Several weeks ago, I assisted Steven Kim Photography for Teresa and Wei’s traditional ceremonies.  The morning was filled with lots of laughter, joy, and tears by family and friends.  There was definitely a lot of excitement in the air as the day progressed and happiness was oozing out of the two love birds. Congrats Teresa and Wei!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! and what’s a better way to ring in the new year than a newborn baby.  Meet Isabell, she is Maddy’s new younger sister.  You can tell Maddy is going to be a great big sister and these 2 girls are going to team up against their parents.  Here are some pictures from the session where Isabell was wide awake and alert the whole time.

We had a quick holiday session for Nicolette so that her parents could send out some Christmas cards.  Although she was a little uncooperative, I managed to get a few useable pictures of her adorable smile and look.

Jacob and Kaiden are now 4 years old and growing fast before our eyes.  Lucky for me, the portrait session every year gets easier and easier as they begin to cooperate more and more.  This year the key was letting them play with my spare camera with the 35mm on it and as long as they could take pictures too, they smiled for me.  After looking through the pictures they both took, they definitely have the natural ability to take use the camera even though most of the pictures were blurry.  Here are some pictures from year 4.

The pics the boys took of each other.

Melody has already turned 1 when it feels like last week I had seen her for her newborn session.  We celebrated her birthday at Bazin’s on Church in Vienna, Virginia.  It was an afternoon of delicious food and lots of sweet treats for all the guests.  Melody enjoyed her first tasting of sugar in her birthday cake and had fun with her little friends.  Happy Birthday sweet girl!

My UVA friends and I took our 2nd annual golf trip last weekend to Scottsdale, Arizona.  The west coast and east reunited for a weekend of fun and golf.  Little did the east coast people know that it would be so cold there when the sun wasn’t up.  We were very shocked to see the weather in the 30s which we thought we escaped from in DC.  Nevertheless we managed to stay warm with high socks and sweatshirts.  Our golf games weren’t that great but the view was nothing but spectacular.  We can’t wait to reunite again for next year’s trip!

It’s always flattering when previous clients return to you for more photos.  Baby Lucy from a year ago is now talking and walking around like a little person it was fun chasing her around the park.  Here are a couple of photos from the weekend’s session.

We finally got around to taking some family portraits of the Trans after trying to for a couple of months.  The kids are superstar athletes and were heavily involved in fall sports that had the parents driving all over Northern Virginia like crazy.  We had a great time taking pictures in Leesburg before the sun went down and dropped another 10 degrees.

It’s amazing to see the babies you once photographed become little people.  I photographed Cyrus‘ 1st birthday in 2009 and when I went to his little sister’s 1st birthday, he was all grown up doing his own thing in the restaurant.  The party took place at Mokomandy in Sterling, Virginia where they serve Korean-Cajun fusion food.  Everyone enjoyed the food and the desserts as well which were Georgetown cupcakes.  Cyrus had his first bite and immediately fell in love, he said, “daddy, what is this??” HAHAHA…even the smallest taste buds know how fantastic the cupcakes taste.  Daddy couldn’t resist and gave some to Theodora as well and it brought a smile from ear to ear.  Happy Birthday Theodora!

The crazy weather almost put a damper on Alyssa and Tom’s wedding but luckily the rain stopped in the late morning hours to resume with the outdoor ceremony.  Love was definitely in the air no matter what the weather was doing outside.  Minus the crazy wind outside, the sunny blue skies with the ridiculous white puffy clouds just made the day picture perfect.  Their group of friends were so energetic, the reception was an all out dance party for 3 straight hours and then some in the hotel bar after the reception was over.  Congrats Alyssa and Tom!!! I had a blast hanging out with you and all your fun friends!