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01.06.15

Every Brother is a superhero | Rittenhouse Documentary Photography

This session…love. It was so much fun for me to photograph one of my favorite families enjoying a relaxed Sunday morning at home with waffles and legos. Seriously, a shoot doesn’t get any better than this for me. The kids could just be themselves, and sometimes being yourself…means being the hulk. :-) Here are a few of my favorite moments.

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08.20.14

A Wild First Birthday | Paoli Event Photographer

I started photographing Jack when he was a brand new baby and it has been so much fun seeing him grow. He is full of energy and personality and makes the. best. faces. He keeps me cracking up the whole time I’m photographing him.

When Jack’s mom asked me to photograph his first birthday party, and was deciding on a date, I had all of my fingers and toes crossed that our schedules would match up. Not only is Jack so very fun to photograph, but his mom has impeccable taste AND a background in home decor and event planning! So I was sure that his party was going to be perfect and full of eye-candy. I am happy to report that I was not disappointed. :-) You’ll have to forgive me that I went a little overboard on photos, but I couldn’t resist. Everything was carried out so beautifully and most importantly, Jack had the best time.

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06.24.14

New Baby | Media Documentary Newborn Photographer

I was suuuuuper excited and admittedly a tiny bit nervous when Jane asked me to do photos of brand new baby Nathan. It always puts me a little bit more on edge when I am photographing another photographer, but I should have known that I had nothing to worry about. Jane and Ted are so laid back and you can always count on pets to spice up a session. I could have hung out and photographed them all day. I think it would have even been quite enjoyable to photograph them eating the free samples in Costco (we joked that that is about as exciting as they get with a new baby at home). ;-)

We decided to do a Storybook session. Of course this session has a much calmer feel than any of my previous storybook sessions, but I think it perfectly captures the sweet monotony of having a tiny little baby at home. I know from experience that the day to day is all very much the same during that time (snuggling, feeding, changing diapers), but somehow you manage to forget it all anyway! I am so glad that I got to capture a piece of it for Jane and Ted.

Nathan is the cutest little thing. The great thing about photographing him when he was a bit older was that he just looooved gazing adoringly into the camera. That hair, amazing! So I’ll end my blabbering on here and let you admire him for yourself.

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06.04.14

Oliver’s Arrival! | Philadelphia Birth Photography

A week ago today, I had the best day ever! I was lucky enough to be in the delivery room to capture Oliver’s much anticipated arrival into the world.

Lauri did the most amazing job capturing Florence’s birth, so needless to say, there was a LOT of self-imposed pressure to do a great job. [Side note: I just looked back through those photos now and I somehow love them even more than I did then. How is that even possible?!]

Since this was Lauri’s second baby and Finley had come the day before her due date, I spent the three weeks leading up to the delivery anxiously awaking in the middle of the night to check my phone and make sure that I hadn’t missed a call. Of course the little stinker decided to come a few days late instead of early. :-) When I got the call at 5:30am last Wednesday, I was beyond excited. You would have thought that I was having the baby. I wound up getting to the hospital around 11am and things quickly progressed until she was ready to push a bit before 4. I feel like the birth story is Lauri’s to tell, but I have to say that just being in the room when he was born was an incredible adrenaline rush and although I’m not a big crier, I totally cried! I really can’t even put into words what an honor it was to capture all the love and happy emotions and hard work that went into Oliver’s birth. If you are on the fence about having your own delivery photographed, I can tell you first hand that you should absolutely do it! I know there are lots of reasons why people say they wouldn’t want to do it, but there is nothing that can compare to having the first few moments after your baby is born captured.

Soooo…in honor of his one week birthday, here are the photos from Oliver’s delivery!