Nicole | EXPECTING

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This is one of my favorite portrait sessions of all-time. I've gotten into doing more commercial/editorial-style portrait photography (like these shoots with Jeffrey and Becca, and this bridal shoot), so I was excited for the opportunity to do a similarly-styled maternity shoot with Nicole. Fortunately for me, Nicole was just as excited. She absolutely owned this shoot. I asked for attitude, I got attitude. I asked for sexy, I got sexy.

Many thanks to Kirsten, our on-site hair and make-up artist, and to my beautiful wife Renee for schlepping around my camera bag all day.

Without further ado... here are a few of my favorites:

For photographers:

This shoot was done with my D3s and 105mm f/2.8 and 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses.

The daylight shots were done exclusively with natural light; the remaining photos were lit by my Einstein 640 v2 @ ~1/32 power with a white beauty dish and 30-degree grid, triggered by Pocketwizard FlexTT5/AC3 on-camera and PowerMC2 on-flash. This allows me to quickly and easily fine-tune the flash power right from my camera.

Nikki + Guy | MARRIED

I had the privelege to photograph Nikki and Guy's wedding at Clyde's in Ashburn, VA, with Mike Kelly a few weeks ago. The weather was perfect, the couple was gorgeous, and everybody in attendance had a great time. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day:

For photographers...

I photographed this wedding with my D3s and the following lenses:
 85mm f/1.4G portrait lens
 105mm f/2.8G macro/telephoto lens
 70-200 f/2.8G VRII tele-zoom lens w/TC17E-II 1.7x teleconverter
 14-24mm f/2.8G ultra-wide-angle zoom lens

Due to the outdoor setting and timing, ancilliary lighting wasn't necessary.

Styled Bridal Shoot with Jewel Hair Design

I recently had an opportunity to collaborate with Jewel Hair Design and Le Mariee' Makeup on a styled bridal shoot with my colleagues Aimee Buxton and Rebecca Watkins. We did some indoor shots then trekked our models out to my favorite field for some super-cool outdoor shots. Here are just a couple of my favorites from the day - full post to follow.

Stephanie + Wayne | MARRIED

I'm so excited to share Stephanie and Wayne's wedding photos with everybody! They put so much hard work into their wedding, and it was a joy to photograph. Many thanks to the amazing Aimee Buxton for shooting with me.

Here are some of my favorites from the day..!

Becca | PERSONAL

After doing the great portraits with my son, my daughter wanted in on the action. We went to the same locations as Jeffrey's shoot and she knocked the socks off my camera. So cute to see her posing and following directions and looking at the back of the camera after every picture. Enjoy!