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Fairytale Session, Saturday, March 4, 2017! | Northern VA Family Photographer
Fairytale Session, Saturday, March 4, 2017! | Northern VA Family Photographer
As a mother-daughter family and children photography team in Sterling, VA, we love bringing your child’s dreams to life in her portraits!
Does your little girl dream of being a Fairytale princess with lovely long dresses and tiaras?!
As a family photographer, we truly understand the special love daughters can have for dress up and Fairytales. Capturing this special moment in their lives when fairytales and fantasy are so very real can, through portraits, be an enduring and cherished memory for years to come. We love bringing little girls’ dreams to life through our very dreamy portraits! She’ll just love being the princess in her very own Limited Edition Fairytale Portrait Session!
Your daughter can wear her own fairy princess dress and accessories, or she can wear one of ours. This is her Fairytale session, and we want her to feel as special as she is every day!
This Limited Edition Fairytale Session is for anyone who cherishes one-of-a-kind portraits of their own little princess!
The Fairytale session with be held on March 4, 2017 at our studio in Sterling, VA, in Northern Virginia.
Bringing dreams to life in a special Fairytale portrait will endure for a lifetime, and for generations to come. Why not make your daughter’s dreams come true with one of these special and unique portrait sessions?
Please contact us here or call us at 571.434.0009 to schedule your session.
Although Family Portrait Sessions are always available, our themed Limited Edition Sessions have only a limited number of slots available. Once the session slots are filled, the theme is no longer available! Theme sessions are unique and won’t be repeated in the same year. And like all good things, these session time slots won’t last! Call our studio today to book this themed Limited Edition Session.
For more info on this session, including a slideshow,follow this link.
Follow this link to see a Gallery of portraits from the Fairytale Session!
Family Photographer, Children Photography
Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located in Sterling, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.
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!
Which should you choose, Black & White or Color? | Northern VA Family Photographer
Which should you choose, Black & White or Color? | Northern VA Family Photographer
As a busy portrait photography studio in the Fairfax, VA and Sterling, VA areas, clients often ask us which is better: black & white photography or color photography. Great question! Complicated answer!
Color is Great!
Color photography can convey the vibrant colors of an image. A floral bouquet comes alive in a photograph. A rainbow cuts colorfully through a landscape in a color picture. For some photos, the color contributes to the story. Without it, you wouldn’t be able to convey the same emotions.
But Black & White is Drama!
Oh, the contrasts provided by black and white photography! Gone is the distraction of colors. The eye focuses on the imagery instead. The play of light and shadow provide intensity, and the viewer is drawn into the drama of the picture without distraction.
Which is Better?
As photographers, we’ve just laid out the simple descriptions of both styles, but we haven’t answered which is better. That’s because we can’t! There is no standard answer. We believe that most of the time, the picture itself can help you decide.
Photographers will tell you that most photos will lend themselves to either black and white or color. Removing the color from an image means removing color as an element of the story. On the other hand, if you remove color from a picture and it’s bland, flattened by its lack of color, that’s your answer. That particular photo needs to be in color because the color was too important to its story.
With black and white portraits, you can still capture intensity and drama – you’re just doing it without color! You can compensate for the lack of color by adjusting some of the contrast and shadows for depth and interest. Black and white photography is raw. Great black and white can capture a subject at its most colorless but its most interesting. Many photographers choose to specialize in black and white photography because they believe it best draws a viewer’s attention to that which is relevant in the picture.
So although there is no standard answer, it all depends on what you want the focus to be in your portrait! Some portraits lend themselves to color and some to black and white. At times it comes down to simply a matter of your personal choice.
With almost two decades as a leading portrait photography studio in the Fairfax, VA and Sterling, VA areas, we’d be happy to answer your questions about black and white photography versus color for your own family portraits. Contact us today!
Family Photographer, Portrait Photography Studio
Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located in Sterling, VA near Fairfax, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.
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!
Published on The Loudoun Homeowner, Differences in Portrait Styles | Northern VA Family Photographer
Published on The Loudoun Homeowner, Differences in Portrait Styles | Northern VA Family Photographer
As a family photographer in Sterling, VA in Loudoun County, we’re thrilled to be a contributor to The Loudoun Homeowner!
The LHO has published our contributed article, “Differences in Portrait Styles.”
Be sure to explore The LHO website. It gives great assistance to local homeowners on a wide variety of subjects and projects.
Family Photographer
Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located near Leesburg, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.
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!
Professional Photographer
The Value of Family Portraits | Northern VA Family Photographer
The Value of Family Portraits | Northern VA Family Photographer
Why do you snap family pictures? What value do your portraits hold for you? As Fairfax, VA area photographers, we know that family portrait photography is valuable and personal for the following three reasons:
* Family photographs preserve a particular moment in time.
* There is historical precedence for family portraiture.
* Family portraits create a visual legacy.
Photographs preserve youth.
They freeze time, a particular moment, capturing your family’s images at that point in their lives. Taking portraits of your children throughout their lives can capture memories of specific ages or phases in their lives. One day, you will be transported back each time you look at those pictures. You created a storyline of their lives while capturing memories through portraiture.
The custom of portraiture – first through oil paintings and more recently through photography – dates back thousands of years. There is evidence that portraits date back to the age of the Vikings. Since then, countless numbers of families throughout history have preserved their images and families through portraits. Creating family portraiture is a custom that has lasted through time because its inherent value has been long appreciated. Children grow up and move away. Grandchildren arrive. Grandparents pass on. Life is a dynamic journey. As photographers, we know how important it is to both create and capture memories. While our memories can fade, and people can pass on, portraits can last for generations.
Family portraits are a legacy.
Without a lot of investment of time or treasure, you can create a poignant and profound legacy for your children and grandchildren. The professional portraits we commission today become a gift to future generations long after we are gone. We may not meet those generations, but they will meet us through our portraits and know us as their ancestors.
If you live in the Fairfax, VA area and would like to begin creating your legacy through portrait photography, contact us today to schedule an appointment.
Family Photographer, Portrait Photography
Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located near Fairfax, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.
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!
Professional Photographer
Jennifer & Joey’s Engagement | Northern VA Family Photographer
Jennifer & Joey’s Engagement | Northern VA Family Photographer
This beautiful couple, Joey and Jennifer, chose us as their wedding photographer. Their Engagement Session at our outdoor portrait park in Sterling, VA was a lot of fun. As a family photographer, we enjoy capturing the moments families share in portraiture. The love Joe and Jennifer share for each other and their adorable baby girl shines through in their portraits.
Engagement Session
Family Photographer
Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located in Sterling, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.
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!
Professional Photographer
Winter Studio Family Sessions | Northern VA Family Photographer
Winter Studio Family Sessions | Northern VA Family Photographer
Winter is our most popular time for indoor studio portraits. Studio photography allows us as a family photographer to feature unusual and striking fine art elements enhanced by first-class equipment in our studio near Fairfax, VA.
Fine Art Black & White
Black and white photography has made a strong resurgence in fine art photography for a reason. For timeless portraits, more clients have turned to this iconic style of photography – and for a good reason. Black and white portraits are timeless. In our studio, we can better manipulate the lighting to create bold and dramatic art, and our clients fall in love with the results of their black and white portraits. Their only challenge lies in which ones to select as handcrafted, museum-quality pieces for their homes! Thanks to our interior design software, clients can preview how any portrait will look on any given wall in their homes. A Fine Art Black and White Session may be perfect for your family portraits!
Today’s Classics Portrait Session
You can create art with the inherent beauty and love of your family captured in one of our beautiful Today’s Classics Portrait Sessions. These unique and elegant portraits capture the meaning of photographic portraiture and familial love. We create archival-quality portraits rated to last more than 100 years using the latest technology and products.
When you sit for one of our Today’s Classics sessions, you are creating an enduring photographic legacy of love for future generations. Where aristocratic families once hired famed oil painters to capture their images, today’s families create legacies through fine art family photography.
Framing
Our Masterpiece Frames finish off these lovely portraits. Handcrafted by skilled and talented artisans, these exquisite frames provide the perfect framework for these pieces of art.
For those who prefer a more modern look for their Fine Art Black and White Portraits or Today’s Classics Portraits, fear not! We offer a line of Frameless finishes for even the most discerning client. You can select from the Gallery Wrap, Bamboo, Steel and Ice. You can’t go wrong with any of these finishes for your stunning portraits!
If you’d like to work with a reputable and skilled family photographer in the Fairfax, VA area this winter, contact us today to discuss your studio portrait session. We offer a variety of options you can select from for your session, and we are always happy to answer your questions!
Family Photographer
Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located near Fairfax, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.
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!
Professional Photographer
A Lovely Family…
Isn’t this a lovely family portrait session? We love staying in touch with our awesome clients and watching their children grow from year to year
A Fun Family Session, The Garbers | Northern VA Family Photographer
A Fun Family Session, The Garbers | Northern VA Family Photographer
We love it when a potential client browses our website and decides to hire us based on our work and reputation! Molly contacted us last summer about our doing fine art portrait photography for her family of four in the Sterling, VA area. With an active 3-year-old Orion and 3-month-old Freya, they were excited about doing their first family portraits. We were excited about working with them!
Lively Family Outdoor Portrait Session
After searching for nearby photographers, Molly and Dave chose our portrait studio for their family portraits. This active family, and especially Orion, loves the outdoors. So, we introduced them to our wonderful outdoor portrait park. We are glad we did an outdoor session because it was a lot of fun to do with them. Orion was quite the ham, and a joy to photograph! This family’s love for each other and enjoyment of the outdoors was evident during their fun portrait session.
Children are always a joy to work with because it keeps us on our toes as photographers. Three-year-old and three-month-old siblings inspire us as photographers and as individuals. To us, children epitomize all that life represents: joy, laughter, and love. We work hard to capture their big, sincere personalities in their portraits!
The Garbers moved to this area just a few years ago. Molly told us they had plenty of open wall space in their home and they were hoping to fill some of it with family portraits from their session with us. As you can see from their pictures, we got some lovely portraits for them.
We specialize in family portrait photography because of the joy it brings us and the passion we have for it. We also do it because we value family and all that it represents for us as a mother and daughter team in the Sterling, VA area. We hope you will contact us for your family and children’s portraits.
Family Photographer, Portrait Photography
Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located in Sterling, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.
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!
Themed Wall Art Collections | Northern VA Family Photographer
Themed Wall Art Collections | Northern VA Family Photographer
Portraits tell the many stories of our lives. Imagine creating a wall art gallery around just one of your family’s stories, or even building on a gallery throughout time! How would your gallery look? What portraits would you include? As you think of the answers to these questions, consider how portraits live on beyond our lives – whether we are living here in the Round Hill, VA area or in London, England.
Our Bebe Coterie plan is perfect for telling the story of your child’s first year and creating a poignant gallery. But, it isn’t the only idea for creating a themed gallery!
Milestones
We have families return to us throughout the years so that we can capture their notable milestones. Sometimes it begins with their engagement and continues through their wedding and on to maternity and newborn portraits, and then more family portraits as the family grows and changes. Lifetime milestones make a great collection for a themed wall gallery.
Annual Family Portrait
The annual family portraits we take for many of our regular clients becomes a compilation built through time which you can display. They show your family as it grows through the years. Do you need to wait to begin your display? No, not at all. You can display your first annual family portrait and each year add to your gallery! We’re happy to use our exclusive design software to show you exactly what your portraits will look like on your wall before you order your wall art!
Sports
Does your child have a favorite sport? Bring in your child dressed in the uniform of their favorite game, and we’ll create a unique portrait for you. Imagine creating a wall art gallery in your children’s playroom, the family room, or a hallway using their sports portraits. What a great tribute to your child’s efforts!
Vacation Snapshots
Regarding taking photos of your own, make the decision early on to take at least one iconic picture at each family vacation. Have someone take several pictures of your family standing in front of a background representative of your vacation. These pictures can bring back powerful memories in the future, reminding you of the fun you had on family vacations! Display a collection of those photos as a themed gallery in your home and enjoy them for many years to come.
As a family portrait photographer in the Round Hill, VA and Northern Virginia area, we enjoy discussing portrait ideas and design with our clients and potential clients. Contact us to discuss yours!
Family Photographer, Portraits
Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located near Round Hill, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.
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!
Professional Photographer
Do you follow us on Pinterest? | Northern VA Family Photographer
Do you follow us on Pinterest? | Northern VA Family Photographer
Do you pin? We pin! We love Pinterest! As a mother-daughter photography team in the Sterling, VA area, we know Pinterest offers our clients a treasure trove of information and ideas. We have many boards, almost 19,000 pins (excellent), and more than two-thousand followers (thank you)! How’s that for social media active?! If you don’t already, please follow us on Pinterest.
We don’t just do Pinterest for fun – although we will admit it’s loads of fun!. We have curated a lot of pins for you to browse and enjoy, including session ideas and clothing suggestions. One of the things our clients especially appreciate is our guidance on clothing suggestions, so below you’ll find a few of our clothing boards to browse. Keep in mind that as part of our customer service, we’ll send you customized clothing suggestions, just for you and your family, but you can have some just browsing in the meantime.
Here are a just few of our boards:
– What to Wear for Your Family Photos
It’s best not to be too “matched” in outfit selections. It’s better to choose complimentary colors and patterns. This board shows you how to put together colors, patterns, and textures.
– Maternity
Our maternity clients often worry about what to wear for their maternity portrait. Our advice is to wear something comfortable and flattering. There are some great examples on this board.
Need some ideas for what your little girl should wear to her photo session?
Check out our Girls’ board.
– Headshots
Winter is a very good time to come inside the studio for your professional headshot. Here are some great suggestions.
– My Style board offers an extensive collection of classic looks and styles from Hepburn to Monroe to Anthropologie and Dior!
If you would like to work with a highly committed mother-daughter photography team in the Sterling, VA area, specializing in poignant, fine art photography, contact us! We’d love to create a beautiful portrait of your family!
Family Photographer
Ever After Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter portrait photography team located near Leesburg, VA in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits.
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!
Professional Photographer