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Raising a Photographer

This is our son River, he’s had a camera in his hands since he started to drool. When both your parents are photographers I guess it’s just in the genes and he loves it. He started out with a film Holga and Diana F+ and graduated to a Canon Rebel when he was 2. He is now 4 years old and shoots with our Canon 5D Mark IVs.

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FamilyChristine Johnson
Winter family photo inception

This is us. And I have been stalking this field in the valley for some time now. Im unapologetically weird like that. But I finally forced my husband to pull over because who could resist this sunset?! And if I could be real for a second, it almost didn’t happen because, 3 year olds.

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FamilyChristine Johnson
Kelly Family Session

Have I mentioned how much I love autumn sunsets lately? Seriously THE sweetest family, we are very lucky to know them and honored to share a sunset in a crazy beautiful spot in Harpers Ferry photographing them!

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FamilyChristine Johnson
The Carey's Spring 2018 Mini Session!

I do two sets of mini sessions a year, one in the spring and one in the fall. This year my spring mini sessions were held in Harpers Ferry National Park. I timed them during the blue bell bloom on the Shenandoah River bank and we were not disappointed. We had great weather and lots of fun with these kiddos! Dana and Tyler are marking one year with this beautiful baby boy! Thank you so much to the beautiful families who came out!

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The OC

We spent a long weekend in Ocean City, Maryland with the fam over spring break. We played on the boardwalk, hunted for seashells and rode a "big bike" (the 4 person car bikes) that the kids were obsessed with! We also visited Assateague Island to see the wild ponies. It was a little chilly but we had a blast!

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Snow Day!

We got about a foot of snow this week! It snowed for 2 and a half days and it was glorious! There was plenty of sledding and snowman building and snow mountain climbing. Danny tried to ski, but the snow was too thick and fluffy. We built ramps and had snow ball fights. River helped us shovel and chase an enthusiastic puppy around. Fun was had by all, I only took my big camera out for a little spin, I tried to be present and have fun with the kids while I was out there. Here's a peak at one of our snow days! 

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2 Year Old Photographer

My Son has had a camera in his face since the day he was born. His Mommy & Daddy are photographers so Im not surprised he would one day want a camera of his own, I just wasn't expecting it at 2 years old. It's actually pretty difficult to take pictures of him these days because he is usually begging for my camera the moment I take it out of the case. So I found an old camera I used during my college days, its got the technology of the original iphone so I wouldn't be super bummed if he smashed it to bits. But it's still special to me because I earned my photography degree with that camera and now Im teaching my son with it. We have been practicing the last couple months, he loves to take pictures of our puppy, he tells his dad and myself "cheese!" and we have to smile before he clicks the shutter, which we find adorable. His favorite thing though, is to go outside and take photos of leaves and rocks and trees and well nature. Heres our latest little adventure with some of River's photography too! 

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Her name is Osha.

Introducing our newest addition! A little girl English Bulldog named Osha! Her name means "bear" in Native American which was our last bulldog's nickname whom we lost in August.

It took 5 sessions to shoot these. Sometimes she just wasn't in the mood ya know? Shooting a puppy is a lot like shooting a newborn human baby. She needed to be well feed, burped and pottied before settling down in the studio. I had the space heater going to make it nice and toasty, the heating pad to encourage her to lay down and get cozy and sometimes it took a little time on a warm familiar lap to send her to dreamland. 

 

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Rivas Family

Oh my gosh where do I even begin with this perfect family!! This is Jackie, my bestest friend on this planet, her loving husband and absolutely adorable children. Ive been dying to shoot them for years, but we both were busy having babies and toddlers and you know how life and schedules with kids go. 

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