I like to give myself assignments for my travel photography.  On some trips I have an idea in mind before I leave, others come to light as I am there experiencing the place. My assignment for Germany was the latter.  As we were walking around I saw so many unique windows and doors I made […]

What a great time photographing Kristal in Warrenton a little while back.  She is so great in front of the camera, stunning to photograph, and a pleasure to work with!

I have been spending the week since we got back from Germany playing a bit of catch-up and getting ready for the 4 amazing engagement sessions that I have coming up in the next week so I haven’t had a lot of time to work on editing my pictures from Germany yet. However, I did […]

Early this year I decided on a few priorities that I was going to set for myself in 2014. One of those was to go on monthly adventures. Living in Virginia has some certain advantages over living further South, one of which is the lovely Fall weather.  I spent the whole Summer looking forward to […]

We won the 2014 Editor’s Choice Award! You may think that it is odd that I said “we” won this award, but without my awesome clients I would not have been chosen! How do they choose the winners?  Check out their response below… Editors’ Choice Award Winner Selection Process The 2014 Two Bright Lights Editors’ […]

While I was travelling this month I had the pleasure to be a guest at CrossFit Max Effort in Las Vegas.  Everyone there was really nice and friendly and the gym itself is huge and very well equipped.  Lindsay, one of the owners of the gym, was kind enough to let me photograph her for […]

Elena has been one of my best friends for years so when she told me that Tony had asked her to marry him I was thrilled.  I mean, we all knew that it was coming – eventually so when it finally happened everyone who knew them was overjoyed.  Then Elena called me with a dilemma, […]

Claire and Mick are both radio djs who lived in the DC metro when we met. Sometime between the time we met and the wedding day they moved to Chicago, planned their whole wedding, and most people might not have even realized that they had moved since one of them was still on their radio […]

A wedding does not need to be a big event to be beautiful, full of love, and special. I teamed up with Maribel Kalata of EightTreeStreet to plan this casual brunch inspired styled wedding shoot at Paradise Springs Winery in Clifton, Virginia to show how great scenery, good food, and a kicked back atmosphere can create […]