Meet the Stancils

You may recognize some of these faces from their family shoot I did about a year and a half ago. I've loved documenting this sweet family and seeing their kids grow (and my have they!) 

One fun part of family photography is getting to know the kids. For their portraits I like to spend time chatting with them; it helps put them at ease in front of the camera and when they're talking about something their excited about, they usually can't help but smile.

This shoot I got to talk about K-4 and show & tell day, an underwater fish town where squids are the police (and there's even a fish McDonalds), favorite sports teams, nail polish colors and more. 

This time around I also got to photograph more of the family - aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents! They were all together and I am so glad they decided to document it. 

There's no better time than now; to spend with family, to celebrate your love and to document who you are. The gift of memories will be cherished for generations to come. 

{to family}

-jbw-

"Little Munchkin"

I am so thankful for the friends I've grown to know since I've moved to Culpeper.  I have to say, while the first few months living here were nothing short of post-wedding bliss, I did miss my girlfriends quite a bit.  I have been so fortunate to have met Laurel and Erica through my past job.  Although circumstances have taken us down different paths and we no longer work together, we do our best to have lunch once a week.

These are a few shots from our lunch at Arch's (remember my fro-yo love?) last week. While Erica and Laurel offer up great conversation, baby Milla takes care of all of the cuteness.  The "office baby" I've come to lovingly call "Little Munchkin" is sugar-sweet and I am so happy to have seen her grow over the last months.

If her little face doesn't make your heart just melt into a puddle of "ooh's" and "aww's", you might just be the Grinch.

{to sweet babies and sweeter friendships}

-jbw-

Hodgepodge

These last few weeks have been a whirlwind! I can't believe we are racing toward the end of February already! I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's day, filled with love from those closest to you.

This post is a little bit of hodgepodge if you will. I wanted to share with you an exciting new product that I am offering to clients (both portraits and weddings); custom designed DVDs and DVD cases.  They are a beautiful way to store and protect your high resolution images.  Take a look! 

No more plain clear cases, no more boring silver DVDs! 

On a personal note, I wanted to share some photos from my family Christmas shoot in December.  My family lives about 600 miles away, so anytime we are together the camera is out to capture the memories.  This year we decided to do a mini-session on Christmas eve and the photos turned out great! When we are together we love to share funny stories, crack jokes, and just have a good time.  Essentially, when the Brawner family is together our hearts overflow with joy and it's expressed in laughter.  As you can see, I think I captured that in these photos! 

Had to take the opportunity to capture the handsome-ness that is my nephew! 

{for the love of family}

-jbw-

Stancil Family Session

Holly and I met through our local Chi Omega Alumnae group when she hosted our Christmas dinner at her lovely home a few weeks ago.  I was thrilled when she contacted me about photographing her kids and family! I love kids.  Many years of babysitting and working in children's ministry have left me missing out on days spent with the littlest of people.  The Stancil kids were a hoot - full of personality and all-around-fun but more importantly, loving and kind.  All of the things I pray my kiddos will be someday.

The best thing about this family session is that it required very little direction on my part.  Every smile you see is genuine...no love was fabricated in the making of these photos!  I just sat back (or, well, laid on the ground occasionally) and clicked away!

I am thankful for the opportunity to get to photograph the Stancils and hope that they are able to treasure these fun moments for years to come!

{enjoy, friends!}

-jbw-

*don't forget to click this image to view the "lightbox" slideshow!*

Family Mini Session - Sneak Peek!

I had a blast photographing these kiddos yesterday.  If you need a Monday morning pick-me-up, check out these smiles! Oh to be a kid again!  Thank you, Stancil family, for the opportunity to capture your happy clan!

{happy monday}

-jbw-

Did you know? By clicking on images in each post, you can view them in a "lightbox", at full resolution without the background of the webpage? You can also easily click through the series of images! Try it! It should look like this: