Relax. I’ll catch the real moments,
and how they felt.

放轻松，那一刻的样子和心情，我都帮你留住。

Couples · Weddings · Families · Seasonal
Based in Virginia · Serving VA, DC & MD · Available for travel

All love is welcome here — every kind of couple, every kind of family.

每一种爱，在这里都被欢迎。

Couples & Weddings

订婚 · 私奔婚礼 · 法院领证 · 婚礼

From your first years together to “I do”: engagements, elopements, courthouse weddings and intimate weddings.

See the stories →

Newlyweds pushing open the courthouse doors, flowers raised

Family

新生儿 · 百天 · 周岁 · 慢慢长大

From the first weeks to the big-kid years, at home or somewhere you love outside.

See the stories →

A mom, dad and baby smiling together on the grass in the park

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Seasonal

季节限定 · 圣诞 · 樱花

A few weeks a year, a special set or a special place.

I still shoot like a photojournalist: I watch closely, step in lightly, and wait for the moments that happen on their own.

新闻专业出身，做过记者。我更想等你们放松下来，自然地笑、自然地靠近。

More about me

About

Hi, I’m Cara.

I’m a couple, wedding and family photographer based in Virginia, working across Virginia, DC and Maryland. I studied journalism in college and worked as a reporter, and that’s where I fell in love with photographing real people and real stories. More than ten years later, I still shoot like a photojournalist: I watch closely, step in lightly, and wait for the moments that happen on their own.

I want my photos to hold more than how you looked. I want them to hold how it felt. And yes, I care about light and composition too. Real doesn’t have to mean plain.

I feel genuinely lucky to do this work, and I think that happiness is what makes the photos feel warm.

你好，我是 Cara，常驻弗吉尼亚，在 DMV 地区拍情侣、婚礼和家庭。大学读新闻传播，做过记者，从那时起爱上用相机记录真实的人和事，一拍就是十多年。我希望照片记录的不只是好看的样子，还有当时的心情。很多年后再翻出来，你还能被它打动。

Cara, smiling, holding her Nikon camera by a window with hanging plants

How a session feels

拍摄是什么感觉

We chat first

Tell me about you, your people and your day. We’ll pick a place and a time when the light is kind.

先聊聊你们，一起选地点和光线好的时间。

You just relax

No stiff posing. I’ll give you small things to do, then step back and let you be yourselves.

不用摆姿势。我会给一些小提示，然后退后，让你们做自己。

See everything first

Within 2 days I share your full set of unedited photos in a Dropbox folder. Once you’re happy, the remaining balance is due.

2 天内，我把全部原图放进 Dropbox 给你们先看。确认没问题后，再付尾款。

Your final edits

Pick your favorites and tell me what you’d like retouched. Final edits usually arrive within two weeks, natural and honest.

挑出喜欢的照片、告诉我想怎么修，我通常两周内返给你们自然、不过度的精修。