Happy birthday to my beautiful friend Keren! 🙂

With her adorable and incredibly loving son Adley (who will be a big brother in a few months!):

Love the joy these two get from each other:

Happy, happy birthday, metuka!
Posted in Children, Families, Sarasota area, tagged children photography, family photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota photographer on July 30, 2010| 1 Comment »
Happy birthday to my beautiful friend Keren! 🙂

With her adorable and incredibly loving son Adley (who will be a big brother in a few months!):

Love the joy these two get from each other:

Happy, happy birthday, metuka!
Posted in Boston, My Family, Sarasota area, tagged Boston photographer, Boston photography, family photography, Sarasota photographer on July 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
J’s parents and littlest (although not so little anymore) siblings visited us this past weekend. Though there was the standard summer storm or two (that’s just while we were at the beach), we had a great time. Highlights: Abigail’s new-found-favorite treat – raspberry gelato from Jolly, Matthew’s almost-birdie at the golf course, Monica’s iced espresso with vanilla ice cream, billiards against pool “dolphin” Alex, and the hours of bliss at the Beach Club – in and out of the pool, riding the waves in the ocean, and snacking on really yummy French fries in the shade. In fact, I’d like to rewind and be back there right now (and apply more sunblock).
Here’s my gorgeous sister-in-law enjoying her sugar smoothie (i.e. caramel frappuccino):

And Matthew getting some rest in between dips…
…and some audio from the ocean:

One last shot, taken at Jolly/Epicure after scarfing down delicious gelato… The Campbells don’t go anywhere without their Boston gear. 🙂

Posted in Children, Families, Sarasota area, tagged children photography, family photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on July 26, 2010| 7 Comments »
I photographed 7-year-old Aidan and his 2-year-old sister Addison last week. Their parents, the editor and projects director of Edible Sarasota magazine, Tracy and John Freeman, are awesome people, so I knew their kids would be fun to photograph. And they were!
They are both budding stars – They will not be taking the backseat in life, that’s for sure. Aidan already belongs on the screen. This boy is so animated, has not a lick of shyness, and already aspires to be either a GAP model or a cast member on the TV show “iCarly.” Not bad for age 7.
Addy is absolutely hilarious. She goes for what she wants and is knowledgeable beyond her years (“Are these pictures going on Facebook?!”). These two adorable kids are going places, and I’m looking forward to seeing where it is they’re going and what they’ll be doing!
Here’s the good-lookin’ foursome:

Aidan and Addison’s silly faces:

A little bit of Aidan:

And Addison’s adorableness:

And lastly, I think this is my favorite shot of the session – maybe one of my favorites ever:

Thanks for suffering through the heat and hunger with me, guys! 🙂
Posted in Babies, Boston, Children, Cleveland, Families, Newborns, Teens, Travels, tagged baby portrait photography, Boston baby photography, Boston children photography, Boston family photography, Boston photographer, Boston photography, children photography, Cleveland baby photography, Cleveland children photography, Cleveland family photography, Cleveland photographer, Cleveland senior photography, couple photography, engagement photography, engagement portraits, event photography, family photography, newborn photography, Sarasota photographer, school portraits, teen portraits on July 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The next trip to Cleveland and Boston is set! I’m booking sessions* in Cleveland Aug. 12-25 and in Boston Aug. 26 – Sept. 5.
Email me or contact me on Facebook to schedule your shoot. And if you know someone who might want to book, please share!
Available sessions include: newborns, babies, kids, families, teens, anniversaries, maternity, engagements, birthdays, and more.
* Please ask me about current session info, as it has been updated slightly.
Posted in Babies, Families, Newborns, Sarasota area, tagged baby portrait photography, family photography, newborn photography, Orlando baby photography, Orlando family photography, Orlando newborn portrait, Sarasota baby photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota newborn photography, Sarasota photographer on July 14, 2010| 2 Comments »
One very wild – and awesome – aspect of “growing up” is watching people you’ve known for a very long time have babies. We recently visited Lisa, one of my sister’s oldest friends, with her husband and brand new 6-week-old peanut Lyla. Here she is, this beautiful girl who doesn’t look any different than she did at age 16, with a beautiful munchkin of her own. Nuts!
Baby Lyla, Todd, and Lisa:

And here’s the little one on her own:


And a nap/snuggle with her mama… What could be cozier?

(Belated) Congratulations, Lis and Todd!
Posted in Babies, Children, Families, Newborns, Sarasota area, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, family photography, newborn photography, Sarasota baby photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota newborn photography, Sarasota photographer on July 12, 2010| 1 Comment »
This weekend, I photographed 3-week-old Liam and his family. Although it took us a while to soothe him to sleep for a signature newborn pose, this boy is adorable, alert, and already so handsome (and big!).
Here’s a preview…
Check him out with his gorgeous sister Mia (I adore their names). I love how she is looking at him here, almost like she’s assessing him and his existence in her house. And you can see the amazing blue eyes this family all has:

The whole crew (Liam in his favorite nook):

And Liam with his beautifully blue-eyed and loving parents, Rich and Angie:

And finally, the newborn pose:

Congratulations on the scrumptious addition to the family, Rich, Angie, and Mia!
Posted in Babies, Cleveland, Families, My Family, Newborns, Sarasota area, Travels, tagged baby portrait photography, Cleveland baby photography, Cleveland family photography, Cleveland photographer, family photography, newborn photography, Sarasota baby photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on July 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Not only do I get to squeeze little E in a few hours, but he is 11 months today!
(New photos of E to be taken during the coming week.)
Love from me in Tel Aviv:

and from Uncle J:

Just hangin’ on a tractor in Aurora, OH:

And sink bath time in Sarasota:

And happy slightly belated 5th anniversary to the wonderful duo who brought us E:

Posted in Babies, Children, Families, Newborns, Sarasota area, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, family photography, newborn photography, newborn photography props, Sarasota baby photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota newborn photography, Sarasota photographer on June 28, 2010| 8 Comments »
It’s been a newborn kind of month! I love it. 🙂
I met 4-day-old Max (as well as his awesome 6-year-old brother Jake and amazing family), and he was such a sweet, easy little boy. I love that people welcome me into their homes during such a special time and let me share a little bit in their new baby’s adorableness.
Check out this peanut package:


Jake looking out the window for his baby-brother-delivery:

Max gets some love from his dad and brother:

A loving snuggle from his mama:

And lastly, my favorite photo from the session… I love it for many reasons…

It happened sort of by accident (Kim wanted Jake to feed Max to help him relax a bit for this pose, so we took one shot of this, which I didn’t touch in post-processing). It speaks for sure of brotherliness to me (even without the “little brother” outfit Max is wearing, but made more so because of it). It shows how they look alike. It’s so summery. Jake is feeding Max but focused elsewhere (like he’s saying “I’ll take care of you, little guy, but I have other things to do, too.”). And Max is so super teeny next to big-brother Jake… That’s why I love it. Just me?
Posted in Families, Sarasota area, tagged anniversary portrait, couple photography, family photography, Sarasota couple photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on June 28, 2010| 2 Comments »
I had the honor of meeting and photographing Ron and Sonia, along with their family, for their 50th anniversary celebration (thanks for the introduction, Cheryl!). After just over a year of marriage myself, I was inspired and so touched to see the way they look at each other (and kiss!) 50 years later. Their family members flew from as far as Estonia to celebrate this momentous occasion with them, and I was proud to be capturing this event.
Here they are all together:

And again, down by the water:

And now for the happy couple… There was a wedding taking place on the beach just as we were taking these photos, with Pachelbel’s Canon playing… It was quite emotional.

Thank you, Ron and Sonia, for allowing me to share in this.

Posted in Boston, Children, Families, My Family, tagged Boston children photography, Boston family photography, Boston photographer, Boston photography, children photography, family photography, Sarasota photographer on June 22, 2010| 3 Comments »
I can’t believe Mykal is about to turn 5… (Check him out here at age 3.) I still feel like he’s a baby, but he’s also as smart and tall as a 10-year-old…
Mykal is J’s cousin Tina’s little guy, and she and her husband Myke are raising quite the adventurer. We ran around the Arnold Arboretum in Boston (Mykal’s shoes being thrown off after about five minutes), and he pointed out all of the different birds, plants, bugs… I should’ve been taking notes.
Here’s the handsome little man with his most amazing eyes:


Following in his dad’s footsteps… (Happy belated Father’s Day, Myke!)

Then there was some jumping, tree-hugging, climbing, laughing, silly-face-making…

And then it was time to go home…

Happy almost fifth birthday, little guy!