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  • Welcome!

    So glad you could drop by! My name is Terresa and I am a portrait and family photographer enjoying the wonderful city of Virginia Beach. My blog is a place where I will post pictures of my client's sessions, reveal stories and hopefully a place where you can get to know me as a wife, a mom and a photographer. You can just scroll through this page to check some of my recent posts and sessions or you can browse through the menu bar for previous sessions. To get a glimpse of me and my family you can click About Me.

    I hope you enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

Marissa : Virginia Beach Portrait Photographer :

Marissa is about to start her senior year of high school.  Events like this make you realize how fast time can slip by.  I met Marissa and her family in college through my now husband (who meet Marissa when she was a baby).  They are such a wonderful family and have been such a sweet support for our family through the years!  Marissa has grown to be a beautiful and smart young woman with a sincere heart for God!  She is a blessing to me and SO many others!

Did I mention that she is beautiful!?!

Marissa you have such a joyful spirit!  Hope you have an awesome senior year (especially with that AP Calculus class!:))

August 31, 2010 - 6:59 am

amy bondi - Terresa – thank you!!! you did a beautiful job with our girl!! You are so talented! love you, Amy

August 31, 2010 - 9:57 am

marissa bondi - Terresa- I actually dodged a bullet on that calc class…the class was full! Now, I’m just stuck in AP Statistics!

August 31, 2010 - 5:35 pm

Leigh Ellen Rodriguez - T, can we book you for Maria’s senior portraits in 2022? These are amazing!

August 31, 2010 - 10:59 pm

cindy mcwaters - WHOA!!!! How are her parents ever gonna decide…these are amazing. Guess it doesn’t hurt having a beautiful subject combined with an amazing photographer!

: sneak peek :

August 25, 2010 - 10:12 pm

amy bondi - Terresa – thanks for your expertise tonight – can’t wait to see all that you’ll do! We love you! So awesome that you are excelling at something you’ve loved since the first time we met you years ago!!!

: just because :

this picture makes me smile.

p.s. I can hardly believe our baby girl is in a “big” bed!  She loves it.  Can you tell?!?:)

: vacation :

We had a relaxing week away.  We loved hanging out with family, riding waves and eating LOTS of peaches!

Paddling out with a lifejacket?:)

Seriously good peaches.  Even the kiddos couldn’t help but admire them.

Senior Girls : Virginia Beach Portrait Photographer :

One of my dearest friends, Stacey, has been a mentor to the girls you’re about to meet.  These senior girls met every week with Stacey and through living life together they now have such sweet and faithful friendships.  The bitter-sweet part of it all is now they’re all heading off to college.  I know Stacey feels honored to be a part of their lives and I can imagine, knowing the kind of woman Stacey is, that these girls have been and will continue to be blessed by her!  This session was full of lots of laughter and excitement.  So fun!

aimee. sarah. erin. perrin. shannon. kelsey. lauren. stacey.

“fierce” for sure:)


The girls wanted to do a jumping picture.  We should’ve thought of it before they put on their dresses!  I couldn’t post the other ones because a few dresses went a little too high.:)

Stacey you are beautiful!

Ladies thank you for giving me glimpses of your sweet friendships!

August 18, 2010 - 12:00 am

Erin Green - Terresa these are wonderful! You captured many sweet moments. What awesome memories with my best friends these pictures will bring back.

August 18, 2010 - 12:59 pm

Lauren Bradshaw - terresa! thank you so much. these pictures are amazing! :)

John + Leah : Virginia Maternity Photographer :

Leah contacted me months ago to schedule and plan for her maternity session.  At the time she didn’t know if they were having a boy or a girl.  I was excited when I received her email saying they were expecting a baby girl, Avery.  Well, her maternity session date came and the weather was wonderful!  It was so great to finally meet them both and to share with them in this joyous season.  John and Leah have such a fun friendship and an endearing love for each other.   It was no surprise, after spending some time with them, that their session was full of so many tender moments and lots of laughter.

Leah and John can really make each other laugh.  At one point I had to tell them to stop laughing because they were making me laugh and I couldn’t hold my camera still!:)

Leah found this cool frame at a thrift store.  We had fun playing around with it.

Did I mention it was a beautiful evening?!?!

One of my favorites from their session.

Such a tender moment.  (This one got me a little teary eyed.)

So beautiful.

John has such sweet expressions towards Leah.

And he fit in some silly expressions, too.:)

Love it.

John and Leah thank for letting me a part of this special time in your life.  I am honored.  Avery is already one blessed little girl!

: sneak peek :

August 5, 2010 - 12:51 pm

Kelsey Bohlinger - ahhh yay! terresa i LOVE it! thank you so much! you did such a wonderful job! can’t wait for the rest!

August 5, 2010 - 1:30 pm

Perrin Duvall - love it. you did an awesome job! thank you sooo much! we had lots of fun!

August 5, 2010 - 5:34 pm

Shannon Riordan - O my gosh this is great! thank you sooo much I can’t wait to see the rest!