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We have officially announced our Spring Open Session will be held at Chestnut Ridge this year! We have photographed so many families at The Ridge and every time they are adorable! It’s a great place for all portraits! We are so excited to get this spring and summer season off to a great start.   […]

    Imani and Christian are literally a perfect match! In just the few hours we spent together during their baby shower and their engagement session I noticed sweet gestures that prove they are in love. A touch of Imani’s back, holding of her coat, helping her up a snowy hill, Christian is a gentleman. […]

You take your time searching for a photographer who has the style that you are looking for. You carefully choose the location where your portrait session will take place, a beach or a nature preserve. It takes three hours on line shopping and two hours in stores to find everyone’s perfect outfits. The morning of […]

Meet my neighbors!!   Three years ago we moved into a sweet little neighborhood where children ride their bikes in the streets, families walk to the park, and parents relax at outdoor concerts. A neighborhood where people talk to each other and help each other.   What a breath of fresh air it was to […]

I just can’t with how adorable the Reilly’s are! They continue to take my breath away each and every time I photograph them. I just want to scream “just stop growing up!” Kristen and I have a long standing relationship with photographs! I began photographing their family when their oldest was only 9 months old! […]

Families like Anna’s are a true showing of the love that belongs in the center of life!! I can still hear the little giggles while “Pa” made these beautiful little ladies smile while I was photographing them! Anna contacted me two years ago to photograph her family and we have worked together ever since. It […]

We took advantage of the cherry blossoms at the Japanese Gardens a few weekends ago and I am so happy we did! They didn’t last long due to a rainstorm just days later.   Look at those faces! How can you not smile while looking at them! These three have stolen my heart, over and […]