A picture’s worth a thousand words. Let’s write a story.

To Couples & Families:

Bring me your inner explorer, adventurer, scientist, astrologer, artist, dancer, romantic… 10, 20, 30 years from now, what will make someone smile and see your character and personality shine through? What story do you want to tell? You are more than the clothes you wear - you are a whole person bursting with dreams. I think of photography as an art where you and I work together to build an image you love. The world is our canvas and we get to make the art! So, let’s have fun, take some pictures, and make some printable memories.

To Munchkins:

Be your unabashed selves.

  • Marc and Taylor posing as a lovable couple like 2 love birds on a romance novel cover. Marc looks like a jungle man masked behind a giant fern and Taylor looks like a sexy damsel leaned against him. Engagement at Smithsonian Castle in DC.

    Engagement at Smithsonian Castle

  • A 2-year old toddler in brown boots and a blue tulle dress with white shoulder straps and a red bow over her right ear is facing up a long wooden staircase under green foliage. Children photography at Scott's Run Nature Preserve in Virginia.

    Toddler Adventures at Scott's Run Nature Preserve

  • A 3 or 4 year old girl with long red hair wears a pink peach colored tulle frills dress with silver dots and sparkles. The sun shines in the back of her hair. The light reflects off, creating a bokeh effect. Children photography at wedding

    Children of the Wedding at Cincinnati Art Museum

  • A 2 year old brown-haired girl in a blue and white striped bathing suit. Her hair flutters into her face. She sits behind a pile of sand along the shore. She's watching the sand fall after clapping. Family photography at Terrapin Nature Park

    Family Session at Terrapin Nature Park

  • A toddler sits hidden behind an array of white tulips with more white and red tulips in the distance. She faces away, wearing a beanie with a white pompom, a studio Ghibli scarf, and a red coat. Child photography at Burnside Farms

    Flower Power at Burnside Farms

  • A 2 year old wearing a flowery summer dress is walking down the hill away from the camera toward a tree-lined lake. A rainbow of colorful kayaks on a 2-tiered rack. The trees reflect in the water. Child photography at Lake Fairfax Park

    Toddler Photography at Lake Fairfax Park

  • Toddler girl braces against a fallen log along the trail climbing Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland. Wearing a pink tulle dress

    Father-Daughter & Couple Session on Sugarloaf Mountain

  • Toddler girl looking at Potomac River and Fort Washington from overlooking hill. Wearing pin-striped sleeveless dress

    Toddler Explorations at Fort Washington Park

  • Toddler girl bending over to place craft foam sailboats in stream. Wearing multi-colored dress with gray and white stripes with stips of blue, red and yellow

    Toddler Nautical Fun at Rock Creek Park

  • Toddler girl clutching a stuffed ballerina-themed rabbit staring at a brown female oxen. Wearing gray and white striped dress with strips of blue, red and yellow

    Toddler Photography at Piscataway Park's Colonial Farm

  • Night silhouette of a man standing in front of the Natural Chimneys rock formation at Natural Chimneys Park and Campground

    Family Photography at Natural Chimneys Park

  • Toddler girl sitting in her mother's lap and resting her head on her mother's shoulder. Overlooking Linoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with Lincoln Memorial in background

    Mother-Daughter Photography with DC Monuments

Gallery

Word on the street

“Oh my goodness these are beautiful!”

— Heidi

“It looks like we’re living in a fairytale”

— Marc

“I’m queen princess of the mountain”

— Wren

A skinny waterfall falls down ragged slick dark-colored rocks with hints of green moss. Small brown pebbles sit in the calmer water. Overcast skies. Taken at Scott's Run Nature Preserve. The waterfall flows into the Potomac River.
Maloupu Aquiningoc, the photographer, wears a bracelet, pearl earrings, a rectangular necklace, glasses, and a red formal dress with a single shoulder strap. She stares longingly out the window, sitting on a large window sill. Cincinnati Art Museum.

For the love of the moment

I am a part-time photographer located near Great Falls, servicing the National Capital Region (NCR), northern Virginia (NoVA), DC, and Maryland (MD). I get giddy about photography and am fascinated by the limitless forms of art it encompasses. Join me as we embark on a visual journey through the lens of creativity and love. Let the magic of now unfold before you. Your moments, your story, beautifully preserved in time.

Let's Connect!

Feeling those creative juices flowing? Itching for some camera capture fun? Drop me a message filled with excitement. I can't wait to embark on this photography journey with you!

But wait… there’s more. Did I mention I’m a part-time photographer? I shoot photos on Sundays only