Senior Portraits

Senior Portraits

What a perfect day this one was for senior portraits! Brianne shared her childhood memories with me throughout our two hour session at multiple locations. One that included her toddler memories of climbing all over this "giant boulder"! :-) Not so big anymore, is it? We then followed the train tracks to find suitable graffiti, and then along the water for more portraits. Thank you for sharing your childhood memories and showing me around you hometown! :-)

Stephanie and Rodney Engagement Session

Stephanie and Rodney took a trip back to where they met for their engagement session.

Keuka College

Crystal and Jared's Wedding

Crystal and Jared's Wedding Day ...

... Just as flawless as can be!

A time for sisters and brothers to come together in celebration!

Crystal and Jared Engagement Session

Crystal and Jared's engagement session along the shore at Keuka Lake State Park on a beautiful Sunday began with a stop at a little bridge overlooking Keuka Lake through the trees!

Through our stroll around the park we took a few breaks to take advantage of the variety of backgrounds that was available in nature.

Crystal and Jared headed straight for the swings as they came into view on our tour

around the park.

Last stop ... the gazebo on the lake!

Kristi and Michael Engagement Session

Looking out over Cayuga Lake from Stewart Park.

After taking a few pictures while Ithaca Falls cascaded down behind Kristi and Michael we took the short trail back to our cars and found this tree with amazing roots at our feet. We just had to stop for a picture!

A Beautiful Day for an Outdoor Wedding

David and Judy couldn't have had a better day in May for a beautiful outdoor wedding!

After the ceremony, they took the opportunity to have each of the children's

portraits done and then the NEW family picture!

Azalea's in Full Bloom

Mid May brings beautiful options for the girls!

While the azalea's are in full bloom, the bright pink flowers liven your spring pictures with the reminder that summer is just around the corner. Don't forget to ask about placing your child's name and the year on the image for the wallet size prints to give to their special friends.

After this session I couldn't help but think of

the country song ...

"In my daughter's eyes, I am a hero ..." by Martina McBride.

Inspiration by Ansel Adams

There are many photographs that I have told myself I should shoot, but always asked myself "who would have interest in this"? That all changed yesterday when I flipped through a book of 400 black and white images done by Ansel Adams and to my surprise, and inspiration had a number of images such as the ones I had questioned. This morning I went out and surprised myself before it began to rain!

Waterfalls

Recently I went out searching waterfalls. Here are falls from the Watkins Glen, NY area! Enjoy the recent images taken in the beautiful spring weather here in the Finger Lakes. More waterfall images and where you can photograph these rushing waters can be found on my nature site.

http://www.fingerlakesnaturephotos.com/

Spring Portraits with Chickens

Sooooo, I just got 5 beautiful baby chickens!

Maria and Jon's Wedding

Another trip made to beautiful Buffalo, NY to photograph a wedding for the second time for the family. Her sister's wedding last May was my VERY first wedding ever and I guess they thought I did a good enough job that their parents hired me back for their other daughter.

Now I'm not sure exactly what Dad was proposing, but after he walked Maria down the isle, he unfolded a piece of paper from his pocket and had a few words with Jon. Much laughter was shared in the first rows during the ordeal. And the ceremony was on it's way.

I felt so fortunate to photograph a wedding in such a beautiful church. And feel even more fortunate to have the abilities and equipment to photograph weddings such as these without the use of the flash. The natural light and briliance of the church is lost with the flash.

I absolutely fell in love with this group portrait.

The great thing about photographing weddings is that no two weddings are the same and in every wedding have walked away with unique images to that wedding. This image of Maria and Jon is no exception and absolutely love the romance and love that the image shows!

This group absolutely knew how to have fun! Beginning with the catwalk and the garter toss are only a couple examples, but the following images are exactly what they say when "a picture says a thousand words".

The cake smash ... part of it!

Throughout the reception I was able to take some great shots of the couples ...

And by the end of the night, my favorite image of the bride and groom is ...

Thank you for viewing some images and memories taken during Maria and Jon's wedding!