Category Archives: Washington DC

Allie + Jake and Jen: Family + Child Photography in Washington, DC

We met Jen, Jake and Allie near the Tidal Basin in DC on a beautiful, clear, sunny day in early June to capture images of the family before they leave the DC area for a new adventure in Seattle. Allie is simply great! I photographed her as a baby last year and , hard as...

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MyDCWedding.com: A New Wedding Site: A New Relationship

Speaking of relationships… With so many wedding and bridal sites out there today (more than 800 of them and growing!), I was skeptical when Emily at MyWedding.com contacted me to tell me she had seen my site, loved my work and invited me to join them as one of a select group of DC wedding...

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Potomac Seagulls: Signs of Spring in Washington, DC

Those who know me well, know that although I earn my living photographing children and people and covering weddings, I am a photographer first. Any subject is fair game, including seagulls. I was starting to get the blues after a series of record snowfalls here in DC, perpetually grey skies and unseasonably low temperatures. I...

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Rob + Danielle: Georgetown Engagement Session: The Video

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The Modern Portrait: Controlling Depth of Field

Depth of field in a photographic image refers to that part of the image that is rendered with acceptable sharpness from the nearest to the farthest point in the photograph. Depth of field is primarily controlled through aperture settings. A photographer friend of mine  simplifies this by telling new photographers that f/2 gets 2 people...

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