Jim, Kayla and company (Rochester family photographer)

I was sorting through my posts tonight and realized I had a couple still in draft form! Not sure why this never actually went up, but here it is now.

These are my cousins :)





Seriously, can.not.handle the eyes













Love love LOVE doing these couple shots. Especially during a family shoot :) It proves that there was a beginning to it all and how having a family changes a couple and brings them closer...

Baby Peyton

It's been maybe about a year and a half since I began taking pictures professionally. To think about that truly amazes me, realizing how far I've come and the relationships I've built along the way.

In the summer of '08 I took family pictures for Denise, Pete and their little one year old girl Riley. Since then Riley has had another birthday and they added a new one to their little family.

At a precious 10 days old, meet Peyton Avery.



















Welcome to the world sweet girl, knowing you are loved beyond what you will ever know.

Haven Hope

I had the opportunity to go with Andrea on an infant shoot this week and it was one of the coolest experiences I've had yet as a photographer. I had the chance to sit back and watch, not worry about being in charge of what was going on. But rather just observe and take pictures as I saw opportunities fly by.

The chemistry between this family is nothing short of amazing. They flowed with each other so well and as a result were just unbelievably easy to photograph. These pictures make me want to have a baby... or not :) Maybe someday...

a present for Dad

Last week I met up with Jackie and her brother and sister to do some sibling pictures to give their dad for his birthday. What a great present idea, what dad wouldn't like something like this?

And while it was super duper cold up there, we they managed to pull off looking like rockstars even tho they were freezing. And I may have made a new record for speed with this shoot also as I haven't done a shoot in this cold of weather since the three brothers last November

Catching up family pics

Over the last 2 months soooo much has been going on in my life. I have unfortunately let things like keeping up with blogging fall between the cracks. But I'm finally settling into things again and will hopefully be able to keep up a little better :)

This particular family came to me last Christmas and bought a certificate for their parents to do a family portrait sometime this year. We set up a time and a place, and while we waited for the day to come, I thoroughly freaked myself out trying to figure how to pose this many people!

I poured over different family pictures and showed up to this location almost an hour early to scout out good spots. It totally paid off, because I was relaxed and I felt that because of that, the family was able to follow my lead.



Poor Abby getting squished in the back there :P





I just love the way these turned out!

Anyways, I mentioned earlier in the post that there's been a lot going on. The main thing that's been going on is that I've moved! I was talking earlier in the year about relocating to NC, but have since decided that the Rochester area is a good place for me to be... at least right now ;)

But that didn't stop me from moving. I have been living with my parents most of my years since high school, so I moved to a small town still very near where I grew up and I am absolutely loving it! It's great to have my own place and I feel that my productivity has the potential to go up without people around me all the time :) I'm so easily distracted!

Today I went back to making task lists though, and I only have one thing left after I check off this blog and I'm done for the night!

the i-will-try-to-post-more-pictures post

Last year Diane contacted me through craigslist to take pictures at their annual family reunion. I was still at a point where I was so hesitant about everything. But has that been stopping me? I don't think so! I spent just about 2 hours photographing all the individual families and the whole group of them. In between I also got some candids, which looking back I realize were definitely faves of the day.

I can't tell you how happy I was to hear from Diane again this summer. We met at a small park in Honeoye Falls and then drove to a big open field near there. I'm slowly but surely beginning to overcome my fear of shooting in the sunlight. Of course before we got out there, the sun was still neatly tucked away behind clouds and low in the sky... but when we were all set to start shooting, it peeked through with a fierce intensity that made for some beautiful light and shadows.

And the bokeh through the trees behind them in the right picture... no complaints here :)







In other news, I bought a set of magic print it boards from MCPactions today. Can I just tell you what an instant gratification person I am? I won't get them for like 24 hours. omg, I am not sure I can wait that long! The collages I've been making the last couple months were good, but I have gotten the itch for more. Plus these actions make making these super easy. AND I can just print them out! Score for both!

If you're interested in checking out MCP check out her site and maybe you'll just find something you can't live without... I did lol

finally, an adult family!

Diane contacted me a couple months ago with the hopes that we could come up with some new family pictures for her walls.

I knew her only by name, but have since gotten to know her and her husband, Michael, as well as her two children, Chelsea and Luke, much better... and I am a better person for having them in my life!



Shooting this family of 4 was an absolute pleasure. For once, I was able to have an idea in my mind, and execute it exactly the way I saw it ;) That doesn't happen with little kids... ha! The fact that they are all very photogenic was a huge factor too.

Good posing + good looking people = great pictures!



All of these were shot in the tiny village of Lakeville that sits right on Conesus lake.







When we were done with family pics, I stayed back with Luke and we shot some for his senior pics...

I seriously couldn't handle that he could do this:



Seriously, who does that? oh yah, Luke does.



Love these two shots... so much the same, but different and unique in their own way.





I've enjoyed working with you all so much and I'm glad to know that this won't be the only interaction I have with you! Thank you for picking me to help preserve your family at this time in life and I hope to be around to see new memories that will be made through the years!