A Year in Review: 2022

What an amazing year it has been! (I might have written this same thing last year-but it’s true!) We feel so fortunate to do what we do and it has been so much fun meeting new families and seeing our regular families again.

This year we traveled all around New Jersey, from the woods to the shore. We spent a lot of time in our neck of the woods in Bucks County, especially at one of our favorite parks, Tyler State Park. We also popped into Philly a few times as well! I’m hoping this year we’ll be able to explore even more beautiful areas and that I’ll be able to capture even more of those first newborn smiles and toddler tickles. Here’s to a wonderful past year and to an even better year to come!

Fall Family Photo Session in Lambertville

The Buck family were our neighbors for years and of course I was thrilled when they reached out for a family session after they had their second baby. I documented their first little one in a in-home lifestyle session a few years prior, you can check it out here. So for this one we decided on a golden hour fall session at the nearby Baldpate Mountain. It’s one of my favorite spots in this area and in the fall during the glowy evening is it perfection! Here are my favorites from this sweet, quick little session.

A Year in Review: 2021

What a fun, wild year it was this past year! Despite all the ups and downs that Covid threw at us; we were able to connect with so many amazing families! There was so much joy and beauty I was able to experience with many amazing people in 2021. Some of these families I’ve been photographing since they were married, and I have been able to watch them grow, meet their little ones and watch their babies grow, which is one of my absolute favorite parts of what I do. Some families I met for the first time this past year and was able to create new friendships that will hopefully last a long time. Sometimes I really just feel so lucky to be able to do what I do!

I haven’t done a year in review for our families before but after looking through and putting together our review for our 2021 weddings (check it out here!) I just got really excited to go back through all the amazing, fun, silly, and memorable families I worked with last year. Here are some snippets of each session and keep an eye out for more journal entires of full sessions coming out this year!

Cozy, Newborn Family Lifestyle Photography Session

I can’t believe I haven’t posted this sweet little newborn lifestyle session yet! Whew, it’s been awhile since my last journal post but here we are! I have a ton of awesome sessions to catch up on and here is a fav of mine!

We have been photographing the Pattwell family since their engagement and were beyond thrilled when they told us about their newest little family member. I love doing in home newborn photo sessions. They are cozy, and intimate and truly capture this moment in your lives. There is something so genuine about these sessions!

These are some of my favorites from their photography session and if you love dogs don’t miss their cutie pup who couldn’t resist being right there with us the whole time.

Check out some more newborn sessions here, here and here. You can also scroll through our journal for a ton more!

Philadelphia Newborn in Home Family Photography Session

This was my first time capturing this brand new family of three (well four, because their golden doodle, Lemon, didn’t want to leave their side!). There is something so fun about meeting new families and celebrating this incredibly sweet and exciting time in their lives.

They had just gotten home from the hospital with baby Alec just a few days before the shoot and they were exhausted but happy. The first few weeks are such a blur and are so easily forgotten because all of your focus is on this new little human in your life that your memories just don’t seem to stick like we want them to. This is way I just love capturing this moment so early in the beginning of this huge life change.

I may not be capturing alllll the dirty diapers, middle of the night feedings, and messy hair, sweatpants and spit up stained shirts, but I am freezing the sweetest part of this period in our lives…their tinyness (is that even a word??) and the love you have for this new little being. This hour that you spend with me is an hour to slow down, not think of anything other than how perfect your little one is, and how much you love your family. That is what you will remember when you look back at your photos. That is also why I love doing what I do so much!

If you want to see more newborn sessions check out The Bernstein Family, The Reeder Family, and The Macia Family.

Philadelphia Newborn Family Photography Session

Let me start by saying….it’s been SO long since my last journal post and I feel like I’ve really missed diving in deep to the images of these beautiful families that I’ve captured! I have a bunch of sessions that I’ve only shared glimpses of on Instagram but it feels really good to go through these and find some sweet treasures to share more in depth.

I have to be totally honest, this whole COVID-19 virus has me seriously thrown for a loop (I mean-we all are feeling a little crazy right now, right?!?!). Between worrying about the health of my parents and friends/family with compromised immune systems, to wondering what is the best decision for our family and our children as back to school rolls around and coupled with the politicizing of everything, I’m exhausted and frustrated. I think a lot of you feel the same way. Our family sessions and weddings have been put on hold, rescheduled, and canceled during these last 5 months, and while the future feels very uncertain, we are starting to begin shooting again. Capturing beautiful families like this one are going to keep me happy and positive! While we slowly start booking sessions, I’m going to start blogging more too-it really just puts a huge smile on my face to see these sessions again and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Keep an eye out on Insta and here for our fall mini session dates. We’re planning to start with one date in late September-early October and we may add a second date depending on how quickly it fills up and how open the Philly area is by this fall.

This sweet family I captured last spring and it’s just crazy to think this cutie pie is already 1! Newborn sessions are so fun, I really just love doing them!