Leaf Throwing in the Woods | Family Photography; Ballenger Creek Park – Frederick, MD

I absolutely love this tradition I have with this family. Almost every year since Wyatt was born, we have met on the first weekend of November for family photos at this park! It’s usually the day of daylight savings, and the leaves are at their most fall. It’s also extra special because it’s also Meg and Bryan’s anniversary weekend! This year we climbed trees, we threw leaves and saw a sweet duck couple swimming down the creek. This was such a perfect and fun day, I’m so glad they have SO many beautiful images to keep!

Donut You Love Turning One? | Cake Smash Photography; Frederick, MD

I was SO so happy to hear from Tessa and her family again recently! They have been in the studio a few times, one of them celebrating Graham’s first birthday with a cake smash two years ago. Now he has a little brother and Nate came by to have his own birthday session! We were really feeling autumnal for the theme and I am obsessed with how it came together. They even brought donuts instead of a cake, which I LOVED. It’s always such a fun time to do something a little different. Even though the donuts were very delish, I think Nate’s favorite part was the bath at the end. You can probably tell by many many splashes I captured and the enormous puddle around the tub by the end. There are so many precious memories and magical moments I got to capture for his birthday, so please enjoy as many as you can here:


Leafy Laughs | Fall Family Photography; Baker Park- Frederick, MD

Another fun filled session with James and Aubree! Man these kids are getting so big so fast. I’m so glad Sarah and Matt have so many years of memories to look back on as they get older. Baker Park is one of our favorite spots and boy was it showing off on Sunday. Between the leaves and the sunset and the absolutely perfect weather – it made throwing around leaves and being a couple of silly gooses that much more fun! This might have been one of my favorite sessions ever. Where they’re right in that sweet spot of not being afraid to be silly and try goofy things (and listen when I tweak a pose a little bit) but they ALSO were perfect at giving me great smiles when it was time to look back at the camera. You can tell how great everyone did by how many images they get to take home after a thirty minute session (with the black and white edits, its over 250 images!!)

Fun On The Farm | Family Photography; Poolesville, MD

I absolutely love meeting new families! These two little guys were having a blast on the tractor when I walked up, which was an excellent place to start shooting! This first shot was actually the very first one I took of the whole evening and I loved it so much. I knew from that moment that this was going to be a blast. We jumped off hay bales, picked big leaves, climbed trees, played on giant tires, and made mom and dad into a swing set! The sunset was stunning and the glow off the peak autumn leaves truly made this a perfect setting for these family memories!!

Zoe The Shining Star | Family and Pet Photography; Germantown, MD

When Matt and Bernadette reached out to me for this very special session, I absolutely could not say no. They have a beautifully sweet pup named Zoe and she is the sun of their whole solar system! She unfortunately has been diagnosed with an aggressive terminal cancer, so we had to make sure to capture her magic and celebrate her life as soon as possible. Despite the weight of the reason we got together, this evening was such a fun time! Matt and Bernadette are possibly the sweetest humans I’ve ever met in my life – I can see why Zoe chose them. I got to see Zoe take the squeak out of TWO toys in the time we spent together, and make a ton of cute faces, especially when she was howling (she was actually saying Go Packers!!) The sunset was SO stunning, and even though the gnats were outrageous, it gave a special kind of confetti sparkle to these images that I really love. It was such an honor and a privilege to capture these moments for Zoe and Bernadette and Matt. I’m sending you all of my love!

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

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