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It was a beautiful, cool crisp morning photographing this family! I’m loving this cooler weather! The Headman Family was a pleasure to photograph! They are the sweetest family! They were all together at Smith Mountain Lake, where the parents/grandparents are from, to spend time together and capture some memories as well! We started with the […]

August 17, 2024

Another beautiful private community, at Mariners Landing! This was such a beautiful location. One of these family members lived here and wanted to do their extended family session here. They were celebrating the grandparents 50th wedding anniversary! This must be the year to celebrate 50 because I had just had a family session 1 week […]

June 17, 2024

This is one of the prettiest locations I’ve been to yet, in this private community! This family has a home at Smith Mountain Lake and wanted to take their pics here. They said it was a beautiful there and I definitely believe that now. It was such perfect lighting too! Smith Mountain Lake is my […]

June 10, 2024

It was so nice to see the Craft family again! I love seeing this family grow. I first met them by an engagement session, which led to their wedding, then a maternity session, now an extended family session! I had met all their family before from their wedding, so we were already familiar with each […]

June 8, 2024

It was a beautiful day for an extended family session at the lake! Just like all my extended family sessions, they were vacationing at Smith Mountain Lake! It is a great place to spend time with family. Smith Mountain Lake seems to be a good center location for most of the families I photograph. They […]

May 27, 2024

This was an in-home session for this family! They just had a new baby. Meet Miss Madison! She is 4 weeks old and beautiful! I could tell her brother was so excited to have her around. This family is the sweetest! So, I was so excited to do their newborn/family session in their home. We […]

April 26, 2024

Thomas + Laurel It was a beautiful day for a surprise proposal at Smith Mountain Lake! Thomas planned this proposal so well! He contacted me to capture their special moment and a few portraits after. He had a plan to have me there photographing “turtles” in the water at a specific spot on a trail […]

March 30, 2024

It was a cold, early morning at Smith Mountain Lake, but you wouldn’t know it by these pictures! This family was so easy going and fun! It was a joy for me to capture memories for them. There was only a couple days that they were all together at once, so I had an opening […]

December 29, 2023

Family session at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia! The Roseman family wanted portraits as they are not going to be a family of 3 for much longer! Emily also used this session to get a few pregnancy announcement pictures too. They were the sweetest family. During this session, their son, Mr. Independent, and was not feeling […]

September 16, 2023

Smith Mountain Lake is a perfect location for family reunions! Smith Mountain Lake is a great destination spot for family get togethers. I have several families contact me for pictures. Families coming from all different states to meet up at SML! It was fun getting to know the Grove Family. They hadn’t had pictures together […]

September 11, 2023