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Headshots, Photography, Portrait | 0 comment

JB Branding Session

JB Branding session for fashion, and portrait profiles ©TimeLine Media

Springfield, Virginia

This JB Branding session was a referral from Nam Nguyen. JB is one of his clients, and she was looking to upgrade her personal images. Seeing that these would be used for different purposes, the shoot involved different looks. When I arrived, Nam was finishing with her makeup. For the first setup, we went out to the garden. Since this was one of her passions, she wanted to have action photos of her working there. Due to the beautiful but large tree in her backyard, I brought out a large flash to light up her face. Balancing the flash with the tones of her plants, we had a natural look to these images that don’t look too artificial.

After changing out of her gardening clothes, she put on a solid top. Whenever I do a portrait shoot, I take time for a simple headshot. Because they are useful for many situations, I do this with every subject given that they have the time.

Similar to the gardening photos outside, we made some photos of her arranging flowers inside. In order to make sure she popped out of a very colorful frame, we chose a dark blue top. This color really complimented the colorful flowers!

Flower and JB at her branding session ©TimeLine Media
JB Branding photo session ©TimeLine Media
JB Branding photo session ©TimeLine Media

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Jo and Claro’s Wedding

Jo and Claro's wedding at Our Lady of Angels Church in Woodbridge, VA ©TimeLine Media

For Valentine’s Day, here is a post from Jo and Claro’s Wedding. Previously, I posted about an engagement session I did with them in DC. Luckily, they had as beautiful a wedding day weather as they had for their engagement photos. Firstly, I met the bride at the Hilton in Springfield, VA.

Springfield, Virginia

The bride and her bridesmaids were getting ready at the hotel. Later that day, this hotel would be the site for the reception. I started photographing her family and friends there.

Woodbridge, Virginia

Once everyone in the bridal party was ready, we drove to Woodbridge, Virginia for the ceremony. The rest of their friends and family gathered at Our Lady of Angels Church. Straightaway, the festivities began in full! Of course they were having fun getting ready, but joining everyone else brought lots of energy. Because I grew up seeing Claro’s family often, I had a great time photographing all the activties!

Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding

Jo was a beautiful bride! Claro was good too I guess 🙂

Jo and Claro's wedding at Our Lady of Angels Church in Woodbridge, VA ©TimeLine Media
Jo and Claro's Wedding at Our Lady of Angels Church in Woodbridge, VA ©TimeLine Media
Jo and Claro’s Wedding in Woodbridge, VA

Occoquan, Virginia

After the ceremony, we stopped in Occoquan for some bridal party photos. Since it was on the way to the reception site, we had a convenient stop there. This picturesque little town is a beautiful setting especially in the later afternoon. Then, we headed to the big party!

Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding

Hilton Springfield Reception

The ballroom was an appropriate venue for these two. Especially since they had their first date at the restaurant in the same building! Dinner, dancing, and lots of photos – it was an awesome day for photos! Congratulations you two – we wish you the best for the future!

Jo and Claro's Wedding

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Fashion NoVA – Springfield Golf and Country Club

©TimeLine Media - Fashion show at SGCCVA

This last Fashion NoVA show held by Northern Virginia Magazine was the most intimate and low key of the shows I covered for them. The understated and classic setting provided by the Springfield Golf and Country Club was a nice backdrop to present these designs. A grand ballroom with large windows was where the runway was setup for the models to walk. This is a beautiful space to hold any large reception be it for corporate events, or weddings.

Springfield Golf and Country Club

©TimeLine Media - Fashion show at SGCCVA
©TimeLine Media – Fashion show at SGCCVA

From a photography standpoint, I needed to add a lot of light from this position to balance out the light from outside. Luckily, it was overcast outside, so the light coming in was even. Very bright sun would have come in directly through the windows making it even harder, but at least the clouds helped out there. I used one large strobe in a softbox to fill in the light of the room. I used the softbox to soften the shadows as they fell on the model’s faces and clothes. Hard shadows is a look that could have worked here especially since the models were very well made up by stylists before the start of the show, but I think the clothes may not have been represented as well.

©TimeLine Media - Fashion show at SGCCVA
©TimeLine Media – Fashion show at SGCCVA
©TimeLine Media - Fashion show at SGCCVA
©TimeLine Media – Fashion show at SGCCVA

The light was flattering for their faces with a nice light coming from the side, and falling to a nice shadow away from the strobe. It was also balanced well against the sun coming in from behind the runway. I will post more on the blog in future posts, but I wanted to thank Truly Gil and Crystan Blanco from Northern Virginia Magazine for having me cover these shows for them. They worked really hard to put these diverse shows together!

©TimeLine Media - Fashion show at SGCCVA
©TimeLine Media – Fashion show at SGCCVA

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