What an awesome family!
We thrive off of clients who fall in love with our art and have unique personalities and styles.
Natalie and Mick are such cool parents, letting each kid be his/her own person.
You can see from the images we created, two of the boys William and Nathan are lovers of sports,
Daniel on the other hand is very edgy, artistic, and could carry his own style like no other kid we’ve met…then of course little Lili full of spunk and funky style.
We even took a bit of extra time at the end of the shoot to let the athletes go play, while we worked images of art with Daniel and Lili.
We loved every moment of working with them….so fun, so unique, so into the art we were creating!
Natalie and Mick also had their very own coolness factors, we even found out he was once in a Rock Band back in the day!
As you can see they are all simply gorgeous and we can’t wait to work with them again!

December 31, 2011 My Facebook status read:

“We are about to say good-bye to Twenty-Eleven
What’s your 2011 Moment to Remember?”

So many responses of moments…
babies born, degrees achieved, rock star moments witnessed, deployments, proud parent moments, and soon to be babies on the way.
We also had clients/friends share the moment they will remember most as being their Shoot or Wedding with US!!!
This is the one that makes us take a deep breath and say….YES, this is Why our job is SOOOOO much more than just a job!

This brought us to take today and simply reflect on this Chapter in our Life we called “Twenty-Eleven”
Our day of reflection has been filled with the things we love doing on our personal time:
Going for Country Car Rides, Listening to New music, Talking the day away, all while drinking Starbucks.
This gave us chance to reflect on the many Moments of 2011 that Touched our Hearts….

I will start by sharing our most personal favorite moment of Twenty-Eleven to remember….
The vision of the BOSTON Skyline aboard a Ferry Boat on our 16th Wedding Anniversary
and walking in the ocean with the seals along Cape Cod MA is our Favorite Twenty-Eleven Moment to Remember!

More Twenty-Eleven Moments to Remember….

• The client’s gasps of joy and tears in their eyes because of the images of art we created looking back at them.
• The times with friends at places we love like Skyline Drive, Dino-Land, Chick-Fil-A, Starbucks, and our cherished
  Evenings on the Observation Deck with Wine and Dear Friends Singing their Hearts out.
• The Parents who have always stood by us and believed in us.
• The many smiles friends have brought to our faces, like when a dear friend makes a surprise appearance upon our doorstep.
• The Live Music we enjoyed Waterfront. Music that inspires us to believe: that you have to “swim” no matter what life brings
• The Ghost Stories told till the wee hours as we await a new arrival.
• The New Life we held in our arms
• The Family on the Farm who made us feel at home.
• The Dance we danced in the Rain.
• The October Snow and the friends we shared it with, making their dream come true.
• The 22 Foot Inflatable Slide I went down hand in hand with bride & groom.
• The Bellies to Babies.
• The Rat Rod in the Rain.
• The Celebration of One Year for the smallest survivor.
• The many days I have felt pretty because of one special artist.
• The smile on a bride’s face as her love of horses shines through when she rides down in her very own horse and carriage.
• The feeling we had in our hearts when a rock star’s stage changed from a crowd of screaming fans to a crowd of family and friends the day he said I do.
• The picture from Budapest as our Snapp-Shot Sharpie stone shines from afar.
• The stories of Strength captured within our images.
• The youngest of models handing me a sharpie stone she had signed her own love on after a shoot.
• The first ride back on the bikes.
• The force of a train going by as we worked track side.
• The feeling we had when we were given the title of babies first shoot.
• The neighbors who are always there for us in time of need.
• The most beautiful place two hours could take you from home.
• The many nights we simply….came home.

Years are the Chapters in our Lives….
Chapter Twenty-Eleven, we gained some friends, lost some friends, smiled, cried, celebrated life,
celebrated 16 years of marriage, captured stories of real life and loved every moment of it.

As we close this yearly chapter…we leave you with this traditional moment.
An image we share quietly together no matter how cold we like to hike to this spot and capture……“The Last-Light of Twenty-Eleven”

As we look forward to chapter Twenty-Twelve we vision…
New clients who will also turn into new Friends, Good Health, Happiness, New Music, Many Journeys together ….
and of course we look forward to growing as Photographic Artists!
We’d like to leave you with music lyrics from one of our favorite bands we listened to today,
“Red Wanting Blue” song “Love Remains” off their new album “From The Vanishing Point”
“Don’t give up
You can keep up, keep on moving
Chasing the Sound of the Sun somewhere going down”




]]>  December 31, 2011 My Facebook status read: “We are about to say good-bye to Twenty-Eleven What’s your 2011 Moment to Remember?” So many responses of moments… babies born, degrees achieved, rock star moments witnessed, deployments, proud parent moments, and soon to be babies on the way. We also had clients/friends share the moment they [...]http://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/new-years-eve-moments-to-remember-2011/feedhttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/new-years-eve-moments-to-remember-2011http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Snapp-shotPhotographyBlog/~3/JNsxJpW5TCI/tis-the-season-the-snapps-christmas-2011Personal "SNAPPENINGS"Erin SnappFri, 30 Dec 2011 15:11:59 PSThttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/?p=5389‘Tis the Season to be HAPPY!
Happy IS….
- A Christmas Eve service in a barn with the parents
- A Christmas Eve tradition we have done for 16 years now of Baking Cookies and watching our favorite Christmas Movie “National Lampoons Christmas Vacation”
- A Christmas Morning Sunrise with an Old Fashion Breakfast
- A New Christmas Morning Tradition of watching The Smurfs Christmas Carol Cartoon (sooooo much fun, took me back to my childhood love of the little Blue Guys)
- Opening our gifts
- Baking my Famous Mac n’ Cheese
- Going Home to our Parents for a Cozy Christmas (Even included some awesome Family Guy gifts)
-Then of course my day after Christmas December 26 Birthday!!! (what girl wouldn’t love a little blue box?)

We hope you & yours also had a very Happy Christmas!!!



 



 



 



 



 



 




]]>‘Tis the Season to be HAPPY! Happy IS…. - A Christmas Eve service in a barn with the parents - A Christmas Eve tradition we have done for 16 years now of Baking Cookies and watching our favorite Christmas Movie “National Lampoons Christmas Vacation” - A Christmas Morning Sunrise with an Old Fashion Breakfast - [...]http://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/tis-the-season-the-snapps-christmas-2011/feedhttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/tis-the-season-the-snapps-christmas-2011http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Snapp-shotPhotographyBlog/~3/KDdNtwYsmro/washington-dc-wedding-blog-capitol-romance-publishedPublishedErin SnappThu, 29 Dec 2011 07:11:41 PSThttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/?p=5462Wow, what an awesome blog to be featured on!!!
Please take a moment to visit Capitol Romance to see your favorite photographers images of Laura and Hal featured at The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
This is such a fun blog and can’t thank Bree enough for featuring us, we look forward to working with her in the future






]]>Wow, what an awesome blog to be featured on!!! Please take a moment to visit Capitol Romance to see your favorite photographers images of Laura and Hal featured at The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley This is such a fun blog and can’t thank Bree enough for featuring us, we look forward to working with [...]http://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/washington-dc-wedding-blog-capitol-romance-published/feedhttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/washington-dc-wedding-blog-capitol-romance-publishedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Snapp-shotPhotographyBlog/~3/52BTrRM3hJg/christmas-portraits-downtown-winchester-jessica-gianna-bre-lauraLifestyleNorthern VA PhotographersErin SnappTue, 20 Dec 2011 14:02:28 PSThttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/?p=5353What a FUN Shoot this was!
This was the second time we’ve had the pleasure of working with little Ms. Gianna.
Gianna’s First shoot with us, her little sister Bre wasn’t feeling well…so couldn’t take part.
We were so excited to hear their family would be visiting our area a bit through the Holidays and wanted to set up another shoot!
Gianna and little Bre are such amazing little girls.
We had so much fun with Jessica, her daughters Gianna, & Bre, and sister Laura and can’t wait until the next time
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]]>What a FUN Shoot this was! This was the second time we’ve had the pleasure of working with little Ms. Gianna. Gianna’s First shoot with us, her little sister Bre wasn’t feeling well…so couldn’t take part. We were so excited to hear their family would be visiting our area a bit through the Holidays and [...]http://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/christmas-portraits-downtown-winchester-jessica-gianna-bre-laura/feedhttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/christmas-portraits-downtown-winchester-jessica-gianna-bre-laurahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Snapp-shotPhotographyBlog/~3/xZSvMo985z0/emily-eric-campfires-engagement-photographs-winchester-virginiaEngagementsCAMPFIRESEMILYENGAGEMENTERICPHOTOGRAPHSvirginiawinchesterErin SnappTue, 13 Dec 2011 08:36:56 PSThttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/?p=5232Emily and Eric were SO much fun!!!
It was like a day out in the country with two awesome friends.
We all just kicked back,
washed some vintage dishes with lots and lots of bubbles,
took a country walk, played with the dogs,
and ended the day roasting marshmallows in the campfire!
Can’t say we have ever put down the cameras and kicked back to roast marshmallows at the end of a shoot before
We love this couple to pieces and can’t wait for our friendship to grow with them…and of course can’t wait for their big day when they say I DO in August of 2012
















]]>Emily and Eric were SO much fun!!! It was like a day out in the country with two awesome friends. We all just kicked back, washed some vintage dishes with lots and lots of bubbles, took a country walk, played with the dogs, and ended the day roasting marshmallows in the campfire! Can’t say we [...]http://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/emily-eric-campfires-engagement-photographs-winchester-virginia/feedhttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/emily-eric-campfires-engagement-photographs-winchester-virginiahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Snapp-shotPhotographyBlog/~3/ZOj0QKD-GZ4/the-jones-family-newborn-photographers-winchester-virginiaLifestyleCorey Erin SnappCorey SnappErin SnappFAMILYFamily PortraitsJONESNEWBORNNorthern VA PhotographersPHOTOGRAPHERSShenandoah Valley PhotographersErin SnappSat, 10 Dec 2011 08:13:34 PSThttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/?p=5128Teddy Bear:
A teddy bear is a faithful friend
You can pick him up at either end
His fur is the color of breakfast toast
And he’s always there when you need him most
Everything in life I’ll share
Except of course my teddy bear.
Beyond the Client:
I wish somehow I could put into words what this shoot meant to us.
The Love, The Trust, The Friendship, The Family Bond we have created with Steph and Drew since meeting them in 2009 is so much more than we could have ever imagined. They fell in love with our work, we fell in love with our new clients, and then throughout we have become such close friends…in fact closer than friends…they are “family”
…..and then there was Little London
We were one of the first to know Steph was expecting, we documented the pregnancy, we sat by their side throughout many hours of labor with London, we were one of the first to hold him, we took his very first pictures, and now we captured forever in time his very first Photo Shoot.
It’s already a bond like no other…in fact I do believe we even heard the title “Auntie Erin and Uncle Corey” throughout
“A new baby is like the beginning of all things-wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.”
With that being said…..here’s to many more days, months, and years of memories captured forever in time with these three beautiful people who mean the world to us. We love you guys so very much





]]>Teddy Bear: A teddy bear is a faithful friend You can pick him up at either end His fur is the color of breakfast toast And he’s always there when you need him most Everything in life I’ll share Except of course my teddy bear. Beyond the Client: I wish somehow I could put into [...]http://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/the-jones-family-newborn-photographers-winchester-virginia/feedhttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/the-jones-family-newborn-photographers-winchester-virginiahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Snapp-shotPhotographyBlog/~3/A7VF6Fj-jCg/the-jones-family-christmas-vacation-photographs-winchester-virginiaLifestyleCHRISTMASCorey Erin SnappCorey SnappErin SnappFAMILYFamily PortraitsJONESNorthern VA PhotographersPHOTOGRAPHSShenandoah Valley PhotographersSnapp-Shot PhotographyVACATIONWINCHESTER VIRGINIAwww.snappshotphotography.comErin SnappFri, 09 Dec 2011 07:51:49 PSThttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/?p=5107My (Erin) favorite Christmas movie of all times is “National Lampoons Christmas Vacation”,
so needless to say I was super excited when the Jones Family came to us asking if we were up for recreating “Christmas Vacation” Movie Stills!!!

It’s always so much fun shooting with Steph and Drew, you may remember our last shoot with them when they were still “expecting” little London’s arrival.
Being the ones to have captured their Engagement, their Wedding, their pregnancy, the day London arrived, and now his very first photo shoot at Christmas is more special than words could ever say to us…as they were once clients and now they have become friends who are truly like family to us.

Now….let’s get on with a little “Christmas Vacation” movie fun!
I hope you have as much fun remembering each recreation as we had recreating each movie still……..
and now I dedicate this shoot to the Griswold, um I mean Jones Family Christmas


 



 


Of course it’s never a Snapp-Shoot without the “ERIN it’s a WRAP” shot, Corey agreed to join in on the fun this time around toooooo!!
I also thought you might find a fun smile in an “out take” with little London, he was not having any part of the “looking for the squirrel” shot


 

 




]]>My (Erin) favorite Christmas movie of all times is “National Lampoons Christmas Vacation”, so needless to say I was super excited when the Jones Family came to us asking if we were up for recreating “Christmas Vacation” Movie Stills!!! It’s always so much fun shooting with Steph and Drew, you may remember our last shoot [...]http://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/the-jones-family-christmas-vacation-photographs-winchester-virginia/feedhttp://www.snappshotphotography.com/blog/the-jones-family-christmas-vacation-photographs-winchester-virginia