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This is Michelle and Ilana. I recently photographed them in preparation for the launching of their online matching service. But…this is not just any matching service. Ilana and Michelle had been friends for many years, but the bond between them grew with their shared experience of having breast cancer. Although their personal cancer stories were […]

These Women are 2Unstoppable!

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(warning – longer than usual post, and probably far more about me personally than I have ever shared). My friends and I have had a running joke involving  New Years resolutions this year. We make declarations and pronouncements and then it all goes awry… we eat that sugary food, we don’t go to the proclaimed exercise […]

This is me (in 2018)

Portraits

  This was a new experience for me as a  Senior Photographer. When I asked Hannah and her mom if she had any high school hobbies she might like to include in her senior portrait, and she answered fencing, I encouraged her to bring her uniform and we would try some fun shots out at […]

En Garde, Pret! This High School Senior is Ready for her Future

High School Seniors

Looking for a fun location for your High School Senior Portrait in Fairfax County? Old Town Fairfax is one of my favorite locations for High School Senior Portraits. You can get gardens, trees and some amazing old building backgrounds all within a couple blocks of each other! Erin’s mom and I have been planning for […]