From Belly to Baby

She's here!
Mama Becci and family came to me a couple months ago to capture her baby belly and growing family.
I went to the Magistrale household this morning to capture baby Ava's first days at home and I feel blessed to have been allowed to share in this special time in their lives.


Big Sister Ella and her new baby sister

The Holidays and Family...

It's always been very important to me in my photography to capture the love and togetherness of families. Those emotions become even more apparent when shooting around the holidays...here's a few shots from this past weekend's photo shoots in the studio:

Liam & Mom

So I've shot for Liam & his mom Sarah a few times now and Liam gets cuter and cuter everytime I see him! One really cool part of this job is seeing some of "my kids" grow up and Liam is one of them :)
His beautiful Mom and faithful client Sarah joined in the fun today and we grabbed some great shots and moments between the 2 of them:

The holidays are creeping....

Hard to believe that the Christmas season is nearly upon us once again. It was pretty appropriate that we got our first major snowfall today on the same day that I begun shooting this years holiday photos. Here's some snaps of Braiden and Sierra who are my little cousins whom I've photographed many times before:

Belinda & Dan

Note to self and other fellow photogs: always make sure the bride to be has a ring that fits pretty tightly around her ring finger BEFORE you ask her and her fiance to have a leaf throwing fight......
otherwise, you end up on your hands and knees for nearly 4 hours looking for this:


Yes, the engagement ring went flying off Belinda's finger during a playful leaf fight with hubby to be Dan and that began a 4 hours search which THANKFULLY ended with Dan finding the ring amongst the bazillion leaves all over the ground!

We did manage to get a few great pics in before the (almost) tragedy:








And this was taken just before the ring went missing:



I am so grateful for a happy ending to this one!!!!

Deana & kiddos

I met Deana just a few weeks ago when I photographed her sister Bridget's wedding and she asked if I would capture some pics of her and her adorable kids in the last of the fall leaves. It was cool out but not cold and we got some great shots: