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    The Photography Smiths consist of husband/wife photographers Mikey and Samantha Smith.

    We think moments shouldn’t just be captured, they should be handcrafted. And while we’re not great with words, we believe in the power of images to tell our story, and if you’d like, they can tell yours too.

    Thank you for taking the time to stop by our blog. Here you can find some of our favorite work and personal adventures along the way.

    Available for travel worldwide :).

Graysen’s Birth Story {The new addition!}

Wow, I can’t believe today marks one month since Graysen was born. Even though we have tried to make these past few weeks go as slow as possible they still seemed to fly by! The story of Graysen’s birth could be a long one since it took almost four days till he finally decided it was time to be born but I’ll just summarize. Since this was our second child – I thought I knew a little more of what to expect. Labor does not happen like how you see it on tv. There’s no sudden start of horrible contractions and your water hardly breaks on its own. But I knew to labor at home first and not to go to the hospital till the contractions were unbearable. So when I started to have contractions consistently every 10 minutes I knew it was the start and I was in labor. But almost 24 hours later with my contractions still 10 minutes apart and with little to no pain at all – I was beginning to think something was wrong. Mikey decided it was time to go to the hospital to just check to see how my body was progressing. At the hospital they had me walk for an hour and still I was only 3 cm dilated. Since the plan was to have a natural labor they sent us home and told us once the contractions were closer or I started to have real pain then come back. We went home that evening, Mikey and I decided we would wake up early and go to the mall for a nice lunch and then a day of shopping. We hoped all the walking would help. When I woke up that Monday morning I had a feeling our peaceful day of lunch and shopping would not be happening because the first serious contraction felt like someone was slowly hitting my back with a tractor trailer then evenly rounding to the front of my torso. The pain was unreal. I tried to be cool about it though because if you know me – you know I love a good meal and I really wanted to go to lunch. As we left the house I joked to Mikey that we would probably not be shopping today but eating lunch then going straight to the hospital (yes, I was still set on eating)! But as we passing the hospital the pain was too much and I had to say forget it and go straight to the hospital. Between contractions and making the very painful walk up to labor and delivery I made myself take a few bites of a cliff bar because pregnant first time moms – my biggest piece of advice to you is make sure you eat something before you get admitted because you won’t see food till after the baby and like in my case it could be another day! The labor and delivery ward seemed like miles away but when we finally arrived the nurse just looked at us and said ‘how can i help you?’ I literally broke out in a full ugly cry because seriously she couldn’t tell I was in labor? All I wanted her to do was save me from this pain. Thank goodness Mikey was there to save me from fulling embarrassing myself since all I wanted to do is fall back on the floor and just die. She immediately helped us into a room and let us know another nurse would be in soon to evaluate me and let me know if I was in a labor or not. I told her to forget that and just send in the anesthesiologist. The plan of natural labor was long gone and my back contractions were screaming for relief. With Cohen I pretty much had him naturally since the epidural didn’t work – I thought his labor was terrible but nothing compared to this pain. Two hours later I received the epidural at the 6 cm dilated. It was amazing. I had begged the anesthesiologist to do the best epidural she’s ever done and man I could have kissed her because honestly she saved my life. After that the rest of the experience was a breeze. It still took another 15 hours but the doctor and nurses were so wonderful and patient. Finally, on Tuesday morning it was time to push and after three contractions Graysen Liam Smith was born sunny side up (posterior) – oh that’s where all that extra pain came from.

Well if your still with me thanks for reading what was suppose to be a short little blog!

Happy one month birthday Graysen! You have been such a wonderful baby since day one and I can’t imagine life without you. Thank you for completing our family!

Graysen Liam Smith 3/3/15 @ 7:04am 7lbs 14inches 20 1/2 inches long

And here’s just a ‘few’ of his newborn photos:)

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Connor and Mikey {Destination Wedding Photographer | Fernandina Beach, FL Wedding}

What a chilly day it is in Virginia so what a perfect time to feature one of our favorite weddings of 2014. This gorgeous and intimate beach wedding was located in Fernandina Beach, FL. We just love every detail of their wedding and in case you missed it you can check out their engagement session here.

Enjoy a few of our favorites from Conor and Mikey’s special day!

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The Senior Model Experience {Hello there 2015!}

This summer and fall were filled with so many amazing and gorgeous weddings and session and all of my senior models are super busy with school, sports, clubs, after school jobs and getting those college applications in! I’m so proud of all my girls – they have such bright futures ahead of them. A last minute photo shoot was much needed to ring in the New Year! The class of 2015 is ready for what the year has to bring!

Enjoy some of our favorites!!!

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Yup, looooove my senior models!!!!

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Richard and Monica { A New York City Engagement Session}

We started to notice we haven’t really been sharing much work lately, Our Facebook page where we used to share a lot really has become more of a place just for sneak peeks the night of the session or wedding. We have so many gorgeous images from over the last year or so that have never had the opportunity to be seen by anyone other than our clients. While it’s important to us that we share their images with them first before any of their friends, family, or those that follow us we still want to create a way to showcase some of these amazing images with all of you. We tend to forget we have a blog set up since it’s not something we ever really decided to focus on in the past but this will become the new home for random shares of the things we have been working on. At times we may write a lot but more often then not it will probably just be a few quick images here and there.

We have known Monica and Richard for a while and when we found out they wanted us to document their wedding we could not have been anymore excited!  Since they were planning to have the wedding here in Fredericksburg where Monica grew up it would only be fitting to plan an amazing engagement session in New York City where these two now call home. While they told us they typically avoid all the touristy areas of the city when it came time for the engagement session they knew they wanted to capture iconic NYC as the backdrop so we planned it all out starting off in Times Square, then off to the Brooklyn Bridge the following morning, finishing up of course at Grand Central Station.

Enjoy! Be sure to comment below telling us about your favorite iconic NYC spot.

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Katie {The Senior Model Experience | 2014 Colonial Forge Senior}

Whew! It’s been a crazy busy year! Oh goodness, 2014 has been filled with so many smart, kind and gorgeous girls! I mean seriously – I know every one of my seniors have a very bright future ahead of them! I loooved getting to know Katie and her mom. They were two of the sweetest people I have ever met. Katie had so many wonderful ideas – including adding a photo of a her favorite photo he dad took of her when she was a kid. Seriously, it brought tears to everyone’s eyes at their premier viewing session!

Enjoy a few of my favorites!!!

Xoxo,

Samantha

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