Riley (Rochester children's photographer)

Last summer as I was getting started, I used craigslist to try and get some bookings. And while I didn't have much luck with it, I did have a little :)

Denise emailed me interested in doing family portraits, and although I had not much of a portfolio to show her, still booked me! I met them up at Charlotte (pronounced shar-LOT for all you out-of-towners ;) beach and went from there. Riley had just turned 1 at that time and I was just dying to take pictures of chubby sandy baby toes. Seriously.

And I got to!



The last time I saw her, this is what she looked like. We all know that babies turn into kids, but it's always a shock to actually see it happen!



We met up at beautiful Highland Park to take these pictures. It was a gorgeous morning, shining sun hidden by clouds and it was the perfect balance of humid and hot.







Riley was an absolute pleasure to take pictures of. She knew just how to say "cheese!" and smile :) I got so many awesome shots of her, it was very hard to pick the best ones.



But these moments are my favorite. The precious "in between" shots... that's what you'll really want to remember when you're picking out pictures for her high-school graduation slideshow :)







Can she get much more adorable? Like, seriously?

I'm totally honored that you asked me to do pictures for you again this year Denise. What a compliment! I can't wait to see your new little one in the fall :)

Nate and Em... Married!

Somewhere along the way, in my endeavors to steer clear of wedding photography, I somehow got sucked in... I'm still working through my feelings about it. Because I honestly love so much being able to give people pictures like this that they'll have forever to remember their special day, but at the same time... it's really hard. and I question myself so often as to whether i'm up to the challenge. I'm figuring it out, but in the meantime, the weddings keep coming to me. I've booked 3 more weddings for the summer/fall and am very excited to keep up the trend... but when can I stop questioning my abilities?

TMI I'm sure. Like, you don't come to this blog because you want to hear my introspective thoughts on my own talent. So onward we go!

I had the pleasure of working together with Rachel at Savor Photography to do my friends Nate and Emily's wedding.

Threats of rain loomed over the day, and after having shot my first wedding in the slush/snow/rain, I was prepared, if not a little disappointed :( But the day turned out to be beautiful. It rained, but only during the ceremony.

I may or may not have been able to narrow these down... so there's a ton... oh well :)









































































This last picture is of me and my assistant Bekah. You'll be seeing her on here in the coming months as she's working with me at weddings to pay for senior pictures! I love this girl, she is amazing and helpful and I love that she's 17 years old but I feel like we are peers. I'm looking forward to doing pictures with her soon :)

I'm so pleased with how this whole wedding went. It was a pleasure doing this for such good friends, and I was so honored to be a part of their day! Love you guys!

drive-thru photography

I did a shoot behind an Arby's today...

In gladiator grass. It's really too bad i don't have the mark II 5D, cuz then I totally coulda gotten video too ;) (updated to say that I just went and watched the whole video that I linked to in this post... and you should too... apparently it's not really from the movie... and by the end of the video I was like wth? BA!hahaha!)



Behind the Arby's you did WHA?! Just drivin through the drive-thru, gettin some beef... don't mind us... :)

Tim and Michelle - You guys rock. And I picked this one because there are FAR too many to pick just one... and I thought this looked a little mysterious. I can't wait to dive into the rest and show you!

I <3 eyelash pictures

I feel so behind right now, but I'm sooo happy that I've been so busy! Busy right now is a blessing :) Speaking of blessings, can we just talk about how amazingly beautiful these little big lashes are?



The rest of Riley will come soon ;)

AnnaGrace (rochester newborn photographer)

I've only had the opportunity to photograph newborns a handful of times... This little doll was so easy to pose and move around. I've always found photographing newborns to be a challenge and often wondered if I was cut out for it. If every baby was this easy, I would stop doing everything else and only do newborns from now on!

She arrived May 26 just before midnight... and 8 days later we took these...





In the story of Peter Pan it talks about how Wendy had a kiss in the corner of her mouth... AnnaGrace has one of those... do you see it? :)



I had a hard time picking a favorite from these, but this dyptick is about as close as it gets. I love these two shots





I couldn't believe how full of smiles this little one was! Every once in awhile you get to see a newborn smile just a bit, and it only lasts a second or two. I was so happy to be able to get this one just as I thought I was all done :D



There is a sweetness captured amongst siblings looking over their brand new baby not found in any of the other growing up years. What a precious family and what a moment this is...

Congratulations Tony and Lynda, your family is a beautiful reflection of the love you so obviously share. I am honored to have been a part of this time in your lives.