Many of you will remember seeing this adorable face take first place in an international competition last January. He stole the hearts of many! Cute as he is, I am still humbled and surprised that I won 1st place in the Children’s category of this huge contest.

This year I entered again, and though 4 times as many photographs were submitted, I was thrilled to find some of my images in the finals and top 10, 20 and 30%. There were 110,928 images were submitted into 21 different categories. A total of 23,154,356 votes were cast!

I loved that this wasn’t a ‘popularity contest’. There was no way for me to promote any of my images. If you chose to vote, 4 images in the same category would be displayed at the same time and the voter would simply select their favorite. Needless to say I could spend hours upon hours admiring so many fantastic photographs!

Josh & Elizabeths Trump Winery wedding in Charlottesville, VA will always and forever be a favorite of mine! I’m pretty sure I stayed waaaay over my scheduled time just to get this photo. And was it worth it, heck yes!

This little munchkin is the daughter of a dear friend of mine! I had the privilege of photographer her a few times before they moved to Chicago!

This was for a fun barn wedding with Woody & Libby! Loved the green accents and the bowtie was such a perfect fit for their day!

Nick and Taylor were such troopers. It rained the entire day. They were getting married on Nick’s family’s property with the reception under a tent. They ended up doing the ceremony under there also and never once complained about the rain! They loved their day and the joy they had was contagious!

6 Month sessions are my favorite kid-age. Too young to run around, but old enough to respond and laugh! Peek-a-boo is the best! This little guy is always so smiley!

Emily’s Bridals took place at the Historic Mankin Mansion in Richmond, VA. I had the privilege of shooting there a few times before moving to Charlotte, NC but I never could resist that window!