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.

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.

Family Session from Florida to Staten Island

When I got a call from Milton requesting for a Family Session this summer, I was surprised because him and his son traveled all the way from Vero Beach, FL to see family in Staten Island, NY. So I was honored that he wanted to personally hire me to capture those family moments.

Milton and his family agreed on being photographed at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and I love Family sessions there because it’s such a relaxing environment there and I’m able to get to know my clients on a personal level. I photographed their family pictures at almost every site at Snug Harbor, such as the Perrenial Garden, in front of Connie Gretz’s Secret Garden and the Arch before the White Garden. They came in wearing all white tops (button down shirts and a knit top) coupled with jeans. Then more towards the end of their session, they changed into Green tops, which complimented the scenery at Snug Harbor. My favorite part of the session was when they had a “decompress” shot where they just made silly faces at the camera. It was a great way to end the session.

Overall, I’m soo happy that I had the opportunity to photograph his family and meet people from different parts of the United States.

Front Door Session

A few months ago, I was excited when Shannon wanted to have a Front Door Session for her family. These sessions are quick photo shoots where I capture their pictures of their family. They're done outside in front of their homes and they’re really great sessions to have during the pandemic.

I haven’t seen Shannon’s family in 6 months and the last time that I photographed their family was exactly a year ago. So it was amazing to see their youngest growing up.

I photographed them first as a Family and then captured the kids relationships individually with their parents. I had such a great time with their session and love their relationships with each other.

A Beautiful Family

I was soo excited when Kanwal chose me to photograph her newborn baby girl and her family. During the family photo shoot, they had different outfits showing reflecting how happy they were about her arrival. They chose different tshirts showing how proud they were to be their parent and big sister and you could tell that they are soo happy.

When it was time to photograph the baby for her session, I chose to use my classic white flokati rug, a heart bowl and a basic wood bed while I wrapped and swaddled her for her to sleep soundly.

I had soo much fun during the photoshoot and meeting Kanwal and her beautiful family.

Navaeh's Newborn Photo Shoot in Staten Island, NY

All of my clients have been traveling to me to entrust me with their newborn photos. I’m soo honored and humbling to hear that they’ve traveled 30 minutes to have their babies photographed by me.

When Navaeh’s mother texted me saying that she was born, I couldn’t wait to schedule them in for their photo shoot. The colors that were chosen for Navaeh were peach, purple and white and my goal was to incorporate all of those colors for her session. As you can see in her photos, she photographed beautifully for all of those colors. And I was soo excited to accessorize her session with different headbands, bonnets and wraps.

In addition, her mother has brought in all of these props that I was able to incorporate and I’m soo happy that I was able to capture Navaeh in a few outfits that were knitted by her aunt.

Let’s welcome Navaeh to the world!