Listen to Your Mother is a celebration of motherhood that’s more than chocolate and flowers. It’s a performance of real men and women reading short essays they’ve authored on all things related to motherhood. This year only 39 cities have been selected to create their own performance, and Rochester is one of them. Rochester’s debut
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In Home Newborn Portraits Pittsford NY ~ TJ 9 days old
Sitting in a room with Andy and Betsy is like getting a massage. They are two of the calmest people I’ve ever had the pleasure to know. Even as first time parents they exuded calmness. Baby pee? No problem. Baby poo? Grab a wipe. There was not a dish in the sink and their house
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Do you dislike the way you look in photos?
Don’t like the way you look in photos? I accept the challenge! If you don’t like the way you look in photos, I want to take a photo of you that you’ll be thrilled to share with the world. Complete the entry form for a chance to win a free session. Afterward, you’ll have an opportunity
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Creative ways to use photos ~ Portrait Jewelry
As a society we take more pictures than we could possibly every use or enjoy. Because of this, it can be difficult for images to see the light of day. For those portraits that you have taken professionally or the candid ones that capture your heart, portrait jewelry is a creative and unique way to
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Before your hair falls out
My mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer five years ago, which ended the world. Surgery and chemo got rid of it the first time, then the second, then the third. Now we’re on round four – we because cancer is a whole family experience. My mom has always hated her hair because she thinks it’s thin and
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Lamberton Conservatory Baby Photography Rochester, NY
Laurette was eager to have 8 month baby portraits taken of her beautiful daughter, Amorette. It was February so for an outside look we went to Lamberton Conservatory at Highland Park. Laurette and Amorette spent a lot of time exploring the different plants, looking at the turtles, and examining (and perhaps munching on) the flowers. She
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Mendon Ponds Senior Portrait and Family Photography
Erin and Colin wanted to celebrate the graduation of their son, take their 25th anniversary photos, and memorialize their teenage children before they all flew the coop. We met at Mendon Ponds in the fall, before the leaves were completely gone and the snow took over for their senior portrait and family photography session. During
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Cambodia, January 2000
Going to Cambodia as a 17 year old was the stupidest thing I’ve ever done. Fortunately it didn’t end badly and was probably a huge contributor to me “settling down” at the age of 21. I crammed all kinds of teenage angst into a three or four year time frame culminating with this trip. So
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Listen to Your Mother Rochester
From the website: “LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER features live readings by local writers on the beauty, the beast, and the barely-rested of motherhood, in celebration of Mother’s Day. Born of the creative work of mothers who publish on-line, each production is directed, produced, and performed by local communities, for local communities.” In 2015 there are
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Corbett’s Glen Winter Family Portraits Brighton, NY ~ Kristine & Ken
Most dads get a little bit grumpy during family portraits – especially winter family portraits, but Ken was very nearly puddle jumping across an icy Allen’s Creek and throwing his four year old in the air in the name of family photos. On Super Bowl Sunday too – he should give lessons! It turns out that
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Naples, NY Winter Maternity Portraits ~ Andy & Betsy
Andy and Betsy are from Rochester, but had the brilliant idea of having winter maternity portraits taken during their weekend Baby Moon in Naples, NY. They’d rented a cabin in the woods where there was a fire in the fireplace, fresh snow, coffee, blue jays, and lots of quiet. They said that it was really
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Black Bird Knits ~ Rochester, NY Knitting Designs
This fall the local artist, Kate Fisher, announced the launch of a knitting pattern company called Black Bird Knits. As the photographer I was sworn to secrecy regarding the Upton Park Sweater, which was my personal favorite. I’m excited to announce that the pattern is now available for purchase at Black Bird Knits. Our model
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Christmas Tree Decorating 2014
I was having a little bit more fun with my GoPro and new video editing software. This is to my favorite Christmas song of all time, in a tongue in cheek kind of way. I do have to confess this is a highlight reel – my mom wasn’t feeling well, my husband was gone, and
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Great Wolf Lodge, Niagara Falls
We have a love affair with Great Wolf Lodge. Where else can you scream down water slides, eat mahi mahi and lamb while your kids feast on chicken fingers, or run around a hotel barefoot playing Magiquest? As your trip goes on, your kids will likely collect a host of actually high quality souvenirs. The gift
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Take Better Pictures: the Direction of Light
For most people a great picture is 95% subject matter – such as a cute baby or a kitten. But here is a little known fact – the single most important thing you can do to take better pictures is to understand the direction of your light source. This is more important than a better
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