Yes, its that time of year again! My daughter turns 2 today...what?!? Yes. Its true. Shocking, yet true. The past few months have been a blast now that she talks up a storm (the facial expressions during her stories KILL me every time). What a fun, crazy (tiring) and entertaining experience this thing they call motherhood is. Happy birthday my precious baby girl!
Today I met up with two of my favorite little sisters for their annual portraits. The day was picture perfect, flowers blooming and mild temps. We had lots of fun, these guys were all about posing for the camera (what a difference a year makes). So great catching up and capturing fun memories!
Today I met up with baby girl, Charlie. A whole year has passed since we saw each other, and what a personality this little lady has! We chose to do the shoot at Branch Brook Park since the cherry blossoms are finally in bloom. What better than to celebrate her birthday while capturing the seasons blossoms, right? So happy with the outcome!
This weekend I met up with these two cutie pies. It was great to see the family again, and to meet the newest addition. Watching the brothers interact and play together was adorable, there's nothing like sibling love!
This weekend I photographed Sophia, the newest member of her family. Watching the interaction between the siblings was beautiful and I believe we captured the spirit of the day. Hope you enjoy!
Looking forward to spring? I am! We've got 2 upcoming spring events, one in new jersey and one in southern connecticut. Both are great gift ideas for mothers day. Hope to see you there.
My very good friend had a beautiful baby boy 3 months ago. Today was the special day I got to take his portraits along with his sister and brother. So happy with our outcome!
This past weekend I met up with Isabel for her 1 year shoot. We were able to mix it up with some indoor portraits and a few quick-and chilly- outdoor shots. The changes that take place from 6 months to 1 year of age are really quite astonishing to witness and I am so honored to document those milestones. This little lady has a fun loving disposition and is beyond sweet (she kept handing me little pieces of air....it was adorable). Hope you enjoy, happy 13 months!!
So, now that I've had 2 babies in the past year and a half (insanity)- I've decided that I think its time to offer a new kind of shoot: in-hospital documentation.
I have to say, some of my favorite pictures to look back at are the ones I took while in the hospital after my babies were born. Those days are sort of a blur, and the amount of special memories that happen in that short amount of time are pretty crazy. Right?! For us, my husband did more documenting with our first- capturing all the visitors that came and the nurse that helped deliver our daughter. I love looking back on those images. With our second, he was delivered via an emergency c-section so we didn't get to document quite as many images. But we did get a few gems and in the end that's all that matters. So here I am, blabbing about why I want to offer this to you. Its such an awesome experience, and I think it should be forever frozen in time through images. What I'm going to offer is something like this: 1 hour of coverage either the day after you deliver or when you are feeling up for it (and are in the hospital still). The hour will be devoted to photojournalistic documentation of you, your family with your new little one. This package will also include 25 images printed up in a beautiful coffeetable book. Memories you can keep for a lifetime in a book you can re-vist with your little one for years to come.
Pricing and more will soon be listed on my website, I'll let you know via my facebook fanpage when that's up. And while I'm at it- here are the few gems I managed to snap this time around. The one of me with the baby was done with my i-phone, and I know I can do a lot better with my real camera and NOT after a surgery!
I was super excited to get out earlier this month to do a wintery engagement shoot with my brother and his fiance. We planned the shoot just after a snow storm so the ground was fresh with the white fluffy stuff. The approach to the shoot was to keep it fun while mixing traditional portraits with more natural candid shots. Hope you enjoy the snippet of wintery love.
Just sending out an update....we had our baby boy last week! He arrived over a week late, but was well worth the wait. Here are a few pictures of him taken today....hope you are all well and looking forward to seeing you in 2014!
Hey guys!
I'm officially making the announcement...we're having a baby next month and I'm beginning my maternity leave now. What that means is I will no longer be shooting portrait sessions, however- I will be placing orders and prepping any other items you may want during the fall. Such items include: birth announcements, holiday cards (if we did a shoot this year and you'd like to use the images for your holiday card, or any holiday gifts from portrait sessions done already (canvas prints, etc). Turn around time will be a little slower once the baby comes (mid - October), but I will make sure any orders placed by Nov. 5 are out the door by Dec. 5. Orders placed after Nov. 5 may take a little longer but I will try my best!
I will miss seeing all of my old clients this fall, as some of you know this is the "busy season" -- when I get to see old friends and how much their little ones have grown! Please stay in touch and if you get a chance send me a photo of your family. I'll be back to work in the spring and hope to see you in 2014. If anything changes and if I get the urge to do a wintery snow shoot in January or February I'll be sure to post it on my facebook fanpage and website.
In other news, here's a recent picture of our 16 month old daughter! She's quite a piece of work :)
-xo
Meredith
I totally enjoyed my photo session this week at the Madison train station. Since the setting is relatively monochromatic, their mom dressed them in similar tones with a hint of bad ass. I'm going to go ahead and say that its awesome and I loved downloading and looking at all of these gems.
Today I met up with Luca and Nico for their annual portraits. Love spending time with these guys, and I love to photograph their handsome faces! We had a great time exploring the arboretum, climbing trees and telling stories. Totally happy with the results, hope you are too....
Here are some portraits with little miss Julie- I can't believe an entire year has gone by since our last session. What a cutie pie, and what an amazing head of hair! Here are some faves with her family and adorable sister Josie in celebration of her first birthday!
Sunday's shoot involved a rather fun situation - a pillow fight. Kind of think this was more exciting for the parents and for me. Love the idea, and love the results. Hope it leaves you inspired!
This weekend I got to do something a little different for my family photo shooting. On Saturday I met up with some friends for their annual family portraits, and after we captured their traditional images- we moved inside for some breakfast. Every weekend these guys all get together in the kitchen to whip up some delicious pancakes- as a family. What better than to capture this tradition and the memories they make on camera, right?! I'm loving how they turned out, and I might have to copy this idea and do the same when my little ones are old enough. Enjoy!
Today I met up with Juliette and her family for her photo debut. It was great to meet her - she was a sweet angel. It seems like just yesterday we were doing her mothers maternity shoot in Central Park- and now here she is! So glad she gave me a smile, I love when we capture that expression. Hope you enjoy our little sneak peak!
This week I met up with Brad, Colleen and Bridget for their annual family portraits. I really enjoy working this these guys, they are so sweet and easy to shoot. We got lots of keepers from our time together and here are just a handful of my favorites...
This weekend I met up with one of my favorite families for their annual portraits. Love spending time with these guys, and I was so touched that they were willing to drive to ME this year since I'm pretty pregnant and a trip to Connecticut would be a tad much. As always I'm loving their session and all of the wonderful memories we captured. Hope you enjoy my blog selections!
