How to Create Real Moments During Your Family Session

September 29, 2025 Ginny Thomas

Forget stiff poses and forced smiles. The real magic happens in between. Here's how we create authentic, connected moments that feel like you.

Ginny is a branding, family, newborn photographer in the Maryland/DC area.
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Federal workers. I’m back again next week.

Next Tuesday, January 13th from 11–12 PM, I’ll be at Eaton House DC during Former Gov’s weekly co-working event offering pay-what-you-can headshots.

This is for anyone who needs a

📸 How to Create a Year-in-Review Photo Book (Without Losing Your Mind)

Life moves fast. (Understatement, I know) One minute it’s January, the next you’re scrolling your camera roll wondering how there are 12,000 photos and zero sense o

Snippets from another magical Christmas morning. Grateful for the love and smiles. 🎅❤️

Checking out Winter City lights in Olney!

When you leave the camera on manual focus and don’t double check… you get a full set of blurry Christmas photos. Every single one. [Whoops.....]

Honestly though, it feels kind of right for this year.

Everything's been busy, a little me

A merry, merry Christmas and wonderful new year from our family to yours! 🎄💓🙌

This is far from comprehensive. I have so many favorites from 2025 that this could be a full essay.

But here’s a small sampling of the connection and love that showed up in front of my camera this year. These moments are why I keep coming bac

Most people come into a photo session a little unsure.

They worry about feeling awkward.
They’re not sure how to pose.
They wonder if the photos will actually feel like them.

What I hear most often afterward is relief.

Relief that the proces

Enjoying the lights of LuminoCity!

As the year comes to a close, I’m reflecting on how lucky I am to do this work and work with such thoughtful people.

If we worked together this year and you’ve been meaning to leave a review but just haven’t gotten around to it yet