January 29, 2010 at 1:50pm
What a way to kick off the weekend with the possibility of more snow!
During the first big snow in December, we were on the road to Asheville, NC to visit the Biltmore. What turned into a supposed 5-ish hour drive turned into a nightmare-ish 11 hour trip. By the time we arrived to the hotel, exhausted and drained, we learned the hotel was completely out of power!
Visiting the Biltmore was lovely, but we weren’t able to fully enjoy their dining and shopping experience because they didn’t have power either!
We ended up cutting our trip short and now we can semi-joke about the disastrous road trip.
Except this time around with impending snow, we are staying put and fully intending to hibernate at home.
I hope you are all staying warm this weekend! 
January 22, 2010 at 11:44am
Recently Brian and I took a trip out to Las Vegas with his parents. It was our first fun-filled “grown-up” vacation together, and of course like all the other tourists, we brought our cameras out to play. One of my favorite travel tips is to go up to another tourist and offer to take a photo of him/her with his/her family…and almost 100% of the time they will return the favor. Even if a few important details are missing!
I am always nervous whenever I hand off my camera to someone to get a group shot of us because I never know how the image will turn out! Just because you give someone a fancy camera to use does not mean there will be fantastic results!
And sure enough, here are the very few photos of all four of us together. This first one is hilarious enough because the kind gentleman took about 5 shots to come up with this:
And when we got to the Las Vegas sign…well, I kind of hoped to actually have a photo of us WITH the sign when I handed it to a teen who seemed like he knew what he was doing!:
I am going to have to check my father-in-law’s camera to see if he got better results from handing off his camera!
January 3, 2010 at 6:55pm
Happy New Year! I kicked off the new year with a fun portrait session with Phoebe. I met Phoebe’s mother Shari back in October and she has become a great role model/mentor in my other work/life. When Shari hired me to photograph Phoebe, I was super flattered and excited. Unfortunately we had to reschedule due to rainy weather, and chose today…where the high temperature was in the mid-30s.
I have to say that Phoebe was an absolute dream to work with…she is a gorgeous junior. Phoebe was ready for any and all of my crazy suggestions. She braved the cold without a complaint! I was shaking in my coat, scarf and sweater, so I can only imagine how much more colder Phoebe felt!
I think we ended up with fabulous images. Despite the FREEZING cold and wind, the light was lovely:
Phoebe’s last outfit was completely her idea and I love love love her for doing this:
Yes, that is leftover SNOW in the background!
My favorite favorite one:
Thank you Shari and Phoebe! We made it through! 
December 14, 2009 at 1:28pm
On Saturday I headed out to photography Neely and Adrian’s intimate wedding at her parents beautiful home. It was great to finally meet the couple, since Neely booked me without having met me (always a compliment!).
Can you figure out where Adrian is from?
Neely’s mom put a lot of small details into their wedding. She sewed this into Neely’s dress:
It seemed appropriate to get this shot of Adrian…it has a Cinderella-type feel to it (especially with the quote above!):
And I had to ask Neely if she was a UVA fan, especially since a Hokie was photographing her! She told me she loved the color combo since it combined her and Adrian’s favorite colors.
Neely’s super-talented mom also put together all the floral arrangements!
I love Neely’s birdcage veil…and the orange lily in her hair!
I especially love that they scheduled lots of time for portraits together…
And a few of just the bride:
Congratulations Neely & Adrian! Maybe we’ll see you on your honeymoon!
December 7, 2009 at 4:14pm
Last week, I had a blast photographing Cayce’s bridal session at Amber Grove. It was made more special because I have worked with the family when her sister Tracey married! When the family contacted me to let me know it was Cayce’s turn to get married, I was especially thrilled! They are gorgeous sisters!
I loved Cayce’s blue shoes, flower in her hair and jewelry in such a natural setting.
Everything about the day was lovely…the bride-to-be, the weather, the location and the magical light!
Did I mention she is getting married in the barn?
Thanks Cayce and family! I’m looking forward to what you have in store for the big day!
by Vera
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