[erin and colby]

Wedding season is here again, and it got off to a bit of an earlier start than was originally planned....Erin and Colby had their wedding set for Memorial Day when they found out that Colby was going to be deployed in early May.  Things were moved ahead a bit and they couldn't have been luckier with our freakishly nice April weather.  Being the first wedding for me in awhile, I had a lot of fun with the little details, beautiful babies and red socks, to name a few.  Far too many to show you here (although I do apologize for the overabundance of ring shots, I couldn't just pick one!)  Stay tuned for a flurry of posts, the majority of my wedding season is set to take place before the end of June!

[baby tony]

I am finally back, after a long hiatus from blogging....it has been a super hectic school year and therefore I have been a little slower in the photography world lately. An absolutely awesome way to get my feet wet was an email I received from Stefanie and Tony, whose engagement I photographed a while back, that they were now proud parents of a tiny little Tony.  I have to say, I haven't been around a baby as little as this since my own little E was a babe, and it was VERY nice to take in a sweet little bundle such as this.  I am really excited abut this shoot, and am hoping to have more chances to work with newborns!

Some of the room decor included IV to symbolize Tony's birthday, the 4th of March.

[owen, elliot, anna and liam]

I had the opportunity over the weekend to work with two awesome families....here is the first of them. These four children were so much fun, and a photographers dream....heck, a parent's dream! Super polite, fun and beautiful, who could ask for more? Enjoy!

[rachelle and tim]

I mentioned a little while back that I was lucky enough to have 2 "destination" weddings in 2012.....I am super excited about this one, as I get to actually take a plane there! Rachelle and Tim are an amazing couple who have a great laughter-filled relationship.....they are getting married in Florida in June and have asked me to come along to capture it all.  

We met downtown last weekend for their engagement shoot, another gorgeous sunny day in Buffalo in November, except that the wind was gusting to about 70 mph in the wind shaft that is downtown.  Despite that, it was an awesome time!

[kim and bryan]

Another amazing autumn?  In Buffalo?  NY?  Yep.  And my favorite time of all to do engagement shoots!  First up, Kim and Bryan.  Kim is a super awesome teacher that both of my children adored, and I was thrilled when she asked me to photograph her wedding next spring. The three of us headed out to Tifft just before the time change to wade through a forest of grass and wander down by the water.....Bryan is a firefighter and he brought along some of his gear for us to play with as well.  I couldn't stop marveling at the scorched surface of his helmet, it is so hard to fathom what a firefighter faces and without a thought of fear.