Newborn Photographer- Frederick, MD

 My next shoot was for another dear friend.  T was due with a baby girl in June.  She had been talking about how much she wanted to have newborn pictures done when her daughter was born.  After taking baby N and baby J's pictures I really wanted to try again.  So I asked her if she would want me to take them.  She agreed.  Again I was honored, excited and so nervous! What if I messed up.  What if they weren't so great.  It's a lot of pressure to take people's pictures.  We joke around that A will marry my son one day.  Talk about pressure.  These are their memories we are talking about and if I messed up my future daughter in law's first pictures that would be really bad, lol!  Luckily, baby A was another dream baby.  She was born to wonderful parents, just like J & N, who love her such an amazing amount.  She was/is definitely a Daddy's little girl already.  For just being my second real newborn shoot, I was happy with how they turned out and so were mom & dad. Thanks so much for letting me take baby A's pictures and share in the beginning of your new journey with you!

New born photos- Babylon, NY, Take 2

Baby N was up next.  He was just as sweet as his younger cousin J.  Baby N is the older of the two boys by just a few days.  Baby N was lucky enough to be born into a super sweet family filled with love too and he also got a wonderful big sister! 

 I love his sweet little smirk in this one.

 Baby N seemed so relaxed and comfortable.  He stretched right out and made himself at home.  We didn't hear a peep out of him. 

 Big Sister E checking in on baby N.  She wanted to make sure he was alright.

 These baby boys are so lucky to be so close in age and they live right around the corner from each other.  They have a wonderful big sister/cousin to look up to and couldn't ask for better parents/aunts and uncle to be in their life.  Thanks for trusting me with their first pictures!

New born photos- Babylon, NY

One of the first shoots I was asked to do was for my best friend J and her sister M.  They are not only sisters, but best friends as well.  It's only fitting that they would have two sweet baby boys born with in a week of each other.  I had already planned a trip to meet J's new baby J and she asked if I could take his newborn photos.  I was extremely flattered and excited.  This was my first new born shoot.  Since we were traveling I couldn't take too many props, but I think I did ok considering this was my first try.

 Baby J was the perfect subject.  He fell asleep easily and didn't mind as we moved him in different positions.

His little feet were just two cute.

 Since we knew were coming to meet baby J for the first time, I wanted to get him a personalized blanket.  I think it was perfect for this basket.

 Baby J was born to two wonderful people.  You can tell how much he was already loved at just two weeks old.  What a sweet new family of three.

 Thank you so much O Family for letting me take baby J's pictures. I will always be indebted to you all for starting my journey :)

Thankful

Thanksgiving seems like the perfect time to start this blog. This year I have so many things to be thankful for.

Married to a wonderful man for the past 5 years.

Have 2 beautiful baby boys that make me happier than I could ever imagine.  

2 crazy lovable dogs that make our family complete. 

Friends and extended family that make us so happy and fill our lives with joy and laughter.  A house over our head, food in our tummies and clothes on our backs. And if all that wasn't enough, over the past year I have been lucky enough to be able to stay home with my boys and start a career in photography.  

These two loves are really intertwined.  When I had Harper, my love for photography grew by leaps and bounds.  I didn't want to miss a second of this sweet baby's life.  The faster he grew the more pictures I wanted.  The more I took of him, the more I wanted of Buddy and Marley.  Then the more photos I wanted of everything.  At the time we had a DSLR, but I really wasn't sure how to use it.  I remember when we bought it telling Chris "we really don't need such a nice camera.  My little camera is fine".  Sorry Honey!! For Christmas that year, I got a photography class as a gift.  I think the gift that has changed my life the most.  

At first I was so nervous about the class.  In my head it was another thing I was going to try but not really be good at or understand so I would give up.  I'm not the biggest risk taker.  New things scare me and I don't like to fail.  So trying something I figured I'd fail at really wasn't in my game plan.  But I was tired of my pictures only sometimes turning out like I thought they should in my head, so I went.  And I fell in love with photography, but in a different way.  Some thing I have always loved, but never thought I would be good enough.  I started to be proud of the pictures I was taking and excited that things were turning out how I saw them in my head.  I wanted to take pictures of everything and anything.  I wanted to try different angles and settings on the camera.  Different lighting and different subjects.  

Then when I had B, C bought me a really nice DSLR.  This encouraged my new hobby even that much more.  That Spring I was asked by a best friend to take her newborn son's photos and her sister's newborn son's photos.  I was extremely flattered and honored to be trusted with such a huge job!

What an amazing feeling to be able to capture these images for a friend.  From there things have started to snowball and I couldn't be happier.  With the support of my friends and family I have been encouraged and praised.  I have been trusted to capture friend's memories and you all have no idea how much that means!  I feel like I have learned more and grown so much over the past year.  I'd like to start this blog to be able to share my journey.  I feel as though I have come a long way in the last few months, but know I have a long way to go.  I am so thankful to be given the chance to reach for my dreams.