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heather + tommy = ?
I met Heather thru the guys in The Turn a few years back and she’s a total sweetheart. As it turns out she and her boyfriend were getting ready to welcome a baby boy into the world and after seeing my Jake is born slideshow, they decided they wanted to a birth session too! Everything was all cleared with the doctor that I would be allowed to be in on the delivery, however, upon arrival at the hospital I was informed that it was “hospital policy” that there were no still photographs allowed during the birth. I could take pictures before and then again a while after the delivery. What a total let down for all of us- it was all so disappointing.
I hung around for a bit, even thru some dirty looks from some of the nursing staff and took what pictures I could before I wasn’t allowed in the room anymore.
Heather made it thru most of her labor without the epidural. She and Tommy made a great team during contractions. 
And she kept her sense of humor.
And then I was gone. 
But about 3 hours later, baby Hudson was born. Big congrats to the new little family and I’m so sorry I wasn’t allowed to be there to photograph it. -
life is a carnival
Well, when you’re 7 years old and have a yard and a big imagination it sure is!!
Timmy and his friend Sean built a whole carnival in Sean’s driveway in under 2hrs. Impressive, huh?
They were donating all the proceeds to their school. There was can knockdown.
Waiting on tips (with a mouthful of pretzels).
Tennis.
Snacks.
Races.
Games of skill. (throwing a mini basketball into the mini soccer net while riding the roller coaster.)
Feats of strength and accuracy. 
More snacks.
Prizes for the winners!
Teamwork.
And then Timmy came home and started part 2. 
Hope all of you had a fantastic weekend- mine was great and very busy. Will have lots of client pictures to post this week so stay tuned. -
andreya & mike- first look and portraits
Continuing on with Andreya & Mike’s amazing wedding at the Lands End in Sayville, they opted for a first look (where the bride and groom see each other before the walk down the aisle) which made me beyond thrilled as it gives the bride & groom a really special moment together. And gave us some extra time for photos as well so we don’t have to cut into the whole cocktail hour for formal portraits.
First showing you the whole wedding party!
Now onto the first look. Mike was waiting patiently with his back turned so he wouldn’t see Andreya until THE moment. (working with Kate, we’re able to catch both sides of the first look)
So ready to get married!
But first we got all of the formal portraits done. 
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the barr family
This shoot was almost a year coming with numerous cancellations due to sicknesses, work schedules, weather…all the stuff that gets in the way. But we finally pulled it off! I did Dawn & Rob’s maternity pictures what seems like ages ago and I was so happy to finally meet the girls. They are adorable as I could have imagined!
Love the little teefs and sparkly eyes.
Dawn, you look fantastic!
Such a cute family! And yes, they are as happy as they seem in the picture!
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introducing….baby charlotte
Not only did I photograph Christine & Jayson’s wedding, I got two amazing friends, a Timtom and now a brand new baby girl to fawn over. It’s all a good deal!! Yes, we’re cousins (well, Christine and John are cousins) but we’re those extended kind of cousins you don’t really see at family stuff so since the wedding, we make sure we see a lot of eachother.
Charlotte was 3 weeks old at the time of the photos and after they all came out and spent the day at the beach with us, we came back home and I did a super fast set up and shoot of Miss Charlotte. My first newborn(ish) at night and using all off camera flash instead of natural light. A big change for me, but I’m getting there with it.
Charlotte slept all day at the beach (yes, she was under the umbrellas in someones arms the whole day. yes, she was covered in layers from head to toe. yes, she survived the beach and was, in fact, quite happy there. yes, Christine is very brave!) so I knew there was not a chance she was sleeping for our session. And I was right.
So excited to have one girl in the family!!
