Just spent a great holiday weekend with this boy!
Outdoor haircut/frozen berry snack time:

Miss him already – but only a few more weeks till we get together to celebrate his second birthday! ♥
Posted in Babies, Children, My Family, Sarasota area, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, Cleveland baby photography, Sarasota baby photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota photographer on July 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Just spent a great holiday weekend with this boy!
Outdoor haircut/frozen berry snack time:

Miss him already – but only a few more weeks till we get together to celebrate his second birthday! ♥
Posted in Children, Families, Sarasota area, tagged children photography, family photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on June 23, 2011| 1 Comment »
Sophia just turned 5 (happy belated birthday!), so we celebrated with a shoot to capture her gorgeousness and how grown up she is!

Of course, she had to do some twirling to show off her pretty dress!

And this pose just kills me:

Beautiful mother and daughter:

Posted in Babies, Children, Cleveland, Families, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, Cleveland baby photography, Cleveland children photography, Cleveland family photography, Cleveland photographer, family photography, Sarasota wedding photographer on June 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Another post from the Cleveland shoots… The weather went from cold and rainy at the beginning of the trip to hot and muggy for this session! We walked around the great nature preserve by their house and had some fun in the wilderness. Both Ari (who was having his third birthday party later that day) and Chase were a blast to photograph. Ari kept me on my toes, running after him and bargaining for some semi-still shots, and Chase just sat and smiled. 🙂 Both made for fun photos!


Chase getting a nuzzle from his mom:

The crew at the end of the shoot:

Posted in Babies, Children, Cleveland, Families, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, Cleveland baby photography, Cleveland children photography, Cleveland family photography, Cleveland photographer, family photography, Sarasota photographer on June 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I love this crew. After last February’s session, I was excited to photograph them again. Tommy’s all grown up now at 18 months (and crazy cute), Ava (happy belated birthday, Ava!) and Sophia are as sweet as ever, and we finally got dad Anthony in some photos! (And I am obsessed with the clothes Cassie picks out for the kids – OBSESSED.)

These three are too much… Ava laughing at something silly she drew in her diary, Sophia showing off her modeling skills in their little playhouse, and Tommy giggling at his big sisters. 🙂

A couple more of my favorite semi-candids:

Posted in Babies, Children, Cleveland, Families, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, Cleveland baby photography, Cleveland children photography, Cleveland family photography, Cleveland photographer, family photography, Sarasota photographer on June 9, 2011| Leave a Comment »
If you follow my blog, you’ll recognize this guy (at 14, 11, and 4 months) – and his eyes. They’re ridiculous.

He’s expecting a little sibling any day now! Kari’s staying in great shaping keeping up with this one – always on the move. I think he climbed 300 stairs during our session. 🙂
“Out of my way, guys!”:

He did pause to watch the geese and check out some rocks with his dad:

Handsome, happy boy!

Excited to meet you when you emerge, little one!

Let’s hope Nolan can sit still for me to snap a few photos with the baby…
And happy anniversary to Kari & Kevin!
Posted in Babies, Children, Cleveland, Families, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, Cleveland baby photography, Cleveland children photography, Cleveland family photography, Cleveland photographer, family photography, Sarasota photographer on June 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I knew another session with Lee would be a good time. 🙂 Mom Angelina prepares the cutest outfits, and more importantly, both Angie and Russ are such happy, loving parents. Lee is in her glory around these two and is a sweet, sweet little girl. As Angie said, I could photograph her in a parking lot, and we’d likely be okay. Look at this face!

Okay, the scenery at the Botanical Gardens doesn’t hurt… (nor do her soft curls, the amazing ensemble, and, again, that face!):

I don’t remember what her parents were doing that was so entertaining, but maybe I should hire them!

And the trio (and duo in a cute lovebird shot as Lee ran around giggling):

Posted in Children, Cleveland, Families, tagged children photography, Cleveland children photography, Cleveland family photography, Cleveland photographer, family photography, Sarasota photographer on June 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I’ve been photographing so many babies lately that I almost forgot how fun it can be to have older kids as subjects. Brother-sister photos are always a good time because of their dynamic – silly but loving (most of the time), and they try to make each other laugh. And even though 9-year-old boys aren’t usually too thrilled to have their photos taken, Hayden was a good sport – and little sister Olivia worked hard to get some smiles from him. 🙂

Hayden:

Olivia (I love her haircut, her smile, her cheekbones…):

The whole fam:

Posted in Babies, Children, Cleveland, Families, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, Cleveland baby photography, Cleveland children photography, Cleveland family photography, Cleveland photographer, family photography, Sarasota photographer on June 1, 2011| 1 Comment »
I’m so sad I missed Saige when she was just out of the oven, but I have to say, 3 months suits her well! Parents Stef and Brett sure do make them cute! Check out big brother Eli from some of his past sessions. Saige was so laid back and happy – and adorable, just as expected.
I do these collages sometimes when I get a bunch of sweet expressions with the same setting/backdrop – I thought it worked well with some of Saige’s photos. She’s just so kissable!

And one more shot of her cozying up to her handsome brother:

Posted in Babies, Children, Cleveland, My Family, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, Cleveland baby photography, Cleveland children photography, Cleveland photographer, Sarasota photographer on May 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »
We’re back in Florida after an awesome visit in Cleveland and a quick but also great trip to Boston (congratulations, Lu & Chase!!). I’m missing E a lot, so I thought I’d share some shots from the last couple weeks of this handsome boy…
I love this face:

I love having breakfast with this boy:

And a couple more… The first one makes me giggle – That’s his “Why-are-you-bothering-me while-I’m-peeling-this-branch?” face. And I love the second because that’s his life, walking with his mama to the market.

♥
Posted in Babies, Children, Cleveland, Families, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, Cleveland baby photography, Cleveland children photography, Cleveland family photography, Cleveland photographer, family photography, newborn photography, Sarasota photographer on May 19, 2011| 1 Comment »
Elliott (check him out at 15 months) is such an adorable, gentle boy and is now the older brother to equally scrumptious Amelia. I was excited to photograph the little 2-month-old and family on yet another rainy day here in Cleveland.
I can’t handle her – so, so sweet:

Snuggles from her parents:

Not sure who’s cuter…

One more of the two of them (nestled with their mama):

Congratulations to Lori, Jimmy, & Elliott for the arrival of beautiful little Amelia!!