Insightful, bright, honest, and genuine...but with a contemporary edge.
This is the style of portraits I love to capture! Whether I'm photographing children or high school seniors, every session is natural, relaxed, and unhurried, with a touch of humor and playfulness added in!
Take some time to browse around and you'll get a feel for my style. Like what you see? Then send me an email to schedule your portrait session and get more information!
I look forward to working with you to capture the SIMPLE EXPRESSIONS of your life!
This summer were are participating in a CSA at a local farm – Snead’s Farm. Between that and our own garden we are overflowing with zucchini! I was trying to find some other ways to use it and came upon this recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Bread. Chocolate??? It has to be good, right? 
And I love that this recipe substitutes applesauce for much of the oil. The only change I made was substituting all-purpose flour for the cake flour and adding an additional 1/2 tsp of baking powder. YUM!
I’m heading out the door to a dance recital but wanted to post a quick sneak peek from a recent session. Check out these two little cuties! JoAnn – see you tomorrow to view the rest!
One word to describe the Girls on the Run 5K this morning……inspiring! Here are a few images from the day. You can also view race photos at Emily Weiss Photography. I love how Emily answers why she photographs the race each year. So true. And I am so blessed to be a part of this incredible day as well! 
Here are a few more from the workshop last weekend. As I mentioned before, the session was styled by Shannon and the adorable clothes and accessories were from Lisa’s Mini Mad Hattery, The Measure, and Knuckleheads! I’m thinking I might do a little shopping soon!
I hope everyone has a great weekend and fabulous Mother’s Day!
Whew – things have been busy around here lately! You wouldn’t know it by the blog posts though. Holy moly! Has it really been over a month since my last post? Gees! Anyway…last weekend I had the opportunity to attend a workshop with Shannon Sewell. I love her work – it is so creative, fun, and quirky! For part of the day, we were able to participate in a shoot styled by Shannon. (More on the cute clothes and accessories later.) I’ve had so much fun today playing and editing images from that shoot that my eyeballs are crossing. LOL! So here’s just one for now. I think it’s definitely one of my favorites from the day. I played with some different processing too. What do you think? More later…
And it sure felt like it yesterday. What a gorgeous day!
I am now scheduling for spring and early summer so call or email today. I look forward to hearing from you!
I was shopping last week at Wegmans (LOVE that place) and saw these beautiful Meyer lemons. They reminded me of summer and warmer weather. Considering we just had a snow day that week, I couldn’t resist something so bright and cheery to warm up my day! I came home and after some researching came up with a lemon muffin recipe. These aren’t too sweet and have a nice subtle lemon flavor. (For more lemony goodness, you could add a touch of lemon extract.) I froze most of the batch and have been enjoying then as a great grab and go breakfast or snack. And they only have about 100 calories per muffin. Not bad!
(makes about 20 muffins)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin tins with paper baking cups. In medium bowl, whisk together flour and baking soda. In large bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients. Add the flour to the wet ingredients a little as a time, whisking as you go. Divide batter among muffins cups filling each about 1/2 full. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick poked in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Enjoy!
Along with taking photographs, it’s probably no surprise that I love scrapbooking. I have been a “scrapbooker” for almost 12 years now (well probably longer than that - I remember making scrapbooks when I was in high school.) Despite the movement to digital scrapbooking, I still enjoy the “old school” cut and paste scrapbooking. I love getting my hands on those photographs and designing each page. I LOVE when my kids get out their scrapbooks to enjoy them. We have a good laugh and remember many of the fun times we’ve had. I hope they feel the love that also fills each one of those books.
I was going through my family pictures recently to get some ready to print and scrapbook. I can across this one that I took last fall. I love her crooked half smile and the incredible golden light we had that afternoon. {Sigh} She is growing up.
BTW – if you are interested in scrapbooking and don’t know where to start or need supplies here’s a contact for you: Ann’s Creative Memories Webpage I LOVE Creative Memories supplies and albums and use them almost exclusively!
What could be better on a cold morning than a bowl of warm, creamy oatmeal? How about some pumpkin oatmeal?! I was a big fan of Aarti Sequeira on the show, The Next Food Network Star, and I really enjoy her new show, Aarti Party. I came across an episode on my DVR recently that included this wonderful pumpkin oatmeal recipe and decided to give it a try. I made a few tweaks like using 1% milk instead of the almond milk/cream and using a little stevia and agave nectar instead of honey. I also omitted the raisins and pepitas. (I don’t like cooked raisins and didn’t have any pepitas on hand.) All I can say it YUM!
I know, I know…we’re over halfway through January now. I guess I just took an extended holiday vacation! The blog has been a little quiet lately and it will probably be that way for another month or so until we get closer to spring. I’ve been working on the boring stuff…cleaning out my office, taxes, etc… At least I’ll be organized and recharged when the spring season gets close. I’m also working on some fun stuff (which may include some giveaways ) so be sure to check in every once in a while! And I’ll leave you with some images from a senior session I did last fall. I loved how we captured his interests and personality!
Simple Expressions Photography by Paige Pearson specializes in on-location, casual, custom portraiture of babies, children, families, and high school seniors in Stafford, Virginia and surrounding areas. Images remain the property of Paige Pearson and Simple Expressions Photography. Please do not copy content or images from this blogsite. It is also unlawful to reproduce images without written consent of the photographer. This includes downloading, copying , scanning, or printing images with your home computer. Thank you! ProPhoto Photography Theme by NetRivet Blogs
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