larchmont baby • westchester family photography

I shot this session a year ago. Yeah, that's how lazy I am about blogging. But I had to share, because I had the best time with this family...and they brought me to the most amazing location in Westchester, overlooking the Long Island Sound. The day was grey and misty and the rocks the color of seals. I felt like I was on the coast of Maine. Thanks again, guys, for an amazing shoot!

sunset on the hudson

At the end of my shoot with Kelly, we just stopped and watched....

my babysitter • hudson valley senior photography

Well, technically, my kids' babysitter. This adorable Haldane-grad has been watching my kiddos since I first moved to Cold Spring four years ago. Back then, she wore braces, I only had one kid, and that kid didn't speak. Kelly now is famous around town among the under-seven set (as well as their grateful parents). And this fall, she's going off to college. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to forgive her. But I couldn't let her leave without a photoshoot. I wanted to do something a little more urban, and thanks to Route 9, I think we got it! Kelly was fearless and totally up for anything. I had the best time!

the farmer's wife {part 2}

It has become an annual tradition, it seems, to photograph Carolyn and her kids along with Glynwood's many baby animals in the spring. It's a tradition I'm quite fond of. The things I get to see: The awe in EJ's eyes when she gets to hold a baby chick (despite living on a farm full-time!). The old cabin in the woods with its creepy lighting (and, at least in these photos, a laughing baby James). A pregnant sow creating a nest in which to birth her babies, and then, a few days later, those same babies nursing. If you're lucky enough to live here, you should definitely sign up for Carolyn's farm classes for pre-schoolers.

hi-o-hi: oberlin wedding in beacon, ny

I went to Oberlin, a small liberal arts college tucked into the flat farmland of northeast Ohio. Its compact campus boasts an eclectic mix of architecture—from 1800s stonework to Cass Gilbert’s red-roofed buildings, to the hulking concrete slab of a library—that magically melds together into something haphazard but beautiful.

The students are also haphazard but beautiful. They’re individual and thinkers and quirky and they love to dance and sing and argue and walk barefoot and occasionally dress in drag. Obies are a unique breed, which is why so many of them marry each other (one apocryphal number has it at 85%). My daughter’s principal (class of ’87) is married to another Obie. My magazine mentor married an Obie she got back in touch with at her Oberlin reunion. And Oberlin gave me my husband, whom I met when I was nineteen. So the wedding I went to this past weekend in Beacon—another Obie-to-Obie union—had a kind of magical feeling to it, due in no small measure to the fact that about three quarters of the guests had gone to Oberlin. There was individuality everywhere, from the intricate felt boutonnieres and table flowers hand-made by the bride to the ceremony, which had all of the guests congregated in a circle around the bride and groom, each of us coming forward to bind their hands together with a blue ribbon. As the party ended, one Obie (a theater major) plucked out her ukulele and a group gathered in the dark and began to harmonize. Maybe it was the mint juleps, but I felt, in that moment, like I was back on Tappan Square, hangin’ with my tribe.

PS I was not the wedding photographer, these were all taken for fun and under the influence of bourbon
PPS I am totally excited to see the wedding photographer's work. Jesse Anders was super fun and funny and you should check out his work.

mountain top

This sweet, sweet family just moved full time to Garrison (yay!) and I got to photograph them in their amazing home. Seriously, how beautiful is that kitchen? The home overlooks the mountains and the light was so pure and clean. It was freeeeezing outside, the wind was intense, but the warmth inside was incredible. I especially love the photo of mom and dad together. So beautiful. This is a photo-heavy post, and I'm not even covering it all! Thanks so much guys, for such a great afternoon!

thank you notes

I am so tickled by this thank you note I designed for my daughter that I had to share the idea with you. She had so much fun filling in the blanks and I loved sending something off to her friends that captured the essence of the party. (Plus, they're less likely to throw out something so darn cute, don'tcha think?)