Newborn Nicholas

It was SO good to see my friend Kim and get to meet her new little bundle of love, Nicholas. Kim is someone I have known almost my whole life and was also a close soccer buddy of mine. We played on a few different teams together growing up - travel team, school team and a LI Select team- so yeah we saw eachother a lot, 7 days a week at certain times! I did some maternity photos for Kim when she was pregnant with her first son and also a little mini session of baby #1 but we went all out for this session! Baby Nicholas was a tiny little peanut weighing in at just about 6 pounds at his photo session (5 days old)! He was nice and sleepy when I got there was a good little model! He did have a few crying moments and I thought they were so cute actually and snapped a few shots of that as well.

Kim - your little babe is just so handsome and I cannot wait to watch him grow up! Thanks for having me photograph him and for buying me pizza as well! Feeding me while on the job with my favorite food = happy photographer! I am going to keep the contests running here so if we can get 10 comments from different people in the comment section on this post in the next 2 weeks, I will gift this family a 5×7 photo of their choice!

AlsoI wanted to give a big shot out to the Etsy shop, "I'll be yarned" for all the awesome hats and cocoons used during this shoot. Visit her amazing shop here ----> illbeyarned



I love this little cry-face one!

















Big brother Anthony is the cutest



I just LOVE these hand-painted decorations she had done in the baby's room - so cute!

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS

Well the Jets are off to a good start this year and let's hope it stays that way! My husband, is a die hard Jets fan, was indeed at the game on Sunday and he came back in quite the chipper mood (not that he isn't always chipper).

Anyway a few weeks ago I went to a preseason game and got to check out the new stadium. It is pretty nice and I really enjoyed myself. My only disappointment was the concession stand - there was NO line at all but my I still had to wait for my food! It seemed like utter chaos back there and I have no clue what was going on but it took forever. Other than that we had a good time and I cannot wait to go to another game this season!

Leslie - Family

A few weeks ago I had the chance to take photos for fellow friend/photographer/mentor Leslie Simmons! Her family is just adorable and I just want to take Taylor-bug home with me. She is at such a cute stage in life where she smiles a lot, stands up on her own and even dances! She is sweet as pie and I love her to pieces!

Leslie thanks for asking me to do these photos for you - I was very nervous but also honored. Also thanks for letting me use your Canon 5d Mark II - which I then decided I needed too and so I ran out and bought one the next week - lol!

PS - All photos were edited by Leslie

Michigan sky

We were out in Michigan Labor Day weekend had the chance to go to my uncle's lake house. What an amazing spot and I am always awestruck every time I go there. Their house is gorgeous, the views are beautiful and it is just complete serenity there.

Until you hear the laughter and chuckle of our huge family. I repeat HUGE family. There are 18 first cousins, and I have lost count of the second cousins but it is somewhere in the 20's. We all got together for a big reunion and it was an absolute blast. I decided to leave my good camera behind on this trip because I felt I needed a break. I really just wanted to have fun and hang with everyone and didn't want to be click-click-clicking away. I did however bring my point-and-shoot and happened to capture these two AMAZING photos:






We had an absolute blast in MI and I really wish we could get out there more often. My grandparents are both doing well and my g-pa (who is 88) even golfed 18 holes with Matt. Amazing. Thank you g-ma and g-pa for having us out and to my aunt and uncle for opening up your house for 50+ people! We love you and miss you already! (PS - isn't my hair huge in this pic, haha.)

A Vintage Firetruck!

Jaime and Billy. They are both volunteer firefighters on Long Island. They work in neighboring fire departments and met at Christmas party at his firehouse. They were married on August 28, 2010 and he used this family vintage firetruck to take him and the groomsmen to the ceremony. I was there to capture it all and loved every minute of it! This is why I love photography - it is always something different and it just keeps getting more and more interesting!

I have known Jaime since elementary school and was so excited that her and Billy hired me to take some photos of the guys getting ready and this 60+ year old firetruck. Billy comes from a family of firemen where his father, grandfather, uncle and two cousins have all volunteered at the same firehouse! As a matter of fact his grandfather was the previous owner of this 1942 Ahrens Fox Piston Pumper which was a one of a kind from it's time. It turns out the manufacturing company stopped making trucks between 1942 and 1946 because they had to focus on making parts for the war. This truck was the only one made during those years and later was named the "War Baby." This truck is now owned by Billy's uncle and he is also the owner of another vintage firetruck as well as a Ford Model-A chief's car!

I do have a secret love for vintage cars and trucks and I think I got this from my husband who makes me watch Barrett Jackson and Mecum classic car auctions. You know the ones where the guy talks a million miles a minute says seventy-thousand, seventy-five-thousand, seventy-six-thousand, seventy seventy blahbitty blahbity blahbity, going once, twice, sold sold sold! Yes those are constantly being DVRed and watched in my house…over and over again, lol. Well I guess they have grown on me and I now have a new found love for anything vintage and muscle cars, especially Camaros and Corvettes. My dream car would be a 1957 Corvette Convertible in Cascade Green - so dreamy. Anyway my point here is that it was so cool to see this vintage firetruck in person and learn about the history of it! It is something I definitely have an interest in and feel honored to have photographed it as well as three generations of firemen.

Congrats to Jaime and Billy on your wedding - you had a beautiful day and the lighting was oh-so-awesome. I am sure your reception at East Wind was nothing short of amazing and I cannot wait to hear all about it. Much luck and love to you guys.

Also I will continue the contest I have been running - if we can get 10 comments from different people in the comment section on this post in the next 2 weeks, I will gift Jaime and Billy a 5×7 photo of their choice!






By the way, these photos were all taken in his parents' backyard - can we say AMAZING?!




















Here is the beauty...















And it is time to go..