Amber Wilkie Photography » Wedding and Portrait Photographer - Arlington, VA and Washington, DC

For the past two years, I’ve closed out the year with a self-portrait and a few minutes of reflection on how my year has gone.  As far as I can tell, it all just keeps getting better.

First off, I want to say thank you to all my amazing clients, and my friends, family and supporters who have been behind me 100% in my business and personal growth as a photographer.  You guys rock and I couldn’t do any of this without the support from all my peeps, you know who you are!

This was another big year for travel, though toned down a bit from 2009 (I barely made Silver preferred!).  In 2010, I visited Tampa, Orlando, Hampton and Norfolk, VA, Portland, ME, Houston, Chicago, New Orleans, Ocean City, Duluth and Superior, WI (those two links are some of my favorite images from the year), Dania Beach, FL, Winchester, VA, Galveston, New York, Orlando, and San Diego.

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It’s going to be a slow week here on the blog – no weddings or engagements or portraits.  But there’s always time for puppies.  Taken on a much warmer day!

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When I was little, I used to beg my parents to get a “Hanukkah bush”.  Seriously.  I’d go on and on how it could be decorated with blue and white tinsel and ornaments and we’d take it down after Hanukkah.  Well now I’m all grown up and I married right into a Christian family!  I trimmed my first tree the other day with my husband and mother-in-law Barbara.

So from this little Jewish girl to you, merry Christmas!

And now, ornaments, which are still totally novel and interesting to me.  Like George’s first Christmas ornament!

I just love how the ornaments have this ethereal glow to them.  They’re lighted from a lot of different small sources so it creates a very diffuse, beautiful light.  And sometimes if there is a light close enough, it will create some nice rim lighting – like with the baby deer ornament.  And I’m basically just a huge dork for posting any of this.  Ornaments are neato!

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