sidewalks for the formals, we captured the bride and groom as they reveled in the great atmosphere and superb weather. The reception, at the watefront Bayard House, gave us a lovely breeze and spectacular view while the guests danced the night away to Mixologist Productions, Inc with Mac at the wheel. We wish them many more years of laugher together.