Being a photographer takes a lot of work–that’s not a surprise.  Looking at these images, it might appear that newborn photography is easy.  The babies just sleep. . . you pose them and bam, easiest job in the world.  On the contrary my friend–now that I’m in the depths of newborns, I can tell you […]

We are in full holiday swing over here.  Lots of little celebrations going on with family and friends, and we love it.  Last week, we spent the evening with some friends packing up shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.  The kids all loved it–and though it was sort of a chaotic five minute packing event, we […]

Little guys like these are super special to me.  I watched his family begin before he was born when I shot his parent’s wedding two years ago.  I met him a few days after he was born during his newborn session. And a couple of months ago, I got to help celebrate his one year […]

Amidst the chaos going on in my hometown of Buffalo, I thought I’d give a little shout out to summer time on my blog today.  A few days ago, I shot mini sessions in Buffalo, and in that same exact location, they are now literally up to their necks in snow.  Emergencies everywhere . . […]

I love establishing a trusting relationship with my clients.  This family right here. . . I love them.  They are loyal clients, which makes me love them even more 🙂  They are sweet and pictures of life are important to them. But then they picked up and moved eight miles away . . . Of all […]

Project 365 | 2014  is currently about 44 days from being done. Lately, I’ve been slipping.  I think I missed three days last week, which brings my total missed days into the teens, I think. Not too shabby for sure, but still–I’ve got to get better and not pulling the oh my goodness, it’s the […]

I first met Mindy a few years ago at my mom’s church in Buffalo.  Mindy’s mom is best friends with one of my friends, Mary–I had done both of Mary’s children’s weddings and Mindy’s mom was there for those.  I remember her talking about how I would love her daughter Mindy–“You guys have so much […]

Amidst the chaos of autumn, it’s been awhile since we’ve had friends over.  Sunday presented a perfect opportunity for just that. I was having a day of mini sessions, and some friends that we haven’t seen in quite some time were making a bit of a drive to come to their mini.  Because the shooting […]

Many times during sessions, parents step back and let me do the work.  Which is obviously what they’ve paid me to do.  Sometimes it’s great–sometimes kids do better when their parents aren’t hovering.  But sometimes (well, a lot of times), having the parents take a solid role in the session is the most helpful thing […]

I have this one vivid memory from when I was little.  It was in the evening, and my mom had taken me to the library.  She took us often, which I am thankful for still to this day. I walked up to the librarian excitedly and asked her with hope in my eyes if they […]