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the jacobsen’s are good friends of ours here in northern virginia. we met over the summer just after we moved here. they are from corpus christi texas so being texans and all we were automatic friends. these are stacy and joey’s  two sweet girls paige and hailee. last saturday they came over for dinner and we went out for 10 minutes in the freezing cold to take some quick pictures just for fun. it was past my normal point of sun setting picture taking. BUT with my new camera it was ok. i would normally not shoot portraits at 800 ISO but i did and it amazed me. this was shot jpeg with the mark ll 5D with the 24-70  lens. aperture at 3.5 and shutter speed of 1/125.  i love my new camera. 

last week i had the opportunity to shoot erin’s (of erin j photography) maternity pictures. gosh i can’t even remember the last maternity shoot i did it was 2 or 3 years ago. so anyhow this was fun!! i shot with another great photographer here in the area that we go to girls photographer dinners with. rashmi pappau photography is great and it is fun to see how we shot the same thing and got different shots and looks. erin was such a trooper putting up with two of us! she has the most perfect little belly. her daughter haley jumped in and out of a few and those ended up being my favorites. this was my first shoot with my new mark ll 5D (aka 5D2) and this was also the only shoot i have ever shot in jpeg. i didn’t really have an option since this camera is so stinking new my software has not come out with updates to support the raw files. but i must say there is no difference in shooting raw and jpeg for me. i get the images right out of the camera so i don’t need the security of the raw info. something to think about. so i am loving this 21.1 megapixel and the higher ISO! wow! calling b&h every morning when they opened paid off to get to be one of the firsts to get this baby!

jeanie and chris were married last weekend but i shot her bridals for her in Houston last month. jeanie and chris’s wedding was amazing and i can’t wait to get to work on that but for now here are her amazing bridal images. she is so stunning, i love her flawless skin and she is wearing the most stunning dress. jeanie is a pleasure to photograph. her dress is from casa de novia in houston and her flowers were done by stems by holly. it has been a while since i have done a bridal session and this one was amazing! i wonder if bridal session are becoming less popular, going to make a come back or maybe just more of a southern thing.

i hope all of you have a happy thanksgiving! we are staying in DC and cooking for the first time ever! i hope i can make it somewhat like my mom and mama. also josh was in iraq the last two thanksgivings so we are really just thankful to all four be together this year. 

i thought i would post about this sweet baby boy that was born the day before valentine’s day. we are so excited for our friend’s the laughlins! i love photographing sweet newborns. especially now that mine are 5 and 3. but i really love getting to hang out with cute babies then go back to my own house. here is their announcement. isn’t he adorable?!!!

so this shoot was so fun. this was melissa’s bridal shoot and she bought a 2nd dress and brought andres along!!! they had so much fun doing this together. they are getting married at the end of jan. these guys are so easy to take pictures of they are so comfortable and in love with each other.

it has been a while and i have been so busy, i thought i would share a few recent shots. i hope everyone had a happy thanksgiving!!!!

young twins

sweet victoria

slate boys

funny kaila

little miles

garcia family

cute ciara

handsome lee

here are my very good friends, the sepluveda’s! if you remember sweet little ryan from her birthing pics a few months back. mark and heather have been good friends of josh and i for 8 or 9 years now! and now their little girl regan is my daughter kate’s little friend! SO FUN!