A Year in Review: 2022

What an amazing year it has been! (I might have written this same thing last year-but it’s true!) We feel so fortunate to do what we do and it has been so much fun meeting new families and seeing our regular families again.

This year we traveled all around New Jersey, from the woods to the shore. We spent a lot of time in our neck of the woods in Bucks County, especially at one of our favorite parks, Tyler State Park. We also popped into Philly a few times as well! I’m hoping this year we’ll be able to explore even more beautiful areas and that I’ll be able to capture even more of those first newborn smiles and toddler tickles. Here’s to a wonderful past year and to an even better year to come!

Cozy, Newborn Family Lifestyle Photography Session

I can’t believe I haven’t posted this sweet little newborn lifestyle session yet! Whew, it’s been awhile since my last journal post but here we are! I have a ton of awesome sessions to catch up on and here is a fav of mine!

We have been photographing the Pattwell family since their engagement and were beyond thrilled when they told us about their newest little family member. I love doing in home newborn photo sessions. They are cozy, and intimate and truly capture this moment in your lives. There is something so genuine about these sessions!

These are some of my favorites from their photography session and if you love dogs don’t miss their cutie pup who couldn’t resist being right there with us the whole time.

Check out some more newborn sessions here, here and here. You can also scroll through our journal for a ton more!

Philadelphia Newborn in Home Family Photography Session

This was my first time capturing this brand new family of three (well four, because their golden doodle, Lemon, didn’t want to leave their side!). There is something so fun about meeting new families and celebrating this incredibly sweet and exciting time in their lives.

They had just gotten home from the hospital with baby Alec just a few days before the shoot and they were exhausted but happy. The first few weeks are such a blur and are so easily forgotten because all of your focus is on this new little human in your life that your memories just don’t seem to stick like we want them to. This is way I just love capturing this moment so early in the beginning of this huge life change.

I may not be capturing alllll the dirty diapers, middle of the night feedings, and messy hair, sweatpants and spit up stained shirts, but I am freezing the sweetest part of this period in our lives…their tinyness (is that even a word??) and the love you have for this new little being. This hour that you spend with me is an hour to slow down, not think of anything other than how perfect your little one is, and how much you love your family. That is what you will remember when you look back at your photos. That is also why I love doing what I do so much!

If you want to see more newborn sessions check out The Bernstein Family, The Reeder Family, and The Macia Family.

Philadelphia Newborn Family Photography Session

Let me start by saying….it’s been SO long since my last journal post and I feel like I’ve really missed diving in deep to the images of these beautiful families that I’ve captured! I have a bunch of sessions that I’ve only shared glimpses of on Instagram but it feels really good to go through these and find some sweet treasures to share more in depth.

I have to be totally honest, this whole COVID-19 virus has me seriously thrown for a loop (I mean-we all are feeling a little crazy right now, right?!?!). Between worrying about the health of my parents and friends/family with compromised immune systems, to wondering what is the best decision for our family and our children as back to school rolls around and coupled with the politicizing of everything, I’m exhausted and frustrated. I think a lot of you feel the same way. Our family sessions and weddings have been put on hold, rescheduled, and canceled during these last 5 months, and while the future feels very uncertain, we are starting to begin shooting again. Capturing beautiful families like this one are going to keep me happy and positive! While we slowly start booking sessions, I’m going to start blogging more too-it really just puts a huge smile on my face to see these sessions again and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Keep an eye out on Insta and here for our fall mini session dates. We’re planning to start with one date in late September-early October and we may add a second date depending on how quickly it fills up and how open the Philly area is by this fall.

This sweet family I captured last spring and it’s just crazy to think this cutie pie is already 1! Newborn sessions are so fun, I really just love doing them!

Summertime Family Photography Session at Valley Forge Park

It was hot and humid (soooo humid) haha, but this sweet family didn’t let it bother them at all. Violet and Lily were SO good and we only had a few tears at the very end. We strolled through fields, down paths and through trees. We pick some wildflowers and snuggled on a blanket. There were lots of giggles and not too many tears. It was pretty perfect! We’ve been shooting this family since they were just two, getting married, and it’s been so fun to watch them grow over the years into a family of four. Tons of love for the Hammer family!!

Bucks County Family Photography Spring Mini-Session

This sweet little mini session at Core Creek Park in Langhorne, Bucks County, PA with the Hansen family was so fun! It was a quick session but I got SO MANY smiles from little Norah! She is such a happy little one and is really to walk at any moment! Check out how much she’s grown since our Fall mini Session last year!

Fall Family Lifestyle Photo Session in Philadelphia

I photographed this sweet family in the fall in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. It was chilly but little Lochlann was SO well behaved and his happy mom and dad were so fun and easy to capture. Rittenhouse is such great place to shoot in Philly. There is a little bit of everything right around that area and we happened upon this gorgeous tree in full on yellow leaf fall glory! We discovered some beautiful doorways and stairs! It was a perfect afternoon, despite the November chill.

I recently got to photograph this little guys first birthday cake smash and it was INCREDIBLE! Stay tuned next week to see how much he has grown!

Beach Family Photography Session in Avalon, NJ

We spent a gorgeous summer afternoon at the beach photographing this beautiful family of three (almost four!) in Avalon, NJ. We photographed Emily and Joe tying the knot in 2014 and were so thrilled when they reached out to us to capture their beautiful growing family! Their little 2 year old, Dominic, was so fun and has the most perfect huge smile! They were so fun, loving, carefree and easy to capture too! I hope you have the same big smile as I do when you look through these photos!!

Summer Family Photography at Valley Forge Park

The Hammer Family's beautiful warm, sunny lifestyle session at Valley Forge Park was so fun. We've been photographing Kris and Bryanna since their wedding and just love seeing their family grow. Their two girls were absolutely adorable, so fun to shoot, and loved adventuring through Valley Forge! It was such a perfect summer session, here are some of our favorites.

Fall Family Mini Sessions, the Chrisman Family

This past fall we offered mini lifestyle sessions for the first time and were so so happy with how everything worked out. Despite the chilly and windy day, it was beautiful at Tyler State Park in Bucks County, PA. Our families were so wonderful to work with and we captured some really great moments. Here are a handful of our favorites of the Chrisman family.

Sweet In Home Family Session in Lambertville

The Buck family was a couple houses down from us when we lived in Lambertville, NJ and we couldn’t have been happier to come back to one of our favorite little towns to catch up with them and meet their sweet new little girl. We documented all the sweet little moments with their newborn and were even able to sneak outside for a few shots to capture them in the gorgeous fall foliage around town!

Gorgeous Fall Family Session at Valley Forge

The fall leaves were perfect during the Morris families lifestyle session! It was a beautiful glowing November afternoon and the Morris’ were so fun to capture. Valley Forge National Park was the perfect location to capture the amazing east coast leaves. We just love this session so much!

Sweet Family of Three Photography Session During the Fall in Princeton, NJ

I’m so excited to catch up on sharing all of the amazing families we’ve captured throughout the years! We didn’t have the time or the right space to put them on our wedding journal but this space was created for just this reason-to showcase our love of family lifestyle photography.

This sweet fall family session in Princeton is an oldie but a goodie. Little Eleanor is completely adorable and her little fall inspired plaid shaw is amazing!! The leaves were perfect, the weather was beautiful and they had just finished celebrating her first birthday so we got to capture the little treasures from their celebration. We just love this one so much!

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