My 9 year old daughter has some anxiety issues that make her difficult to parent (and home school). She makes situations worse than they need to be and challenges my patience more than all of my other children combined. But every day she gets her two year old brother up from his nap and she
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North Chili Newborn Portraits ~ Nathan
When I got into newborn photography I envisioned that my newborns would have the most extensive modeling portfolio in the country. Instead, I’ve found that after giving birth I tend to be pretty disinterested in my camera and very interested in my pillow. A friend recently forwarded me this blog post: How to Post Partum
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Greece NY Family Portrait Photography ~ Nicole & Jerimie
Nicole contacted me in November because she wanted to surprise her in-laws with family portrait photography for Christmas. They envisioned a session in her in-laws back yard because she loves her garden so we planned for late summer. They had a shed everyone agreed was a nice backdrop. They also coordinated their clothing really nicely
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A Birth Story ~ Nathan
We are thrilled to announce the safe arrival of our newest baby, Nathan Michael. He was due on August 30th, so we were inundated with “have you had the baby” questions and trying to manage life with older children while waiting. Each day was a little bit of a challenge since the kids were not
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Genesee Country Village and Museum Family Photography
Cheryl and Alan picked the Genesee Country Village and Museum Nature Center (which I didn’t know existed!) for their portrait session. Their oldest son Bryan made benches and tables for the center for his Eagle Scout project, and their second son was doing a similar project so it was a beautiful location that was also
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Taughannock Falls Family Photography ~ Ashleigh & Raymond
Ashleigh and Raymond were visiting Ithaca as part of an informal Cornell reunion weekend. Ashleigh’s neighbor from the DC area (who’s a photographer) suggested that they get some Ithaca-themed family photos while they were in the area. Taughannock Falls State Park (pronounced Tah-gan-uck) is one of our family’s personal favorites for the very flat trail
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Outdoor Newborn Portrait Photography ~ Sabrina, 15 Days Old
Meet Sabrina, 15 days old. Husna is a very close friend of mine from college and we weren’t sure we’d end up connecting for Sabrina’s newborn session. She lives in Syracuse, I live in Rochester but was in Ithaca, and so she made the trek out to Mia’s Lakehouse for the newborn session. I was
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Conesus Lake Extended Family Portrait Photography ~ Megan & Jeff
Megan googled Conesus photography and came across the blog posts on sleeve length in photos and was inspired to schedule a family portrait session during her extended family’s vacation on Conesus Lake. This is a more “modern” posing set up with different groups. The best part of this setup is that it’s easy on the
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Wall Art ~ See before you buy
Preveal is a unique app that allows you to take a picture of your wall with a piece of paper on it, which you then use to see what certain size portraits will look like on a specific wall that you have. The site itself is a bit salesy for me, but what I love
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Extended Family Portraits, Penfield, NY
You may remember Erin and Colin from their son’s senior portraits in the fall. He’s been accepted to Purdue (his dad’s alma matter) and will be heading out shortly to study business. In June they threw a graduation party and Erin realized it would be a great time for extended family portraits. Initially it seemed
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Memorial Art Gallery Event Photography ~ Neyir’s Promotion
Neyir has been running her own business through Arbonne for several years and was recently promoted. There was a huge celebration at the Memorial Art Gallery where her friends and co-workers gathered to celebrate with her. Several women shared their Arbonne success stories. Including this woman who flew all the way from Oklahoma! Neyir’s son
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Sleeve Length in Photos ~ Beata
In our previous blog posts we saw what people with different arm thicknesses might prefer to wear to flatter their shapes the best. Pam described her arms as thick, whereas Debra described her arms as thin. Beata also graciously offered to volunteer for these sessions, and also described her arms as thin. If you have
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Sleeve Length in Photos ~ Debra
In a previous blog post we talked about what to wear during portraits if your arms are thicker than pencils. Essentially you want to have short to long sleeves rather than tank tops because it’s more flattering. On the other hand, if you happen to have thin arms, then you have more versatility with
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Sleeve Length in Photos ~ Pam
If you’re super thin then your arms may photograph well, but for the rest of us, there are two tricks you can keep up your sleeve. Pam was the first volunteer to be an arm model for this blog post series. I had the privilege of photographing her daughter giving birth 15 months ago, and
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Newborn Photography Ithaca NY ~ Grayson 16 days old
If you read up on newborn photography there are specific rules – the session is supposed to happen before they are 10 days old, they’re supposed to be sleeping, etc. etc. Grayson proved them wrong. He was an incredibly sleepy 16 day old and was a rock star during his portrait session. It also turned
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