petite | Fredericksburg Stafford Virginia Newborn Photographer

Little Miss here decided that she needed a more dramatic entry into the world. A week before her Mommy’s Maternity Session was scheduled she made her appearance a full 5 weeks premature. I was finally able to get my hands on her at 3 weeks and she was just finally getting back up to her birth weight of just under 6 lbs. Regardless of her more mature newborn age she showed me her strong little muscles and then slept like a dream.

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August 25, 2010 - 11:47 pm

Jobrina Hofleit - Awww, Marta she is absolutely beautiful! Gorgeous pictures as always!!! What a true blessing….my now 5yr old was exactly 5 weeks early as well…God Bless the new family!!!

August 26, 2010 - 10:37 am

jayne - beautiful-as always. You are inspiration!

August 26, 2010 - 11:38 am

Mrs Soup - That first one is awesome. Look at those guns!

Gorgeous photos and what a beautiful family!

August 27, 2010 - 5:59 pm

Yvonne - Adorable! Love that last image.

August 31, 2010 - 8:19 am

marta - Thank you all!

Mr B | Fredericksburg Virginia Child Photographer

A little sneak peek from one of the sessions from my last Evolve mentoring last week.

How adorable is this guy? Not only is he cute, but he is good, and strong. Being born quite early, he was still sitting up perfectly without the slightest wobble at 6 months old! I could just squeeze him and his little monkey suit!

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August 25, 2010 - 11:26 am

kristin cook - pure sweetness.

August 25, 2010 - 1:27 pm

melissa - oh, wow, what an adorable little man. the bottom lip sucked in is irresistible. my son used to do that same face. love it!

Location, location, location… | Destination Wedding Photographer

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of shooting a stunning wedding with Nicole Cassano in Pittsburg, PA and Youngstown, Ohio. Seems a bit odd to be shooting in two states…but they are just a hop and a skip away from each other and the locations were well worth the drives. Not only did we shoot in 2 states, but we shot in 5 different locations. Groom getting ready, Bride getting ready, Ceremony, portraits in Botanical Gardens in Ohio and then finally Strambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown for the second half of the portraits and the Reception.

Not only was this wedding well traveled, but it was BIG. One of the biggest weddings I have had the chance to photograph. Once I heard the guest count I wanted to have Nicole bring on several more photographers. Just shy of 400 guest and a Bridal party of 28, we had our work cut out for us!

Sadly we encountered a bit of rain and about 90% humidity after the rain at the Gardens, so we only spent about 15 minutes there, but we made up for it at the Auditorium which pretty much took my breath away. Candace (the Bride) was a dream bride to photograph and allowed us to drag her and her gown all over the place. Here is a peak at my view of the day. Thank you Nicole for having me…you are a pleasure to work with!

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August 24, 2010 - 9:32 am

Andrea - Beautiful Marta!!

August 24, 2010 - 9:39 am

natalie - Amazing work! Love these images!

August 24, 2010 - 10:11 am

Alice - Oh Marta – these are just stunning. Some of your best wedding work yet!

August 24, 2010 - 10:45 am

Korie Lynn - what a gorgeous wedding! And that little puppy dog with the bride!? SOO sweet :)

August 24, 2010 - 10:47 am

kristin - Amazing!! Everything & everyone is beautiful!

August 24, 2010 - 10:56 am

Susie - These are gorgeous. Those shots in the stairwell are to die for!!!

August 24, 2010 - 11:18 am

tasha g - Just stunning….

August 24, 2010 - 11:26 am

stacey woods - oh marta! for goodness sakes, these are breathtakingly beautiful. your color is superb, the way you used light was to die for. fantastic, amazing job.

August 24, 2010 - 12:33 pm

Stephanie - These are gorgeous! And I looove the bridal party one too.

August 24, 2010 - 1:27 pm

Amy Hoogstad - These are award-worthy images, Marta. Absolutely STUNNING!!

August 24, 2010 - 5:32 pm

Heather - that.dress.is.gorgeous!!!!!!! and the pictures (and bride) are breathtaking!!

August 26, 2010 - 12:52 pm

kristi - agreed. these are some of the best wedding images I have ever seen from you….and that is saying ALOT! Love them so much!

August 30, 2010 - 8:24 am

Melanie Reyes - The purple through out is soooo lovely.
Love these images – so elegant and full of beauty!

sun | Fredericksburg VA Maternity Photographer

I have been all over the place lately…and I apologize for my blog neglect. Literally just this morning I got home from flying to Pittsburg Friday to shoot an 11 hour wedding on Saturday. Needless to say being a jet set photographer is not as glamorous as it seems ;). I have napped, then edited several sessions and feel like I could nap again (or even sleep through the night at 6:45 pm).

But I wanted to get a quick little peek up of this lovely maternity session from a little over a week ago (I know…much later than my normal peeks).

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August 28, 2010 - 10:07 pm

Sam - Love these!! AZR, you look beautiful!