USS Eisenhower Homecoming 2013 – Norfolk/ Virginia Beach Military Homecoming Photographer

As a professional photographer, I am hired to capture special moments. A pregnant mother who wants to capture her beautiful curves and growing belly with maternity portraits. A proud parent who wants newborn portraits and custom birth announcements to show everyone they have the cutest baby ever! A loving family who desperately wants to freeze time and capture their growing children in a timeless family portrait. These are all special moments that I love to capture but most of all, my favorite moment to capture is a military homecomings!

I am a military wife and I know first hand all the emotions that a military family has to endure during a deployment. I know exactly how it feels to look at a calendar and feel hopeless as time trickles by slowly and the feeling of counting down the hours until I am in my husband’s arms again.

Last month I was contacted to help capture the homecoming of a helicopter pilot off the USS Eisenhower. Even though the homecoming was not for my husband, I still felt the same emotions. I was counting down the hours until the late afternoon arrival. I was anxious as I drove my car onto base and tried to find a parking spot. I was in suspense with the other spouses as we waited for over two hours for the weather to clear so they could land safely.

The weather never did clear which only made this rainy homecoming even more dramatic. The weather was very gloomy but this session was full of smiles. After almost an entire year… Welcome home Lieutenant Commander! You were truly missed!!

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