Just shy of 4 months {Burke, Virginia Baby Studio Photographer}

This afternoon I had a shoot planned with little miss M and her mama. We scheduled it for noon.-ish. (I'm serious, that's what it says in the contract!) Babies can certainly be unpredictable, especially once they get out of that brand-new, sleep anywhere and everywhere all the time phase. Flexibility is KEY in getting the images you want from them. This little lady is just 3 days younger than my own chickadee, so it's an age I am currently very comfortable photographing!

She made us work for it, but we got some really nice images out of today's session. It was lovely meeting you today, and I can't wait to see you guys for your next session, when we get to bring big sister along, too! Enjoy your sneak peek!

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Mini-Session Day Two! {Fairfax Virginia Children's Photographer}

Sunday brought our last and final participants in the Love for Haiti Fundraiser- we had a fun time with little Miss S and got some great images. Here's one of my favorites...


Thanks again to everyone who was a part of this- we have raised over $250 so far, and I'll be able to let you know the final grand total once all the orders have been placed. To put that $250 in perspective, let me remind you of these numbers-

"Thirst Relief's cost to build, deliver, and install a concrete Biosand water filter is $50-70, which in turn benefits on average 10 people in need. Our cost to repair an existing broken well hand pump is $300-$800, which in turn benefits 500 to 1000 people in need."

I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your help and generosity, you really have made a difference in the lives of many many people.

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Staying inside on a cold day {Fairfax Virginia Family Photographer}

We had our first official shoot in the new studio space this morning! Little Miss L was quite the patient lady, she let me keep taking pictures of her for over an hour, with minimal tears... And just look at those big beautiful eyes!

Great meeting you guys today! Enjoy your sneak peak!

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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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A Baptism and a Lesson. {Fairfax Virginia Baptism Photographer}

This morning I had a baptism shoot to go to. I got to the church early, took several shots of the interior and exterior of the building, of the stained glass windows and the statues... then I realized that it was about 5 minutes before the baptism was scheduled to start and there was nobody there but me. Hmm...yep. Definitely went to the wrong St. Mary's.

Luckily the correct church was only a 5 minute drive away, and I somehow managed to hit green lights the whole way, so I got there in time.

Baby O was so well behaved during the entire baptism service, I never heard her make a peep, even when they poured the holy water on her head. She looked gorgeous in her baptismal gown, and big sister I was also extremely adorable- and very interested in my camera.

The photos will be up in a few days, but I just had to post a few of my favorites now.

And what did we learn today, class? ALWAYS CONFIRM THE ADDRESS!!!

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13 Days old and SO alert! {Manassas Virginia Newborn Photographer}

Little baby J was super adorable and fun to work with. We spent the whole morning on our photoshoot, and J was a perfect model. Mom and Dad were both clearly in love with her.

The gallery will be up soon, but until then, enjoy a few of my favorites-

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