Since we just can’t stop getting winter weather up here in the Lehigh Valley I’ve been doing everything I can to make the best of it. My kids are over going outside to model for me so I decided to use objects that wouldn’t give me as much back-talk as my darling children. After about 5mins of trying to get pictures of snowflakes I almost preferred the fighting 4yr old and 7yr old. Since I don’t own a proper macro lens (may consider it now though), I pulled out my macro tube extenders. These serve the purpose I have when it comes to macro photography (which is to say, not that much), but they are definitely not the correct medium to use for say, snowflakes. But I didn’t give up. I think my husband was thoroughly enjoying himself watching me mutter and keep trying all day.

Seriously.

All day.

But eventually I did get acceptable images. Not great, but acceptable. And still pretty cool when you think about how TINY these little guys are. 🙂

Two days later we had a nice ice storm which officially made roads an ice skating rink. I went out to take some cool macros of the ice.

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As a photographer, I think Valentine’s Day pictures are super fun to plan! However, my 7.5yr old son rarely wants to be involved because, although he likes the candy and treats part of Valentine’s Day, he tends to think it can be “girly” (ah, boys). So after pleading with him and a mini fit about not wanting a “pink” background {gasp!} I rethought my idea and convinced him to come outside with me for this…

I’m so glad I convinced him because that’s one of my favorite Valentine’s Day pictures I’ve taken! He thinks it’s pretty neat too, even though all I got from him was a unimpressed “cool” response.

Hey, I’ll take it. 🙂

My daughter was much easier to convince. In fact, she still asks me daily if we can go outside and do it again.

And since it’s Valentine’s day, I’ll share what my daughter wanted as her Valentines. She (along with most other little girls -and moms!) is completely obsessed with Frozen. I was not able to find Frozen Valentine’s in the store, so we made our own. She is SO HAPPY with how they turned out.

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We’ve been getting slammed in the North East this winter! Usually we get a couple snow storms and we’re done. This year it seems as soon as the snow melts we get more! I’m over winter.

But, following the adage of ‘when life hands you lemons’ I decided to go out and make some lemonade. Portraits in the snow are really, really beautiful so it IS good for something. I took some of my favorite pics of my kids so far. And then, just to change things up, I dragged out my neighbors kids for some pics as well (how beautiful are these girls? Aren’t I lucky to get to photograph them whenever I want?).

And, because these are kids after all, you can’t NOT have a snowball fight right?

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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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This was a super fun session -once you got passed how COLD it was! Having a family session at a Christmas tree farm was a lot of fun and so very festive. The view was beautiful and seeing all the trees really puts you in a holiday mood. I have been trying to hook up with this family for months so it was great to finally meet up for a session!

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This family is very close to my heart since not only are they our best friends, but the youngest daughter also happens to be our god daughter. Since they moved to Maryland we don’t get to see each other as much as we’d like, but what better to do when we meet up than have a quick family session? It’s starting to get colder out now that winter is here, but in between pictures we wrapped the kids in blankets. It was crazy, but also lots of fun. We even took some pictures of the girls in front of my Christmas tree, which is funny because it can almost pass as a prop. 🙂

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Nothing is more fun than meeting a new family! I was so lucky with this session because the location was just stunning. Even though fall had started inching it’s way towards winters door, we braved the chilly weather and had a great shoot. Lots of colors still came through and this beautiful and photogenic family made my job easy!

The light was so pretty I had to play with some flare. 🙂

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