Westley surprised his parents by arriving 7 weeks early. He spent several weeks in the NICU and Jaime wasn’t sure exactly when he’d be home. We changed session dates a few times, and then they were pleasantly surprised with an early discharge. They had only been home three days when I had the opportunity to
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Tinker Nature Park Family Portraits, Rochester, NY ~ Molly & Mike
Molly and Mike drove all the way from Massachusetts for their Tinker Nature Park family portraits. They may have also had some other commitments in town. 🙂 Molly and I first met at a wedding of a mutual friend when she was first thinking about starting a family, and here they are, 11 years later.
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Charlotte Beach Extended Family Photography, Rochester NY
The entire family gathered from the four corners of the US to celebrate Grandma and Grandpa’s 50th wedding anniversary. I don’t know how surprised they were by the party that ensued, but I’m sure that just having everyone in the same geographic location made them feel like successful parents. They chose Charlotte Beach because they are
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Newborn Safety Rochester NY
I was one of those naive people that saw babies hanging from things and thought that’s how they were actually photographed. It wasn’t until later that I realized that an overwhelming number of newborn images rely heavily on photoshop, digital manipulation, and for lack of a better term, optical illusions. It’s something that you really
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Chili NY Senior Portrait Photography ~ Matthew
Matt is entering his senior year at McQuaid, loves theater and is planning to be a doctor. According to his mom, practicing medicine has been on his mind for a long time. He didn’t mention the medical thing to me, but was adamant about doing some photos in a theater (more on that later). We
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1,000 Islands 2016
We spend a lot of the summer on Cayuga Lake, but had never been vacationing many other places in New York. My husband resisted the idea of leaving town again, but I won him over when some very close friends of ours invited us to their family’s vacation home in the 1,000 Islands. Because I’m
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Genesee Valley Park Baby Photography ~ Valerie & Aaron
I didn’t know Valerie’s vocation ahead of time, but I guessed that she and Aaron were doctors because of a statement she made about coordinating their schedules. It turns out they’re both in emergency medicine, which means that you couldn’t help but feel calm in their presence. I’m pretty sure I ended up oversharing. If
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Canandaigua NY Senior Portrait Photography ~ David
Robynlyn and her family don’t live in Canandaigua but have spent a lot of time there over the years and wanted to take advantage of the scenery there for David’s senior portraits. It’s worth driving a little extra to be in a spot that is meaningful to you. Seniors have a wide range of perfectly
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University of Rochester Family Portrait Photography ~ Danielle and Alan
Danielle told me over the phone that Mira is always doing cart wheels and it took about 30 seconds for her to start tumbling down the quad on the University of Rochester campus. We were fortunate with some unusually warm April weather for their Univeristy of Rochester family portrait photography session. Danielle said that she
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Penfield NY Newborn Portraits ~ Mia, 9 days old
Newborn sessions tend to run long, but who cares about time when you’re hanging out with people like Sue and Martín? Sue not only graces the pages of Beautiful Birth Choices where she teaches yoga and is a doula, but has also lived all over the world and does consulting work for NGOs. Her post
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Fairport NY Newborn and family photography ~ Kyle and Julie
Julie and Kyle recently relocated from Georgia and are excited to be away from the heat living somewhere with seasons. Undeterred by our very opposite weather they bought a beautiful house in a hilly community in Fairport (with a neighborhood pool and playground I was lusting after) which they hopefully won’t have to shovel too
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Black Creek Park Family Portraits ~ Laura & Jon
Before Laura became one of the very best doulas on the planet, she says she was a “wanna be” photographer. The idea was that we would go to a park and she would take our family portraits and I would take hers. Interestingly, my kids did not cooperate at all (I’ll publish those pictures soon
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Listen to Your Mother Rochester 2016
The amount of work that goes into a production like Listen to Your Mother Rochester is hard to appreciate unless you spend a little time backstage. The sound, the height of the stool, the managing of emotions and tension and makeup. It’s all very charged. Some women were preparing to share some of their most
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Mendon Ponds Sibling Photography ~ Trevor & Kevin
Danielle, Larry, Trevor, Kevin and I go way back and I was saddened to learn that they were going to move back to Colorado. Danielle swore she’d be back for photos but I have to confess I didn’t really think it would happen. To my surprise, she not only came back for a visit but
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Canandaigua NY Family Photography ~ Derrick and Kim