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Hump Day Nuggets |The Last April Hump Day

It’s amazing what the warm weather does for my soul. Mind you, it’s only 59 degrees. But the sun is shining (two days in a row!) and it feels like summer. No lie. I was out about an hour ago pushing around a seed spreader with fertilizer in short sleeves and being barefoot (James, just […]

April 29, 2015

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Charlie | Rochester, NY Newborn Photographer

This may have been one of my favorite newborn sessions to date–not only because Charlie was a rock star, but because we got some adorable pictures of him with his big doggie sister, Lucie. Lucie wasn’t super excited about all the fancy photography stuff, and the backdrop made her a little nervous, but we were […]

April 28, 2015

Photography

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Week Two | Settling

Week one in the new house was chaotic–as you read in last week’s house update post. Week two was better. Much better. Boxes are gone (or in storage). We can walk through the entire house without maneuvering around giant messes everywhere, and mostly everything has a place. Mostly. High priority on my list is to get […]

April 27, 2015

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Nathan [Rochester, NY Newborn Photographer]

This session was so special for me. Though we’ve not stayed in contact super well (because I am terrible at that sort of thing), this little guy’s momma and I were pretty good friends in high school. We played many sports together, had many friends in common and we hung out quite a bit–I even […]

April 23, 2015

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Baby Steps | Studio Progress

I have yet to get my new studio fully settled and decorated, but it’s useable and up and running–and that’s super exciting for me! We moved in last weekend, and I had to have the studio in decent condition five days later for a string of three newborns in a row. Because newborn sessions are […]

April 22, 2015

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Marshall [Rochester, NY Newborn Photographer]

I have shot my fair share of newborn sessions over the past couple of years. But never once have I had one who has smiled so much. He smiled his way through the whole session, and I was thrilled to be able to grab so many for his sweet parents. Of course, we only got all […]

April 21, 2015

Photography

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Week One Adventures: Chaos is the Word

April 10th. It began. The journey that we said we would never do again. But we did. And NEVER AGAIN! I keep saying that, don’t I? If I move again, it won’t be in New York, that’s for sure. Somewhere warmer would be preferable. Our new house is full of great potential. I’m looking forward […]

April 20, 2015

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Can I Keep Her? [Rochester, NY Baby Photographer]

Sometimes, a little one comes to their session and just blows my socks off. Natalie was just that. She came to see me for her six month session, and I’m pretty sure I’ve never had more fun with a little six month old than with Natalie.  She smiled through the entire thing! She was fine with […]

April 15, 2015

Photography

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Last Week–Glad it’s over

Last week was a bear. We had sick kids galore. . . lots of fevers and coughing and crying. Lots and lots of crying. And mostly it was like having a newborn all over again, because Sawyer was up about ten times at night. . . crying, asking for water, crying and crying. And oh, […]

April 14, 2015

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Winston [Rochester, NY Newborn Photographer]

This little guy was many days late. . . apparently he was snug as a bug and didn’t care much to join the outside world. His newborn session was amazing. . . he slept, he smiled, he was all kinds of adorable. And his big sisters were thrilled to get to pick something out of the […]

April 13, 2015

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