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{Maternity Stock the Studio Sale} Chesapeake, Virginia Newborn and Baby Photographer

I'm looking for some models for some upcoming maternity shoots! This is an opportunity to book a discounted studio maternity session...

{The Best Stages to Have Your Baby Photographed} Chesapeake, Virginia Newborn and Baby Photographer

In an ideal world, we would all have our babies professionally captured every month to document all of their growth and progress through...

{Girls Room Makeover} Chesapeake, Virginia Newborn and Baby Photographer

I'll let you in on a little secret. When I found out my last baby was a boy, I was ever so slightly disappointed. Out of practicality,...

{Home Makeover and Baby Daphne} Chesapeake, Virginia Newborn and Baby Photographer

We just moved to Chesapeake, VA from Springfield, VA this past January and it is the first time we have owned a home since 2013. There's...

6 Ways to Support a Breastfeeding Mom | Chesapeake, Virginia Newborn and Baby Photographer

Breastfeeding is one of the most amazing privileges as well as one of the most challenging things a woman can do. The ability to...

Chesapeake, Virginia Newborn and Baby Photographer {Backyard Chickens}

I've wanted chickens since I was a kid. When I was in sixth grade, my mom brought home some fertilized chicken eggs to hatch and I...

Chesapeake, Virginia Newborn and Baby Photographer {Magnetic Metal Wall for Hanging backdrops}

I have quite the collection of backdrops thanks to my talented friends over at Fancy Fabric and Props and Hazy Skies Designs. Early on...

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Chesapeake, Virginia Newborn and Baby Photographer {Harrison's Baseball Series and Cake Smash}

I love doing "then and nows" and it's so much fun to continue a theme to have coordinating images to hang in the nursery, display at...

Chesapeake, VA Newborn and Baby Photographer {Faux Giant Cupcake Tutorial}

Giant cupcakes are probably my favorite for cake smashes. I don't provide the cake for my client sessions for liability reasons but I do...

Chesapeake, Virginia Newborn and Baby Photographer {Harrison's Spaghetti Smash}

Cake smashes are all about capturing your baby's first taste of birthday cake! Some babies love their cake, gobble it up and smash it to...

Chesapeake, VA Newborn and Baby Photographer {Posing Fabric Stand Tutorial}

My amazingly talented friend Ela over at Itsy Photography and I like to do trades every once in a while and she recently asked me to make...

Chesapeake, VA Newborn and Baby Photographer {Ronan}

Ronan is THE cutest little guy with the most awesome hair and super sweet to boot. After a streak of super squirmy, alert newborn boys,...

Springfield, VA Newborn and Baby Photographer {William's Sitter Sessions}

I feel like many parents make a point to have professional newborn and first birthday pictures done but miss out on the great "sitter"...