A Day "Mud" in Heaven

Jill contacted me to do some family photos for her family of five and asked if her friend Natalie and her family could join in as well. Jill's husband Matt went to school with me for my graduate program at Mason. I of course welcomed the opportunity to work with both families. What I should mention is this shoot originally scheduled for Saturday was rained out in one of the craziest rainy days the DC area has had in a long time. Widespread flooding followed this rain event, but despite this Sunday was a beautiful day. We took to Bull Run park to examine the notorious Bluebells. After what seemed like an Indiana Jones adventure through the woods, the flood waters were too high and we were forced to turn back. but alas the park is covered in Bluebells and we were able to find some beautiful scenic places for photos.

Despite the mud and flooding, this was truly one of THE MOST fun family shoots that I've done to date. It's hard not to have a complete and total blast with these two beautiful families who spent most of the day making each other laugh and smile. Cheers to another great day in photographyland! I am truly blessed to be doing what I do! :o)

A Cherry of a Day!

One of the best things about living in DC is the fact that every year in April the Cherry Blossoms bloom filling the tidal basin with beautiful white and pink flowers. This year marked the second time I was able to make it down to DC to capture some amazing photos of the trees. Last year I was able to capture some as a tourist blending in with the 1000 other Nikons and Canons on the tidal basin. This year I actually had a headshot photo shoot and was not able to capture as many unique photos as the previous year. No worries I still managed to squeak in a few!

Walking away from the tidal basin actually produced one of my favorite photos, the contrast of green to white in this photo was amazing to me. It almost made me wish I had a blanket and a picnic lunch

 Though many of the blossoms were past peak, I was still able to find a lot of trees that had big groups of blossoms, like the above photo. It was almost like they were coming down to attack you!

 The monuments always make for great photos, I don't think I'll ever get tired of taking photos in DC!

I saw many couples getting pictures taken today down on the tidal basin. I hope to one day be able to book a couples shoot down in DC during cherry blossom season, it's just too beautiful not to take advantage of!