Virginia Beach Photography - OpLove Family Portrait Session

This session was shot at Beach Garden Park, one of the hidden parks of Virginia Beach, as well as at the oceanfront. The two kids were absolutely adorable! I've had several beach sessions in the past and being at the beach really loosens the kids up and makes them more agreeable to getting their picture taken!

Another good tip for child photos is to bring a toy along... it keeps them happy, meaning mom and dad are happy and the results are amazing photos!

Thank you Carol and Aaron and I hope you all enjoy these!

Virginia Beach Family Portrait Session - OpLove

This is one of the many reasons why I love my job.

For more information on OpLove, visit http://www.oplove.org.

Amy, Mike, Alex and Nate - Bennett's Creek Park

Earlier this week, I met up with Amy, Mike, Alex and Nate to shoot their family photos at Bennett's Creek Park in Suffolk, VA. Since Alex is going off to college in the fall, this would be their last family session for awhile. We got some great shots and they were all great sports at some of my oddball requests ("Hey, Alex, do you mind climbing that tree for me?"). Here's a little preview of their session:

Family Session at Chick's Beach

Spring is a wonderful thing. I don't know what it is about warm weather that just puts everyone in a great mood.

This was my first real beach session of the year with Amanda, Matt, and their kids. Amanda didn't bring towels because she didn't want to encourage the kids to jump into the water... it looks like the lack of towels didn't matter. Kids will be kids. But you know what? They had a great time, and we got some great pictures in the process.

Thank you to Amanda and Matt for being such wonderful sports and to their kids for having so much spirit.

Family Session in Elizabeth City

I had originally scheduled this session with Mandie in the beginning of March, and she was going to use the photos from the session to surprise her husband, who was underway at the time... but then we got rained out! It's a good thing it rained, or else he wouldn't have been able to be in the pictures, which we took later in the month!

Sherri, Joel, and Giselle

Family Session: Sherri, Joel, and Giselle

A couple of weekends ago, I trekked down to Elizabeth City and did a session with Sherri, Joel, and their adorable daughter Giselle.

Now Giselle has a slight aversion to the children's character Fancy Nancy, so Sherri made this amazing outfit for her to wear that pretty much emulated Fancy Nancy herself! Needless to say, Giselle LOVED dressing up as her favorite character.

The Real Fancy Nancy

Fancy Nancy's even more awesome twin sister

Lindsay + Ryan

Lindsay + Ryan

So a few weeks ago, Lindsay flew in from the sunny state of California to visit her hubby Ryan, who is currently in school to become a rescue swimmer for the Coast Guard (you know, like Ashton Kutcher was in the movie The Guardian, only Ryan's the real deal). They both drove up from North Carolina for a photo session in Newport News. Let me tell you, this was definitely one of my favorite sessions to shoot, ever. Lindsay absolutely radiated confidence throughout the shoot, and it shows! I enjoyed meeting the both of them and I'm wishing Ryan the best of luck in school!