Shea‘s dress fit her perfectly. Not just physically fit her, but it fit her personality. You see, Shea is one of the sweetest people you’ll ever meet. She is bubbly, but not obnoxious, trusting, but not naive, fun, but not pretentious. She is a classic woman, with a modern elegance. This photo was taken in [...]

I had the distinct pleasure of shooting Shea’s bridal portraits, and now that she is married, I can share them here. This was shot in the Founders Inn lobby in Virginia Beach. My trusty assistant Craig is outside keeping the light stand company. I had an Alien Bee B800 shooting in from the outdoors through [...]

This is Sarah Meeker. Sarah and I worked together in the independent theater scene in Virginia Beach, VA way back in high school. What’s that? You didn’t know Virginia Beach had an independent theater scene? Oh. Well, neither did anyone else. Sarah is a very talented, obviously beautiful, and very sweet young lady who is [...]

I like this portrait of my good friend Michael because he is not the first place your eye goes. Naturally, your eye goes to the light, to see if there’s anything there, and although Michael is not really in the shadows, I wanted him to not be completely in the light either. My goal was [...]

This is my brother Jared and his fiance Kelsey. I was honored to be able to provide them with engagement photos that they will be using to announce the date of their wedding. I’m especially proud of this shot because we only had the sun for about 20 seconds at this location before it ducked [...]