We are officially announcing the 2009 beach session dates! We will be spending nearly two weeks at Bald Head Island and are opening up beach portrait sessions from Saturday, July 25th to Friday, August 7th. These shoots are such a blast and have sold out every year, so please let us know soon if you would like to book yours as soon as possible :) Feel free to contact the studio at your earliest convenience, or you can call directly at 919.484.8000 if you have any additional

We are officially announcing the 2009 beach session dates! We will be spending nearly two weeks at Bald Head Island and are opening up beach portrait sessions from Saturday, July 25th to Friday, August 7th. These shoots are such a blast and have sold out every year, so please let us know soon if you would like to book yours as soon as possible :) Feel free to contact the studio at your earliest convenience, or you can call directly at 919.484.8000 if you have any additional

For those interested in children's photography, you may want to check out a fabulous new resource, the National Association of Professional Child Photographers or NAPCP. This site was launched by one of our learnfest 08 alumni, Alice Park (and, wow, learnfest 09 starts less than one week from today!!). NAPCP has been a long time in the making, and I think that Alice and her husband really did a wonderful job putting this community together. It's a professional organization

For those interested in children's photography, you may want to check out a fabulous new resource, the National Association of Professional Child Photographers or NAPCP. This site was launched by one of our learnfest 08 alumni, Alice Park (and, wow, learnfest 09 starts less than one week from today!!). NAPCP has been a long time in the making, and I think that Alice and her husband really did a wonderful job putting this community together. It's a professional organization

We celebrated Caleb's 5th Birthday all week, and he was all smiles nearly the entire time. A few photographs of my lovely boy and his sweet friends.... Ana Elisa: Always up for a party Wholly disinterested in sleep Caleb's best *boy* friend And if he's going to have to be best friends with a girl, this one is at least awesome at basketball. (*for photographers - the look of this last one is a customized mix of cloudy day and memory of a friend, from the yummy colorshift

We celebrated Caleb's 5th Birthday all week, and he was all smiles nearly the entire time. A few photographs of my lovely boy and his sweet friends.... Ana Elisa: Always up for a party Wholly disinterested in sleep Caleb's best *boy* friend And if he's going to have to be best friends with a girl, this one is at least awesome at basketball. (*for photographers - the look of this last one is a customized mix of cloudy day and memory of a friend, from the yummy colorshift

Just returned from a busy, busy, wonderful week in Las Vegas - the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) Convention, with an estimated 15,000 photographers in attendance from all over the world. I so enjoyed the entire week, kicking off with two days of intense print judging of some very cool categories, including photojournalism, humor, fashion, and nature & landscape. I had the great opportunity to judge alongside some immensely talented individua

Just returned from a busy, busy, wonderful week in Las Vegas - the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) Convention, with an estimated 15,000 photographers in attendance from all over the world. I so enjoyed the entire week, kicking off with two days of intense print judging of some very cool categories, including photojournalism, humor, fashion, and nature & landscape. I had the great opportunity to judge alongside some immensely talented individua

I had an adorable bridal portrait with Stephanie in the studio just before her wedding in Charlotte.

I had an adorable bridal portrait with Stephanie in the studio just before her wedding in Charlotte.

Kim and Angelo were referred to me by the always-stylish Ivy Robinson. They drove up from Charlotte for our engagement shoot, and we used the streets of Raleigh as our backdrop, doing nearly as much laughing as shooting... For such a tough guy (Angelo plays for the Buffalo Bills), he is so sweet & funny with Kim. These two have been together for years, and you can tell how much they mean to each other not just by how they look at each other but also by how well just th

Kim and Angelo were referred to me by the always-stylish Ivy Robinson. They drove up from Charlotte for our engagement shoot, and we used the streets of Raleigh as our backdrop, doing nearly as much laughing as shooting... For such a tough guy (Angelo plays for the Buffalo Bills), he is so sweet & funny with Kim. These two have been together for years, and you can tell how much they mean to each other not just by how they look at each other but also by how well just th

I just had to share this photograph of Ana Elisa, all dressed up in her brand new Christmas dress, a gift from her grandparents (all four of whom she had the pleasure to meet just last week). Oh - and when I say her transition has been amazing? What I mean is that the girl is kind of astounding. What a natural princessa. She looks beautiful in everything, but she just loved doing the totally dressed up thing. The perfect outfit could only be completed with two key accesso

I just had to share this photograph of Ana Elisa, all dressed up in her brand new Christmas dress, a gift from her grandparents (all four of whom she had the pleasure to meet just last week). Oh - and when I say her transition has been amazing? What I mean is that the girl is kind of astounding. What a natural princessa. She looks beautiful in everything, but she just loved doing the totally dressed up thing. The perfect outfit could only be completed with two key accesso

I am so unbelievably proud to announce the formal completion of our adoption of Ana Elisa Anita Maria (Vasquez Sarmiento) Lackey. Oh. My. Goodness. What a beautiful thing. You know that feeling, after you finish an event of some great physical endurance - whatever that means to you, surviving a holiday with extended family, racing a 5K, crossing the finish line of a marathon, or crossing the expanse of the Sahara Desert ? and immediately afterwards, you know you?ll be ha

I am so unbelievably proud to announce the formal completion of our adoption of Ana Elisa Anita Maria (Vasquez Sarmiento) Lackey. Oh. My. Goodness. What a beautiful thing. You know that feeling, after you finish an event of some great physical endurance - whatever that means to you, surviving a holiday with extended family, racing a 5K, crossing the finish line of a marathon, or crossing the expanse of the Sahara Desert ? and immediately afterwards, you know you?ll be ha

A hearty thank you to Nirit and Thiemo, who met up with me on the beaches of the Outer Banks for a rather serene and lovely shoot, bringing along their sweet treasure, little Lia. And another itty bitty one, still in process :) Nirit was referred to me by her close friend Brandy Cardarelli, a fellow photographer and mom to two little peanuts now, only one of whom I have photographed ... so far! And, even cuter, sweet Lorenzo and little Lia are best buddies. The timing of

an update on learnfest 09 an update to the previous update :) learnfest 09 sold out in less than 3 hours. thank you, everyone!! We opened up registration at noon today, November 15th for learnfest 09, which we announced recently. Within less than 90 minutes, we have nearly sold out. We now have less than ten spots left - if you are interested in registering, please visit the learnfest website and do so as soon as possible. The dates are April 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th, and

an update on learnfest 09 an update to the previous update :) learnfest 09 sold out in less than 3 hours. thank you, everyone!! We opened up registration at noon today, November 15th for learnfest 09, which we announced recently. Within less than 90 minutes, we have nearly sold out. We now have less than ten spots left - if you are interested in registering, please visit the learnfest website and do so as soon as possible. The dates are April 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th, and

I have been receiving a wonderful number of emails and private messages about my book, The Art of Children's Portrait Photography, which released earlier this month. I have to admit: I am slightly amazed at the interest paid to it so far and at the rapid sales of the book. The comment I am hearing most often is that the book is out of stock at local bookstores for people. My understanding is that it is selling quite well, which is fantastic, but that it is being re-stocke