Ladies: wanna have a little extra fun at your photo session? Wear a flowy dress! It's a guaranteed good time! • Flowy dresses give you something to do with your hands (no Ricky Bobby moments for you!), and they add movement and extra visual interest, emotion, and playfulness to your photos. I can't say enough about how fun it is to work with a lady in a flowy dress! • Annesha did such a great job of picking outfits for her cherry blossoms session. She chose colors that blended well with the surroundings but still had her stand out. Plus she coordinated beautifully with her guy, Raghu. And she chose not one but two flowy dresses! Flowy dresses for the win! • That's just one little tip from my new 19 page style guide! Annesha and Raghu took in all the tips and ran with them! • Hair & makeup by Caroline Thombs Artistry 
About to start my last cherry blossoms session of 2021! • What a season! Some weird lows, lots of highs, wonderful clients, beautiful light, early mornings, thousands of photos, and quite a bit of stress! • It was both sad and awesome the way we had the tidal basin to ourselves this year, without a bunch of tourists around. Sad because... pandemic; awesome because it will probably never happen again where I don't have to dodge thousands of people or wait in long lines for good spots. The stress of the permit process was worth it to be able to be at the tidal basin with my clients. • Excited to rock this last session (headshots w/ with a badass boss!) and then head home for a couple weeks. Hope your cherry blossoms season has been more awesome than sad! haha • Photo found in the print shop, link in profile 💕🌸 
My fav is when clients are up for whatever they have to do to get the shot! Pey and her hubby, Leon, were totally game to cross two busy roads (twice) to get to this spot, where I knew the trees were just right for the photos I wanted to give them. The results? Dozens of some of my fav cherry blossoms images... ever! • Having an attitude of YES at photo sessions always pays off! 
Is it still my fav time of year after all the stress of the past couple weeks? • Yes. With a caveat. • This week has reminded me that cherry blossoms sessions are not for the faint of heart. There is SO much logistical planning. Sometimes there are last minute changes to the plan. You have to get up before the crack of dawn, dodge people, wait in line for the perfect spot (they are limited), and do a LOT of walking. • It's also usually cold. This week it was actually below freezing two mornings in a row. And windy. It's pretty breezy on the tidal basin. Conditions pop up under which I would normally reschedule, but we can't because the blossoms are only with us for so long, so we have to charge ahead. • Those magical photos you see? They're a result of a team effort between me and my clients who have the will to really want to be there. That's the only way you can do it!