Family photographer

Photographer For Life

The only compliment better than being recommended to friends and family, is to be called back to photograph another chapter of a couple’s love story.

When I photographed this family last weekend, I remember the look in their eyes, when they looked at each other on their engagement shoot, back in 2012. Their minds filled with the possibilities, of “imagine when…” and “what if we…”. And BOOM, the dream is reality..

Love, commitment, growth, then family…

And when these little ones arrive, love takes on a whole new meaning. And that person who makes you laugh, isn’t just there for the fun times. Now you have history together. Hard times, busy schedules, and routine changes us, but it all comes back to this… Two people dreaming of how wonderful life could be, when spending it together.

Change doesn't happen over night, but sometimes it feels like it does. Meeting my husband feels like a life time ago, but still vivid enough to feel like it was only yesterday. I was so naive to the fact that my whole life just changed in that instant. And here we are, almost four years married, and our son in my arms. The cycle of life is profound, I am so thankful that I get to capture it.

Cherry Blossoms

One of my favorite times of the year for portraits of all kinds, are when the Cherry Blossom trees are in bloom.

While we are all doing our best to put life on hold, spring has showed up in full force, with flowers and trees blooming almost a month early! New Jersey hasn’t had a real spring in years it seems. We went from snow to 90 degree weather over night. But this year spring is here, in all her glory.

Imagine walking outside on one of those bitter, windy, bone chilling, winter days… It is so hard to imagine that the earth will ever thaw, or that you could ever walk outside in just a t-shirt and not freeze to death. But then somehow, spring arrives, and you can smell the ground again. This to me is one of lives greatest pleasures. And those pretty little flowers are proof that we made it, and warm summer bliss is ahead of us!

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There is something otherworldly about cherry blossom trees when they are in bloom.

And what makes them so special, is they are only in bloom for a very short time. Before you know it, those pretty pink petals are floating down to the grown, and new green leaves emerge.

This too shall pass my friends!