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Welcome

Welcome to my new photography blogsite.  Come on in and take a look around.  I am located in Columbia, Maryland and love to photograph newborns, children and families. 

My own children have inspired my love for capturing the everyday moments of our lives.  I want to capture images that you will treasure for years to come.  I specialize in natural light, custom photography.

Thanks for visiting,

sweet little gracie
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An adorable baby with a beautiful name. This little sweetie was just perfect. So sweet and sleepy and didn’t mind at all that we even took her outside for a few more pictures. Big brother was so sweet and helpful. He kept me company and told me about his trains and cars. It was nice to meet your family.

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Kara Layfield - Sweet, Sweet, Sweet!! I love the first Holly!! You are such a talented newborn photographer. Seriously...the proud Momma must be thrilled with these!

Sylvia Borgo - Oh, how I love these sweet and delicate images. Super work, Holly. She is a doll!

Kate Craft - Beautiful in every aspect.

amy - gorgeous so girly!! great job holly!!

Rachel Aberle - Gosh, I can't pic between them, they are both too sweet!

mandy - Oh my gosh these are just so sweet. I love them both. What lucky clients.

April - Awwww! What a sweetie! I LOVE both of these:) Those lil ruffles on her bottom are too cute!

Anya Coleman - Adorable, such a cute baby.

Evelyn - Oh, so sweet and precious!! Love them!

mollie - such sweetness!

Shanna - oh my, she is seriously sweet!!!

Clarice - She is beautiful and your lighting here is just gorgeous!

Jennifer Lauren - She is adorable! I love the first one, but they are both sweet!

Carrie - So soft and sweet and divine!

Brandi-lee - She so precious, her name totally suits her. I would love to see the outdoors shots, these are gorgeous!!

baby bennett
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This little one was older than the typical newborn session. Even though he was one month old, he was really good. My five year old daughter can and was my assistant until she got bored and left to go watch SpongeBob. I usually don’t bring my five year old daughter as my assistant but in this case it was family. My niece is now a mom which makes my sister a “Nana”.

So here goes… presenting the newest member of our big, happy family… Baby Bennett!

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Anya Coleman - Fantastic shot!

Sylvia Borgo - Awwww, there is nothing sweeter than a wee one sleeping. Mmmm, how this reminds me of when my "big boys" were this teeny!

courtney - absolutely beautiful!

Lina - Oh my, congratulations to you family, newest addition is just perfect!

Brandi-lee - AWWWWW, this shot is priceless, he looks so peaceful and I love the tones!

Kate Craft - Perfection. What a beautiful baby and a great capture.

Melissa Stottmann - I just love the tones of the blanket with his skin <3

Lila - Oh my goodness, that is such a gorgeous image! Just beautiful!

Rose - So precious!

Jennifer Lauren - Such a precious image, love that blanket color!

Danielle Frank - So precious!

Nicole - Beautiful work Holly!

Elle - Looooooooooooove!!!!!!!

Terra - awww what a sweetie,great capture!

sophie crew - Awwww, total sweetness! Love the creaminess - lovely!

Kara Layfield - Absolute Perfection Holly!!! You have a knack with newborns!!

9 days new
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For only being nine days old, this little boy knew just what to do for me. I don’t think he opened his eyes once for me. His mom must have done some coaching with him because he was perfect! I think he has a career in modeling.

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Sylvia Borgo - Ahhhh! Such creamy perfection in these images! So beautiful!

Kate Craft - Perfection

Linda Hancock - What a beautiful baby Max is! How adorable! I'm glad to hear that you are all doing so well - please give Max a hug from us. Love Frank and Linda

Kara Layfield - Stunning Holly!!!! I love, love, love the second. Simply perfection!

Tori Piercy - Oh my, what a precious baby!! These are both so beautiful Holly! Great job!

mandy - What a sweet baby! I just adore these images. I am sure the parents will LOVE them.

vickie - What a sweetie pie! Beautiful photos.

sophie crew - How sweet! What a beautiful baby - great shots!

janell - wow, he is beautiful. he's already wearing a speedo!!!

amy - How precious.. He is a little sweetheart.

Brandi-lee - I'd love to see more, these are beautiful.

Susan Douthit - He is not only beautiful, he only cries when he is hungry. He is perfect in every way and we miss he and Luke already. Grandpa J and Grammy

Anya Coleman - So cute!Precious!

Tammy - He is precious!

Jane Zellers - Soooo Adorable!!! Love them and can't wait to meet him!

Lina - Such a cutie pie, lovely bw shot!

Nicole Carnahan - He is pefrect and so are the pictures!~

Monica - Love these pictures!

Katie Guerra - He's Beautiful!!!

Julie Wagoner - Beautiful! Love the soft color and light in these!

Great Aunt Judy - He is adorable. His stocking is almost finished.

Angela Hill - love him! these are amazing!

Grandpa Fogg - I can't wait to see him and hold him.

Bobbie Akers - Another one of God's miracles to add to an already beautiful family! Congratulations and Blessing's to all the Foggs and Douthits.

Cousin Gail - He's so cute!!!! I think he's going to look like the Giffel side. Sorry Travis!

jennifer adams - awwww beautiful that first shot is perfection!

Katie Lou - Perectly sweet! Love them both!

Megan - Perfect!!

Angela Crutcher - So so sweet and beautiful!

Carrie - So beautiful and peaceful :)

Jane Eaton Hamilton - Precious and perfect.

Shanna - Oh my gosh, what a little sweetheart! I love these!

Melissa Stottmann - What a GORGEOUS background choice to go with this adorable little one's skin!

Corine Tran - oh.my.goodness! These are beautiful images!

nice to see you again
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It was so nice to see this family again.  These two cute kids sure grew up a lot in one year.  Last year HERE.

Mr. E, I wouldn’t have even recognized you.  You have grown up so much and I adore your little curls.  He even did some standing all by himself while I was with them.  Soon enough he will be walking and then running!  And Miss A, could you be any cuter?

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Kate Craft - So cute you can feel the love

Kimmy - Beautiful captures! Love the fun emotions in the photos.

Kara Layfield - I remember this family....they are so adorable!! These are great Holly!!

robyn - What a lovely family! Beautiful images.

Angela Crutcher - These are so precious! Beautiful family!

Jane Eaton Hamilton - So precious and loving. Great job with these portraits.

Danielle Frank - What a beautiful family - great colors!!

Jen Stafford - These are really fantastic! Beautiful work :)

Brandi-lee - They all look so happy, what a gorgeous family, you've captured them wonderfully!

Tori Piercy - Holly, these are beautiful! I love the interactions you captured! Gorgeous family!

Rachel Aberle - Gorgeous family!

anette - The family is gorgeous and you did such a great job capturing them. The one with mom and the baby melts my heart!! Love the location as well.

Sylvia Borgo - GAH! What a darling family! I love seeing happy, happy kiddos!!

vickie - What a sweet set of images. They look so natural & happy. I love them!

Anya Coleman - These are beautiful. Love it!

Holly - You captured such sweet moments! I love how the family is interacting with each other - you can really see genuine expressions here....nice work!

Evelyn - What a fun and beautiful family!! Gorgeous work!

Elle - Adorable!! They look so happy!! Great work!

Rose - What a gorgeous family! I love what you captured here! Great work!

fun
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These two little ones were ready for some fun! We had fun throwing rocks and jumping and scaring me! They were full of smiles for me too. They both brought things that they love for their pictures — Miss E. brought her violin and S. brought his soccer ball.

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And this one… can you just see how much these two love each other. It is so fun to see a brother and sister who are best friends.

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Kara Layfield - Holy Smokes these two are adorable!!! I love the "kisses" set...that's priceless. Your work is stunning Holly!

Sylvia Borgo - SO adorable! I'm absolutely giggling over the "kisses" shot! I love it. My fave image is the violin shot. Completely magical!

Kate Craft - Wow the color and clarity in these is amazing. You captured some beautiful interaction too.

Jaidean - Oh, they are so cute! Love the violin shot!!!

Lila - Beautiful images! I adore that violin shot especially. Great work!

Megan - These are gorgeous! The lighting and everything is scrumptious! As are the children.

Brandi-lee - Beautiful children! Love these.

April - Wow, these are all so beautiful! But that violin shot is especially gorgeous!

Angela - Beautiful captures!!! Love the violin shot!

Elle - Beautiful lighting! The violin one is gorgeous!!

Leanne - Love these. The shot of the violin is perfect! A little girl doing her thing. Just the moments we want captured as parents.

vickie - These are all so beautiful! I bet mom is thrilled.

Cindy - How cute are they, seriously adorable! Love them all, especially the violin one.

miss R, senior
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We weren’t sure that this night was going to happen… the weather was looking threatening but in the end the sun came out and we were able to get some beautiful images. We found some fun locations, great backgrounds and a snake! Luckily the snake didn’t want anything to do with us and quickly moved on.

Miss R is just so cute and has the most gorgeous blue eyes. And she was willing to try anything that I suggested (except sit next to the snake). But who can blame her?!

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Sylvia Borgo - Oh, how I would love to have gorgeous images like these of me from back in the day! What a great way to remember a very special time in her life!

holly - Kristin, the location is Brookside Gardens in Wheaton. :)

Kate Craft - Great color and wonderful location.

mandy - I just love the deep colors in these. Great work, and what a cute little girl.

KRistin Staples - what a gorgeous location---is this in columbia? i worked in the area for years and never saw anywhere like this :) amazing images!

Anya Coleman - Nice shots!Great color in these! Love them all.

amy - beautiful!!! love the richness of these!!

Jaidean - Very cool location! Love that last shot!

Gail - Beautiful girl - love the location - awesome color!

courtney - what a great session! i love the last photo!

Lila - What beautiful images; I love the rich tones!

Trina - Beautiful girl! Love the location!

mollie - what awesome color- i love your vision

Lisa - These are wonderful, she is beautiful! Love them!

vickie - These are great! I love the location & her outfit is so cute! Nice work.

April - Wow, that is a great location. And she is so cute! Love all of them!

Kim - They look so great! She's going to love them. Glad she has her dad's blue eyes- they really do look amazing in these photos. :)

here comes the bride, part 2
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Rachael was the perfect bride to photograph– she was gorgeous, full of fun and if you look closely you can see a bit of sass going on. As we were walking away, someone else asked if they could take a picture with her. Your pictures are next Katie!

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Congratulations Rachael & Tyler!

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Kate Craft - Beautiful

Salina J - Beautiful! I love the image of her sitting on the low wall - gorgeous color and light.

Sylvia Borgo - She truly is a most beautiful, beautiful bride.

Megan - She is so classic and beautiful. Great job!

Shonda Feddema - Great job!! These are beautiful!

Gail - Awesome images of a stunning bride! Beautiful work - as usual!

Jane Eaton Hamilton - Beautiful job. Love the carrying of shoes. Nice lighting. She is truly a gorgeous woman and bride.

mandy - Oh Holly! These are so magical and beautiful. The color is full and perfect. WOW...she will treasure these forever.

Katie - She is beautiful! Love your posing and lighting!

Jen - What a gorgeous bride!

Brandi-lee - Gorgeous work. You have managed to capture her beautifully!

Danielle Frank - What a beautiful bride and lovely captures!

Lauren - She's gorgeous, beautiful work!

Kara Layfield - Gorgeous images Holly!! She's stunning!! I love the location...so warm and lush.

Kim - You did a fantastic job as usual. It was a really beautiful night and we had a lot of fun. What will we do when you move away?? Thanks for the wonderful photos.

jennifer adams - oh wow what a gorgeous bride and beautiful wedding, love the colors!

Jen Stafford - These are just lovely! She looks gorgeous, and you really captured some beautiful images.

Anya Coleman - Fantastic shots!Love it!

Rachael - Holly - these turned out so beautifully! Thank you so much, it was so fun to take these. And I would say "a bit of sass" describes it quite well. :)

Leanne - What fabulous images. Love the lighting!

mollie - just gorgeous- what a beautiful bride and you captured her wonderfully

Susie L - Beautiful - love the one of her carrying her shoes - she has such a gorgeous smile in that one! Very pretty lighting and looks like you had a great location to shoot in!

amy - you got some beautiful shots!!! what a gorgeous bride!

family
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This session was all about family. It was a pleasure to meet this family and see how much they love each other. This is just a part of this beautiful family and there are more to come. Miss B is just beautiful and Mr B was so sweet. When I asked him what his girlfriend’s name is, he said it was his little sister– too sweet!

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Sylvia Borgo - Positively, no doubt about it - one of the most photogenic families I've ever seen!

Jane Eaton Hamilton - Sweet big bro! She is a doll, and so is he. You made beautiful images.

Katie - What a beautiful family! Great job on these!

Gail - GORGEOUS family! And what a sweet comment from big brother!

Kara Layfield - Lovely family!! Those kiddos are adorable!! I just adore her little lips in that first!!

Shonda Feddema - Beautiful family!! Nice job!

amy - great looking family!!! they will love these!

Jen Stafford - What a great looking family. You really got some beautiful images :)

April - Beautiful family photos. I love those gorgeous eyes!!

Brandi-lee - What a gorgeous comment from a big brother!! These are lovely, such a beautiful family and by the sounds of it, a beautiful family inside and out!

Elle - Such a cute family! Great color too!

baby blues
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I can’t get over how blue this little guys eyes are. Little Mr. G. was happy as can be to let me get a few good images of him. G. and his mom came over to my house so that I could capture his beautiful smile. What really got him smiling was when my dog, Bingo, escaped the house to come help me. I may need to hire Bingo to be my assistant to coax smiles out of adorable children.

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Danielle Frank - What gorgeous eyes! Great captures!

mandy - WOW! Those are some gorgeous eyes. Just great clarity and color to your photos!

Carrie - What a cutie! You captured those gorgeous baby blues perfectly!

Angela Crutcher - What a little cutie pie! Beautiful images!

Sarah Mansur - LOVE!! Beautiful colors and light!

Jane Eaton Hamilton - Oh, he's just adorable. Great job.

Anya Coleman - So cute!Lovely!

Jen Stafford - LOVE those blue eyes. What a cutie! The colors in these are just beautiful.

heather - he is so adorable! perfect way to capture his baby blues!

Leanne - What a sweetheart. Those eyes are heart melters!

Elle - Beautiful! Love your color!!

Kari - What a doll! Great work!

Sarah Albert - I love the colors in these! Such a cutie!

Mel - What a sweetie!!!! Love love love his eyes.

Brandi-lee - He really does have the most stunning eyes, great shots!

Shanna - These are so beautiful! Love the bokeh!

Amanda Radovic - wow Holly he really does have gorgeous eyes (and a sweet smile). Nicely captured.

Amanda - Now those are some precious baby blues! LOVE!

amy - wow they are blue!! gorgeous!!

here comes the bride
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what a lovely evening. I think that she makes just a gorgeous bride. More to come.

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Carrie - Gorgeous shots!

Laura Morita-Yeun - She is really a beautiful bride! Love how happiness just shines out of her! Great job!

Jane Eaton Hamilton - She has awesome style! Love love love that first one.

Salina J - Love the light and color in these - great work!

Ann Galovich - These are gorgeous! That last shot is amazing! Beautiful bride!

robyn - I love the second image - she is beautiful and I love the bright green.

Tori Piercy - She is so beautiful! Holly, these are gorgeous captures! I want to see more from this wedding!

Gail - Amazing location, beautiful bride and gorgeous images!

Kara Layfield - Holly...these are amazing!! I absolutely LOVE the lighting and the location. What a stunning bride!

Deborah Allred - Holy Smokes! She looks BEAUTIFUL! I sure love that girl. You are really good Holly

Sophie Crew - What a gorgeous bride!! Lovely!!

Bri - Oh man, I love that dress. It's so classic. I also love the depth in the second image. Great job!

amy - stunning work!!! she's gorgeous!

Rose - Beautiful location...these are lovely!

Jen Stafford - Oh my goodness, these are beautiful! I can't wait to see more.

Mollie Kendall - Absolutely she makes a gorgeous bride! Fantastic images!!

Kim - They are absolutely gorgeous! I'm really excited to see the rest!

Anne Beatty - Wow, she is stunning! These are beautiful images!

Laura Brett - Beautiful location and stunning bride. Looking forward to more!