Tammy makes portraits the way galleries hang them — deliberately lit, carefully composed, and printed to outlast the moment. Studio, saddle, or open sky: one unhurried session, a small collection of images you will actually love.
A portfolio should be handled, not scrolled. Turn the pages — each plate is presented the way it would hang: with its title, its story, and room to breathe.
A location portrait built around a single gesture — the hand steadying a sun hat, the gaze turned just off-camera. Painted silk against raw stone; nothing about it reads staged.
A portrait built for a storm coming in. Animal-print balloons pull the eye up into a bruised evening sky — proof that a portrait session can hold a little theater without losing the subject.
A movement portrait, timed to the split second a body is fully extended and fully in control. This is the session for anyone whose best self shows up in motion, not stillness.
The equestrian session — rider and horse in an open field, tack and posture exact, the horse’s ears forward and alert. Made for riders who want their partnership taken seriously.
A conceptual portrait made underwater and unhurried — roses, daisies, and marigolds set adrift around her like a hand-arranged still life. For anyone who wants a portrait that feels like a painting, not a snapshot.
A quinceañera sitting, built the way a coronation portrait should be — tiara, ballgown, and a wall of roses and baby’s breath built specifically for her. This is a milestone treated like the occasion it is.
A newborn portrait, close and unhurried — a hand-knit cap, a parent’s hand steadying two tiny fingers. No posing, no rush. Just the first quiet week, kept.
A mother and daughter under a flowering tree in April — no direction beyond a single sprig of blossom passed between them. The best family portraits are the ones that catch a real exchange.
A couple’s portrait made for an anniversary, not a wedding — decades of ease between them, photographed in a field grown just for this. Booked every summer while the sunflowers hold.
The next plate in this folio hasn’t been made yet. It could be yours.
Book your sessionGlimpses between the finished plates, including the scouting that goes into every session — scroll sideways, the way you’d read a strip of film.
Every session includes a planning call, a relaxed shoot with full direction, and a private online gallery of finished, print-ready images.
A location-built portrait session — cliffside, garden, or your choice of backdrop — with painterly light and honest retouching.
Horse and rider, photographed in the field or at your barn in the soft hours. Tack, posture, and partnership, done properly.
For dancers, martial artists, and anyone whose best portrait happens mid-motion. Timed to the moment, not the pose.
Newborns, quinceañeras, anniversaries, and everything worth marking — documented with the same unhurried, gallery-quality care as every other sitting.
Most people don’t love being photographed. Tammy’s sessions are built around that truth: slow starts, real conversation, and direction specific enough that you never have to wonder what to do with your hands.
The rest is craft — light shaped deliberately, every image finished by hand, and prints made on archival paper so the work outlives the trends. If it wouldn’t hang in a gallery, it doesn’t leave the studio.
Based in Falls Church, serving Arlington, Alexandria, Washington D.C., and the greater DMV by arrangement.
“I have hated every photo of myself for twenty years. The portrait from this session hangs in our entryway, and I stop and look at it. That has never happened before.”Signature Portrait Client · Pawleys Island
“She photographed my mare like she was photographing royalty. My trainer still has the print pinned up in the tack room.”Equestrian Session Client · Aynor
“The water portrait was her idea, and I almost said no. I'm so glad I didn't — it's the most striking photo anyone has ever taken of me, and it didn't feel strange for a second while we made it.”Conceptual Session Client · Falls Church
Tell Tammy what you’re imagining — a sitting, a session with your horse, a portrait built around movement — and she’ll reply within one business day with dates and a plan.
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