est. 2011

legacy portraits

LAURA YANG

I've
always been
storyteller.

But I never set out to be a photographer. I was (and still am!) going to be a writer. And then as I worked toward that writing goal, someone put a camera in my hand and asked me to try telling stories with something besides words. So with an English nerd's love for character and tone, a romantic's love for poignant beauty, and a realist's love for imperfection, I dove in.

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I've
always been a
story-teller.

That was back in 2010.

Since that time, photography has changed much of my life. It's brought me some of my dearest friends. It's reshaped the way my husband Danny and I view serving others. It has even literally taken me around the world. One thing that hasn't changed: my soul-stirring desire to tell stories that feel so real you're sure you knew them before you heard them. Or saw them. It's my privilege to tell those stories for my clients, and for the generations of their families still to come.

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I don’t usually preview engagement sessions on the blog these days — but I also don’t shoot a lot of engagement sessions in Virginia. We had two this week. And the one you’ll be seeing on the blog soon, Colleen and Mike’s, couldn’t have been any sweeter. We started their engagement session at Chiles Peach […]

I don’t usually preview engagement sessions on the blog these days — but I also don’t shoot a lot of engagement sessions in Virginia. We had two this week. And the one you’ll be seeing on the blog soon, Colleen and Mike’s, couldn’t have been any sweeter. We started their engagement session at Chiles Peach […]

I’ve been thinking about what it takes to run a small business a lot lately. That’s because we’ve had a couple little hiccups, and we’ve had some major blessings. It all has my brain running a non-stop analysis of why we do what we do when it comes to running a photography business. I didn’t become […]

I’ve been thinking about what it takes to run a small business a lot lately. That’s because we’ve had a couple little hiccups, and we’ve had some major blessings. It all has my brain running a non-stop analysis of why we do what we do when it comes to running a photography business. I didn’t become […]

Note: Photographers’ Friday is a weekly blog series directed toward professional photographers, and in some instances, serious amateur photographers. All Photographers’ Friday blog posts will assume that readers have a basic working knowledge of digital SLR cameras, but if you’re left with questions or don’t understand any of the information, don’t hesitate to ask. We love e-mails! […]

Note: Photographers’ Friday is a weekly blog series directed toward professional photographers, and in some instances, serious amateur photographers. All Photographers’ Friday blog posts will assume that readers have a basic working knowledge of digital SLR cameras, but if you’re left with questions or don’t understand any of the information, don’t hesitate to ask. We love e-mails! […]

They met online, last winter, then met in person to make sure the other person really was who he/she appeared to be. And wasn’t, Chris quipped, “A mouth breather or something.” Amy laughed, shaking her head. That seems to be the way their relationship goes: Chris riffs; Amy can’t help but laugh; and they both wind […]

They met online, last winter, then met in person to make sure the other person really was who he/she appeared to be. And wasn’t, Chris quipped, “A mouth breather or something.” Amy laughed, shaking her head. That seems to be the way their relationship goes: Chris riffs; Amy can’t help but laugh; and they both wind […]

It seems like something we all surely know how to do, right? Wrong. We might be experts at kissing our significant other . . . but that doesn’t mean we’re experts at looking good while we do it. Here’s a little breakdown on how to look great when you’re kissing each other during your engagement photos and on […]

It seems like something we all surely know how to do, right? Wrong. We might be experts at kissing our significant other . . . but that doesn’t mean we’re experts at looking good while we do it. Here’s a little breakdown on how to look great when you’re kissing each other during your engagement photos and on […]

We didn’t get their preview up over the weekend, so here it is today! After eight years of marriage, four little girls, four deployments abroad for him and four years’ worth of taking care of their home alone for her, Jes and Travis finally had a (truly gorgeous) wedding. Congratulations to the (not-quite) newlyweds! It […]

We didn’t get their preview up over the weekend, so here it is today! After eight years of marriage, four little girls, four deployments abroad for him and four years’ worth of taking care of their home alone for her, Jes and Travis finally had a (truly gorgeous) wedding. Congratulations to the (not-quite) newlyweds! It […]

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