On August 22nd, I was able to attend The Gathering Event put on by Hope Taylor + Caroline Logan at the beautiful Stevenson Ridge! Beyond being at such a beautiful venue for the first time, I was able to spend the evening with other fabulous boss ladies talking about the scary parts of being a business […]

I don’t know which is harder – admitting I’ve known Josh for six years now – which makes me feel old – or admitting that this session is over and my heart is broken because it was just SO PERFECT! I met Josh up at Blandy Experimental Farm in Winchester VA… one of my all time […]

It has been a long couple of weekends here in the Dowler household! We spent last weekend traveling to Ohio to be with Ryan’s family and friends along the lake (since our boat trip had to be cancelled!) and this weekend, we spent helping my parents move. It’s been a lot of driving, lifting and […]

“Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters…” A little White Christmas, anyone? Oh my goodness, I just LOVE these four ladies! This is my second time getting to photograph the beautiful Stanley sisters and this session at Prince William Forest Park (Triangle, VA) a week and a half ago was just a blast!! We had fun exploring […]

One of the best things about being a photographer is that I get to travel all over the state of Virginia- even out of it – to capture all of my clients’ special moments. If you know anything about me, you know that travel is one of the things in this life that makes my […]

Can I just say I love when I get to photograph such talented actors so close to home? Josh and I met up last Saturday in downtown Fredericksburg, VA to take some bright new headshots! We got up nice and early to get some gorgeous morning light to give his shots the best glow and bring […]

Okay, this is probably one of my all time favorite weekends of the year! I LOVE this new tradition with my grandmother, aunt, mom + sister: drinking wine + painting! This year, we chose to go to Muse Paint Bar in Virginia Beach and it was SUCH a blast!  We painted this gorgeous landscape of […]

This past weekend, I found myself finally getting around to weed my garden. You’re probably wondering why the fact that I got my WAY overgrown weeds under control (about a week later than I should have) is worth any of your time and I suppose that’s a fair question. As I was pulling up all […]

About a week ago, I was scrolling through the fabulous Emily Ley’s blog and found the Simplified Series and then found Mackenzie Horan – a blogger who is just FABULOUS. While scrolling through HER gorgeous blog, I came across a challenge she gave herself and posed to her readers: choose 101 goals to complete in 1001 days. […]

Back in July, Ryan and I had a portrait session with Rosie Omar Photography to celebrate our one-year anniversary and I’m SO excited to get to share them with you now! Rosie is just so full of laughter and smiles – it was awesome to get to be on the other side of the camera. […]