Kimberly Petro : Joslyn Place Photography, Northern Virginia

Delaplane Equestrian – Northern Virginia Family Photographer

Kimberly — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:34:23 +0000

My first shoot of the year was on a spring like day in January on a farm too lovely for words.

Beautiful horses…

Picture perfect family and uber delicious light…

As I was leaving, I stopped my car to capture this amazing view…

…the cherry on top of an unforgettable and personally inspiring shoot.

Happy New Year!

Thankfulness

Kimberly — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:09:39 +0000

Dear You,
I am so thankful for my amazing clients, many who have become, or already were, my friend. Also, I am thankful to live in an enchanting place surrounded by such beauty and history. I truly appreciate the chance to capture the special moments of your lives. I hope you each have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.

Love,
Kimberly

Now is the Time to Plan for Holiday Photos & Cards

Kimberly — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:10:35 +0000

One of my very favorite things to do each holiday season is to choose and create cards to send to friends and loved ones. I start the process early because it usually takes me an excruciatingly long time to get the cards just perfect. (I’m kind of a perfectionist.) I like to include a photo of each family member that tells a story or shows off a part of their personality. That’s the hard part.

I’ll admit that choosing a design can be a challenge as well but that’s only because there are so many wonderful options! Tiny Prints makes the rest easy with all of the filters on the left hand side to narrow down the selection. I always look for the holiday photo cards that have at least 3 openings for photos because between our four kids and seven pets, we need the space.

Below are the three I have it down to for this year:

I love the personalization ( a big “P” for Petro) that this card allows.

But even more, I’m digging the rounded corners and non-traditional color schemes this year.

And this one can even go on the tree!

While I’m still deciding on which design to choose, where we display the cards we receive has become a family tradition.

Our french doors proudly display the delivered greetings well into February because I just love looking at all of the happy faces!

Where do you show off your holiday cards?

This post is part of a series sponsored by Tiny Prints.

Saying Goodbye to September

Kimberly — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:28:46 +0000

A soggy September leads to Mushroom lane…

Comets blow up the Dynamite‏

Kimberly — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:06:01 +0000

First off, let me confess that I may love softball season more than my daughter (okay Grace, I know I do). The Comets, a U-12 recreational softball team in Fauquier County, is led by Coach Jon, an amazing father and role model who volunteers hours and hours of his time each week in order to teach our girls the sport and sportsmanship. He also writes the best post game emails ever. Below, please enjoy his recap of our second game along with a few of my pics (click for larger view).

Hello Comet Nation,

Today’s game was complete domination…with a few hiccups defensively in the first inning. Final score 23 to 6.

On offense, we scored 6 runs in the first, 6 runs in the third and 6 runs in the fourth inning, each time resulting in the mercy rule to end the inning. And, the second inning, we scored 5 runs. In two games we have scored 37 runs in 8 innings. Sam, Carleigh, Lauren, and Bailey scored every time they batted, resulting in 16 runs.

And Megan scored 3 out of 4 times up. Great job girls.

Pitching: Lauren pitched 3 innings, recording 5 strikeouts and Megan followed up with a scoreless 4th and final inning. If we keep pitching at this level, we will be untouchable.

Defense: We gave up 6 runs and I truly mean, we GAVE them 6 runs. All their runs were a result of our inability to throw and catch the ball, primarily in the first inning. We gave up 4 runs in the first inning and that is totally unacceptable. So guess what we will be doing on Wednesday… Ground ball drills and throwing drills. And if we still look sloppy, we will do more drills on Friday and scrap our scrimmage.

We will also work on our base running…coming off the base after the pitch and we will do our tag up – sliding drill. We were very lucky today, the umpire could have called us out on at least 3 plays for not sliding. And when we did slide, let’s just say we looked, on second thought, let’s not say. We will work on sliding correctly and more importantly, safely.

And finally, I want to congratulate Carleigh, our Catcher. The position of Catcher is the hardest position on the field, besides the Pitcher. You have to be mentally tough to play both these positions and Carleigh showed today through her play, she doesn’t give up.

She finished off the Dynamite in the final inning, sending us home 23 to 6 winners.

I hope everybody had fun today, I sure did, as I am still smiling and driving Shelley crazy going over every play of the game. I will see everybody at practice on Wednesday.

Coach Jon.

For all of the pictures of the games, please visit my Facebook page (and “Like” it pretty please).

Go Comets!!

September Senior Sale

Kimberly — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:16:04 +0000

September Senior Sale!

It’s that time of year again for Senior Portraits! In early celebration of the class of 2012, I am offering $100 off of the senior session sitting fee…for the month of September only.

A Breathtaking Family – Virginia Maternity & Family Photographer

Kimberly — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:37:25 +0000

Stunning Senior – Senior Portrait Photographer

Kimberly — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:28:18 +0000

I had a blast Tuesday morning with this stunning senior. She was a complete joy to work with.
I’m still editing her session but the shot below blew me away right off the bat.

Joanna graduates high school tomorrow. Congrats beautiful Jo!

Horsing Around

Kimberly — Sun, 08 May 2011 01:12:10 +0000

If I want to take a picture of my 11 year old daughter, all I have to do is make sure she is on horseback.

Otherwise, no deal.

Little Grace’s Class of 2011 – Virginia Portrait Photographer

Kimberly — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:49:16 +0000

Today, I had the lovely pleasure of photographing the kindergarten class of Little Grace’s School in the Plains, VA.

Each and every child was a joy to photograph!