Thank goodness for families that cherish time together for portraits.  What I love most is that I know they’re choosing me not just for the quality and look of their pictures, but for the time spent together too.  Being invited into the lives of my families is an honor, and as a photographer, and a mom myself,  I understand their time together is fleeting.  We go from task to task to task all day…so for these portraits, I want them to have fun together while I’m there capturing it.

They could easily go to a portrait studio, and sit in front of a backdrop; and those are great for what they are.  Personally, if I’m going to go through the trouble of packing up young children into the car, how much more exciting is it to tell them we’re going somewhere outside like to a park, or to the beach?!    They can run free in our enormous variety of nature backdrops here in the surrounding areas of Rochester, NY.  I just LOVE it here – in all seasons.  For this session, we met out at Hamlin Beach State Park.  It was a perfect evening and I was so happy to see them again.

Just six short months ago, Lindsay had her baby girl Lauren; she was just 11 days old when we had our first session, and now her older sweetheart, Olivia has turned 2!  They are so blessed as a family, and it melts my heart to show them how spectacular they are through these beautiful pictures.