Lola and Michael

I spent a beautiful Saturday morning with Lola and Michael, capturing their beautiful family portraits..









Mimi and Popsy came along for our session.... what a great idea to include grandparents for the family portrait session!


Three Generations of beautiful Ladies...



Popsy's little girl!

What happens after our session.....?

The excitement is overflowing when a client gets portraits done... new babies, engagements, families, seniors, weddings, etc...

In the time we live in, instant everything, it is hard t practice patience when it comes to most things.... i mean, when I wait in line longer than 5 minutes to get a coffee at starbucks, it gets to me!

So I thought," hey, I should pobably let people know what is happening to their photos between the time we take the photos and the time their websites are released...."

Almost every single photo that leaves my hands are tweaked, and perfected and color balanced before any client sees them.... I think that has a little bit to do with being a perfectionist and a LOT to do with having OCD about pictures.

Some people know that I got most of my training by working in a high end photography lab, so most of what I saw was the finished product... gorgeous printing and perfect color and sharpness.... I think that has remained with me and unfortunately means I spend too much time infront of Photoshop!

Here are some examples of some images right out of the camera and then what it looks like with some "magic"...






okay, back to my Friday Night date with Photoshop!

new things to blog......

SO.... what a whirlwind of a wedding season it is right now!!!!

In April we witnessed as Lisa and Jason exchanged vows... in May we watched as Jamie and Elizabeth had an amazing wedding in Napa Valley.... June brought us to Jenn and Brians big apple wedding under the Brooklyn Bridge.... and who could forget to mention Rose and Alex's (aka RoLex) four days of wedding events in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

and somehow inbetween these amazing weddings, I got to photograph some of the most gorgeous babies and kids.... Kevin, Sadie T, Jesse, Hannah, Timmy, Olivia, Ellie, Tate, Jessie, Julie, Eliza, Nathan, Sadie L and Ellie H, Ariyanna, Charlotte and a few more!

Also, I would be crazy to not mention the ambush bachelorette party that Rose's friends threw for her... that event was like nothing I had ever photographed before....... to say the least!

and I almost forgot.... we photographed some charity events for The Jimmy Fund as well as Chernobyl Childrens's Project

All in all, it has been extremely busy around here and I find myself wishing I had four hands to get everything done.....


okay, back to work for me!

-J