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Family Pictures | Cascades VA| Family Photographer Pricing | Big win in the 2007 NOVA Juried Photography Student Show

If you’re looking for family photographer pricing near Cascades, Virginia for any kind of family pictures, please check out our website!

Each year, the NVCC Photography program at  Alexandria sponsors  a juried show of work created in the past year by any student.  The work included in the final exhibit is selected by an outside Juror who is anonymous until the opening reception.  The work entered represents commercial,  fine art and photojournalism aspects of photography.

While  taking a photoshop course at NOVA, our local community college, at the urging of our teacher, Sarah Raymond,  I decided to   enter the juried photography show.    There were  188 pieces entered.

I was  SO excited to get the phone call while in Vegas, not only  that three of prints placed in the show, but that I received one of nine cash prizes  awarded  for work to be used on the printed announcements for next year’s show!

Here are the prints that placed in the show!!

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�Here’s a shot of�the Art Gallery —

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�It feels weird to comment on�your own�work — right up until the week before,�I�couldn’t decide what to enter!� But� it feels good to win in the first competition� ever entered!

Children Photography | Dulles VA | Family Photographer Near Me | AOL 50 Million Pounds Challenge

Many search for a family photographer near me, near Dulles for the children photography needs.

I got a call from Toni Clark, of AOL to provide images for interviews she was doing of an event downtown on the Mall in D.C. Dr. Ian Smith, best known as the diet expert on VH1’s  Celebrity Fit Club  has come up with a campaign to encourage African Americans shed 50 million pounds over the next two years.

Saturday, April 7, the  50  million  pound challenge  kicked off on the Mall in Washington, D.C., and we were there to cover the event.

Dr. Ian Smith speaks with Toni Clark of AOL’s Black Voices.

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Jackee Harry was there, Emmy winning actress of “227” and Celebrity Fit Club 2 Cast Member.

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Omarion was there.

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And his performance was awesome!

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Kimberly Locke

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Kelly Price, Da Brat and Kimberly Locke

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Doug E. Fresh

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Michael Strahan

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Kelly Price

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DJ Biz Markie spun records onstage!

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Steve Harvey took time out from his radio show.

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And to top the event off, we were serenaded by Patti Labelle.

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As we left, people were in line, taking Dr. Ian’s message to heart.

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Portraits | Brambleton VA | Child Photographer | Product Session

Welcome. I am a child photographer near Brambleton, Virginia who will make portraits of yourself and your family.

We don’t typically do product sessions, but for our friend Yvetta Rene Drayton, of The Sewing Diva, we made an exception.  The only catch?  She asked  Joriana to model!  After we twisted her arm, she had great fun with  the pareo, hat, purse, knitted cell phone holder and — the coolest thing — a beach towel that’s a bag.  Or is it a bag that’s a beach towel?  Either way, it’s a really great idea and another one of those things that I wish I’d thought of!  Soon Rene will be offering her Summer Session with lessons on how to make  each one  of these cool accessories that are must-haves for summer.

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Studio Photographer | Broadlands VA| Best Portrait Studio | David and Danielle

As a studio photographer near Broadlands, Virginia I have to say we have one of the best portrait studios out there.

Ever After Portraits is a mother-daughter team who specialize in wedding photography — we are wedding photojournalist, who capture moments that tell the love story of our brides and grooms. We also do engagement photography, destination wedding photography, day after, trash the dress, family portraits, and lifestyle portrait sessions.

What better place to have engagement images than Meadowlark Gardens when the Cherry Blossoms are at their peak.  But for David and Danielle, it was all about the romance — after all, this is where David proposed, so it’s a special place all around.

We had a great time with David and Danielle — they are so cute together and one of the happiest couples we have ever had the pleasure of photographing!  We can’t wait to photograph their wedding.

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens:
9750 Meadowlark Gardens Court
Vienna, VA 22182
(703) 255-3631

You can also check out some other Engagement Photography Sessions that were shot at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens:
Kenny and Jessica’s Engagement Photography
Rhys and Katie’s Engagement Photography
Jason and Jennifer’s Engagement Photography
Josh and Christen’s Engagement Photography
Marcus and Maria’s Engagement Photography
Tom and Bridget’s Engagement Photography
Jermaine and Niesha’s Engagement Photography

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Best,

Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

View Our Portfolio | Order Prints | Ever After Portraits |

Family Photographer | Leesburg VA| Best Photography | Joriana will get the shot…

Near Leesburg, Virginia we have the best photography specifically as a family photographer.

We did an engagement session for the cutest couple, David and Danielle, at Meadowlark Gardens, one of our favorite places to shoot.

While we were there, I learned just to what lengths Joriana will go to get the shot…

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And here arethe resulting shots…

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Ever After Portraits is a boutique portrait studio specializing in creating candid, custom, one-of-a-kind heirloom artwork for those who cherish their family. Mindy and Joriana are a mother-daughter team who photograph sessions together.

Our typical client comes to us because they want to make their house a home; they want to display art of their family — candid images of the ones they love!

Commissioning wall art portraits with us means that we will capture your family and tell a story, your unique story that deserves to be told and preserved. We truly feel that our art isn’t complete until it’s displayed so we offer high end products — we want them to last and to look just as beautiful many years from now as they do the moment you first see them. After all, it’s what you do with the images that will determine if it will be treasured Art, or a distant memory which may be forgotten, lost like tears in the rain.

Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy and Joriana Belcher, a mother-daughter photography team located in Northern Virginia. They specialize in candid, emotional and artistic images.

Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,

Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

View Our Portfolio | Order Prints | Ever After Portraits |

Professional Photographer | Ashburn VA| Best Photographer | Our day in Vegas!

Ashburn is near Sterling, Virginia near where our professional photographer studio is located. We love being the best photographer in Sterling.

Since we were catching the red eye out, we spent our last day in Vegas seeing some of the sites, eating some great food, and just generally having fun.

Joriana took these cool shots while we were doing what else?  Shopping!

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We checked out the inside and outside of MGM Grand and found that we loved the look inside and out.

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In just a few steps, we  went from  New York…

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To Venice…

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To Paris!

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But nothing beat seeing the Bellagio — that was a real treat!

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But soon it was off to the airport — we couldn’t go to Vegas without bringing home some memories of these famous signs though — and testing out our D200 at  3400 +1vISO!  Pretty good, huh?

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Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy and Joriana Belcher, a mother-daughter photography team located in Northern Virginia. They specialize in candid, emotional and artistic images.

Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,

Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

View Our Portfolio | Order Prints | Ever After Portraits |

Portrait Photography Studio | Lansdowne VA| Best Child Photographer | Thrilled to meet our heroes!

Our portrait photography studio is located near Lansdowne and some have said that we are the best child photographers in the area.

While we were in Vegas, we were thrilled to meet three of the top 10 photographers in the world!

Joriana shows Joe Buissink some love —

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Jerry Ghionis won Best Wedding  album at WPPI!  Photo taken by Suzette Nesire, who is a real sweetheart and one of the best children’s photographers we have ever seen.

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Yervant won second and third place in the WPPI Album competition.

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Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy and Joriana Belcher, a mother-daughter photography team located in Northern Virginia. They specialize in candid, emotional and artistic images.

Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,

Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

View Our Portfolio | Order Prints | Ever After Portraits |

Portrait Photography | Sterling VA | Best Family Photographer | DWF Convention in VEGAS!

In Sterling, Virginia Mindy and Joriana focus on Portrait Photography and to many have become the best family photographer!

 

Joriana and I hit the ground running last week for the annual Digital Wedding Forum Convention. One of the things we looked forward to was watching two awesome photographers, Alt F, alias John Michael Cooper, and David Beckstead shoot together in their fabulous desert shoot.

Here, David explains to the crowd how his focus will be on showing motion in his images.

 

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Alt F contemplates his next move.

 

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Alt F shows us how.

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Beckstead and Alt F set up some gorgeous shots.

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We can’t resist clicking off a few shots as we watch and learn.

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Jeff Caplan, Benevolent Dictator of DWF, takes it all in.

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Joriana takes a few moments to practice a cartwheel.

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