Whatever the Weather Photography

V- Family Portrait (Northern Virginia Family Photographer)

Erika — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:55:59 +0000

I’ve had the pleasure of photographing these sweet girls since the day Abby was born. We did their first family portraits at Walney Pond and we revisited it again for pictures this year. I couldn’t help going back and looking at some of the family portraits from when she was one. Enjoy some before and afters- I can’t wait until next year!

Maternity (Northern Virginia family photographer)

Erika — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:33:05 +0000

These pictures are a testament to the fact that the weather doesn’t have to be beautiful to get beautiful images. The Weaver clan gets a lot of kudos for coming out to take pictures in the pouring down rain. Not only that, but they traveled north out of their nice warm weather and into a very unseasonably cold Virginia morning. Between warm up breaks where we wrapped up E.B. in a huge jacket these are the pictures we got. You guys were awesome! Thanks for helping to put some clout behind the Whatever the Weather name.

Steve and Sarah’s Wedding (Whitehall manor Virginia – wedding photographer)

Erika — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:31:44 +0000

I had to start promising my friends that I would leave my camera at home when I attended their weddings – after all, if I”m a guest I”m there to enjoy the party, not work the wedding right? Well, I’m doing my best… but what can I say? I’m just a sucker for beautiful couples. When we arrived at the reception I saw this swing and immediately thought of what a great picture location it would be! When I saw that their wedding photographer didn’t take any pictures there, I ran out to the car and got my camera. Steve and Sara were kind enough to entertain a photographer with a vision and I”m so glad that they did because these shots came out exactly as beautiful as I had imagined!!!

Maybe one day I”ll be able to leave the camera at home – but I’ll have no motivation to as long as the pictures keep coming out like this. Congratulations you two!

3 Katherines (Meadow Lark Gardens Norther Virginia Senior Portrait)

Erika — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:28:05 +0000

Senior portraits are always a blast- teenagers (girls especially) know just how to rock a photo shoot with multiple outfit changes and endless energy! So when Kathrine’s mom asked if I would do her daughter’s senior pictures I jumped at the chance. This shoot was especially fun because not only was there one Katherine, there were THREE!!! These three girls all grew up within one house of each other and went to the same elementary school, and now they’re all headed to different colleges.

They started with a basic white top and jeans. They were so relaxed I hardly had to give them any direction at all – which is good because it was difficult to let which katherine know it was her that I wanted to move a little to the right. There were multiple occasions where I said “katherine, could you turn your shoulders a bit more?” and they all would. It certainly made for some good smiles though.

Looking so natural!

Every single one of these ladies had totally knock out eyes, I had to get close ups! The best light was in a grassy spot and not a single one of the girls thought twice about sitting right down in the grass, even though it was raining. Could I have asked for better models?

We took a couple shots with all of the girls in their college spirit wear….

And finished up the day with a shot of them walking – this is the sidewalk that they would meet up on every day on their way to elementary school.

Good luck at college ladies! I know you’ll stay in touch.

Baby Alayna ( Northern Virginia newborn photography )

Erika — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:01:34 +0000

Alayna’s dad assured me that she was the most laid back baby- “She only ever cries if she’s hungry”. Well, that was absoultely the truth, Alayna was such a dream, she settled in wherever we put her and quickly fell right asleep. Her older brother didn’t want her to miss any of the picture taking fun and thought maybe he should wake her up, but after some strong encouragement he was convinced that he should let her sleep. Not wanting to miss out he jumped in for a few pictures too!

I couldn’t get enough of this frilly pink skirt! Besides, who doesn’t love baby feet?

She really was the perfect baby model. She only woke up for a minute and after I got a few quick shots of those beautiful brown eyes she fell right back asleep!
Congrats on your beautiful new baby girl!

Running for Miss Nebraska (Northern Virginia portrait photographer)

Erika — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:51:03 +0000

I had the pleasure of meeting this lovely young lady while she was in town from Nebraska. I coworker of mine stopped by and mentioned that her daughter would be in town for a college break and wanted to get some head shots done and she was wondering if I was available. She said she would send me an e-mail of the type of picture she was talking about. What she sent me was the Miss Nebraska website! I had no idea her daughter was in the pageant circuit and I was thrilled to be able to capture a few “casual” pictures – as if any pictures can be casual when you’re wearing a crown!

Carly and Bobby Wedding Rehersal

Erika — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:00:54 +0000

Carly and Bobby are finally married! They tied the knot at the very beginning of the school year, so Carly started her second year of teaching with a new husband and a new name! I was a guest at the wedding but Carly asked me to photograph the rehearsal ceremony the day before so I came into town a day early. Let me tell you, I was so glad that I did! The wedding was in beautiful rural PA at a historic hotel. The weather couldn’t have been nicer and the setting was perfect; put that together with a great bunch of people and a couple of soon to be newly weds who couldn’t love each other more and what we got was a perfect weekend.

Congratulations you too!

Sneak Peek

Erika — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:11:58 +0000

I had a blast at the park with Josie and her baby sister for some family portraits; there’s more cuteness where this came from!

Alex and Nick are Engaged! (Newport News engagement photographer)

Erika — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:00:49 +0000

When Alex told me she was getting married this summer I was so excited for her. She told me that her and Nick were going to have the wedding at a little white chapel in Alabama and that she needed help choosing her photographer. Well, we sat and looked at a few and when all was said and done, she asked ME to photograph her wedding!

First order of business was to take some engagement photos. Alex and Nick wanted to keep it casual and Alex has always enjoyed the park right near here house so off we went. The two of them are so in love, they made my job easy!

Kathy and Russ (Herndon Virginia engagement photographer)

Erika — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:51:18 +0000

Kathy always says her and Russ are complete opposites. She’s a total extrovert and he prefers to keep to himself. He’d like to plan out a trip, and Kathy would rather leave a few things up to chance. But you know what they say: “Opposites attract!”. One things for certain, they’re both bibliophiles, the wall to wall library in their basement attests to that fact. So when they were trying to decide on where to do an engagement shoot they came up with their favorite local bookstore. I had no idea how amazing it was going to be until I got there. All the books and lines and colors! And a cute couple to boot!

The Wedding is only a week away! Congrats to you both; I can’t wait!!!