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Mikala, Fairytale Children’s Portraits | Northern VA Family Photographer
Located near Great Falls, VA, our studio is convenient to all of the Northern Virginia area. We love to capture your precious children through portrait photography, and our Fairytale Session is one of our most popular Limited Edition Children’s Sessions.
It’s All About Imagination!
When Mikala saw the wings for her Fairytale Session, she clapped and said, “Butterfly!” That’s the fun of our Limited Edition Fairytale Children’s Portraits!
Mikala is an adorable little girl, full of joy and laughter. Mom, LaTasha, chose the costume for Mikala from our costume options, and we thought it was the perfect choice. Dad, Eric, had the biggest grin when he saw his little girl giggling and playing with her wings. He even took her for a flight in them, swooping around with her while she laughed.
Indoor Studio Portraits | Photography Studio | Northern VA Family Photographer
Ever After is a photography studio located in Loudoun County, Cascades, VA in Northern Virginia. In addition to a 2.5-acre outdoor portrait park (a favorite of our family portrait clients for warm weather and during the colorful fall), we also have a fully-equipped indoor studio for studio portraits. Winter is the perfect time for studio portraits!
Our indoor photography studio is ready for use regardless of the temperature outside, whether it’s your first family portrait with your newborn resting safely in Daddy’s hands …
… a gorgeous portrait of your family as it grows …
… or that perfect career portrait to enhance your brand.
Indoor Studio Portraits
Although we love our outdoor studio and the natural elements presented there, there are some advantages to having your family portraits taken in our indoor studio.
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Audrey, Headshot Session | Northern VA Photographer
Audrey, Headshot Session | Northern VA Photographer
Here’s an image from one of our recent Headshot sessions!
Family Photographer, Headshots
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
How should you light your family portrait artwork? | Northern VA Family Photographer
As family photographers in Dulles VA, we create beautiful and emotional professional pictures of your family. We know you treasure your family portraits and wanted to provide you with tips regarding lighting of your family portrait artwork.
If you’ve ever visited a museum, you’ll notice that the artwork is lit well so as to highlight the beauty of the art. You can employ this same technique in your home and light your family portraits. But should you?
The answer is yes! Artist Claude Monet said, “Form only exists through light, and our perception of the world around us is totally dependent on it.”
Lighting your family portraits properly helps to create a dramatic effect in your room and puts the focus where it should be: on your cherished family. A well-lit portrait will be admired and appreciated by all who see it.
Art Lighting Tips to Light Family Portraits
In deciding how to light your family portraits, consider these few art lighting tips:
- You need enough light that your artwork is shown to its best advantage but not so much light that your artwork is harmed. As beautiful as natural light looks on your original artwork, UV rays can damage it and cause pigments to fade. Therefore, don’t display your artwork in direct natural light.
Why Experience Matters When Hiring a Family Portrait Photographer | Northern VA Family Photographer
As family photographers located near Brambleton VA in Northern VA, we specialize in family photography and creating beautiful portraits which you’ll treasure for years to come. We know how very much a special family photo means to you!
In today’s world, where everyone has a camera on them constantly, it seems as though the value we give to professional photographers trained and knowledgeable in portrait photography has inexplicably begun to decline. While there is certainly nothing wrong with expressing creativity and artistry on your smart phone, there is definitely something to be said for hard-earned experience, time-tested methods, and knowledge of the medium.
When you’re looking for a photographer to capture the family memories you hope will last a lifetime, it is important to find the right family portrait photographer; a professional who knows how to capture the joy, pride, and tradition of your loved ones in all the right ways.
Ever After Portraits, family photographers in Northern Virginia, has all of the experience and know-how to bring out the very best in your family portraits.
Why Is Experience So Important When Choosing a Family Portrait Photographer?
A photograph speaks a thousand words and when that photograph is of you and your family together, you want every word said to be a crystal clear testament to the love shared between you. Simple attributes in photography like lighting, shadows, position, and image quality can deeply affect the emotional statement and sentimental ambiance of your family portraits. With such an important position of providing your family with the iconic image that will come to define the love and affection between you, don’t trust just anyone with a camera to deliver you the quality results you’re looking for.
Hire a family portrait photographer who has the professional and artistic command to know exactly how to get all aspects of portrait photography to work together to provide a lasting and timeless image of your family come together.
What Can Ever After Portraits Do for You?
The excellent and professional photographers at Ever After Portraits know that, when doing portrait photography, capturing the love and emotion between family members is truly what it’s all about. read more…
Image of the Week | Studio Family Photography| Northern VA Family Photographer
As family photographers located near Broadlands in Northern VA, we specialize in family photography and creating beautiful portraits which you’ll treasure for years to come.
Studio Portraits
As winter is now upon us, we wanted to share a special studio family portrait with you. This couple chose to have their engagement portraits taken in our studio. We feel this particular image shows the love Curtis and Malinda share. The simplicity of the image highlights the emotions the couple feel for each other.
Family means so many different things. To some, “family” doesn’t happen until there are children. But to us, “family” begins when two people love each other and become part of each other’s lives. Through all of the significant moments in the lives of a family, portraits which capture those moments become precious and treasured, a moment read more…
Frozen-Inspired Limited Edition Children’s Session | 02.05.2016
As professional photographers located in Northern VA, near Broadlands, VA, we know how you treasure family pictures! We specialize in family and children photography and in creating beautiful portraits which you’ll treasure for years to come. As we have both a 2.5-acre outdoor portrait park and a fully-equipped indoor studio, we provide both indoor and outdoor studio photography. Our Frozen-Inspired Children’s Limited Edition Sessions will give you the perfect opportunity for precious fairytale-like portraits of your lovely little girl!
FROZEN Inspired Children’s Portrait Sessions
Do you have a little Snow Queen or Ice Princess? Join us for a special Limited Edition Frozen Inspired Children’s Portrait session and watch as your little lady transforms into Elsa or Anna and steps into a winter wonderland!
WHO: For the little princess in your life! These sessions are best suited for little girls between the ages of 3-9.
WHEN: Friday, February 5, 2016
Best Way to Make Coffee At Home | Portrait Studio
As a family photographer with a portrait studio located near Leesburg in Northern VA, Ever After specializes in family photography and creating beautiful portraits which you’ll treasure for years to come.
Enjoy these helpful hints!
We’re all coffee drinkers here — except for a rogue tea drinker! When I saw this article on the best way to make coffee at home, I just had to share it.
A lot of us have tried different ways of making our coffee, but this is a cool experiment with several different kinds of coffee drinkers as participants: An espresso lover; an all-day-long drinker; an old-school cream and sugar type; a non-coffee drinker; a champion barista; and a budding coffee nerd, the writer himself. The results just might surprise you!
9 Things Your Photographer Wishes You Knew | Northern VA Family Photographer
Ever After Portraits is a family photographer located in Sterling, VA, in Northern VA. Providing you with gorgeous family portraits of the ones you cherish is what we do as professional family photographers!
Here are 9 Things Your Family Photographer Wishes You Knew – but will never tell you!
There are some easy little things that parents can do to make a big difference in their relationship with their photographer, as well as with their annual family portraits.
9. Let me be in charge. Your portraits will turn out much, much better if you do.
Most likely, you chose Ever After to be your family photographer because you loved the images you saw on our website. When you tell me how to pose you or your children, or try to micromanage the session in other ways, it makes me feel like you don’t trust me at all. All of the pictures you see on my website were taken without any help or direction. I know where the best light is, and I know what a real smile is. I’m not going to let that random car show up in the background of your portraits. This is what I do and I’ve had a lot of experience with photographing families. Trust me.
8. Every kid is wacky. Even yours!
Misbehaving children or those acting a little crazy always excite parents faster than anything else. Don’t get wound up! All kids get a little wacky or misbehave. I like to play with them and get them a little excited so I can get a genuine connection with them. I’ll also calm them back down and get their attention on the camera when it’s time for that. They’re not “bad.” They’re just being kids!
7. Mom, take a breath and relax.
New Product, Artist’s Finish for Framed Canvas Portraits | Northern VA Family Photographer
Ever After Portraits is a professional photographer, located in Sterling (Potomac Falls), Virginia. As family portrait photographers in Northern Virginia, we offer you the very best in quality and options for your family portraits. To that end, we’d like to introduce you to a high quality product we now offer, our “Artist’s Finish” for your framed family portraits.
Artist’s Finish for Framed Canvas Portraits
Our ARTIST’S FINISH for framed canvas portraits meets the highest quality standard for printing. Our Giclée canvas is archival and, unlike low quality canvas, contains no optical brighteners. Your portrait is printed directly onto the canvas, and it goes through a multi-step process to ensure the quality and the protection of the canvas.
Giclée printmaking meets the highest quality standard for printing pieces on canvas. The process sprays microscopic dots of ink onto fine quality canvas. On canvas, this process yields prints of stunning vibrancy and realism. Our canvas media uses no optical brighteners, which can degrade image quality over the years.
The canvas used for your portrait goes through a multi-step process in order to ensure the beauty and longevity of your portrait artwork. Please take a few moments to watch this short video regarding that process.
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