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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 whic...

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{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 ...

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{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, ...

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{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...

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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 "magical...

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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 dilige...

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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 i...

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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 baby...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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, ...

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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" st...

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