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“Reading Before Bedtime” | Leesburg VA Documentary Photo Session

Winner of the free mini Leesburg VA documentary photo session,

You all know I’m a photographer, but I’m also a mom, and even I forget sometimes to stop and capture the “every day” moments that make up my every day life. In my newsletterI have been challenging readers to use whatever camera they have on them to take an “every day” photo and I’ve been sharing some...

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Shoot & Share 2017 Results | DMV Photographer

Shoot & Share 2017 Results by Northern Virginia Photographer. 19 photos in the top 30% or higher; 3 finalists; 2 Top 100.

Alright, I am jumping to the blog and sharing all of my results from the Shoot & Share contest with you. Their website is having some weird technical glitch where I can only view my photos as a guest and not as myself, so please excuse the lower quality as I totally took screenshots so I could keep...

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Mother and Daughter Breastfeeding and Bonding | Northern Virginia Breastfeeding Photographer

Northern Virginia breastfeeding photographer captures mother and young daughter breastfeeding their babies. Quiet moments of bonding beautifully captured.

I met this local mom on Instagram, and one day she shared that her 3 year old daughter nurses her baby dolls. I was thrilled when she accepted my offer to photograph them together breastfeeding their babies! In mom’s own words: I believe that breast-feeding is a very natural, beautiful thing that happens between a...

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Breastfeeding to Celebrate Diversity in Northern Virginia

Portrait of two mothers of diverse ethnicities and religions breastfeeding together. “It is not our differences that divide us...

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” ― Audre Lorde   Last summer, while I was planning some ideas for the 2016 Public Breastfeeding Awareness project and World Breastfeeding Week, I had had this idea in my head of a photo that would celebrate...

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A Breastfeeding Journey through HLH

A Breastfeeding Journey through HLH: one mother and child's fight and a look at how their breastfeeding journey helped them heal.

One thing I was not prepared for when I first started offering breastfeeding sessions in 2014 is the amount of healing they can bring to a mother and her child. I first met this stunning duo last year, when Mama wanted to document her breastfeeding relationship with her daughter before they began the process of weaning....

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Hi! I'm Blaire.

I'm a beach bum from New York, living life with a cup of coffee in one hand and a camera in the other.

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