Kendra was so beautiful in her almost buttoned wedding gown. While surrounded by her lovely bridesmaids, her mom started to sing a very emotional Spanish song which made everyone teary. It was not planned.           Kendra’s mom showed so much affection while she was getting ready. She hugged, […]

         A couple of weeks ago, I visited Raspberry Plain in Leesburg, VA and took some detail photos of the venue. It was a beautiful place! The mansion, gardens and the surrounding views were breathtaking! During my visit, I met Maria Guerra, Executive Director of RP. She was very nice and very accomodating! We chatted a little about […]

          I had a great evening at The Retreat at Cool Spring in Bluemont Virginia last week! My wife, Riza, joined a calligraphy class hosted by the talented Alyssa of Parris Chic Boutique! My wife learned a lot from her and it was just the beginning. She has been practicing and already wrote […]

          Fritzie and Paul’s engagement session is definitely one that I will surely remember! We planned a blizzard engagement session but the roads were not ready for us. We waited for a couple of days and as soon as the roads were cleared out, we hurried at Ida Lee park and captured their […]

Happy Snow Day, Friends!          For a couple of weeks now, I’ve been posting last year’s family snow photos on my Instagram and Facebook pages. I have so many cute ones to share so instead of flooding my social medias, I’ve decided to blog them instead. We will be taking new family snow […]

          Lisette and Joel’s engagement session was very special. It was a gift given to Lisette by her sweet cousin, Jessica, who is also a client of mine. Before their engagement session, Lisette and I met at Shoe’s, Cup and Cork, a favorite local coffee shop of mine in Old Town Leesburg. […]

Happy New Year, friends! I can’t believe it’s 2016 already!          As I was reviewing my wedding photos from 2015, I stumbled upon Jenny and Brian’s gorgeous wedding! and then I realized that they were not on the blog because their wedding happened before I started my blog. Anyway, it’s better to be […]

Virginia Beach, VA – Sunday, July 26, 2015 – Sunrise at 6:04AM.           I’ve always wanted to have sunrise photos in the beach so I woke my wife up at 5:30AM. No, it was not a planned photo shoot – I literally dragged her out of bed and bragged about this […]

          Hello, it’s my pleasure to see you here. Thank you for reading my first blog! My name is Jof Panlaqui and I am married to my best friend, Riza. We currently live in Leesburg, Virginia, where we are raising our 4 y/o son, Alex (a Jurassic World fanatic who thinks […]