Triplets

I have been photographing these cuties since before they were born. Love their parents! They will be coming in next week for their eight month portraits, but here is a little recap from their four month session!

Cousions.

So these two beautiful girls are my cousins, yes I am related to these gorgeous chickys. What I love so much about their shoot is that it was a surprise for my Aunt who had no idea that she was getting a huge wall portrait for Christmas of her girls. I told my Aunt Lori that I needed help on a shoot and could Jackie, (the blonde) and Taylor (the brunette)( -just clarifying) help me out. She found this really strange because Taylor is 12 and probably wouldn't want to help at 7am in the morning. Well, either would Jackie...so she found this weird but oh well. We spend the early morning in the cold photographing. These girls are dressed like it was July. Trust me, I was in boots, scarf, gloves winter coat. CHILLY. After the shoot the girls picked their favorites and I we got them to their house in Long Island for Christmas without Aunt Lori noticing. One of my favorite parts of the process is seeing a clients reaction. How their face lights up when they see the images of themselves or cry when they see portraits of their children. I couldn't see my Aunts reaction, which made me a little upset because I knew whatever her reaction would be, it would be huge, crazy, freaking out. I soon got a phone call early in the morning, from my Aunt, who was rambling about how much she loved her portraits, telling me that she couldn't stop crying. And this made my day. Because I knew she was happy and surprised and so grateful for her girls. What is a better Christmas gift then that?

I love my family-

Gabbi

I remember being a high school senior, scheduling my senior portraits for July. Praying that it didnt rain on that day, taking multiple shopping trips, because I needed one my shirt or matching earrings. I remember laying out my clothes a week before, making sure I was in love with everything. And getting my hair and nails done a couple days before. And then that day being so nervous that I was going to be photographed that I almost threw up. But I went and had my pictures taken, and had a blast. When I got them back I loved them, I looked like I was having fun, because I actually was. So when I opened my own photography studio, I wanted to make sure every single person had fun. That they leave and feel like the time flew and they cant wait to see the finished product. And so far...so good.

Here are some of Gabbi's senior portraits. She's such a beautiful person, inside and out. It started to rain during the shoot, so we packed up and came back to the studio to continue the session. Rain cant stop me.

So here is the finished product. -love the one of her on the bench with the grass behind her.

Avery

Look at this smiling face, how cute is this little girl? She is playful, full of energy and so very loved. We ran around all evening at The Central House exploring together. How lucky am I? I get to play with kids all day. I am truly blessed, and so is Avery's family.

Avery and dad Jourdan playing.

Love

So, whats better than love? Pretty much nothing, well maybe love and ice cream, which you will witness in a moment. But you have to admit that love is great. It's free and fun and it's probably my favorite session to photograph. I love them so much because I never have to tell a couple what to do, they just do it naturally. I love how fun and spontaneous the shoots are. And usually the guy at the end of the shoot says, I had fun... but don't tell anyone.
So as you can see Courtney and Landon are obviously in love, so I actually didnt have to do anything. They were just adorable and couldnt keep their hands off one another from the moment I saw them. I just love, love.

Like I said... love and ice cream. What can be better?

New, fun, very unsafe location I've been using... Main Street Honesdale.

Mike

So I have to say this was one of the coldest senior shoots I did in 2010. It snowed at the very end... but Mike never complained. We got incredible images even in the cold weather. We did the whole session at his farm in Honesdale. It is such beautiful land, it wasn't hard to find great places to shoot. We wanted to do some portraits with his horse Ranger, but he ran away! Just took off with the other horses, so we scraped that idea.

So here are the images we did get.

Jessica

So my senior portrait season is winding down, I only have a few more left to post!

This senior is Jessica, who had such a great personality and had awesome places to shoot at. We did some at Keen Lake and at her grandmothers in Waymart. I was also lucky enough to meet her brother and did a few with him as well. They are so close and I just loved them playing in the leaves together. Also Loved that her grandmother had a tire swing!! I'm so glad I got to meet this great family!

Have you noticed I LOVE shooting in the middle of the road?