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Important Note:
The studio is currently accepting advanced reservations for March, April & May. Or, call us for the possibility of any last minute "squeeze-in" sessions. If you are pregnant in your 1st or 2nd trimester, please contact the studio today so you do not miss the opportunity to capture the beauty of your baby bump and your newborn baby. If you are interested in newborn portraits only... we still strongly suggest scheduling your session at least two months prior to your delivery date to be assured of availability.
These two beautiful children from Bristow, Virginia were here a week ago. All though I will show the color version of these childrens portraits to their parents, I fell in love with this vintage look and decided to share those here on the blog. Yummy!
Feel free to leave comments for their mommy & daddy! We all love to hear how adorable our little ones are!
- Peggy - Your little ones are just precious...thank you for the opportunity to create some portrait art of them for you and your family! ~ Dawn ♥ ♥
- Beautiful children! I love the vintage look!! Amazing as always!
- Thanks Dawn! These are beautiful and I really like the vintage look. Can't wait to see the full set soon!
- Just beautiful and handsome. Great pictures. I'm updating pictures, so I hope I can see some more. Grandma
- Wow, Peggy. What treasures!
- Dawn did a wonderful job capturing a special look from both Alaina and Colin. Gramps and I are looking forward to continuiing to show off our grandchildren. Thanks for sharing.
- Wow!! These shots really turned out great!! They are really beautiful children!
Just before the snow began to fall last week, this sweet couple and their newborn baby son came from Ashburn Virgina for a newborn portrait art session. What a sweet baby he is! He slept nearly the entire time with only a little squeak now and again. Oh, and his HAIR! Love, love, love his hair!! I had a really hard time keeping my hands off of his soft curls! 
Dad is a marine who was home for the birth of his son and must return to the west coast next week so I know he will enjoy seeing this sneak peek of his brand new baby boy! 
- Dear 'D' Family ~ Your li'l man is just scrumptuous and was pure joy to work with. I hope you are getting some much needed sleep! Enjoy your sneak peek...♥ ♥
- Our very first grandchild and he's sooo cute. We love him and the adorable shots. Great job Dawn! Grandparents from Greensboro, NC
- Precious precious baby!!! Love these!!
- This is a very nice pic of the little man Curls Galore. The best to the two o you.
- These pictures are adorable! Enjoy your newborn bundle of joy, curls and all :)
- N.J.D. is as cute as a button!!! Those cheecks are too irrisistable not to pinch and a what head full of beautiful hair. The pictures are absolutely amazing. Congratulations! He is a healthy, beautiful and big baby boy.
- Congrats on the new edition to the Davis family. He is very precious and beautiful. Look forward to meeting him in person, when you can make it back to NC. Stay blessed.
- How sweet and precious. Congrats on your beautiful baby boy.
- Rhonda/Sam - HE is JUST PRECIOUS! Oh my goodness! Words cannot express what a beautiful baby he is. God bless little Nicholas and your entire family. I'm sure you all will enjoy him thoroughly! I can not wait to see Nicholas in person - as soon as this weather gets manageable!! Thank you so much for the SNEAK PEEK!! I LOVE IT!!
- Wow. He is such a handsome little guy!! The photos are adorable. Thank you for sharing them.
- WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If he isn't the cutest! My nephew is sooooo handsome. They did a fabulous job with the photography!
- Congratulations Rhonda and Sam! Nicholas is simply adorable! May God continue to bless you and your family.
- Rhonda and Sam, What a handsome young man you have! I just want to kiss those cheeks! He is such a beautiful baby and can not wait to meet him! Congratulations again and many blessings to you and this wonderful creation from God! Miss you guys! Courtney and Reece
- OMG he is so cute!!! look at all that hair! N He looks just like you Rhonda!
- Handsome young man. Congrats to the Davis family!! He is going to be a ladys man!!
- Sam and Rhonda! Little Nicholas is BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations. They grow up so fast...be sure to enjoy him.
- Oh my goodness!!! He is gorgeous!!! I can not wait to see him
- Wow! My love for you just increase a thousand times!
- Congrats Rhonda and Sam! I see a future NUPE!!
- Dawn - Great work!! We are so excited about the shots and can't wait to see the rest of the pictures. We enjoyed our session with you and look forward to working with you again in the future. Sincerely, Proud Parents of Curls Galore
- Oh my! How cute is he?! Congrats to you guys!
- Nicholas is simply gorgeous. You know I wish I could hold him. Enjoy these moments. Love u
- WOW! Too Cute!!!! What more can I say....
- Oh my God!! I want him. He's so adorable. There aren't any words to describe how I feel when I look at his photos. Rhonda and Sam you have been blessed. Keep him safe and keep him covered by the word of God. Love you both. PS don't let Uncle Lonzo and Aunt Linda spoil him!!!
- OMG!!! he is sooooo gorgeous!, Me and Cortney can't wait to finally meet our lil cousin....Congrats Rhonda and Sam. WE LOVE YALL...I Know "MiMi an PawPaw" (lol) are excited.
- How bout that, great pictures good looking young man good thing he doesnt look like dad lol jk Sam. Congrats on the new edition Sam and Rhonda. When can i get my picture lol
- OMG!!!! He really is the cutest. I wish you the best Rhonda and Sam.
- lovely photos - he looks like a little angel and what a head of hair :)
- He's adorable! Love the curls. I know he's going to be a sweet baby. Congrats!
- Aaaaaaaaaw......he is soooooo precious! Congrats, Rhonda & Sam and I can't forget Pawpaw & Mimi! I am looking forward to loving all over my nephew!!!!
- What a precious baby! I am so happy for you all. You are going to love this time in your lives!
- MAN HE IS A HANDSOME LIL MAN!!!!! You guys did great. ALL RHONDA!!! No, you both are great looking people. I can't wait to see my lil cuz playing football!!
- Congratulations Rhonda and Sam! What a cute bundle of joy. These photos are just simply adorable. I can’t wait to see my nephew. Love ya.
- I can't wait to get my hands on him!!! He's absolutely precious. And I agree those curls will make all the girls swoon. :-)
- What a blessing.....Sam and Rhonda congrats to you both. He is a handsome lil man. Be blessed
- Congratulations Rhonda and Sam. He is soo adorable. Enjoy every moment of parenthood.
- Sam and Rhonda, Nicholas is adorable. You all have a precious gift from God. Enjoy and Love him a lot.
- He is precious! God Bless you all!
- Rhonda and Sam, Congratulations! He is past adorable. I think I see a model in the making! Enjoy these precious moments, because they will slip by fast.
- Congratulations, Sam & Rhonda you have been blessed with a precious son Nicholas, there are many blessing coming your way. Enjoy every moment as you both watch him grow. Congrats! to the proud Grand Parents too.
- Oh my goodness. Rhonda, he is absolutely beautiful. Congratulations to you and Sam.
- Sam and Rhonda; WOW! You guys do good work!
- SAM/RHONDA, NICHOLAS JUST ADORABLE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM.
- I love it! What a handsome little man!
- What a big baby. He don't need baby food, he is ready to eat soul food. God Bless the parents...Sam & Rhonda. M. Vample.
- Sam he is absolutely adorable. I see your mom in his face. I have not seen you since my A&T days. I wish you and your family well.
- He is adorable, what a blessing from God....I can not wait to meet this handsome young man :-))))
- He is sooooo beautiful!!!! This was worth the investment!!!
- Oh look at him he is so sweet.... Congratulations Rhonda and Sam you done well.. Oh by the way so did Mimi...Lol
- He is just beautiful! Congrats Rhonda and Sam!
- Sam&Rhonda: He is a pure doll! congratulations
- Rhonda & Sam! How adorably cute little man is! Thanks so much for sharing :)
- To the proud cousins, This young man is absolutely gorgeous or must I say, handsome for a little boy ;-) He is beautiful and the pictures are astonishing. Congratulations and may God keep you and your family in His care. Love, Cousin Gwen (Angie's older sister)
- Rhonda and Sam, He is so precious.....I wish I could hold him...he has the sweetest little face!!!Iam so happy for you two...now your world is complete!! Take care...I hope I will get to meet him someday in California. :)
- Congratulations Sam & Rhonda!!! A blessing sent from heaven above! :)
- So sweet and such a wonderful blessing. Congratulations Sam and Rhonda!
- What a handsome little man. Congratulations and many blessings! Joe Soloman
This little guy from the Rockville Maryland area was in last week and was Mr. Smiley for all of about 40 minutes at which time he decided the session was over – lol! He just was not in the mood so mom and grandma brought him back this past week. This time, he was totally “on”. His other grandma calls him “Dude” and says he smiles when she does, so you know I had to try it and believe it or not, it did get his attention! Too cute!
So, here is a sneak peek from little “Dude’s” second visit…he did great mom and dad!
- Hello "C" family!! I hope this sneak peek warms your hearts, especially in the midst of two feet of snow!! Enjoy! ♥ ♥
- Oh this is precious! Little Dude is a doll!!
- Dawn, you have done it again! I am sorry I had to go home to Florida. However, I am not sorry I missed "the Perfect Storm" as Luke's dad calls the latest snow storm. It will be hard for me not to see all the proofs when they are ready!
- Mimi is so proud of her little Dude-I can see why-he is beautiful.
- What a sweet handsome little boy!
On Wednesday we made new friends with an entire family from Olney Maryland…and their new little man got to have a teddy bear party and meet some new fuzzy friends himself! At 10 weeks old we knew we’d get some awesome expressions! Just look at that little grin and those bright baby blue eyes!
I know his adoring family have been waiting patiently for his sneak peek so lets leave them some blog love in the comment box below!
- Had an awesome time with you in the studio this week. Isn't this the cutest little teddy baby you've ever seen ♥ ♥ ??
- Soo cute.. He is an adorable baby.. Great work Dawn as usual! :)
- What a cutie pie!! Such a happy little boy! Love all the teddy bears!!
- Love this pic of Luke, so sweet!!
- Dawn: I call my grandson "Dude" and he smiles every time. I appreciate your professionalism in obtaining this precious picture of him. Grandma Mimi
- We are so pleased with the picture of our sweet baby boy. Dawn, you are simply the BEST, and Sara thank you for all of your help! We are looking forward to seeing the entire collection. Thanks so much!
Love this image from a newborn session last week and could not resist putting a bit of an artistic spin on it. This little man let us do anything with him…once he was in a deep sleep! Doesn’t he have the cutest itty bitty baby bottom?
- Dear S Family ~ Here is your second sneak peek of Mr. D. What a doll baby he is! He looks so peaceful! ♥ ♥
- OOH love this image! What a beautiful baby boy! Love his hair!!
- We absolutely love it! Even that cute pointy bottom! :) The pic is fabulous! Looking forward to the investment session.
This newborns mom and dad from Bristow Virginia are New York Giants fans and they brought the cutest little hat and souvenier football so that we could create a fun portrait art piece of their lil’ fan! Isn’t he the cutest little NY Giants fan you have ever seen? What a sport he was…looks like he is contemplating the next play action!
- Dear S Family ~ Your little guy looks so adorable resting on daddy's football! I hope you enjoy this sneak peek...sure makes me smile! ♥ ♥
- Oh now this is just precious!!! love it!!! You get the best shots!!!!!!!
- We absolutely LOVE it! What great work! Sure makes us smile too! I hope he is contemplating the season next year lol!
- Tara & Rob- These are so creative! He sure is a cute little guy!
I normally share two sneak peeks and since I only had time last week for one of these precious newborn twins, I wanted to share another one for their mother, father and extended family! There are so many cute ones it was hard to pick but this one has to be one of the cutest!
- Hope you enjoy your second sneak peek! ♥ ♥
- OH My GOODNESS!!! This is the most adorable image I have ever seen!!! This needs to be a HUGE Canvas!! These twins are beautiful!! Dawn you are the absolute BEST at what you do!!!
- Oh my goodness, how cute is this? Love this shot. Great job!
- Oh, what adorable little ones! The hats are awesome! Great image!
Oh my goodness, these precious newborn twins from Vienna, Virginia just melted my heart! Their mom and dad are blessed indeed. I was **told** that Miss S was a bit more fiesty than her brother but they both were totally awesome throughout their entire portrait session. Mom, Dad and family have been patiently waiting for a sneak peek of this little pair since early in the week….so here they are!
- Dear A family ~ What a joy and privilege for me to work with your twins...they are simply beautiful. Can't wait for you to see more of the images! ♥ ♥
- Wow!! That is just precious!!
- Oh how precious! This brings back fond memories of my twins! This image is breath taking.
Can you believe that 2010 is already upon us? Do you, like me, wonder where the time has gone and how it is that your children are growing so fast and furiously? Do you remember when the summer lasted forever and it seemed like ages between Christmases? I do! And I could just swear that I was holding my own ”babies” in my arms just a few short years ago but reality is that it was almost 10 years ago. So, what is my point you ask? Enjoy each and every day as if it were your last! Take time to hug your child, your husband, your friends. Wave at your neighbors and smile at the grocery store clerk or the stranger you pass on the street…you have no idea how one simple act like that can change a person’s day and brighten that one little moment in their lives!
It was cold a couple days ago and my kids were due to arrive home in a couple hours. Knowing how much they love to watch the fire burning, I thought it would be nice to build a fire in our fireplace for them as a surprise when they got home. After 15-20 minutes, I had a nice, cozy warm fire burning. Of course, if you ask my logical husband, he’d be the first to tell you that fireplaces are like letting all the heat in your house fly right up and out the chimney! Humbug! Even if that is true, there is something relaxing and warming to me about a fire in my fireplace so my dear hubby humors me…and I love him for it. And, apparently my little Frisco agrees with me as within minutes of me starting the fire, he had perched himself up on the arm of the overstuffed chair that flanks the fireplace. Guess that makes it four against one in favor of the fire! :)
Happy New Year dear friends and family! May God bless and prosper each of you…not only monitarily but with health and happiness in this brand new year we are embarking on. ~ Dawn
- What a wonderful cozy shot!! Love it!! Great sentiments, too! Happy New Year to you and your family!!
This sweet family from South Riding, Virginia received their Christmas present about a week early – their newborn baby boy! How joyful for them! They were here just a couple days before Christmas for their newborn portrait session and this little man was such a sleepy little one to start out with…what a joy he was to play with! We created some awesome “your baby as {art}”™ portraits of this little one that I cannot wait to show to his proud parents. Below are two of my personal favorites.
Be sure to leave some comments for this newborn baby’s adoring mother and father below!
- Dear C family ~ Thanks for your patience! Your little boy was such a delight...thank you for allowing me to preserve this most precious time in his life. Can't wait for you to see the rest! Happy New Year! ♥ ♥
- OH love these!! That first one is beautiful!!!!!!!!
- What a beautiful little boy!! Love the shots, Dawn!!
- Beautiful! I really love that last image. :)
This sweet family from Leesburg, Virginia brought their precious new baby girl in this week for some creative newborn portraits. Mom was lucky and was able to take advantage of a ”sqeeze-in” session for her 11 day old and all though this little princess was a bit more alert than our normal 5-7 day old newborns, we were still able to capture some precious images of her!
Love the peacefulness in the first image…reminds me of that saying; “she’s sleeping like a baby”. And, the second one - all though not intended to be “Christmassy” - reminds me of a tuckered out little Santa’s helper!
So, here are a couple of my favorite “your baby as {art}”™ captures as a sneak peek for her doting family! Please leave them some blog love below…
- What a precious little princess you have! I enjoyed meeting you both and Miss A's very proud grandama too ~ enjoy your sneak peek! ♥ ♥
- OH wow Dawn these are gorgeous!! The second image is my fav.!!!
- These are so precious Leigh-Ann. What an angel she is! I cannot wait to see the others!
- She is absolutely beautiful Leigh-Ann! We are all so happy for you! The pictures are wonderful! Congratulations again on your beautiful new addition!
- These are absolutely PRECIOUS!!!!
- These are gorgeous. What a keepsake
- She's getting so big! I love the photos. What a little model!
- Leigh Ann and Jack - these are so beautiful - i want to see more. What a sweety pie - Much Love Beth
- Adorable! Beautiful like her Mom!
- Aww what an angel! Your newborn images are so amazing!
This precious newborn baby boy and his proud mommy came all the way from Arlington, Virginia yesterday as a squeeze-in appointment… I am soooo glad we were able to accomodate them as we had such a wonderful time with this sleeply little man. All though he arrived almost four weeks earlier than expected, this premie still weighed in at a healthy 7 lb, 8oz and 21″ long!! I know mom was wondering what he would have weighed had he reached full term! Yikes! 
Mom loves hats… so here are a few sneak peeks for her of her little blessing donning some of her favorites from our creative newborn hats collection here at the studio!
Don’t forget ~ parents of our newborns always love your comments…. don’t be shy! Leave them some blog love below…
- Dear H family ~ So, so very glad we were able to squeeze you in! Your little baby boy was a delight and honor to work with! He looks GREAT in hats...I see many more in his future! ♥ ♥
- What a beautiful little baby boy!!! Sooo sweet!! I love those shots and the hats are really precious on him!! Great job, Dawn!!
- The hats do look amazing!! I absolutely love the colors in the first one!!
- Just precious!!!!!!!!!
This Alexandria Virginia mom and dad were in the portrait studio just a few weeks ago for their maternity portraits. Last week they brought their precious little baby girl back for some creative newborn baby portraits. Her mother and father have been waiting a long time to hold her…she was definitely worth the wait!
Even her abuela who was visiting from Connecticut came along to enjoy the experience… we all enjoyed watching this precious little angel donning her flower hat. And the SMILES! Oh my!! This little girl was full of smiles for us!
Thanks for leaving the parents of this newborn baby some blog love in the comment box beneath her portraits….
- Dear L family ~ I so thoroughly enjoyed spending time with you and your precious little princess capturing this very special time in your lives...thank you for the honor. ♥ ♥
- Beautiful little girl.. Wonderful job Dawn!!
- Dawn - Thank you so much for helping to capture these precious newborn moments, I just LOVE these shots. I can't wait to see the rest of the pictures. GREAT job!
- BEAUTIFUL shots - can't wait for more! Mom, dad and Abuela- congrat's she is gorgeous!! Love the hat and the smirky smile! LOVE!
- This is Sarah from BZ. Your little Elena is so incredibly precious! Congrats on her!
Christmas fun for the whole family… including the cat!! This Northern Virginia family returned to the studio for some artistic children’s portraits to use in their photo Christmas cards this holiday season. In addition to the really cool shots we got of Master “S” and his favorite furry friend (who is nearly as big as he is!), we captured some fun family Christmas portraits.
Their Christmas cards turned out totally chic and unique… too bad we can’t show you the whole card here. We don’t want to ruin their friends and family’s surprise of receiving their cards in the mail. Though with Christmas just around the corner you won’t have too long to wait to see the finished cards.
Hope you enjoy this little sneak peek. As always, be sure to leave them some blog love……
- Dear K Family ~ I can see why you guys love your kitty soooo much! He's beautiful...and BIG too! I love the way your cards turned out...so cool!! ♥ ♥
- Wow, what an awesome photograph and card. I love it. Its perfect.
- What an adorable and unique Christmas card!! Beautiful kitty and such a handsome little man :-)
This beautiful little baby boy posed with his equally beautiful mother for some classic mom & baby portraits. He had the cutest little head of hair that had a mind of it’s own! Dad, mom and baby traveled from Woodstock, Virginia and even though baby was almost four weeks old, we were still able to capture this very, very special time with some unique infant portraits for his proud parents.
Here’s a quick sneak peek of their portrait session for all to enjoy. Don’t forget to use the gray comment box below to leave them some blog love……
- I love it when you can actually "feel" the emotional connection in the mom & baby portraits. And in the second image, the electric blue eyes are locked on the lens - these are my favorite type of infant portraits. You get the feeling that the baby is looking straight at you in the finished art work.
- Dear R family ~ what a pleasure it was to work with your little boy...he is so beautiful! Thank you for the opportunity to work with your new little blessing. ♥ ♥
- So cute!!! What an adorable baby boy!!
- I agree with Roger!---what a wonderful connection between mom and baby. What a precious little boy!!
- Zachary and Mom are beautiful! I can't wait to see more photos.
by Dawn M. Miller
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