Lucky me, I got to go to a surprise 60th birthday party! I know, I was working, but sometimes it doesn’t feel like it when I’m tasked with observing the extra-special moments a family gets to spend with one another. 
We’re you one of the hundreds of DC fashionistas who made it out to the sold-out District Sample Sale last night? If not, you missed quite a scene – fab sales, yummy food and pumpin jams. Read all about it on the Examiner.
K Street Kate, CityShopGirl and Marisa Turner Potts make shopping look good.
The Charm jewelry display was nearly always swarmed.
Georgetown Cupcake supplied much-needed clothes-frenzy fuel.
Ladies bidding at the silent auction.
Babe attracts a crowd.
Mark your calendars for next year – it’s sure to sell out again!
Sometimes I wonder why I chose a profession that forces me to wake up at 5:30 a.m. on a weekend. True, I’m a morning person, but six days a week of groggy mornings a bit much for anyone. So why do I keep doing it Saturday after Saturday? Because that’s what it takes to make a gorgeous photograph – and that’s my job – (and I’m sure I subconsciously love it?)
Early rising is about catching the right light. The first and foremost important factor in all of my shoots is working with great light, and if we’ve booked an outdoor session that means I’ve probably scheduled it before 9 a.m. or directly before the sun sets.
Good light, or at least the light that works for my style of shooting, is soft and even and makes things look interesting when it hits the earth — that happens in the wee hours of the day (or under overcast skies) so it can’t be wasted!
Last Tuesday I had the opportunity to honor the Human Resource Leaders of Greater Washington once again at the annual HR Leadership Awards Gala. In years past I have had the opportunity to work with the organization in a variety of capacities and this year I was hired to serve as their official portrait and event photographer. The first event I attended was their VIP reception where all of the nominees, sponsors, and committee members met, mingled, and had their portraits taken.
This past week I had the pleasure of photographing the lovely Stef, Abbie, Amy & Leigh who won CityShopGirl’s Sex and the City likeness contest. Below are their “before” headshots and “after” glamourshots.
Saturday morning, 6:00 AM, I step on to the National Mall. All is silent, but in the distance I see two enormous air-filled balloons. I step closer, and closer, and closer, until I get WHAPPED in the face with the sent of baby powder, flowers, and what is that… estrogen?
