Mindy, Justin, Grace and baby JACK’s in-home newborn family photography session!
If you follow this blog, you may remember this sweet little family from a Delaware Park maternity photography session I posted here a few weeks back. Well their newborn baby, Jack has arrived! I joined them this time for a newborn family photography session at their home in the Buffalo, NY area.
Jack’s big sister Grace was very excited to show me around and show off her new brother as well. I couldn’t have asked for sweeter kids to photograph. Without further ado, three have become four! Meet Jack!
Mindy had suggested a photo of Grace looking in to the babies crib. I admit I laughed at the possibility of an almost three year old willingly participating. But sure enough, all on her own, Grace pulled up her step stool to see what baby brother was up to.
It was so nice to see photos from some of our past family photography sessions throughout the Buffalo area hanging throughout Mindy and Justin’s home. I love being part of their ongoing history!
That’s all for this one! If you or someone you know is looking for newborn family photography in the Buffalo area, please reach out here!
Canisius College senior, Charlotte’s, graduation photography in Buffalo, NY!
“Graduation Season” is upon us, and Canisius College senior, Charlotte, took the opportunity to commemorate the occasion with a portrait photography session on the Canisius College campus here in Buffalo, NY
Charlotte was about as decorated as I’ve ever seen a graduate. She has seemingly unparalleled ambition, and the brains to match. Graduating two years ahead of schedule, her hard work will take her from Buffalo to Law School at Emory, in Atlanta GA, this fall. Before the big move, Charlotte decided to honor her time at Canisius College with some senior/graduation portraits.
The Canisius College campus offers a wealth of great backgrounds for photography. We wandered the campus and simply stopped when we felt inspired for some photos. It was great to hear Charlotte reflect on her time at Canisus as we moved from location to location. Each spot holds different memories, and I’m so glad she will have this keepsake from her time here!
Without further ado, Charlotte’s senior/graduation photography!
That’s all for this one! If you or someone you know is interested in a senior or graduation photography session, please reach out here!
And for more graduation photography fun, check out D’Youville senior, Alisha’s session here!
Wedding season kicked off last weekend with the SWEETEST ceremony and reception at the Foundry Suites in Buffalo, NY. Darren and Jae were surrounded by the most supportive group of friends and family, as well as a whole additional crew on Zoom joining from all over the world, even as far as Korea, where Jae is from!
If you frequent this blog, you may recognize Jae and Darren from their proposal/engagement photo shoot back in the fall! You can revisit that post here.
I began the day with Jae in the cutest Air Bnb on Buffalo’s west side. Jae’s two friends served as her bridesmaids and helped her get ready. Meanwhile Steve joined Darren and the groomsmen at a separate Air Bnb for a few getting ready photos of their own.
We gathered at the Foundry Suites in Buffalo, where the wedding ceremony and reception would later be held, for a first look. The courtyard at the Foundry makes a perfect backdrop for a big reveal, and Darren and Jae make the perfect subjects. Their excitement just beams through the pictures.
From the Foundry Suites we went to downtown Buffalo’s Theater District for a few wedding party pictures, followed by the Japanese Gardens in Delaware Park.
Time for a wedding ceremony and reception at the Foundry Suites in Buffalo!
For the wedding reception, we moved inside the Foundry Suites where a photo booth, cocktails, dinner, and some AMAZING pasteries from one of my favorite Buffalo bakeries, Butter Block, awaited the guests.
Darren and Jae’s reception was wonderfully MC’d by their friend. I was so impressed with how he organized the events of the evening. He was better than many professionals I’ve worked with!
Since Jae’s family couldn’t make it to the wedding from Korea due to Covid restrictions, her father pre-recorded this speech for the couple!
Darren and Jae’s friend Sarah made them the most beautiful little wedding cake!
Darren and Jae wrapped the formalities of the evening with a thank you speech.
That’s all for this one! Many thanks to Darren and Jae for having us photograph their beautiful wedding! And extra thanks to these vendors and all the couples wonderful friends and family who helped make the day so special!
Bradley’s surprise wedding engagement proposal to Taylor during a couple’s photography session in Niagara County!
When Bradley reached out and told me his girlfriend, Taylor, really wanted to book a couple’s photography session, and that he was hoping to propose during the shoot, I knew I had a really fun and easy shoot in store. Typically for engagement proposals, I go incognito so as to not tip off the person about to be proposed to. But since Taylor had asked to get couples pictures taken, we had the perfect set up!
Bradley knew he wanted a nature setting, maybe a creek, woods, that sort of thing. He pulled some samples from my website of locations he liked, all of which were unfortunately on private property. When I said, “private property” though, a light went off. Bradley grew up hanging out on this incredible property on Lake Ontario in Applton, NY, part of Niagara County. There are orchards, woods, a creek, a beach, literally everything he wanted for the session. And we would have the place all to ourselves!
Bradley works in New Jersey and travels back and forth to Niagara County on weekends. Needless to say, he had plenty of time to think this proposal through on his drives. We chatted on the phone a couple times while he was driving. I can’t recall ever speaking to a client so excited for their engagement proposal! His emotion sounded clearly through the phone and naturally, he had this photographer excited for what was to come as well.
We began the “couples session” in this gorgeous hilly orchard complete with white spring blooms. Niagara County is well known for its apples, peaches, pears and more. This photo spot couldn’t be more quintessential Niagara!
From the orchard, we walked to a gorgeous grassy/wooded area along the cliffs of Lake Ontario.
This next location. Wow. Bradley had mentioned that there were a couple creeks that emptied out in to Lake Ontario that he thought would be good locations for photography. We got to the first area and in a very nonchalant sort of way mentioned there was a bit more of the same further down the beach. I’m SOOOO glad I said, “well lets check out both and then see which is better.” We get to the end of the beach and BAM. A freaking arch out in the water. “Roll up your pants Bradley, you’re going in!”
While the arch would have been a pretty epic place to propose, there wasn’t much room and I very much envisioned Bradley kneeling in to the water, slipping on the rock and falling in. Which… in retrospect, maybe would have made this shoot even better! But there was some beautiful light back on the other end of the beach, so we we wandered there for the final collection of photos.
Bradley and I had made a plan that when I prompted a pose by saying, “ok, face each other and join both hands” that would be his sign to know I had lined up the engagement proposal location. Worked like a charm!
