Utmost Couture Maternity Session

If anyone had to ask which type of photo shoot is my favorite, I would have to say Maternity Sessions. The mamas usually come in wearing comfortable clothes and shoes and after they wear the maternity gowns, they’re transformed into beautiful maternity models.

The majority of the mamas always choose the Coco couture dress for their Couture maternity session and every mama wearing that dress look and feel amazing and everything comes together. From getting their hair and makeup done to posing, their Maternity images look stunning. And an amazing example to showcase this was Renee’s session.

For her maternity session, she chose the CoCo ivory dress, which is a designer ruffled tulle gown. These types of designer dresses are known for their showstopping appearance, showcasing tons of ruffles and their fullness. The second dress that she chose for her session was a very sleek black dress that had a short turtleneck and had a teardrop opening at the upper back. I really liked the idea that she chose two different styles for her session, one for being whimsical and a princess feeling and the other dress for a modern feel.

Isabel's Mini Newborn Session

When I’ve received an inquiry to photography Isabel’s Newborn mini session in December, I was very excited. I love photographing Newborn mini sessions because it allows me enough time to photograph babies wrapped/swaddled up both on the blankets and in props.

So when Isabel arrived to the world, her mom had many requests and the number 1 request for her daughter’s session was to photograph her using the moon bowl. So I was excited to capture her daughter in blue.

The colors that were used for her session were rose, neutral colors and blue. For the beanbag/blanket wrapped pictures, I chose rose and really loved the color that I recently bought. Its a very muted but classic Rose color that compliments all skin tones. I first wrapped Isabel in both an underwrap and an pretty warm wrap to get her very sleepy. I used both headbands and bonnets to provide variety. Every mom wants their daughter photographed in headbands but bonnets on babies gives that it different, peaceful look.

Then I photographed her in the moon bowl with a blue and starry backdrop, using both a blue headband and using a sleepy cap, with a sparkly stone headband on top.

Lastly I photographed Isabel in a wooden brown bowl against a wood backdrop that I love using for all newborn photo shoots. The brown and the pink/rose tones really compliment each other everytime.

Family Session at Snug Harbor

I love it when clients return to me for the photos, especially for their Family photos. She wanted to have both her immediate and extended family photographed at Snug Harbor in Staten Island. I love photographing there because it provides different scenes and looks to everybody’s pictures.

When we first met up, we walked to the pond and I photographed her entire family as a unit and then I photographed each individual family grouping separately and they had soo much fun, especially with their new addition Charlotte.

Then we walked to the nearest gardens located next to the Pond and took more family pictures in front of their summer flowers, where everybody held and snuggled baby Charlotte.

Afterwards we traveled to the Gazebo area and the pathway to the tropical flowers. After spending about more than an hour at Snug Harbor, we had a great time catching up and capturing everybody’s family photos.

Kenzo's Newborn Photo Shoot

In September I had the opportunity to photograph Kenzo and his beautiful mama for their newborn photo session. The color scheme that was Sage Green and Neutrals.

I first photographed their family part, with Mama posing with her son and holding him. She looked radiant!

Then it was time for photograph Kenzo in various props, pairing green with warm neutrals. And then I moved onto the posing him for the blanket poses such as lying on his side and being wrapped.

I’m soo happy that I was able to photograph and document this special moment for them.

Amelia's Newborn Session

At the end of July, I had the opportunity to photograph Amelia for her newborn session. She was one month old when she came in. The colors that her family chose were warm neutrals and a pink lace romper.

I first photographed the family as a unit and then I photographed each family member with Amelia. She was swaddled in white to give that classic neutral look and to compliment the family’s clothing.

After photographing the family, I prepped Amelia in different colored swaddles to compliment all the different props that she was photographed in, including the heart bowl, a round bowl and photographed on a flokati rug.

When it came time for the blanket poses, Amelia wore a dusty pink/mauve lace outfit against a cream neutral blanket. Within the three hour photo shoot, it was a beautiful session and I’m happy that I was to photograph their session.

Family Reunion for July 4th

I love it my clients return to me to photograph their families - I get to see their family members and it’s such a welcoming environment. Mariella wanted me to capture her extended family that were visiting from Florida for the July 4th holiday that couldn’t make it this past Christmas due to the pandemic.

I traveled to her home in Staten Island NY and Mariella first wanted pictures taken of her and her family out in their deck. They all wore red, white and blue to commemorate the July 4th holiday. Then everybody moved inside and I set up for their living room photos in front of their fireplace. I photographed all family members and then Mariella’s immediate family and the immediate family of her extended family. I love photographing everybody because they all have a great time with each other and especially it’s a great way to reflect on how small the young family members were at that time.