About a year ago, I was spending the night at the Tripaldi’s house and I got the extreme privilege of witnessing Finley’s entire, lengthy, bed time routine. This included hide and seek, storytime (i.e., Lauri reading stories while Finley ran around her in circles), horsie rides, both given and received by Miss Fin, and finished with singing many…many songs. As much as I teased Lauri about the whacky routine, it was really charming and it was all filled with so much love. I knew right then that I needed to come back and photograph the whole thing, along with some of the other Tripaldi family goodness. This post is what came of that visit and I am just in love with these images.

As a photographer, I think an awful lot about finding my passion in photography. I absolutely love what I do and I literally can’t think of another job that I would rather have. That’s a pretty amazing thing to be able to say. So it’s always a matter of refining what I do, never changing it. When I took a step away from weddings and towards families, I felt like I got closer and now I feel like I have fallen head over heels in love with photography all over again. This shoot just makes me so very happy. Photographing families doing all the little sweet and funny and crazy things that families do in their own homes makes me excited about being a photographer again.

So, that brings me to some news that I am very, very, VERY excited to announce, the introduction of the Katie McMenamin Photography Storybook Session! These sessions are filled with real family moments … real cuddles, smiles and office dance parties. ;-) For this year, when you book a Storybook Session, you receive the digital files and an album of the best images from your session. How exciting is that?! If you want more information or pricing or would like to book a session, contact me at katie[at]kmcmenamin.com. Let’s talk about what special moments I can capture for your family. :-)

I just love photographing Lauri and her family any time they’ll let me (poor Mikey has been forced to put up with far more photo sessions than I think he’d care for, although thankfully he’s a good sport about it). Miss Fin makes the best faces. I have been photographing her since she was a tiny babe and I can’t believe what a little person she’s suddenly become. She’s full of opinions – as most 2 year olds are – and talks up a storm and makes my job so much fun.

This particular session, we headed to downtown Bethlehem for some laid back hanging out. We strolled down Main Street, chased a band up the block, hugged a pumpkin, sang itsy bitsy spider and just generally had a fun afternoon. Here are a whole bunch of my favorites. :-)

Do you see what I mean about the faces?! The best!