More with Lynda & Jonathan
A few more photos from our session with Lynda and Jonathan in Old Town Alexandria.
Old Town is very pet friendly and Lynda jokingly said that she wanted to “borrow” a dog. Along the way, we found this friendly little guy tied up on a stoop. The dog had one brown eye and one blue eye.
On our way back to the waterfront, we also found a little secret garden that had a beautiful white gazebo that we couldn’t resist.
Thanks Lynda and Jonathan for sharing an afternoon with us. For a few more photos from this session click HERE. Filed under L2, portfolio, portrait sessions | Comment (0)
Musical Coffee
Yes, that’s right, musical coffee. It was a cozy night for coffee, games, good friends, and the unveiling of Sona Kay’s first CD! Sona Kay happens to be my future sister in law, and a talented one to boot.
As you can see, a packed house supported our fellow friend and Wahoo as she sang a few songs. If you look closely, you can see Gracers too.
To check out some of Sona’s great vocals, check out http://sonakaymusic.com/. For more GREAT photos, click here.
Filed under L2, personal, portfolio | Comments (2)Farewell 2007, hello 2008
As 2007 comes to a close, we look forward to all the wonderful things to come for 2008. In between visiting with friends and preparing for the holidays, I was able to squeeze in a Save-The Date photo session with my very dear (former) neighbor Sally. Sally and I had a happen chance meeting in the hallway of our building and we’ve been good friends ever since. Nothing could make me happier than to be a part of everything leading up to her wedding day.
This photo shoot, much like our initial meeting, was happen chance, planned just a mere 12 hours in advance. I shot about 120 frames with more than a few that I’ve absolutely fallen in love with.
With Sally’s photos, I created a few mockups for her to show her a few options for her Save-The-Date magnet. For more, click here!
Lots of events to celebrate
A few weekends ago, Craile and I were scheduled for a photo shoot which sadly got cancelled due to snow. Happily, my camera did not sit idle as it accompanied me to my friend Angela’s birthday celebration. While techinically not an official portrait session for Girls with Big Cameras, it was still a great opportunity to practise.
First on the agenda: dinner at Woo Lae Oak. For this occasion, I borrowed Gracer’s prime lens which obviously does wonders! I was lucky enough to get to sit right next to the birthday girl herself.
This next shot was by far my favorite of the evening, what a perfect moment, both Angela and Howard look so at ease and happy. Maybe they were happy to see the cake!
Oh, and what else was there to celebrate? Their engagement of course ^_^.
For more from Angela’s birthday, click here.
Filed under L2, personal, portfolio | Comment (1)Volunteer photography
In 2005, I was bitten by the volunteer photography bug. My manager, who has always been extremely active in supporting local charities, roped a few of us at work into helping her stuff the mini-flashlights for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night event in Reston. Several of us put our fingers and patience to work as we each carted home pounds of batteries, rolls of masking tape, and LOTS of boxes of little red flashlights. Shortly afterwards, the call went out for additional volunteers, namely for event photography. Being the most easily accessible photographer at the time, I volunteered to assemble a team for the event. Four brave souls later, a tradition was started.
The tradition was revived in 2007 with a few new faces including Grace and Claire. Not only has the event been a fantastic method of community outreach to raise awareness of the diseases, it has also been a stress-free method of introducing novice photographers to the finer points of event photography such as managing widespread geography, environments that change with time, and the sheer variety of subjects to shoot.
To see more from 2005, click here, to see more from 2007, click here.
Giving Thanks
Sandwiched between Halloween and the busy shopping season that is Christmas, Thanksgiving is a fleeting moment to break bread with family and good friends who are close enough to be considered as family.
Us girls would like to take time to pause and reflect on the many things that we have been lucky enough to experience this year. In addition to having the opportunity to share this wonderful holiday with those close to us, we’d like to thank our fabulous readers. Your warm enthusiasm is helping us to transform an addictive hobby into something more.
L2 is thankful for:
-Having survived the year of thirty,
-The kind ears and warm support of her dearest friends, and
-The opportunity for new beginnings.
Craile is appreciative of:
-Wonderful family and friends,
-Having found the most amazing hobby, and
-Being able to purchase 65356325412 things that she ”needs”.
Gracers is grateful for:
- Getting engaged to my favorite person in the world and my best friend,
- The support and opportunities for me to move toward more creative ventures, and
- Hilarious/smart/loyal/board
From all of us at Girls with Big Cameras, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones.
MMM, nothing makes the house smell better than a pie baking in the oven. Who doesn’t love a fresh homemade pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving?
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