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THE J ST. CLAIR BLOG

I am having the hardest time picking photos from this session for this post…. I love them all so much!  I met Laura back at GMU in one of my communication classes and I actually did her and her fiancé, Bryan’s, engagement photos!  We reconnected back in November to do some updated family photos, which […]

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Routt Family Session | Manassas, VA

Lifestyle

December 28, 2018

I am super excited to finally share some of my Christmas decorations!  This was my first year decorating my own space for Christmas and I am loving how everything turned out!  While I still have ideas for more Christmas decorations, I love how festive the house feels.  (Also, let’s be honest, you can never be […]

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Christmas at J St.Clair Photography | Christmas 2018

Personal

December 21, 2018

Happy One Month of Marriage, Abigael and Ryan!  These two tied the knot on Saturday, November 10 and it was beautiful outside but SO windy!  Definitely one of the windiest weddings I have photographed, but that didn’t take away from the joyful celebration.  Thank you to the Harwell and Warstler families for making me feel […]

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Abigael and Ryan | Freedom House Wedding

Weddings

December 10, 2018

On Sunday, November 11, I ventured up to Skyline Drive for Austin’s senior portrait session.  Photographing a session at Skyline Drive has been on my photography bucket list for quite some time, so I was really looking forward to this session.  I’ve also known Austin since he was probably five or six, so I was […]

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Austin’s Senior Portraits | Front Royal, VA

Seniors

November 23, 2018

Woohoo!  It’s time for the third blog post in my Wedding Wednesday series.  This month’s post is all about the rings- aka my favorite item to photograph for the details portion of every wedding day.  The engagement ring, as well as both wedding bands, are important parts of each couple’s love story, and they deserve […]

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All About Rings | Wedding Wednesday Post Three

Weddings

November 7, 2018

Today’s blog features two people very close to my heart, as well as some pretty magnificent horses!  We had incredible weather for this session, which was a blessing considering the weather theme for this year has been rain, rain and more rain!  It was hard to choose which images to share on this blog post […]

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Knox Family/Equine Session | Jeffersonton, VA

Equine

October 31, 2018

I saw a quotation on Instagram earlier that made me laugh, but also holds a lot of truth, and I am sure my fellow photographers would agree.  This is what it said: “October is to photographers what April is to accountants”.  October has been super busy for me, which is wonderful, but not so wonderful […]

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Frinks Family Session | Midland, VA

Lifestyle

October 15, 2018

This second post in my “Wedding Wednesday” series is a fun one!  Today I will be talking all about how I asked my bridesmaids to be a part of all of my wedding adventures.  There are a ton of different ways to ask your friends to be in your bridal party, so I figured why […]

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How I Asked My Bridesmaids | Wedding Wednesday Post Two

Weddings

October 3, 2018

This is the first post in my new blog series called “Wedding Wednesdays.”  Today will focus on Virginia wedding venues, but will also have a personal twist!  Enjoy! As a business owner and entrepreneur, I think goal setting is one of the most important aspects of business planning.  Goal setting allows us to set definable […]

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Virginia Wedding Venues | Wedding Wednesday Post One

Weddings

September 5, 2018

Sharing some of my favorite images from my beautiful friend’s maternity session! Jenn, her husband Elliott, and myself ventured out to Lenn Park in Culpeper and I am so glad we decided to go there. We had a bit of a difficult time selecting a location for a couple reasons, but Lenn Park turned out […]

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Jenn’s Maternity Portraits | Culpeper, VA

Maternity

July 17, 2018