Yes, pictures of babies are always adorable. But are they worth investing in a professional photographer for here in the Broad Run Farms, VA area? We don’t need to answer that question for you. Instead, find a baby picture in your home of someone who is now elderly or has passed away. How valuable is that beautiful baby picture when you look at it that way, decades, maybe even generations, later?

All imagery of our loved ones is precious especially as the photograph and our loved one age with the passing of time. Still, is a professional photographer worth the expense? Are they too expensive? Why not just take pictures of babies yourself?

Professional versus snapshots

Have you given thought to what you get when you hire a professional rather than rely strictly on your snapshots?

A professional has had years of training and skill-building. They have experience in a way that a hobby photographer will not. A fine art professional photographer will be acutely aware of how to take just the right shot and when – not to mention that they know how to compose a picture, skillfully use lighting, and have a full treasury of high-quality equipment.

Professional photographers fully appreciate that portrait photography is a well-planned process. They will spend hours getting ready for a portrait session and days afterward working on the finishing process. We always reassure our maternity photography and newborn photography clients that we are always meticulous in our pre-session information and planning!

A professional photographer will get to know you before your session to understand the intent behind your portraits. What do you want to capture? Where will you display them? If they are a reputable photographer, they will offer full transparency on their pricing and what you are paying for as well as what you can expect for what you are investing.

They will provide a lot of advice before your portrait session including styling, colors, and outfits. By the time you and your family show up for your session, you should feel confident that these portraits of your precious family are well worth every cent you are investing. You could never have taken these pictures yourself on your own camera! Even professional photographers use photographers when they need a professional picture of themselves!

Professional photography is not point-and-shoot and send to a photo counter for printing. It is quality photography at its best, using professional-grade software and equipment. Professional photography results in high-quality products produced and printed on archival-quality materials.

When you hire Ever After, this is what we are and what we commit to all our clients to be. We hope you will consider working with us for artistic, quality photography here in the Broad Run Farms, VA area.

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Ever After Baby Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter baby photography team located in Northern Virginia, near Broad Run Farms, VA. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits, including newborn and baby portraits. Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,
Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

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Last year on our portrait blog we wrote about the difference between digital versus print portraits. Can you enjoy pictures of babies on a CD as much as displayed in your Broad Run Farms, VA area home? As a Northern Virginia area newborn and baby photographer, we can truly say you will not.

Photography is always an investment – not because it may cost thousands of dollars but because it’s sentimentally valuable. Who doesn’t enjoy pictures of their beloved babies and children, especially years later? Children don’t stay babies forever! Who doesn’t love to reminisce about those cherub cheeks and tiny fingers and toes? Pictures of babies are treasured. Baby photography is precious and invaluable to any parent. There’s nothing like the laugh of a happy baby or toddler!

So, while you might walk past a CD stored in a drawer every day, you won’t be able to see or enjoy whatever is on that CD. Walk past a lovely portrait displayed on the wall of your home, and you have the opportunity to appreciate what it holds. But what does a printed portrait actually hold that a CD doesn’t?

A portrait holds memories, and memories impact our future. A baby’s picture holds the promise of a future, of a legacy, of life not yet lived and fulfilled. A portrait of a deceased parent holds a cherished past, a memory you hold deep within your heart represented by who you’ve become and who your children will be. That portrait represents the legacy of a parent no longer physically present, but always loved and never forgotten.

So when you think of a CD holding your pictures, how can you see the legacy, the love, the history, the life yet to be lived?! You can do so only if you open the CD, pop it into a drive, and open the files. Even then, you’ll only see a small image on your screen. When we think of digital photos, we think of storage. It is one way (but should never be the only way) to store valuable digital pictures as a backup for the portraits you have displayed in your home and enjoy daily!

The benefits of digital photos include the ability to store thousands of pictures digitally. Realistically, you aren’t going to be able to display thousands of pictures on your wall — unless you’re a museum and maybe not even then!

Most of our clients in Northern Virginia are tech-savvy and often ask for a digital archive of purchased portraits as an excellent way to store the precious images should anything ever happen to their displayed family artwork. Their favorite portraits are displayed as wall art in various places throughout their homes to be seen, enjoyed and treasured every day.

If you value the opportunity to both store your portraits and to enjoy them displayed where you can see them regularly, contact us. Our clients come from throughout Northern Virginia including Broad Run Farms, VA. We love taking baby pictures and know that once you see Ever After’s baby pictures, you will be excited and proud to display them in your home! You are creating memories by investing in professional photography for your home.

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Ever After Baby Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter baby photography team located near Broad Run Farms, VA, in Northern Virginia. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits, including newborn and baby portraits. Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,
Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

View Our Portfolio | Ever After Baby Portraits

The work we do as a baby photographer isn’t changing the world we live in, but we find it very fulfilling and inspiring. Not only do we love meeting our neighbors and their babies across the Leesburg, VA and Northern Virginia region, but we also love knowing that we are playing a small role in their lives. We create a highly-customized client experience for two reasons: We understand how much our clients value the role of photography in documenting memories, and we appreciate our clients and their families.

It often starts with maternity pictures and progresses to newborn or baby portraits. Often, we later shoot their family portraits as well!

Watching couples become families is incredibly rewarding for us. We understand that the portraits we are taking now will become heirlooms for future generations. We are touching the lives of those we will never meet through our portraits. That inspires us to work closely with our clients and to offer each of them a full-customized experience no matter the type of portraits they are ordering.

Our clients come to us because they value their children, their families, and the memories we are capturing for them. These are parents who value capturing today in print for tomorrow. They don’t just pick any photographer. They choose a reputable fine art photography studio; they choose Ever After.

This is what an Ever After Customized Experience is like:

• We work with you to select dates for your portrait and ordering sessions
• Two highly-skilled photographers during your session
• Access to our 2.5-acre private Outdoor Portrait Park and fully-equipped Indoor Studio
• The option of a portrait session on location anywhere in the D.C. Metro area
• Personally-customized wall concepts and portraits for your home using interior design software
• Custom clothes styling for your session
• Personal assistance in selecting final images
• Editing, retouching, and exquisite design within our broad range of custom products, such as Wall Art, Portrait Boxes and Storybook Albums
• Several framing finishes, including Masterpiece Framed, Standard Framed, and unique frameless options of Bamboo, Ice, Steel and Gallery Wrap
• Customized gift items for gifting

A highly-customized client experience at Ever After is very important to us as a family and baby photographer in the Leesburg, VA area. We know how much you value your family’s portraits and why you take the time to invest in them. Our client experience is genuine and it is designed with the client’s best interests in mind. We know you will value this custom experience!

Baby Photography, Baby Photographer

Ever After Baby Portraits is comprised of Mindy Belcher and Joriana Belcher Anderson, a mother-daughter baby photography team located in Sterling, VA in Northern Virginia, near Leesburg, VA. We specialize in timeless and emotive fine art family portraits, including newborn and baby portraits. Family means everything and capturing those precious moments to preserve forever will mean family heirlooms for you to share for years to come.

Best,
Mindy & Joriana – Contact Us!

View Our Portfolio | Ever After Baby Portraits