Doing family photography can be such a special thing, and the Manassas Battlefield offers quite the backdrop for it! Nature and Family blend in a beautiful harmony and I get to be there to take the pictures!
Catie emailed me in January to book a spring session, and she was excited to work with me! The booking for the session was super quick, which is always great with new clients. Catie had seen one of her friends' photos from working with me about a year ago and decided to look me up. For me that is huge! I love it when people are excited to book their session with me!
We started in the woods in the Manassas Battlefield Park. I started the session (like I do), with the super posed shots. Whenever a family has younger kids I try to get these out of the way so that the family can get their yearly "updated photos". So we took some of the family together, and then dad and the kids, mom and the kids, and individual shots of each kid. Those are the types of photos that'll probably end up in Christmas cards and frames!
Jack, their little boy was a complete model and did so, so well! Lily, on the other hand was cracking me up because she made me work for it. We did so many ridiculous tricks to get her to smile! We took a lot of photos of Lily with her mom, and those ended up being some of my favorites for the session! And don’t worry she totally warmed up for me ;)
After we took the pictures in the woods we headed down to the creek. I always love the posed photos, but there's something special about letting the family play around and be in their element. Not stressing out about too many structured photos and being natural with each other. We got a lot of amazing photos! The light was great and Lily really enjoyed splashing in the water and taking pictures with her dad.
The session was just about over, but the sunset was phenomenal so I had to get a few more! We drove up into a field in front of one of the monuments in the Battlefield to take full advantage of it. I think I took some of what might be my favorite photos before we left!
All in all the session was very successful! The weather was beautiful and the Spivey's and their kids did so well. I'm glad that they chose me to take some pictures for them and I hope they love the pictures!
If you need someone to do some family photography in Manassas or somewhere else in the Virginia area, look me up!
