Well, tomorrow my husband, Nick, and I will be moving from Alexandria, Virginia to Sterling, Virginia! That means Starloft is moving, too.
Also, I am pregnant! Due date is September 8th! If you’re interested in baby updates, we’ll be posting those on our personal blog here. Because of the pregnancy, I won’t be able to photograph any big events this summer. I will be focusing on building my portfolio and doing smaller shoots.
So, needless to say, with all the big changes things may be a little quiet around here for a bit while we get settled.
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to photograph Sara’s town house. Here’s one of my favorite images from the shoot…
Dining Room
May your holidays be filled with the joy of Jesus! Have a very merry Christmas!
Pretty Christmas Ornament
Well, the second snowfall of the year has been a little overwhelming to the state of Virginia. Deucehartley jokingly coined the hashtag “#dcsnowpocalypse” on Twitter to describe the snow storm as it approached our area. It started snowing around 9pm here in Alexandria on Friday, and it’s still snowing. Some parts of the DC area are reporting as much as twenty inches of snow! Compare this picture that I took this afternoon around 4pm with the one from my previous blog entry.
Second Snowfall
I feel bad for the owner of this poor little car…
Poor Little Car
I spent a little time earlier this week photographing the pub room at my apartment. Below is what I would consider my best photo from the shoot. I would have definitely benefited from using a wider angle lens for this room rather than the 18-55mm lens.
Pub Room
Yesterday was the first snowfall of the season here in Northern Virginia. Giant snowflakes were falling and I heard there was anywhere from 2 to 5 inches that fell in the DC area. That’s fairly significant for this area! The snow reminded me of my home town, Cleveland, Ohio, but from what I understand it’s been an unusual winter season thus far for Cleveland because they haven’t received any snow yet. The scene below was taken from our apartment balcony.
First Snowfall
I recently had the opportunity to photograph the beautiful Tatyana in the pub room at my apartment complex. We took some posed portraits of her and also some candids of her shooting pool. I experimented with using a stroboframe with the flash positioned to bounce backwards off of a white umbrella for most of these shots. It provided some nice diffused lighting of Tatyana’s face. You can view all the photos here.
Tatyana
For those of you who don’t know, I work full-time as the webmaster for Jim Koons Automotive. For the past couple months the government has been running the “Cash for Clunkers” program where dealers take old cars with poor gas mileage as a trade-in and customers get money from the government for their trade. As part of the program, the dealer agrees to destroy the clunker. Well, last week I got to see the clunkers get destroyed. Here are a few photos of the vehicles getting smashed! More photos can be viewed here.
Cash for Clunkers
Cash for Clunkers
Cash for Clunkers
The Ellis Family are friends from my church who needed a family portrait session. We did the shoot mostly on a gazebo near their home. You can see the rest of the photos here.
The Ellis Family
The Ellis Family
Melody is a triathlon competitor interested in getting into fitness modeling. We did this shoot in the gym and pool area at my apartment in Alexandria, Virginia. All the photos from the shoot can be viewed here.
Melody
Melody
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