15 months {Burke, Virginia Studio Photographer}

Today we had a really fun session with H and his mama... they're family friends and we have been trying to get together to do this session for forEVER. Today he turned 15 months old, and we finally did it.

We had fun and got some great images. Since this was more of a playdate/photo session, there was a second little one toddling around trying to steal the show... but we managed to keep her occupied and out of the way MOST of the time.


Thanks for coming today, you guys! Here are a few of my favorites from the day, the rest will be posted online real soon!!!

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Haiti Mini-Session Update

Hey everyone. I hope you all have finished digging out your cars and have not lost any small children in any snowdrifts... Looks like we're over the worst of this insane winter weather. Due to the storms in the past few weeks, we were forced to reschedule the Haiti mini-sessions for March 13th. The good news is- I've still got a few openings left, so it's not too late to sign up!

Here's me and my babygirl having fun in the snow! Hope you all remembered to get out there and enjoy it instead of just becoming stressed out!!!

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Nostalgia

This marks my first actual entry into the i♥Faces weekly contest. The theme this week is:

Nostalgia.

The story behind my photo is simple. This is a photo of my daughter, Fiona, in her baptismal gown. The gown was purchased by my mother in 1983, as a baptismal gown for myself. I always knew that when the time came that I had a child to be baptized, (s)he would wear this gown.

In my parents' living room, there is an entire wall of baby girls wearing this dress. Some with the bonnet, some without. Some of the babies are old enough to stand, some are still being propped up to sit, some have nearly outgrown the dress. There is a lot of variety, since there are twelve of us kids in total. It's long been a game that whenever a new person comes to the house, they try to match the baby photo to the correct sibling. The majority of them are obvious, because while we are all wearing the same dress, each has their own distinct personality. I'm looking forward to adding my daughter's picture and personality to that wall, and to giving the dress back to my mother so that she can have my youngest sister's (who is nearly a year old already!) photos done before she outgrows the dress!


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Moving is ROUGH. {Burke Virginia Studio Photographer}

Alright. We have officially moved, and after a super super busy summer filled with loads of travel, the studio has FINALLY been set up.

It's still in the early stages, I need to figure out what I'll be doing for flooring, and if I want to splurge on some new lights (well, I know that I do, it's just a matter of when...) but it is set up nonetheless. My best assistant and I were down there just this morning trying it out-

Here she is, helping me meter the light. Correct exposure is KEY, momma.

She did wander off the backdrop and get a little distracted by Daddy's video games for a bit...

But all in all, I think I'll keep her on.

If you're interested in coming by to play in the new studio space, just let me know! I'm in the process of putting together an official "Help us celebrate our new space" promotion, but if you can't wait for that, just shoot me an email and we'll work something out. See you soon!!

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One month is for sleeping. Six months is for drooling. {Alexandria Virginia Newborn Photographer}

First of all, I want to send a big THANK YOU out to everyone who voted for Kennedy in the National Charity Model Search. She finished in third place for the DC region with a total of 288 votes, which means that we raised $288 dollars for NowILayMeDownToSleep. I'm super super pleased with the results, and very much look forward to participating again next year!

I've been taking a bit of personal time recently, which is why you haven't seen too much happening here on the blog... a good friend of mine passed away recently, and that coupled with some health issues have made this a pretty tough spring to deal with. But I have lots planned for both the blog (more entries!)and the website (new colors!) and the business in general (new logo and possibly picture parties!), so keep checking back to find out what's new with LaMartina Photography.

Yesterday I had a shoot for some good friends of mine- they had a darling little baby girl last month, it's hard to believe she is already a month old! I brought my own little 6-month-old helper as well... she's not convinced yet that being my assistant is lots of fun-


Even so, we did capture lots of beautiful images of baby Josie, including some real nice ones of her and her mama. I look forward to continuing to photograph Josie as she gets older! Here are a few of my favorites from the day-

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