Sujatha and her family came to Cobb’s Hill on this beautiful fall day to have their family portraits taken. Cobb’s Hill was new to me last year and it was a lovely location in terms of architecture and nature. For more location ideas, click here.

Such a gorgeous natural smile!

Which clearly runs in the family!

When your kids are little photo sessions can take up to an hour, but in this case we were done in thirty minutes flat. I barely got to know them at all! Though we did have a chance to talk shop about photography a little.

I should at least definitely remember what each of them did for a living but have to confess that they both had highly technical jobs that quickly left my brain.

Thank you so much Sujatha for sharing your beautiful family with me!

Zach is graduating this year – congratulations! Such an awesome milestone.

Zach chose Cobb’s Hill as a location because of its view of the city skyline.  Another awesome view of the city skyline is at Genesee Gateway Park.  To see more ideas about how to choose a great location, click here.

Cobb’s Hill is a great place for architecture and steps, which are such a fun feature in photos.  The University of Rochester, RIT and Highland Park are also all excellent locations if you’re looking for architecture.

A lot of senior guys aren’t really into photos, and that’s completely fine. Zach brought two changes of clothes which is enough to mix it up. Three or four is also great. Paige brought quite a few. It’s your session so how many outfits is completely up to you!

I had the privilege of working with Zach’s older sister Bridget a few years ago at a horse farm. You can see her photos here. It was such a joy to be able to touch base with this family again.

Thanks so much for choose me for your senior portrait photography. I hope you have a wonderful year!

It was a beautiful day for mini-sessions at Cobb’s Hill with the lovely Kim and Adonis and their wonderful kids.

Seeing these beautiful people has gotten to be like seeing family. They were some of my very first clients and it’s such a joy to see them every year – 9 years later. I am so grateful for them.

Kim was pregnant with Abby and Averie was just a toddler when I first met them. Now they’re so grown up!

If you’d like to be notified of future mini-sessions, be sure to hop on the newsletter by clicking here. They usually happen in the fall and are perfect for Christmas and holiday cards.

It was such a joy to work with your family yet again. I hope you have a wonderful year!

If you ever meet Pete, be sure to call him Pete, or Pita because the American version of Peter sounds horrifying to British people who are named Peter. Just so you know.

Pearl and Pete graced New York with their presence when they moved back stateside not too long ago. Pete’s mom came over from England for a few weeks, so they took advantage of the fall mini-sessions to have some family portraits taken. If you’d like to be notified of this year’s mini sessions, be sure to hop on the email list.

Pat is an awesome grandma and Pearl very much appreciated her hard work getting them acclimated to their new house in Pittsford.

There is no shortage of locations in Rochester and interestingly, I’d never been to Cobb’s Hill before this day – not even for non photographic purposes. It really was a fantastic spot with a lot of options in a small area.

One of the best things about hiring a photographer is that whoever is the picture-taker in the family actually has the opportunity to be in photos. They may or may not love that, but for sure it’s always good to have some kind of photographic evidence that a parent was present and accounted for.

White or black is a classic choice for photos since most people have clothing in those colors. For more ideas about what to wear during a photo session, click here.

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful family with me!!!