I loved this maternity session. The sun was shining, the couple was relaxed, and there was excitement in the air. And, can I just say–I am so excited for Spring to get here. Officially it arrives in less than two weeks and I am so ready for longer days and warmer nights. Anyway, on to the images–lots of them.

They have painted their nursery blue, but they still don’t know the sex of the baby. What do you think she is having? I think this color will look great either way–so happy, but also relaxing.

Their baby is going to be cute, I’m sure.

She barely looks pregnant. When I was pregnant my whole face got pregnant, but K is just all baby belly.

Sweet—-love this.

I’m jealous, K made my job easy.

Here she looks very classic I think.

And at the end they let out their dog. They told me he could be jumpy and get in the way, but look at him. He didn’t jump on me once. Good boy.

Pregnant shadow fun.

Love that view.

Enjoy the next few weeks before the baby arrives. Can’t wait to come out and see the lovely newborn when he or (she) arrives.

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This was one of my favorite types of sessions. When I arrived father and son where having a pirate sword fight. Then some board games were played.

I love this look.

A few puzzles were done and in-between one of the kids needed to sulk for a bit.

Then more smiles.

The dog joined in on the fun.

Running around as kids do.

A game of hide and seek.

Time to be your favorite super hero.

Isn’t he just the most adorable Clark Kent ever?

Then a battle for the batman pillow.

Getting ready for a relaxed family portrait when the dog decides to give you a kiss.

Whew!

All done.

What fun! Thanks for having me out again.

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Isn’t she precious with her little hat on and her little hands tucked under her chin?

And this little guy was quite the charmer as well.

He found his way into a few other photos.

You can really see her red hair in this picture.

Back to sleep little one.

Thanks for allowing me in to photograph your sweet little baby girl.

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This session took place on the first day of our little Syracuse snow storm last week.

The really exciting part of this session was  that it took place at their first house together–the one they are fixing up–the one that is a little behind schedule, but I’m sure will be done by the time the baby arrives.

So, when you worry about what your house looks like before our session remember this session. No floors yet, tools all over the place, but it was so much fun.

I especially love some of the shots we got up on the second story.

Since we were having our first good snow storm of the year, we headed outside at the end our session.

Thanks for having me out. I can’t wait to come back and see the new baby–and the finished house of course.

After the session I went to pick up my kids who were having some fun of their own with friends.

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This was a very last minute session and I’m glad I was able to fit it in. The session happened right before our big snowstorm and it was grey outside, but these two little sisters were adorable and brightened up every room.

When I got to this session I found out that this little baby was born right in this room. How amazing is that! I also found out that her mom is a local business owner  who runs CNY Cloth Diaper Express.

I adore this photo.

Oh, we worked hard for this photo. This little lady really wasn’t interested in much more than eating while I was there, so I wasn’t able to get too many sleeping shots, although I got some great nursing shots. I forgive  her of course and this image is just adorable.

Big sister was just a doll and keep me entertained while mom was tending to the baby.

Dad did some playing as well.

Thanks for having me out to photograph your adorable girls.

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Tis the season for maternity sessions and newborns–those folks who can’t hold off on their sessions until the snow melts.

This little man wasn’t too interested yet in what was in his mom’s belly, but he won’t be able to ignore it for too much longer.

What a perfect belly.

I just adore this photo.  It was a moment I captured in between clothing changes, and diaper changes, but I think it just shows the baby he still is, but you can also see the little boy he will be soon–and the curl to his toes doesn’t hurt either.

Now, he is just giving me that baby Gap oh so cute look.

Sometimes I got to photograph just mom and dad–the almost two year old was very busy.

I loved the light and the couch in this room, and well mom and dad looked pretty good too.

We wandered outside for about 5 minutes and I’m glad we did–see sessions outside in the winter in Syracuse are possible.

Can’t wait to come back and photograph your newborn.

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Winter break is something I am still getting used to.  For anyone not from around here Winter break (or recess) is sort of like Spring break, but in the winter. So, for one week in February kids get a week off of school. At first I thought this was a wonderful thing–we could get out of Syracuse in the Winter and get great deals for vacation out of season.  But then reality set in and I realized that there was no February break for my husband who would be teaching, and the airlines make it just as expensive to travel during February as it is to travel during Christmas.

So….we stayed home and welcomed Jason’s mom for a few days over winter recess.  Apparently it is still inexpensive to fly into Syracuse in February!

Like anyone welcoming their mother-in-law to their house for a few days I asked her to clean out my refrigerator while my husband made a nice breakfast. I was pondering why I still can’t seem to finish remodeling our kitchen while they were hard at work. I did find the time to take this image.

Sadie was busy getting seed orders ready. Winter break is also a good time to start dreaming about spring and planting yummy or pretty things in your garden.

I did let Grandma relax a little after she cleaned up the kitchen. Cuddles with Grandma.

She was even entertained by Echo reading her stories.

My mother-in-law texts and uses Facebook–don’t all Grandma’s? Here she is teaching Sadie how to text.

For laughs we took Grandma ice skating. Turns out she didn’t fall–go figure.

Grandma showed me up by giving Sadie and her sore toes (from too small skates) a piggy back ride to the car. I told Sadie she was too big.

One last hug before Grandma left.

Echo got her ear’s pierced over winter break. I can hardly look at this picture she is growing up so fast.

I got behind in my work, but I spent lots of time with my girls last week and had a great visit with my mother-in-law so, I give winter break 2010 a gold medal.

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I don’t often photograph this age–I’m usually hired for the newborn photos and then again at 6-7 months. And, there are usually some good reasons for choosing those times to hire a custom photographer, but…

O’ my goodness I had fun photographing this little man. He had just started to smile and they were not super consistent, but look at this one!

Loved these huge windows–and a good game of peek-a-boo. I think these (and some others from this series) would make a nice display together.

One smile turns to many smiles.

Sweet baby with dad.

And with mom.

Had to grab a few of the 11 year old big brother.

This is one of those half smiles that you get from 3 month olds, but I thought it fit with the other silly animal smiles in the background.

a pensive moment.

Thank you so much for having me out to photograph your family.

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I was really excited to be able to help a fellow photographer get some images of her own family that included her. Laura runs a great business in Canandaigua, NY specializing in photographing high-school seniors. I spent Valentine’s Day morning roaming around the college where her husband works, daughter attends, and where she and her husband met–pretty cool.

They brought their dog along who was very adorable..and strong.

I tried to get as many shots of Laura and her husband as I could. Love the laugh.

Her kids were great and easy to work with. I’m sure their mom has taken their photos a million times, but I just wouldn’t know how to work if I didn’t get some of just the kids.

Love the footwear choices.

So sweet-love that kiss.

I knew that this little girl had had been trained well since she didn’t once flash a “school smile” during our session.

The light is this part of the room was just great. I totally would have overlooked it if Laura’s oldest hadn’t just decided to sit there. Perfect.

This has to be my favorite shot–I knew when dad peeked out behind the mask that this was what it needed to make the image work. Doesn’t everyone what a family shot like this?

And a cool wall of paint tubs makes a fun background. I especially like the poster to the left and had to include him in a few of the shots.

Very serious.

Like mother like daughter.

Again, I’m having fun using the unique backgrounds in the art building on campus.

Laura, thank you so much for inviting me out to photograph your family. It was a pleasure.

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I can’t wait to share this winter wedding with you. As I share some of the images and the slideshow I am also going to link to some of the other wedding vendors that were a part of this wedding. I am hoping that these links will be helpful to other couples who are still in the planning stages.

I’ll start off with one of my favorite moments from every wedding.

Adam and Jillian have been amazing to work with and I was so honored to be their wedding photographer.  I knew I would be right for their wedding when I found out that they wanted to hire me based on my work with children and families. Adam works with Kevin Pole, and has seen the pictures I have taken of the Pole family, recently here and here .

They had a wonderful wedding with a winter wonderland look that I just loved.

It was a sunny, cold,  day with a light dusting of snow.  . The ceremony took place at the First Presbyterian Church.

So cute!

Jillian looked so amazing. Actually, she looked amazing in big red rollers when I arrived, but I sure did love her dress and style. This image was made to look like a similar wedding portrait of Jillian’s mother.

The reception was at Traditions at the Links. This was my first time photographing there and it looked awesome. I have so many detail shots from this wedding because I just couldn’t help myself.  Adam and Jillian worked with The Events Company to transform the space and provide lighting. It really was lovely. I’ll probably end up sharing more details in another post.

Cute bird.

And speaking of the details I have to put these ladies on the blog. They made the most amazing cookies for the reception and thanks to the plate I got to take home they provided my breakfast (yes breakfast!) for most of the week.

And, I can’t leave out the awesome cake by She Takes The Cake. I love this shot of Jillian getting the first look at the cake. I believe it was red velvet or at least the part I got was red velvet and it was sooooooooooooo good. Unfortunately, my fork got taken away before I was able to finish and I’m still thinking about the bites I didn’t get to finish…

Adam and Jillian. Thank you so much for allowing me to photograph your wedding. I do hope you think of me when and if babies come along because they are just going to be too cute.

Once again, I had the wonderful Stephanie Antshel helping me out for this wedding. She got some amazing shots (a few of which are in the slideshow) and we helped each other to stay calm when we each had a camera break during the reception!!

To see a bit more from the wedding view the slideshow from the day CLICK HERE

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