Mark 2014 Senior, Johnson City, NY

The school year is coming to an end and those graduating will be starting the new adventures in their lives. I thought now would be a good time to get caught up on my High School Seniors. Share the sessions from the beginning of a chapter that will soon come to an end. It is also a good time to share these for those becoming seniors have some ideas to look at for their sessions.
The next three postings are going to be High School Seniors. I have two female and one male session to post. These three seniors are family or just about family. I have had the privilege to watch two of them grow from very young ages, one since a newborn and the other since the age of 4. The other senior entered our lives a year prior to her session. It has been a joy watching her change in that year.

The first session that I am going to post is the male session. He's the senior that I have watched grow since the age of 4. He is the brother of my brother in law. While he and my sister were dating they would bring Mark and my son along with them to the park. They became fast friends and that friendship is just as strong now. They are like brothers and we care as if Mark was our own too.

Mark and his mom headed to our house early on Saturday afternoon. The plan was to only do some head shots. So, he had some to pick for the yearbook and Mom & Dad had some nice images to hang and share. I convinced them that we needed to do a few outdoors. It was a beautiful morning and I didn't want to waste it. When we finished the head shots, which included Mark in a dress shirt and tie, we headed to the park down the street from my home. (The dress shirt and tie poses were even to make Mark want to be done, but he was behaved and did what I asked).

Meet Mark-

 A head shot option for the yearbok.

 I LOVE how these two brick wall shots turned out. I added the wording to the images to add a more personal effect.

 Lounging back to express that he was done taking photos. I"'tortured" the two boys. Mark and my son, with a few images of the two of them together. So, at this point in the shoot they were both done. Check back soon for the posting of the two boys!

 I could not decide which way I liked this collage, so I shared both of them. There are SO MANY cute girl ideas to include the year number in the shoot. I thought and thought and thought what could I do that would be "cool" for Mark. That is why I chose the dice. I was thinking "there were dice in the mirror", lol. But I really did think it would be a great idea, well that was a FAIL! He did no think it was that great of an idea, but he did do what I requested.

To end the shoot a collage of Mark in his dress shirts and ties. I know that it is not his "thing" but he pulled them off!
Congratulations on your Graduation this year! Good Luck where ever the road may take you. 

Caleb 4 week Newborn Shoot- Oneida, NY

 We all have one of those best friends that is like a sibling to us, that our kids call "aunt/uncle", well that is M and I. She is the God Mother to both of my kids and they are proud to call her aunt. I have waited since I become a mom myself for her to become one too. She was always the friend that we all knew would be a mom and take great honor in that title. And she has not fallen short of that thought at all. She is an awesome mother and her husband is a awesome dad too! Also, I am honored to have this little call me Aunt one day. Ya, I know when he starts talking.

So, to introduce you to this wonderful little guy...

He entered the world in May and he was a a long awaited baby. His parents married in  2008. They started their journey to become parent soon after. After a very long journey they finally got pregnant. They were in town in summer of 2012 and M handed me a jewelry gift box. She said it was what S had given her for her anniversary that year. When I opened the box it took a second to register what I was seeing. What I saw inside that box was a positive pregnancy test! I was so excited for them. I literary was jumping up and down!  They live a couple hours away and two weeks after my surgery my family ventured up to see them. I could not wait as it has been several weeks since I had seen him last and this was going to be the first opportunity for me to have him in front of my camera. 

He just celebrated his first birthday and I can not wait to share those photos with you too, very soon. But until then enjoy baby Caleb's 4 week shoot.

M loves frogs so I had to make sure that I got a shot with the frog hat.

 A smile! This was something rare in this shoot. For some reason he wanted to be serious in between not being a happy little camper.

 Wearing one of Daddy's ties. I got to pick out the tie to use and loved the color combo in this one. I think it looks great one Caleb too!

 For the shower M requested that everyone bring a book instead of a card to build library for the little guy. I came across this book and gorilla set after the shower and brought it up with me for this visit. I was excited when he started to dose off. It was perfect for the title of the book to capture him sound asleep with the gorilla. 

To end the shoot a collage of all his cute baby parts. Little hands, little toes, nose ears, and eyes!

Rev. Dennis & Michelle- June 2013 Wedding Binghamton, NY

The weekend of this wedding was a busy one. I was scheduled for surgery the week after the wedding and had a lot of things to get in order at home before the wedding and the surgery. It was also the weekend after my own wedding anniversary. My husband and I went out to a winery and dinner for our anniversary and had a great time. This year we will be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary! We have a family vacation coming up in July and plan on taking a day to our selves as well as having dinner on our anniversary night. I hope that this couple has the pleasure of many years of wedding anniversary just like we have been able to have!

I had the pleasure of meeting Michelle about 6 months before they were getting married. Michelle and I arranged all the plans and I did not meet Dennis until the morning of the wedding. I was nervous how things were going to go since I did not meet Dennis prior to the wedding day. But, everything went off without a hitch and I had a great time helping them capture their day!

I met with Dennis and his best man first. Then Dennis's dad joined us. After a few photos with the guys I headed to the couples home to shoot some images of the Michelle and her girls. We then headed to the Church for some more photos and the ceremony. After the ceremony we headed to Cutler Gardens for the formal shots. It was a VERY HOT day, but we made it through the heat and captured lots of great photos there. Everything finished up in Vestal at the American Legion. 

I have to say for being nervous about how the day would go, I had a great time shooting this couple. They are both great people and you can see the love that they have for each other.
I am glad getting this wedding posted just in time to wish this great couple a wonderful 1st anniversary!

 Three generations.

 A VERY happy man!

 Runaway flower girl.

 The first photo for the new family.

 Blowing bubbles.

 The next couple to be wed!

 First dance.

Cutting the cake and the cake smashing.

 Another first photo of the new family.

A photo to end with, A man will be a man...
Dad surrounded by beautiful women!