Category Archives: personal

mine | in 2012

it’s the last day of january and here i am posting my 2012 round up of personal favorites. yikes! january always gets me. but, that’s okay. i forgive myself (and beg that you will forgive me also). 2012 was so good to our family. a new home. a new baby. birthdays. visits. baptisms. and, all…

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an abstract rambling

the power behind a photograph. time is frozen. the world stands still. and, just for a second, i can get my bearings, breathe deeply, and, see. lately, in some ways, i have been feeling not good enough and, truth be told, uninspired. i blame january. and, i blame myself. too often i overlook the beauty…

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2012, best of | arlington virginia photographer

happy new year! a little late. but, well, you know how it goes. this past year was full of change. my business took a back seat in a major way to my family life, as our family welcomed baby eliot pearl in april. spring and summer shooting were out. then, as i geared up for…

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on the hunt | arlington virginia photographer

i, like so many, love the holiday season. i do my best to fill our family life with joy, celebratory activity, indulgences, and the like, while trying not to over do any of those things. this idea – of making sure we live a full life without overdoing things and getting caught in the never-ending…

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service | wish of a lifetime

recently, a friend and i were talking about service, and she said something that struck a deep chord within me. while i can’t quote her exact words, she described the idea of growing into the vocation that was meant for us. she wasn’t referring to something external and finite. rather, she was referring to an…

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