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Christmas Mini Session with a dog/ Farmington CT Photographer

When families with newborns come for sessions, it's always heartwarming and super cute. Their new baby euphoria hasn't yet evaporated, and their eyes are just shining with love and tenderness for each other. When you add their furry babies into the mix, the cuteness just flies through the roof! There are many reasons why do a Christmas Mini Session, besides creating life long memories, beautiful pictures for Christmas cards, and having fun. This lovely family had their own reason. When…

Home Newborn Photography Session/ West Hartford CT

Sara contacted me about a newborn photoshoot for her newly arrived bundle of joy when the baby was already 2 weeks old. While the best time for a newborn session is within the first 10-14 days (this is when the babies are still super sleepy, super flexible, and super squishy), it doesn't mean that you can't get cute posed shots with older babies. True, you may not be able to get a baby into a super curly pose, but it's…

Home Family Session/ West Hartford CT Photographer

A proud home owner, she wanted to celebrate this new chapter of her life. And, get new Christmas cards , of course :) I am so glad that she did! Her yard is a dream for a family photographer...

Best Valentine’s Gift – Celebration of Love

Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and with it, the everlasting question of what gift to make. Soon, all lovers will be rushing to the stores to get another teddy bear to add to their lover's collection of dust-collecting toys, or will indulge in sugary delights - just in time before their next dentist's visit, or will impatiently try to snatch the overpriced yet withered symbol of love - a red rose. I have a better Valentine's Day gift…

Fine Art Children Photography in Farmington CT

Smiley, giggly, truly lifestyle portraits are a wonderful way to preserve memories. You open your album, with kids by your side, and your hot wine (yes, there is such a thing!) or hot chocolate on your coffee table, and slowly turn matte pages pondering over each little detail, each playful gaze, each considerate touch. You smile, and reminiscence, and an occasional nostalgic tear wells in your eye. That's the beauty of a lifestyle family photoshoot. But, there is a different…

Studio Maternity Session

It's no secret that maternity is a truly special time in a woman's life (well, the family's life, really). Some women cherish their pregnant bodies and this time of expectation, preparation, and pondering, while others hope to get through it as quickly as possible, to finally meet the new center of their life. Whichever side of spectrum you are on, it's worth stopping for a minute, looking in the mirror, and seeing the inner glow, the beauty, the harmony…

Traditional Newborn Photoshoot

I often get asked what's the difference between a traditional and lifestyle newborn session, and what's better. While it's easy to answer the first question, the second is really up in the air. Here, I will go into detail of what a traditional newborn session looks and feels like, and what you might expect. In the next blogpost, I will go over a lifestyle newborn shoot. Traditional Session 1. Posing. Traditional newborn photoshoots rely heavily on posing the baby in…

5 Things To Expect From Cake Smash Photoshoot

While every birthday is important and is one in a lifetime event, first birthday is truly special. Probably, because it's more of a milestone for the parents than for the baby: they made it as parents, they survived, and the fruit of their love is now striving, crawling, walking, and demanding to be played with. Fist birthday is an official start of the end of the "baby phase": the cheeks are still plump, the lips are still pouty, the gait…

Valentine’s Day Boudoir Photo Session

Every woman deserves to have at least one boudoir photoshoot in her life. Seriously. Boudoir session is such a celebration of woman's body, of her sexuality and sensuality, of femininity. It's not as much about posing yourself in front of a camera, as it's about confidence, and female strength, and womanhood. The mood of the session can be anything: from playful to glamorous, from light and airy to dark and moody, from pin-up to serious, but what's going…

Cloudy Day Family Photoshoot

This past spring wasn't generous in warm sunny days. Just the opposite, rain and clouds were the usual and predictable attributes of all days, especially week-ends :/; temperatures barely climbed into mid-sixties only to drop back to 50F. Trees and bushes didn't start blooming till the very end of April, making it quite a long, dreary, and dull beginning of the spring. First week of May is when things finally started to look spring-y and cheerful, and that's when I…