Grace's 1/2 Birthday Session | Northern Virginia Photographer

Last weekend, while we were visiting friends in Syracuse, I was fortunate enough to do a 1/2 birthday portrait session complete with cake smash for their daughter, Grace.

project 52 of 2013 | wide angle

Our challenge this week was "wide angle." Unfortunately, I was slammed with commitments all week and then we left to visit friends in Syracuse on Friday morning (in fact, as you are reading this, we're still there). So, I set this to post with an old favorite from our trip to Ft Lauderdale, FL, in July 2012 that I reprocessed :)

Pretzels by Paige | Northern Virginia Photographer

At least, that is what I named her delicious chocolate covered pretzels venture :)

Welcome Baby Tony | Northern Virginia Photographer

I spent my Valentine's Day morning loving on the most squishy baby in the world - 3 weeks new Baby Tony. I did proud big brother Sal's birthday shoot several months ago, and before Christmas he and the family diva Bella joined in on the Christmas mini sessions I was offering. So it was an especially nice feeling to have this lovely family ask me to do Tony's newborn pictures :)

project 52 of 2013 | love

This week's theme, naturally, was "love."

And naturally, this was easier said than done. I had a number of pictures to choose from - the usual loving picture of my daughter with her dogs; with her "lovie," a stuffed bear we named Schwartz; cuddling with her dad before bed. I also had a newborn session on Valentine's Day and could probably have chosen one from that to share with you.

project 52 of 2013 | grain

This week's challenge was grain. At first it occurred to me go for the low-light look, but I wasn't happy with how any of the images came out (probably from all the noise.) So I decided to break into my husband's super secret cooking stuff and broke out the Quinoa.

project 52 of 2013 | animals

Not to rag on Apple, but our hard drive crashed last week and needed to be replaced. This is the second time in four years. I'm pretty sure that's not normal. As great as their customer service is, "sometimes it just happens" is really not an acceptable answer when we're talking a $200+ repair on a $3000+ computer every two years. But I digress.