Autumn Sessions!!

“Friends!!
Autumn is coming quick! this time of year always fills up fast so lets get a jump on booking! these sessions are perfect for senior pictures, family photos (CHRISTMAS CARDS YAY!) and even engagement sessions or maternity! i LOVE this time of year and i want to make sure i can schedule you ALL! email me at abbeydeerest@gmail.com to book your session or if you have any questions!
for my Virginia friends! i will be in town the 20th-27th of september and those days will go quick so let me know so soon if you would like a session!
xoxo”

McMahon Family Session

i remember sitting on the floor of my living room, flipping through old photo albums i had looked at a million times and marveling at what i looked like as a baby. i loved seeing the goofy old glasses my parents wore when they were young, the houses we used to live in and the dogs that had long passed. i love pictures. i love them printed out and scrapbook. i love holding old, brown, falling apart photos of my great, great, great grandparents and laughing at what people used to wear.

this all leads to the belief that family pictures are so important. even if you hate getting your picture taken (cough cough nina mcmahon...) one day your children might sit on your floor and look through them and laugh and love it so much they come back and hour later to do it again.

i always tell people we aren't taking pictures, we are catching memories. and if you look at it like that, it really isn't that bad at all.

here are some memories i caught, er...forced on one of my favorite little family's in the whole world. i love you guys!

Lopez Family

i have known Brooke since we were wee little nerdy teens. the first time we "hung out" was to paint her bedroom bright blue. she was the first friend i made when we moved to virginia in high school. i have so many memories of growing (all the way) up with her. singing in church, laughing on youth trips, mission trips and getting over huge fences in skirts. we have laughed and cried together and i got to stand up in a pretty dress and watch her marry her high school sweet heart.

now we are old and she has probably the cutest little family known to man. that baby girl could melt rock and it was such a pleasure to shoot them all. there was a special part of this session that leaves me in tears. Brook and Dane are moving to florida for Danes job and Brookes mama was so sad she wasn't going to be around the baby while she is growing up. we did a special little tea party just for Sajah and baby. it truly is the sweetest thing.

thanks again Lobez family for letting me catch a little nugget of your life! love you all!

***want to book a family session? good because i want to take pictures of you! lets chat! @ abbeydeerest@gmail.com

Colton B | Indoor Session

if you know me at all, you know this little man is the highlight of my life. i got to do a few really fun sessions with him this past year and one of my favorites was on a rainy day when we were tasked with taking pictures for fathers day. he was a champ as always and i loved what we got! check it out.