Ellie Mae!

Meet Ellie! She is the niece of a senior that I shot last year (Lorin). I was so excited to get the opportunity to shoot Ellie. She was full of smiles and we only had a moment of cries. This were all shot at Ellie's grandmas house, Lois.


You can see her blue eyes shinning through on this one.

Sitting with her big sister.

I love these two with the polka dot fabric and pearls. I have this fabric for a while and was so excited to get the opportunity to use it.

A princess in her pink John Deere bedding and feather boas.

This one was taken at the start of her crying moment. A little cuddle and a bottle cheered her right up!

Her final outfit change and she was still full of smiles for me.

Thank you all so much for letting me shoot Ellie's photos. I had a great time shooting her and look forward to shooting her sometime soon. Maybe we will try for a family photo next time around.

Summer Vacation 2010

I wanted to share some of the great shots that I got over the summer. We went and spent a day at Tunkhannock Falls in Ithaca, NY and we spent a week on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. I have more to share form the Speidi Fest and some firework photos too. I want to add that most of these were taken with my point and shoot cameras.

Some photos from the waterfalls as you walk up to the big one.

The big waterfall.

This butterfly fluttered by us we were walking back to the lake from the bigger falls. It then landed right by me so I was excited to be able to shoot this photos!

This was shot from the lookout.

These next set of photos were taken in Hilton Head Island, SC.

I love how the birds were drifting just above the ocean.

This is a jelly ball. It is part of the jelly fish family but you can hold it with out getting stung. We went out a Dolphin watch and the kids were able to throw the net out and see what they could catch. Most caught nothing, but the Captain's assistant caught the jelly ball.

This is the lighthouse. An outside view and one looking up from the bottom of the inside.

These two photos were the view from the light house. The top photo is to the left and the bottom one is to the right.

Rachael Senior 2011

Meet Rachael! I had the opportunity to meet her and her mom, brother and cousins in August. Rachael was a referal given by a senior, Lorin and her mom Lois, that I had shot last year. This was my frist meeting with them and everything went so well. We meet at Hickories Park in Owego. I was so pleased with all the opportunities that the park gave us for different great photos! There are a few posted here and if you want to see more you can check them out on my facebook page, just click the link to the left.

This is one of my favorites!

This tree was great! I am glad we ventured down by the river and found this tree. Its uniqueness and texture were great!
Thanks to Lisa and Rachael for letting me capture your senior photos. Hope that you have a great year! Enjoy it to the max! It was great to meet you and hope that we see eachother soon.

Going Ons

Summer has come to an end and the kids are all back in school. Soccer is well underway and dance class has started up again. The kids have been keeping me busy but not too busy that I have not had time for some great photo shoots.

My Nikon D70S has been a very busy camera. I have had the privilege of shooting several high school seniors over the past month. All them from different schools and all different types of personalities. I have had a great time shooting them all. I have also shot little Aidan and Hailey, who is now 9 months old. I am looking forward to getting all of these shoots posted over the next week. I also have more to share from my Trash the Dress shoot. I have several other types of shoots on the books over the next month that I am looking forward to.

We had a very busy summer and I am working on posting a few great shots of our activities that I was able to capture. I also have a few that my little mini-me took, that I am very proud to share.

There is still some nice weather ahead and great fall foilage to use for backdrops. Feel free to drop me an email to set up a time to get your shoot in. Thanks for stopping by and checking out the blog!

Taelor- 2011 Senior

Meet Taelor! She will be graduating in June 2011 from Seton. Taelor was a great subject to shoot. And as you can see she was full of smiles. We did some at her home with a few backdrops then headed to the Endicott Visitor Center to shoot some in her great dress. I had her bring along her jeans and tee too.

A few casual ones at the house in a simple black tee and jeans.

Here she is in her jacket from dance.

I loved this one in the black and white and the color. So I thought that I would show them both to everyone. Love the dress too!

What a great smile!

Hanging out in her black Converse!

Thank you Taelor and Claire for allowing me to help you capture some great photos of your senior, last and final year, of high school. I hope that you enjoy your year and best wishes for all to come.

Trash The Dress- Christina Part 1

Meet Christina and Dave! They were married on June 5th in Syracuse. Christina came to me and said that she wanted to Trash the Dress and of course I was up to the challenge. We had so much FUN! I am glad that I was able to do this for her. We started out in Johnson City down by the railroad tracks and then we were off to Gary's U-Pull It. Gary's is a junk yard, in case anyone did not know that. When we were talking about what she wanted to do she said water. So, I took her to Salt Springs Park in PA and water she got. We put her in the freezing waterfalls and stream of water there. We then headed to my sisters house where Christina jumped into the pool. Dave had their underwater camera and got some really cool shots at the pool too.

I am still working on getting them all edited. Here are some that are done now, I just could not wait to share some of them. I promise there is more on the way! There are just so many that I wanted to share, that I will be spiltting this into two post. Here are the ones that we took at the tracks and at Gary's U-Pull It.

This tire was sitting at the tracks. We could not have asked for a better "prop" to be there.

and the rubber rope too. She wanted graffiti and I was able to deliver!

Love this one. Tracks equals danger and it just shows in her face.

She was a great sport and climbed (with help) anywhere I asked! The brick wall ledge she actually picked and it was a thin ledge!

This is where we ended at the tracks and headed off to Gary's!

Here she is on the tire mountain at Gary's.

Relaxing in an old truck. David found the F150 plate on the ground and gave it to her to use.

I LOVE, LOVE this one. It looked great in color and then I added the B&W effect to it and fell in love with it even more. This one is one of her mom's favorites too.

Yes, she really is sitting on the hood of the car. Yes, she really has grease on her arms. When she asked for it I think that the guy thought she was a little crazy. But it looks great. Nothing like your car breaking down on your wedding day and you have to be in the hood in your gown to fix it. lol

The car that we used in these two photos was so cool on the outside but so smelly and gross on the inside. We set a sheet inside and her sit half in side the door. She was such a great subject and sat there tolerating the smell to get these great photos!

One last photo by the Gary's U-Pull (http://www.garysupullit.com/) It tractor trailer.

I want to thank Christina for being a good sport with everywhere we stuck her. I also want to thank the Roche Family for allowing us to use the pool. What a sight to see when you look out your window- a bride jumping into your pool. Thank you to the guys at Gary's U-Pull It too, for allowing us to come in and shoot there and for our personal "tour guide", Adam. Everyone was great to us.

I hope you all enjoy looking at these as much as we did taking them. Let me know if you or someone you know would be interested in having some fun with your wedding dress!