On our first phone call, Laura explained:

"I was looking at your website, and some of what I saw... your bio, charitable giving, photography classes, family photography portfolio... the way you capture things... is very similar to our former family photographer, who we loved. I just got off the phone with another professional photographer, and then pulled up your website to call you... your family photography portfolio is the one that stood out...

We've been in Virginia for a year now but missed our son's 1st birthday pictures having lost our previous family photographer because of the move. Our son will be 2 in December, and our daughter just turned 4. I like that you have a photography studio - we definitely want a studio photography session because it's getting colder out. Plus, we don't want the kids running off... they need smaller, more confined spaces!

Ideally, we'd like to hang our family photos as well as give gift prints to grandparents and aunts & uncles.  I saw the room view explanation on your home decor page, and that was awesome.  That's something that our previous family photographer didn't do.  In our last house, a friend who was an interior designer put up a collage wall for us.  I don't have an interior designer bone, which is why we don't currently have any family photography on the walls of our current house.  I'm always second guessing what things will look like, which is why I loved your room view service."

Several weeks later, we spoke again.

"We had smash cake photos done for our daughter's 1st birthday - we really went all out on it.  Then, our son came along, and we moved when he was just 6 months old... so we moved away from our family photographer who we had grown to love.  We moved here to Virginia, and when our son's 1st birthday came around, I was overwhelmed.  I didn't know where to look for a family photographer, and I just gave up.

Now, our son's 2nd birthday is almost here, and I saw a link on your Facebook page to a blog post where you did a paint smash for another family.  Can we do a birthday paint smash as part of our family photography session with you?"

We scheduled the T's family photography session for 1 1/2 months later in mid-January, and their in-person planning & design meeting for December.  On Tuesday, Mrs. T. will be picking up her two wall portrait love groupings, comprised of seven standouts, in addition to gift prints for family!  Enjoy some of our favorites from their studio family photography & birthday paint smash session!