{I've been lazy}

Or is it busy? Or have my faithful readers simply been impatient? (You know who you are!) I've got a few sessions to blog, including a couple of beach shoots, but since there have been requests, here is a recent favorite of my own Amelia with her nona.

{What Big Eyes You Have}

Another day, another pair of kids with exquisite eyes. Could I be any luckier? Yes! I experienced something wonderful and uncommon (for me, at least) on this shoot: Kids that sit still and...listen. I'm hoping that happens to all kids when they graduate to elementary school. (If that's not the case, please don't tell me. I choose to live in blissful ignorance.) And don't you love that bright, crocheted, hand-made sweater? I love that I live in a community filled with amazingly creative mamas.

{12 Days of Holiday Sessions: Day 2}

Here's a favorite from a mini-session back in November. I'm not going to post their pick for holiday card since they haven't yet sent it out, but I adore this one, in a non-traditional kind of way. They kind of look like they're in a Gap ad, no?


This would have been my favorite, if little R didn't look so forlorn!


Here's her idea of a happy family photo!

{On the Farm}

Glynwood is one of the best things about living in Cold Spring. It’s almost a bucolic cliché—the big red barn, roaming horses, heritage hens that lay blue eggs with the yellowiest yolks I’ve ever seen. This family lives on the farm: Dad farms the CSA acreage, Mom hosts play dates showing off baby farm animals and makes a mean quiche with Glynwood produce. I had a blast photographing them for their holiday card.

{Eowyn, all grown up}

It's only been three months since I took newborn photos of Eowyn, and as I discovered yesterday, she doesn't care about little things like "growth charts." Seriously, this kid is as big as my one year old. Well, my tiny little fifth percentile one year old, but still. She's a beautiful, giant three month old now and it's amazing to see how much she's changed in such a short time. These are a couple of favorites from the sessions. The first is a face she likes to make. Often. And I just love how happy her mama looks in the second. It's hard to look that happy when you're sleep deprived!

{I Heart Brooklyn}

I was in Brooklyn recently visiting with my good friend Elissa. She's an amazing graphic designer and promised to design promo cards for me in exchange for photographing her kids. Easy, right? Well her 3 year old is one of the hardest kids I've ever photographed. He hates the camera and doesn't stay still for even a nanosecond. But he does love ice cream. (The new-to-me Blue Marble in Prospect Heights is delish.) And he loves fountains. And running. And his parents. So I had some great moments to work with. He and my 3 year old twerp had their first sleepover, which went brilliantly. (They were so tired from the ice cream and fountains and running that they passed out cold and didn't move until morning.) And our two little ones pawed at each other and cooed. It was a fantastic weekend. Can't wait to do it all over again!

And this is one of my favorite photos, it shows the juggling and monkeying it takes to parent two kiddos!