waiting for baby (rochester, NY family and children photographer)

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Tony and Lynda... 2 beautiful people I've been honored to know and work with to capture these precious days before baby #4 enters the world :)



For any of you out there who have a 2 year old or have had one in the past, you will understand completely when I tell you how difficult it is to have fresh cut grass between your toes while trying to be glamorous for your close-up. What a beauty little Laurel is. Between a few tears and sticks waving about, I managed to catch her at some amazing angles :)



It's also hard to be glamorous while your two older brothers are charging about all around you and chasing eachother! But can she be any cuter right here?



Tony is the Dean of Men at the local Bible school near where I live and they live right on the beautiful campus. We made our way to the front lawn of the school where the greens were bold and the leaves had just finished opening.













Just one more. I promise. No, i'm not saying that to you, I was saying that all through the shoot :) When I thought I was done, I would think of just one more thing. That's how these last couple on the steps happened... and I'm so glad they did!



Thank you Tony, Lynda, Anthony, Jaden and Laurel! I can't wait to meet the new baby, and hopefully we'll see her on the blog soon too! :)

a undeniably beautiful bride!

Here is a sneak peak from the wedding this weekend. The rain looked like it was going to ruin the entire day, but it cleared for a few hours in the afternoon leaving us a perfect opportunity for some fabulessness... or should I say fierceness? These guys got the blue-steel look down, as you'll see when I post the rest!

distractions, ugh!

In the midst of my very honorable efforts to work on Tuesday's session, I was highly distracted by Sting's new tank. I bought the vase almost two weeks ago, but it's taken me this long for my vision to become complete. Unfortunately for the lovely little plant I chose, the tops stick out of the water and are consequently parched. Gasping for air water.

I think he likes the new look. I like it way better than before. I also am developing the habit of photographing him in almost total darkness... hey, it is what it is. what can i say?

In actual, more important, news that you actually care about, I will be shooting my second err third (counting my very first 4 years ago) wedding tomorrow. It's supposed to rain the entire day. But hey, if you remember correctly, I have experience with that. It's gonna be great no matter what :)

now, on to the star of this post. and his antics*. he wishes for me to caption these as follows.



whatchoo lookin at?



my name shall no longer be Sting, you may call me Swimby (ps I did not approve this name change)



a shadow lurking among the forestry, watching you as you sleep.


*yes, I am aware that i sound like a completely crazy cat fish lady. it happens.

get out your calendar - I'm coming to Maryland!

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Emily (senior pics, rochester, NY)

my name is: emily



my school is: homeschool

my graduation date is: May 22



the last thing i ate was: an apple

my dream job is: singer/songwriter



if I had $1,000 i would buy: a junky old car (hey, if it runs who cares what it looks like?)



my favorite thing in my closet: purple halter top



my favorite pastime: writing songs and singing whatever comes into my head



i have never… seen heaven

my favorite magazine: Brio



my favorite place to shop:any thrift store (they're the best!)



my favorite high school moment: don't have one. highschool's been fairly static for me, never a really bad moment.



i love amanda slakes photography because: the photographer's waayyyy cool and completely talented!

Stacie and Jared's wedding (rochester wedding photographer)

March 23rd.

One of the most beautiful days we've had all spring.

I drove out to the church to assess the lighting situation and was more than pleasantly surprised with the beautiful light streaming in the stained glass windows. It was perfection. All that was left to do was hope that this light would repeat itself on the wedding day.

Fast forward 12 days to Saturday, April 4th. In Rochester, NY there is always that uncertainty... especially when we've had such unseasonable temperatures and beautifully sunny days.

The entire day was a mixture of freezing rain/slush/more freezing rain. Our status as upstate NYorkers has been officially confirmed!

But there were no tears shed. Well, except for happy ones. I saw a few of those slip out throughout the day :) The day went on, and what a beautiful wedding it turned out to be.




This girl was sooooo happy :D smiling all day long! Can you blame her? ;)
















This one cracks me up. The little ring bearer was pulling a red wagon down the aisle with the two baby flower girls in it and his mom was luring him down with a sucker :D












The kiss! eep! I love it :D












One of the baby flower girls :)

a little taste

of the wedding this weekend :)



More to come later on...