Jacie Lee Almira Photography

It’s 3:00 am. I’m taking  a break from packing for our trip up to New York to see our families for the holidays.  We leave in three hours. Hey, there’s plenty of time…why not blog?!

Recently, I’ve been on a workout kick. And those of you who know me know that that is way out of the ordinary. I said to my husband, “God, I love the gym!” He said that he never thought in a million years that I would utter those words in that sequence in the same sentence. Well, times they are a-changin’, mister. Now, it’s all about monitoring the heart rate, and working in zones, and small healthy meals, and resistance training, and yoga, and body combat classes, and personal training…!

Heather is my personal trainer, and she rocks! Her gorgeous girls were in town visiting their fabulous mom, and I was honored to be able to capture their fun and loving relationship! Here’s just one from our session. (I mean it is 3am and I still have to figure out how the heck I’m going to fit everything in the car! help!)

So happy holidays and new year to all! See you in 2011!

xo Jacie

I had so much fun shooting this gorgeous family! The girls were adorably cute and loved the camera, and vice versa!  Thank you vT family!

I loved our house from the moment I saw it. It was old, dusty, and had the most hideous wall paper imaginable, but it was easy to look past all that to its soul. And it has a good one. Sadly, we discovered that we are not the fixer upper types and have made the difficult decision to move on. We have contracts ratified and still have to go through all that real estate transaction rigmarole. So this darling, yellow house, where my kids have spent their “entire” lives, will be ours till the end of the year.  Yesterday, I opened the mailbox and found this wonderfully thoughtful gift from my friend Maggie!  She had it made by a friend specially for my daughter, who loves penguins. The house in the background is ours.  It brought tears to my eyes; this necklace will be cherished forever! Thank you, Maggie! and to your friend, Susannah!

oh, poor neglected blog! helloo-lo-lo-lo…there must be an echo in here! Apologies to my recent clients who haven’t had their peeks, well, in this case, their post-peeks. eek!

Halloween is almost here, then comes Thanksgiving, and then–holy cr*p!–Christmas. Yup, if you are coming late to the game, I’m your woman. With Life (with a capital L) getting in the way of life, I have been remiss in officially getting the word out about the mini-session. I marked it down in my calendar for Saturday, November 6, but, duh, you have to tell people about it, silly. So here’s the low down:

Mini-sessions on Saturday NOV 6 at my house in Falls Church (zip 22043). Price is $195 and will include:

• 30-45 minute family session, with up to 5 people (pets welcome!)
• 10-15 proofs made available for view in a private online gallery
• ownership of 3 high resolution jpeg images (for those holiday cards!)

We can do your family pics in the bucolic setting amidst my overgrown garden and/or a classic white or black background. Sessions will begin every hour on the hour from 9am to 5pm. Email me at jacielee[at]gmail.com to reserve your time (give me your first and second choice, please). I will send you a confirmation and additional details. First come, first served. Rain date will be the following weekend, November 13.

I’m looking forward to it!

The photo above was taken at the market fair at Claude Moore Colonial Farm! I love that period stuff!

Thank you H family for allowing me to capture your sweet little boy, his adorable big sister and your beautiful family! Here’s just a small sneak peek. More to come soon!