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Remote shutters and couches | A Personal Share

One of my favorite tips for getting in family pictures and letting my kids have some fun with the camera is to set it up on a tripod with a remote shutter.

This couch…was the first thing my husband and I picked out and purchased together. It seemed like such a big investment at the time. We’d only been dating a few months and I had just moved 300 miles from New York to Maryland where he was living. That was 10 years ago. I spent 6 weeks of...

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Breastfeeding on the Washington DC Metro

A La Leche League Leader and a local lactation consultant, join me to document breastfeeding on the Washington DC metro system.

I have begun posting model calls for the 2016 Public Breastfeeding Awareness Project. These two lovely ladies, a local La Leche League Leader and a lactation consultant, suggested the incredible idea to document breastfeeding on the Washington DC metro system. It’s a part of many of our lives in the area already, and with the process...

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Welcome home, Baby O | Ashburn VA Newborn Photographer

Second Ave Photography is an Ashburn VA newborn photographer specializing in on-location posed + lifestyle portraiture in your home.

I had the pleasure of meeting this couple for a maternity session back in January. I just loved how much they loved each other and their soon-to-be baby girl, and was thrilled when they asked me to photograph her after her arrival. Part of what I love about doing in-home newborn sessions is how personal...

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CROCS Exhibit | “Local Outings” Blog Circle, Washington DC Documentary Photographer

Documentary photos of the CROCS Exhibit at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC.

For this month’s local outings challenge, we took to Washington DC. Dulles Moms offered me an opportunity to check out CROCS, we jumped at the chance knowing how much our littlest loves animals. Her one critique? That she was unable to hold a baby crocodile, lol. We don’t take advantage of everything Washington DC has to offer, but...

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“Leesburg VA” Local Outings, Documentary Photographer Blog Circle

Documentary photographer enjoying an unseasonably warm day at the playground in Northern Virginia.

Last weekend and over the beginning of this week we had a series of days where it wasn’t snowing. Not only that, it was downright WARM! Off to the playground we went 🙂 After being crushed under 3 feet of snow followed by bitter cold, it felt so good to just get out and run...

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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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Blaire is a premier Northern Virginia photographer serving: Great Falls; Fairfax; McLean; Arlington; Vienna; Clifton; Alexandria; Ashburn; Oakton; Chantilly; Round Hill; Hamilton; Aldie; Herndon; Haymarket; Manassas; Springfield; Bristow; Sterling; Broad Run; Purcellville; Reston; Gainesville; Burke; Leesburg; Falls Church; Warrenton; Lovettsville; Centreville; Dunn Loring; Waterford; Paeonian Springs; and Washington DC.

 

Specializing in lifestyle newborn, family, and maternity photography.