Tween Birthday Girl Portraits in Charlottesville, Goochland, and Fluvanna

This beautiful tween girl had big ideas for her birthday portraits this summer. Each year, she always does a great job picking her wardrobe and session location…and has even learned to look for “the good light” during her sessions (can you tell how proud I am?). I look forward to our special “birthday session date” together every summer; Oh how I cherish precious time with her.

“You were born with a light inside of you-the light that makes you who you are. All of your talents, all of your gifts, all of the joy and love and enthusiasm you have to give the world; your smile, your laughter, your ideas, your heart is all embodied in that light. Your light is unique to you. There is no other light in the world that looks exactly the same as yours. So, please. Please. Don’t change that light. The world needs it. Don’t dim it, don’t wish you had a different light, don’t let yourself believe that your light isn’t good enough, don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you need to change. A beautiful girl shines her light, just as it is. Be you, sweet girl. Be you.” –Kelle Hampton