March 9, 2010 5:57 am
My apologies for the lack of updates in the last couple months. I have some very exciting personal news which has been taking up most of my time. First, I am pregnant! The baby is due September 15th. It’s still too early to know if it is a boy or girl, but we should be able to find out soon. Second, my husband and I bought a house! So, we’ll be moving from Alexandria, Virginia to Sterling, Virginia at the end of this month. These two things have caused things with Starloft to slow down a bit, but not too much. I photographed my first wedding on February 13th and will blog about that very soon.
January 1, 2010 10:47 pm
This past year has been pretty awesome for me, and I am grateful to God! Here are some of the highlights of 2009 (The links take you to related images)…
- Photographed Carmencita, Gina, and John for SZ Digest in January.
- Visited Las Vegas with Nick for the first time in March.
- Photographed Jeanite’s 40th Birthday Party in April.
- Photographed Alan and Alana’s 25th Wedding Anniversary Dinner Party in June.
- Celebrated 1 year of marriage on July 5th! Nick and I spent the holiday weekend in Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
- Nick finished his second year working as a Patent Examiner for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in July.
- Welcomed my new nephew Jacob Arnett into the world on July 25th.
- Shot portrait sessions for Cierra, Melody, The Ellis Family, Jon, Elyse, my inlaws, and Tatyana.
- Planned a model shoot featuring Trina, Julia and Mike.
- Photographed a doggy luncheon for OBG Cocker Spaniel Rescue.
- Photographed a Go Kart Demonstration during Clarendon Day in Arlington.
- Watched the Cash for Clunkers cars get destroyed.
- Celebrated one year of establishing Starloft Photography, LLC in October.
- Spent a romantic weekend at a bed and breakfast in Maryland called Brampton Inn.
- Did an engagement shoot in October for my first wedding photography gig scheduled for February 2010.
- Visited family and friends in Detroit and Cleveland for Christmas.
- Finished my 1st year of working full time as a Webmaster for Koons Automotive on December 30th.
- Started looking online for a new home near Dulles Airport. We hope to buy in April 2010. I’m hoping my house in Cleveland sells very soon!
- Played on soccer teams and softball teams.
- Enjoyed getting to know new friends from Sovereign Grace Church of Fairfax.
Thank you all for making 2009 so great! I am looking forward to see what 2010 brings!
December 21, 2009 10:27 pm
May your holidays be filled with the joy of Jesus! Have a very merry Christmas!
Pretty Christmas Ornament
December 19, 2009 7:38 pm
Well, the second snowfall of the year has been a little overwhelming to the state of Virginia. Deucehartley jokingly coined the hashtag “#dcsnowpocalypse” on Twitter to describe the snow storm as it approached our area. It started snowing around 9pm here in Alexandria on Friday, and it’s still snowing. Some parts of the DC area are reporting as much as twenty inches of snow! Compare this picture that I took this afternoon around 4pm with the one from my previous blog entry.
Second Snowfall
I feel bad for the owner of this poor little car…
Poor Little Car
December 6, 2009 3:19 pm
Yesterday was the first snowfall of the season here in Northern Virginia. Giant snowflakes were falling and I heard there was anywhere from 2 to 5 inches that fell in the DC area. That’s fairly significant for this area! The snow reminded me of my home town, Cleveland, Ohio, but from what I understand it’s been an unusual winter season thus far for Cleveland because they haven’t received any snow yet. The scene below was taken from our apartment balcony.
First Snowfall
November 22, 2009 1:19 am
This list should be helpful for other photographers in the area and a good reference for me as well as I seek to become part of the community here in the DC area. (I moved here about a year and half ago from Ohio. So, I’m still looking to meet new people and create worthwhile connections.) If you are a member of any of these groups, please comment about your experiences and if you think the group would be worthwhile for others. Also, if you know of any other groups in the area, please comment about those as well.
Local Photo Clubs
Local Meetup Groups
November 21, 2009 9:38 pm
I recently had the opportunity to photograph the beautiful Tatyana in the pub room at my apartment complex. We took some posed portraits of her and also some candids of her shooting pool. I experimented with using a stroboframe with the flash positioned to bounce backwards off of a white umbrella for most of these shots. It provided some nice diffused lighting of Tatyana’s face. You can view all the photos here.
Tatyana
November 14, 2009 3:57 pm
Elizabeth and Terrence decided to do their engagement shoot with me on Halloween. We did the shoot at Roosevelt Island on the Potomac River in Washington DC. It was a beautiful autumn day! Elizabeth and Terrence are such a great couple, and I am really looking forward to photographing their wedding in February. Check out more photos from their engagement session here.
Elizabeth and Terrence
November 8, 2009 10:10 pm
So, I messed up my blog and ended up deleting everything. So, I’m starting over from scratch. Enjoy this photo of some cupcakes I made this weekend of a shark and a life preserver while I set things up here again. Check out more photos of the cupcakes here.
Shark Attack!
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