Three Lakes Pavilion Family Photos ~ Kim & Josh This Fall was unseasonably warm so late fall sessions were fantastically pleasant (as opposed to last year when our session was about a week earlier and absolutely freezing!). Kim had seen images from last year’s mini sessions and really loved the Three Lakes Pavilion cobblestone background.
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Shelter Creek Maternity Photography Brockport NY ~ Amber & Braden
Shelter Creek Maternity Photography Brockport NY ~ Amber & Braden In years past January has been a slow month for photography, but recently a few adventurous individuals have come my way including Amber and Braden. While they may have preferred to have a summer baby for future pool birthday parties (because they have an in
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Village Gate Family Photography ~ Andrea & Jon
Village Gate Family Photography ~ Andrea & Jon One of the very best places in Rochester for indoor photography in the winter months is the Village Gate. I could photograph there the rest of my life and never get bored of the different backgrounds available. Andrea and Jon decided that it was a good fit
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How to Take Better Pictures of Your Kids: Squat
How to Take Better Pictures of Your Kids: Squat One of the easiest ways you can improve the photographs you take of your children is by giving yourself a little leg workout. As adults, we want to accomplish tasks with the least possible work. For tall people that usually means taking photos from where we’re
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Brighton NY Six Week Old Baby Photography ~ Julia
Brighton NY Six Week Old Baby Photography The rules say that a newborn baby has to be photographed between 3 to 10 days old, or maybe 14 if you’re really pushing it. That’s because new babies are sleepiest, bendiest and curliest when they’re very small. As they wake up a little, they’re less apt to
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Geneseo Puppy Photography ~ Kendall & Eddie
Geneseo Puppy Photography ~ Kendall & Eddie When my kids ask for pets I tell them, “we have kids, not pets.” A person can only be stretched so far. But Kristen had a pretty ingenious setup – the kids gave the puppies to grandma and grandpa for Christmas, so they have a puppy-aunt and puppy-uncle
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Christmas Tree Farm Family Christmas Photos~ Greg & Christina
Christmas Tree Farm Family Christmas Photos The weather was less than ideal on this specific day, but Christina was a woman after my own heart and we pressed on anyway. Rain threatened and it was chilly, but we powered through and the kids were absolute troopers. Christina and Greg chose Woody Acres Tree Farm as
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Scottsville NY Snowy Family Portraits ~ Nicole’s Kids
Scottsville NY Snowy Family Portraits ~ Nicole’s Kids Nicole opened the door wrapped in a bathrobe sipping tea and croaked, “It sounds worse than it is.” So she didn’t join us for this year’s photos (but hopefully she’s better now!). Serendipitously the snow was very gently falling and Nicole’s kids, who are mostly not really
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Mendon Ponds Professional Family Photos ~ Erin & Colin
Mendon Ponds Professional Family Photos ~ Erin & Colin Erin and Colin are really wise about timing their family photos. The first time I worked with them it was for a combination session that included Connor’s senior photos, Erin and Colin’s 25 year anniversary photos and a family session (he got into Purdue, by the way!).
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How to Convince Your Spouse to Invest in Professional Photos
How to Convince Your Spouse to Invest in Professional Photos when they Don’t Want To Recently I received an inquiry from someone who was eager to have professional photos taken but was having trouble getting her husband on board, which is something I hear all the time. Generally but not always, it’s the woman who’s
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Eastman Gardens Baby Photos ~ Story
Eastman Gardens Baby Photos This beautiful girl is 3 years old now and I recently realized these images never made their way into a full blog post. It seemed sad to leave them in the bowels of my external hard drive, so here you go internet! Warm fuzzy feelings are on their way. This quilt
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Highland Park Professional Family Photos ~ Naomi & Tracy
Highland Park Professional Family Photos Naomi and I met serendipitously at a summer home school swimming event and somehow got onto the topic of organic gardening. She and Tracy have 20 years of experience working the soil behind their home and also introduced me to winter gardening (who knew!). However during our initial giant garden
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Mendon Ponds Fall Photography ~ Betty & Derek
Mendon Ponds Fall Photography Betty and Derek were originally scheduled for the session at Genesee Valley Park that got moved to Highland Park and then got rained out. We were grateful that this day had much better weather with plenty of leaves at Mendon Ponds for fun loving boys to play in. Logan and Isaac
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Durand Eastman Board Walk Family Photography ~ Alethea & Geoffrey
Durand Eastman Board Walk Family Photography Every year I eagerly anticipate this family’s outfits. Alethea is a portrait photography clothing ninja, as discussed in this post. This year she chose yellow and blue (the University of Rochester colors, go Yellow Jackets!). However, after picking her color scheme she learned that they don’t make men’s shirts
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How to Choose Clothes for Your Family Photo Session
How to Choose Clothes for Your Family Photo Session The goal of clothing in a session is not just to make you look and feel beautiful, but to direct our attention to your eyes. All of the instructions below come back to that concept. In a great portrait your eye knows the path to the
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