I really loved this photograph of Zane and his father that I took yesterday and I know his parents are eager to show him off as soon as possible, so here is just one of Zane for now, will make another post later when I get the rest processed.  As this photograph shows, Dad is very connected and loving with his baby.  I love being able to show this.

Baby Zane

Emily is about to turn one.  I photographed her as a newborn and now as an almost 1 year old.  I started looking at her session and I had to at least post one cause this is cracking me up!!

Happy Birthday Emily

I had to make this post today.  It’s a story of a mother, daughter and even a grandmother.  It’s a simple story, just a young woman picking up her wedding dress, making sure it fits correctly before she takes it with her.  Her wedding is next weekend.  Her grandmother and mother are along with her when she tries the dress on:

simple, right?  Look at her face, filled with joy and excitement, the disbelief that this is her beautiful dress that she will be wearing in a week when her life changes forever.  Now, look at her mom:

Looking at her mom, I can only imagine the emotions and thoughts running through her mind.  Thoughts that began when that baby girl was born.  Thoughts from when she tried on her dress.  The grandmother is there too, perhaps thinking of the day she wore her dress, the day her daughter wore her dress, the day her daughter was born.

The young woman looks up as she shows off the beautiful lace train on her gown and sees the “W’ on the wall and says, “that will be my monogram”.  Next week, her last name will begin with “W”

Truly she is thrilled to be at this point:

Delighting over the simple victory of sitting properly in the beautiful gown.

Here’s all my best wishes Lauren, for a beautiful wedding and a wonderful marriage.

M.

One of the really great thing about being a family photographer, is that you become witness to so many wonderful love stories out there.   I didn’t need to hear their story to know how wonderful this couple’s is, but it is a very cool story.

Although I like to do make beautiful solo maternity photographs (and I was VERY pleased with this one),

I like to put a special emphasis on documenting connection and relationships.  I want my families to remember how they felt when these photographs were taken.  Sometimes, couples can be hesitant to express their feelings in front of a camera, but not this one.  They welcomed any excuse to cuddle up and love on each other.  The title of this post is inspired by the song that I couldn’t stop hearing as I photographed them, “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz

Thank you J & J and I can’t wait to photograph your newborn–whenever he or she decides to arrive.

M.

This session was done a week after Mr J’s adoption became final.  I am so very happy for this family, he is a blessing to them and them to him.

Meet Idan, about to graduate from High School, moving on to the next phase in life, in fact his college acceptances are rolling in.  Even though he will likely go to college here in Connecticut, he will be leaving the life of a child and beginning his life as an adult.  Documenting this transistion is important for both him and his family.  He will be forever changed and it is wonderful to have the memory of how he is now.

Okay, I admit it, I’ve been REALLY bad about making blog posts for a while now.  I’ve started to post a lot of images to facebook and you can find me there, but I prefer the image quality here.  SO, from now on, I will make the blog posts here and post a link from my facebook page to here.

So with no further ado, I give you J!

First off!  I just loved Dad and J here.  I love how newborns start mimicing their parents’ expression early on and this is a really fun one.

Daddy and newborn

Then there is the otherworldy expression of the new baby:

Otherworldly newborn expression

And of course mother and new baby:

Mother and newborn baby

Welcome to the world and congratulations family!  She is a gorgeous baby and so mellow to photograph.  I can tell you are all in love with her already.  And without further ado…

I find that a lot of times my photography needs more than one photo to tell a story.  The faces of children especially are so fluid and changing that it is impossible to capture it all in a single photo.  Yes, you can get one single beautiful photo, but it does not reflect the whole child.  I like tryptchs because they do allow you to group images to tell a story.

It seems like everyone around me has the same sort of harried, overwhelmed feeling of too much to do in too little time.  It seems like we get so wrapped up in it that we forget what “it” is.  As I was editing this session from last week, these smiles just popped out at me and I had to share, because they made me smile and I hope they will you too.