Flora is three, and we met in a hidden garden in Charlottesville, Virginia, behind old gates and wrought iron fences, where ivy curled up ancient brick and a neighborhood cat watched curiously from the hedges.

A young girl with a braid, wearing a gray skirt, white shirt, and white socks, holding a flag with a wooden pole outdoors on a grassy area.

Her french linen pinafore dress rustled softly as she ran through clover and ran with her kite in hand. We wandered together through the maze of green, chasing light and imagination. Flora told stories with her hands, paused to pet the cat, and spun in dappled sun patches as if in conversation with the trees themselves.

A young girl with blonde hair and blue eyes outdoors, smiling with a slightly open mouth, in a natural setting with blurred greenery in the background.
A young girl with blonde hair in a braid, wearing a white shirt and gray overalls, reaching up with her arm extended and pointing towards the sky, standing outdoors in a lush, green garden. A gray cat is behind her, walking forward in the foliage.
Child wearing white shoes with decorative cutouts, white socks, standing on grass and small plants.
A young girl with blonde hair in a braid, wearing a white blouse and a gray dress, standing outdoors in a green, wooded area, looking to the side with one hand on her chin.
A young girl with long blond hair in a braid wearing a white shirt with a ruffled collar and gray overalls, holding a paper parasol outdoors on a grassy area.
A young girl with blonde hair in a braid, wearing a white shirt and gray overalls, is kneeling on the ground and picking flowers in a lush green wooded area.

This children’s photography session in Charlottesville, VA, was designed to capture the fleeting spirit of wonder and wild play—something that lives so brightly in the early years and disappears far too soon. Like all House of Felix sessions, it’s a quiet celebration of childhood as art, rooted in story and styled with intention.

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A young girl walking in a grassy park, holding a white cloth and stick, with trees and sunlight in the background.