Meet sweet and gorgeous little Reece. I’ve been photographing Reece for about 2 years now (in fact, he has a special place in my heart because he was one of my very first clients when he was a baby). It’s super special to me because I’ve gotten to watch him grow through my sessions with him. This was my 2nd NJ mini session and it was celebrating his 2 year birthday. We had a slow start because he had just woken up from a nap, but that was nothing a few bubbles (and a little dog watching!) couldn’t solve. Mini sessions are such a great way to update your family pictures! It was fun to see Reece and his family again and document his birthday.

This family was the first of my NJ mini sessions a few months ago (yes, I am painfully behind on my blog). Tina and I worked together once upon a time, and were pregnant with our first two kids at the same time (when she got pregnant with her daughter, I may or may not have plugged my ears and pretended not to know -though I did have fun snuggling her when I took her newborn pictures). It was great to meet up again.

It was super fun to see the whole gang together. This session was a mix of First Communion, Baptism, and family. Which was perfect. What a beautiful family too. The boys are definitely boys and made me laugh the whole time. They just wanted out of their suits and to be able to run around. They were great sports about everything.

Boys being boys. 🙂

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This lifestyle shoot came about in a backwards kind of way. Originally it was a day my daughter actually WANTED to go outside and take pictures. I had an idea in my head for the shot I wanted so I quick dressed her and we got ready to go outside. Except when we looked out the window we noticed it was pouring rain. I decided we’d wait for a little while and see if the rain would stop.

At first Maddie was ok with waiting.

But as the waiting continued she started getting impatient and sad.

So what’s a mommy to do? Say screw it and go outside in the rain to play. 🙂 Everyone should play in the rain more, don’t you think? So we played. And we danced. And we jumped in puddles. And it turned out these lifestyle pictures were more real and fun than what I had intended anyway.

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Meet beautiful Olivia! I was so thrilled to be asked to take her First Communion portraits during my mini sessions. We had a beautiful warm morning and she was such a pleasure to photograph. I love the dresses and accessories little girls wear, right down to their adorable matching shoes! Plus Olivia was up for everything; sitting down, leaning against the fence, etc. all while wearing her dress. Made it fun for me!

Did I mention how beautiful she is?

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Meet gorgeous Isabella, the second of my First Communion mini sessions. I’ve watched this girl grow up over the internet from the time she was born, but this was the first time I got my hands on her to photograph. She was a natural. So easy photograph and so comfortable in front of the camera! She was a perfect model. Her First Communion portraits were perfectly easy, and when she changed for less formal pictures we had even more fun. Her little sister Marley took a little longer to warm up to the camera, but I got some great pics of her too. Such a fun session with these beautiful girls!!

Oh, and did I mention her sass? Love it!!

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Announcing Spring Mini sessions for Northern NJ! Spring is such a great time for pictures and mini sessions are a great way to get updated family pictures at a great price! Location still being hashed out, but will probably be in the Morris County area. Contact me to reserve your spot today!

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The first of my First Communion mini’s started off with this beautiful family. When I first decided to offer Communion mini sessions I left it up to each family to decide if they wanted to bring a change of clothes for after the Communion portraits. That way we could take some super quick family pictures at the same session. I think it’s so important to get updated family pictures so I try to offer it (and nudge families towards it) as much as possible. 😉 I was very happy when they tok me up on my offer and showed up all dressed nicely for some updated pictures.

I adore this shot. What a beautiful family.

Then it was time to change Joey to get his real portraits done. What a little stud. He knew exactly what to do and made this whole session very easy.

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I love getting calls for lifestyle sessions. They usually are so relaxed and natural for the family, especially the child or children. This little doll took about 5mins to warm up to me, but then her little personality just bloomed. She was a sweetheart and so beautiful to photograph. Plus, being in her own space meant she had all her toys and comfort items right at her fingertips. I absolutely loved this session. The lighting was perfect and the family was as sweet and beautiful as can be.

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Personal blog time! Since it seems like this winter will never end, we are trying to come up with other fun things to do while we’re cooped up inside. Something that is a treat to my daughter is taking a bath in mommy’s “humungous” bathtub. She’ll spend an hour in there playing with her toys. On this day it worked out perfectly for me because I was able to watch her from my bed while editing images from a session. Win-win! But of course, after a while, I had to grab my camera and take pictures of her. Sometimes it’s just impossible not to document things. 🙂 I love lifestyle pictures and I really don’t take enough of my family in this style. I also love that I captured my daughters most recent obsession; dinosaurs. From princesses and sparkly dresses, to dinosaurs eating each other, my little girls interests are all over the place.

My original thought for these lifestyle images were warm black and whites, but when I saw how pretty the soft light coming through the window was I had to leave them in color.

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So for Christmas my wonderful husband surprised me with a 135mm lens. I admit it, I cried. And then wanted to immediately go outside and play with it. Alas, that couldn’t happen because it was Christmas day and I had 10 family members coming over to celebrate. So I put the lens down and my apron on. Pure. Torture. 😉

However, the day AFTER Christmas was fair game! So what did I do? I brought my husband and the kids out for a quick “mommy-wants-to-play-with-her-new-toy-so-suck-it-up-and-smile” session. And boy does this lens make me drool. It is just beautiful, sharp, and has the perfect amount of bokeh. I can’t wait to use it on my next outdoor session.

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