Posts Tagged ‘Long Island Child Photographer’

With the warm hazy sunshine of the hour just before sunset bathing them in beautiful, soft, golden light – Bella & Jacob stole my heart during this session.  It’s a little bittersweet to post this session just as Labor Day weekend approaches – the unofficial goodbye to Summer – because this session captures all that is the warmth and carefreeness (yeah, it’s a word – I checked) of the season.  

This was one of, if not the first frame of the session.   Ok, off to a good start.  A really good start.

 

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Bella and I became good friends if you couldn’t tell… this is sort of an outtake – one of the cutest white balance shots I’ve ever captured… the sunflare is so dreamy and summery here…we got lots of shot like this.

But I also loved the variety we were able to get at this location… here’s little brother Jacob… 

I don’t remember exactly what happened here – we played lots of games during our session as is usually the case when I’m working with kids… we play & laugh a ton.  But I love her expression here…

OK, I could seriously just go on and on with this session so here is a collage…  it tells the story of our session in a little more detail.  Custom photography tends to lend itself to storyboards, collages, and cohesive wall displays.  Often the story of your session – and the moments of childhood captured at that time –  is best told by displaying several images together in either an album or wall display.

Ahhh…to be her in this moment…  taking that deep breath of ocean air,  feeling that cool breeze in my hair,  not a care in the world…  all our Summers should feel like this… hope you enjoyed yours.  If you didn’t do this yet – get out there and do it!

Last year, about this time (give or take a month), I had the pleasure of photographing my friend’s long awaited newborn baby girl.  To this day, her session is still one of my best lit newborn sessions… I walked in to the house to find a sunroom just bathed in warm, beautiful natural light.  I was in heaven.   Before I knew it, we were planning her 1st birthday session… we were all about the location.   In the meantime, beautiful baby Annabella was developing a little aversion to grass.  Yes, grass.   Did not want to touch it, have her bare feet on it, lay on it with a blanket - nothing to do with it.  So what?  She’s  a baby –  it’s new, it’s green, it’s itchy, there’s dirt under it - quite frankly, I don’t blame her for not loving grass at first sight.   So we found a gorgeous location that gave us lots of beautiful backdrops… sans icky grass.  And she was a happy girl. 

Check out the daintily pointed toes – how adorable is that?

Did I mention her handsome big brother was there too?

Such a ham…

One for the wall…

 

A personal favorite… she was so exhausted after a long day of modeling…can you blame her for knocking out like this?  =) 

A fun family beach session to share today… getting outdoors  in the summer sun, with a cool ocean breeze and their adorable toddler.   Family beach sessions don’t get old for me… especially with a family this fun.   Check him out in that last shot – he is positively soaked!  They had been playing in the surf, jumping waves, and just plain goofing off.    I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

 

 

 

  

And the winner is: Dean!   Well, actually, Dean’s mommy.  She won one of a few prizes I donated to the lifamilies.com Bridal Luncheon this year.   When I donated a complimentary newborn session – I had no idea it would go to someone already expecting – so I put an expiration date of 2011 on the gift certificate.  I was absolutely thrilled to find out it went to someone already expecting and very deserving.  J & V,  you are a lovely couple and now a beautiful new little family – congratulations again!

 

Love his name.  Loved his chubbiness even more!  And his mom was tiny – you should’ve seen her!  They are such an adorable family and I loved hanging out with them while I captured their gorgeous new little boy.

The umbilical cord stump.  It’s the newborn tag….  Like when you go to the store and buy something new, you bring it home and it has the tags on it.   I see the  umbilical cord stump on an 8 day old baby and I think… wow… brand new… and there’s the proof.    There it is… a life… new, with tags. =)

A  clean, fresh process (my usual) paired with a black backdrop makes for a timeless image:

Look at those cheeks!

I love when newborns just relax into this pose… it’s so natural and candid… reminds me of the way my own babies slept when they were newborns.

So comfy and cozy…

A happy, sleepy newborn is always a goal for me at a newborn session but I love capturing a happy, calm, awake newborn… especially one with eyes like this – priceless!

So happy to finally share this session with you … meet Mac & Peyton:  brother and sister, about a year or so apart.   I love seeing siblings this close together in age because you just know how close they are going to be growing up together.  Mac was so adorable, grabbing a hold of my hand almost right away, we ran off to play together and had a blast during this session.   Mom joked with me about how he would’ve gone home with me.   I loved capturing both their blooming little personalities.

Warning to future clients:  I am currently obsessed with white – you will probably hear me recommend white something during your pre-session consultation - don’t know how long this will last, but I am just loving it…

I love, love a classic headshot.  Crisp eyes with solid eye contact, a great smile – creamy bokeh in the background…. there is something so timeless about it…

And really,  there aren’t much cuter things in this world than a baby grabbing toes… irresistible cuteness!  But it’s her eyes that really draw me in here…

You can’t help but smile right along with him here…

 

Again with those eyes!

And finally – some sibling fun!

She kept me on the edge of my seat.  As far as newborns go, I like to think I get a feel for when they will arrive.  I’ve done dozens and dozens of newborn sessions and I think I’ve only had one arrive on exactly on his due date.  Elizabeth’s older brother was born several weeks early and so Mom and Dad were fully expecting for his baby sister to make an early arrival as well.  It was all a matter of keeping her in there cooking as long as long as possible.   Almost every other day I would ask for an update – the suspense was killing me with this little girl!  She did come early but safely so and she and Mom, Dad, and big brother were all doing great.   Elizabeth gave us an awesome newborn session – but lets start with her big brother and his gorgeous eyes that made me gasp when I pulled them up on my monitor to begin proofing their sneak peeks…

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And his little sister – irresistible in mouse ears!

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Got my first chance to use my twiggy nest basket – I searched high and low, left and right for this basket and finally scored!  I’m in LOVE with it and how it photographs…

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Just one more of this cutie…

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Amanda was welcomed by her three older brothers (that’s right – three!) 3 weeks earlier than her due date… although this was no surprise to Mom who fully prepared me for her sure to be early arrival.   Twelve days old and right around 6lbs for our session, she slept like a 6 day old and was an absolute dream to photograph.  Congrats to the B family on your beautiful little girl!!

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Don’t let four year old Sammi fool you with this intense look… she is actually quite the comedienne.  Her sense of humour and repertoire of jokes went well beyond “orange you glad I didn’t say banana”.   She had me laughing through most of this session… all the more reason why I loved capturing these intense, moody images of her.

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Her little sister may well be following in her footsteps…she makes you smile without even trying.  Look at her – she’s like sunshine in pigtails!

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Oh and those things she’s wearing are called Baby Legs.  Aren’t they adorable?   I often suggest them to clients for babies this age (I usually bring them along if I’m coming to you) but alot of people have never heard of them -  so there you go.  When I ask you if you want Baby Legs you don’t have to think to yourself   “Hmmm…but my baby already has legs…”  ;)   Olivia is the perfect example of why babies this age photograph so well wearing anything from a just diaper to nothing at all.   The purity and sweetness of babyhood, and the sparkle of baby’s personality are what come through.

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