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How to Organize your Travel Photos When I go on vacation I bring my DSLR camera and of course use my cell phone for photos here and there. When I get back from vacation, it can take me quite some time to start editing my photos, but that is because I am a professional photographer […]

Spring Portraits in Maryland Spring Portraits in Maryland For some reason, Autumn seems to be the most popular season for family portraits, but Spring is just as nice. I think one reason that the fall photography season is busier, might be that clients like to use the photos on their holiday cards. Another reason is […]

Organizational Travel Tips – 10 Travel Tips with Kids Do you love to travel but need some ideas on how to keep things organized for packing? These Organizational Travel Tips – 10 Travel Tips with Kids might help give you some inspiration to pack your bags like a pro. My family is a family of […]

Photography for 7 months Milestone Portraits is highly recommended and is a great time for capturing your baby’s personality! Sometimes the biggest milestones for baby portraits are taken at 1-2 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 1 year. However, if you would like to narrow it down to just a few in the […]

How to choose and download your digital images | Newborn Session Edition Part of my job as your newborn photographer is culling images. I go through every image to eliminate eyeblinks, outtakes, and duplicates…any unusable images. Then I look at very similar images and determine which ones are best in focus by zooming in. If […]

Why should you hire a professional newborn photographer? There are a few life events that can’t be redone. Having a newborn is a short window of time and if you think you want to have photos taken, it’s best to hire a professional newborn photographer. You don’t want to miss out by trying to DIY […]

How to achieve the best look for your outdoor portraits is somewhat subjective. There are several factors that play a role in creating beautiful outdoor portraits. In this post I recommend what works best for my style of photography and editing style that I provide for my clients. Time of day My favorite time of […]

What to Wear for Your Newborn Photo Session Comparing Outfits When I look at my closet of clothes that I wear to go out for special occasions and compare it to the clothing I have in my client wardrobe, I notice a big difference. And that is why I am writing this post to point […]

How to Choose a Smash Cake Size of Cake How to choose a Smash Cake | Columbia Maryland Photographer. I often recommend a certain size and style of cake for a cake smash portrait session. This is because a few factors come into play when photographing the cake. A small size cake still looks big […]

My favorite subjects to photograph all year are babies and motherhood, but there’s just something special about Christmas studio minis each year. It’s fun to sketch out a new scene in pencil and then watch it come to life through painting and 3D sculpture. I’ve written about my planning process before in a previous post. […]