This past weekend we celebrated the birthdays of two of my little munchkins – Caroline and Kallie. Caroline turned 6 on Sunday, and Kallie turned 4 last Tuesday.

My Kallie actually broke her arm at the beginning on the summer and just got her cast off a week ago. She had to spend the beginning of her summer staying away from sand and water. Not fun for a little one.

My Caroline is my sweet special needs daughter. She was lucky enough to get a swimming pool last year through Make a Wish. She absolutely LOVES her pool and can float around there for hours.

So, for this year’s birthday bash, we decided a big ole pool party was definitely in order. The weather was absolutely perfect, and, with lots of kids and lots of cupcakes, we all had a grand time!

Happy Birthday to my sweetie-pie(s)!!!!!

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It has been a while since my last post! And, yes, I am still here!!!

You see, they may call these days “the lazy days of summer”, but we have been quite busy! Although our “busy” stuff has really just been a whole lot of fun stuff.

There has been evenings spent picnicking and kayaking!

And gorgeous sunny afternoons spent relaxing on our local beaches!

And there was a wedding!! My oldest daughter was thrilled to be a flower girl for the first time for this beautiful bride!

I wasn’t the photographer this time, I got to relax and enjoy the festivities! But you may remember the bride – she and her hubby were kind enough to let me try some engagement pictures last year.

And I am gearing up for senior picture season! I am so excited! Seniors are fun and usually eager for cool, original and creative ideas. I am looking forward to trying out some new locations and meeting lots of new people!

Since this is my first official senior season, I am keeping my rates low while I continue to gain more experience.

If you would like to book your session, please contact me soon! I am only going to schedule a limited number of sessions this season so I can be sure I have plenty of time devoted for every client. Even though the actual session lasts an hour or so, I spend many more hours afterward making sure your photos are the absolute best they can be. I refuse to book too many sessions, and not be able to devote the time on each session that I want.

And to all the seniors who have already scheduled their session – I am really looking forward to working with you. Thank you so much!!

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Last weekend, I had a wonderful opportunity to take photos for one of my oldest friends who was taking on a fairly monumental task…….babysitting her one year old nephew for 5 days! I was quite impressed with her bravery, as I am not sure I would want to take on such a task….but she did a great job and had such a great attitude!

Since this little munchkin lives out of town, I hadn’t the opportunity to meet him yet. So, when he arrived in town, we made plans to finally get together. We decided to do a photo session at one of my most favorite places in the world…Presque Isle Beach.

Growing up in Erie, I loved our little beach. It isn’t the ocean, but it was 15 minutes from my home so I could visit it almost any time I wanted – whether it was the middle of summer or the middle of winter. Those beaches are filled with so many great memories – sunning, swimming, boating, biking, running, rollerblading, hiking or just taking a drive….I loved that place (still do). And now I enjoy bringing my own little ones there.

Anyway, we found a quiet little beach with no people, and plopped little Max down. He wasn’t the happiest little baby that afternoon. Sadly, we think he was just suffering from a bit of homesickness. But he was still such a trooper and was amazingly tolerant of the strange lady with the camera.

And here he is – Mr. Blue Eyes, dressed to be perfectly coordinated with the beach setting!

Oh, gotta love baby-toes!!!!

My friend was getting a bit worried that we weren’t getting any shots. In fact, she said “we didn’t get anything, did we?”. He may have been a bit fussier than normal, but I think we got quite a few absolutely adorable shots!!!

I do have to say, this was probably one of my most favorite sessions to edit EVER. Obviously, this little boy is such a cutie, but every single time a photo like this popped up on my screen -

I would literally burst out laughing. I absolutely ADORE this face!!! You can just imagine what he is thinking.

“Lady, you are seriously getting on my nerves.”

I also got some photos with his adoring aunt. You can definitely see that his aunt thinks he is a pretty special little boy. I love these next few shots of the two of them.

“Hi guys.”

And these two shots – oh my – aren’t they just adorable??? I often also convert some of my photos to black and white to give a client the option. Some people greatly prefer one over the other. I personally love these next two shots in black and white because I think it captures the emotion a little better.

OK, just a few more!!!

Let’s try a new hat AND a lifeguard chair!

I love this shot too!!!

This is definitely one of my favorites of the day -

Thank you both so much!!! I had a great time and would absolutely LOVE to try this again sometime!!!!

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