I got to spend the afternoon at a winery with The Leffins a couple of weeks ago. DJ works at the winery so they thought it was only perfect that we did their family portraits at that beautiful location. I was thrilled to be able to do that. Their little girl Alaithia just turned one. She is absolutely adorable and has recently learned to walk on her own – it was a lot of fun sharing a brief moment of this precious time in her life and help document it. Here are some of my favorites from that session.

DJ+Leighera – thank you for letting me photograph your family. I had a great time!

Paige and I have been friends for a while now. We met in DC in 2001 when she lived here but she has since moved out to California where she met her knight in shining armor, Chris Rogowski, they’ve now been married for about a year.

Paige and Chris were recently in town for a friend’s wedding and thought this would also be a great opportunity to do a photo session with me so we set up a him & her session and did the shoot in Old Town Alexandria.

Here are some of my favorites from that session. Enjoy!

Remember that couple photo sessions don’t always and only have to be engagement sessions. Stillpool Photography’s him & her sessions are specially for couples who want to capture a special time in their lives together. You can be dating, married for 50 years or 5 days and still set up a him & her session with us. We’ll help you capture a moment in your lives that you’ll always remember.

(photos taken by my iphone)

I’ve heard about spaworld for a few months now and have been wanting to go for a long time. Today I finally had the opportunity to go and since Carissa is visiting from out of town i invited her to come along. It was definitely a cultural experience for us. We had a really nice relaxing time there at the “thermal” baths and different rooms made of natural elements like amethyst, clay, onyx etc.

There was also a cafe and restaurant in spaworld. Carrissa ordered an interesting cold noodle dish. It is creamy and tasted like there was plenty of crushed roasted sesame seed in it. It was good but since i don’t like my noodles cold, unless it’s soba noodles, i probably won’t order it next time i come but i’m glad i had the chance to try it. I ordered instant ramen noodles and specially stewed eggs, which apparently is the diet of students in korea. I was happy with my food but they didn’t look so great so i didn’t get a photo of it.

I definitely recommend a trip to spaworld if you ever get the chance. However I strongly suggest that you read about it on Yelp or go to their website to get a better idea of it before you go.