Holiday Cookies! | Lifestyle Photography, Ashburn VA

Jesse and I were invited to a cookie baking play date in the beginning of December, so I brought my camera to catch some of the holiday magic. I want everyone to meet the absolutely adorable and brilliant little Audrey.
She was showing me all of the ornaments she painted for her play room tree.
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Her beautiful mama Rach was a perfect host and baker and her house was just stunning in every way. She and Audrey started off with chocolate cookies rolled in sugar!
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And then my sweet Jesse got in on it. Look how cute they are together!
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Roll a cookie, take a dip in the sugar, roll a cookie…
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We can all probably tell which part of baking is Jesse’s favorite…
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We put those bad boys in the oven and the littles helped them self to some more powdered sugar.
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I couldn’t stop taking pictures of this sweet thing. Can’t you just feel the magic?
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I hope everyone had a safe and cozy holiday season! We sure did! I can’t wait to see what 2014 has in store.

Speaking of 2014, I ordered my new planner and I think that’s cause for a big sale! $50 off any session that is booked before my planner arrives! Book any date in 2014! The more sessions I book, the more prizes everyone wins! (See my facebook page for more information) e-mail me to book today!

Coffee: I’m going back to a classic, the caramel macchiato, but I like to add a pump of hazelnut to my vanilla, just to spice it up a little.

Music: I got tickets to see Walk Off The Earth next month and I am so stoked! We looked up who the opening act would be and I realized I knew their music too, so I am listening to Parachute today.

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Posted in Holiday, Life Style

2013 Faves!

I grow and learn every year, and this was my first full year back in Maryland, but I still had a quite a few sessions in the Outer Banks!

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So many fun memories captured!

 

 

Posted in Yearly Favorites

A Cozy Little Fall Family | Family Photographer, Frederick, MD

I hope everyone had a beautiful Thanksgiving! It’s such an amazing feeling to wake up the day after a holiday and actually get excited to do work! I couldn’t wait to get this blog up for everyone and show off one of my very favorite families. Everyone loves that sweet little face of Mason’s and now we can see his awesome parents join in for a gorgeous fall family session! I will tell you, it was so super cold out while we were shooting, but the lighting and the fall leaves were so warm and beautiful. They totally rocked it and we got so many amazing shots.
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I couldn’t help but catch a few extra fun ones of one of my favorite little guys- Mason!
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His Aunt Katie tagged along and assisted behind the scenes, but I managed to get a perfect shot of her snuggling her little peach.
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I can’t get enough of that smile!
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I hope everyone is staying warm inside or at least getting some great deals out in the crazy black Friday madness. I was thinking of having a Black Friday sale, but I think I’m cooking up a fun sale idea for sometime before the new year gets here. So stay close!

Music: Wrapped In Red by Kelly Clarkson is one of my favorite new Christmas songs, that whole album is really great (but I’m a sucker for Christmas songs)

Coffee: Now that Thanksgiving is over, I’m tossing pumpkin flavored things out in favor for gingerbread! YUM.

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Posted in Family, Kids

Sweet Seventeen (Days Old) | Newborn Photographer, OBX, NC

One of my favorite things about photography is the ability to stop time. Put it in a mason jar on a shelf and keep it exactly the way it was at that moment. I had another session with my beautiful friend Allison. The bun in her oven finished cooking and I got to meet sweet little Dax for the first time! I won’t chat anymore and let you go meet him too, because he’s adorable:
Beautiful Allison glowing and being amazing
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Look at his sweet little baby-hawk and itty bitty peel-y newborn toes!
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I stayed and hung out for a while longer after the session, 
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but I couldn‘t not take more pictures!
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He was giving me this serious look a few times. He was a little skeptical of me at first.
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I can’t even handle this one. So. Squish. It’s almost like he’s in the womb again.
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Current Music: The Nsync Christmas album has begun its playing in my house. Don’t judge. It’s still one of my favorites. Disclaimer: I usually don’t start decorating until Thanksgiving night, but it just felt right!
Posted in Life Style, Newborns

Pearls, Tutus and Cake! | Cake Smash Photographer, Frederick, MD

I was so excited for this session, you guys. I love cake smash sessions! What is more fun than capturing someone experiencing their very first birthday cake? How often in our lives do we get to enjoy the mess? I mean, don’t get me wrong, life is totally messy, but we usually spend our days cleaning messes and trying not to make them in the first place. Making messes is an important part of our lives! Ok, I’m getting philosophical. Messes are great! Haha, anyway…
Chloe here, had the most AMAZING set of eyes I’ve probably ever seen. She wasn’t much of a smile-er, but smiling for emiB is over rated. Her eyes showed all of the emotion she needed. She was giving me art like a professional model! Get ready to be melted into a puddle from the beauty of Miss Chloe… you’ve been warned!
We started off in an adorable flower-y and flow-y dress…
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Then we spared the dress for something a little more fun and the cake came out…!
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She had a blast!
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The tutu really got me, when she started crawling away, I got this shot on the right and it’s adorable.
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Those eyes! Wow.
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I didn’t want to send her home covered in delicious cake, so we had a little fun cleaning off in a bubble bath!
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Nothin’ cuter than babies and bubbles.

Oh and to double the sweetness of this session, her mama works at Georgetown Cupcakes! YUM. She spoiled me with a box of those delicious little guys. Aren’t they so perfect? They taste just as amazing as they look.

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I am feeling so blessed for all of the encouragement and love I receive from all of you. Every single like is appreciated. I truly can’t believe I get to wake up in the morning, enjoy being a mother at home with my amazing son, and also get to change peoples lives with something I created. It’s been such a long journey of discovering myself to get to where I am and I am no where near where I want to be yet! I have big dreams that I can see coming true slowly but surely. So stick with me gang! I am working on a lot of great things!

Music:  I just found a song by Jason Mraz and Travie McCoy that’s really catchy. It’s called Rough Water and it may or may not be about Titanic… And I also started collecting Christmas Music onto a Spotify playlist. I’m so excited for the holidays already! If it’s cold. I want it to be snowing.

Coffee: Not too much new happening in the coffee world, but I will remind everyone to try a White Mocha Pumpkin Spice because those are delicious (especially when you pair it with a pumpkin scone!)

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Posted in Cake Smash, Sessions

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I'm Emily! A silly newborn and family photographer,

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