When Matt & I first found ourselves at Reston Community Church, one of the first things that stuck out to me was how genuinely welcoming everyone was. Not that artificial warmth when they forget your name by the following Sunday; we were meeting people who were legitimately excited that we’d come to worship with them,…
I’m not quite sure where to begin this one because Allie is SUCH a dynamic person, and trying to describe her in one paragraph is hard to do. But we’ll try, shall we? I’ve known Allie since we were 13- we were best friends in 8th grade. It was the four of us- myself, Allie,…
One of the coolest parts of my job is that I’ll occasionally have the opportunity to photograph something TOTALLY different than my normal repertoire. The Harry Potter wedding shoot, our Shel Silverstein wedding brain child, and now this piece of amazingness. In the past, all of the styled shoots I’ve photographed have been ones I’ve…
Who would have thought that the penguin is one of the most romantic types of animals? There’s a particular type of the arctic bird that, in order to propose to the penguin he wants as his life mate, will scour the beach in search of the perfect pebble. Round, just the right size, free from…
I’ve started and deleted this post more times than I can count by now. Writing about a new little life is so DIFFERENT than writing about a couple’s love story! Although, truth be told, I probably could write about Jeff & Ginny’s love story, seeing as we all went to high school and college together….
