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I had the sweetest morning with the Ash Family during their Smith Mountain Lake family session! The Ash Family chose to have their session in the morning, which is one of my favorite times for photos at the lake. The calm water, soft morning light, and Blue Ridge Mountains made the perfect backdrop for capturing […]

June 8, 2025

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 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

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

I love taking fall family portraits! The color of the leaves are my favorite! I offered a fall mini session and this is how I met the Thomas family! They are the cutest little family! We only had a short 15 min session, but we made the most of it! It was the perfect day […]

October 28, 2022