Valley Forge Fall Mini Photo Sessions are back for 2023

Fall mini’s are back! We always have so much fun on our mini session days and we’re excited to head back to Valley Forge Park this year. If you are in the Philadelphia or Bucks County areas, this is perfect option for your fall family photos!

Here is the info:

Where: Valley Forge Park

When: October 15, 2023

Details: Each session is 20 minutes and includes 15-20 fully edited images available for download. Matt and I will both be there photographing all the sweet moments!

Price: $275

How to book: CLICK HERE!

Here are a few favorites from last year’s sessions!

Urban Family Lifestyle Session in Philly

The sweetest family of three photographed in their South Philly neighborhood. It was a gorgeous late spring day and Maiella had a blast exploring with her parents. We smelled some flowers, explored the murals, and I was able to catch some big smiles and giggles. This little mini session was the perfect amount of time to capture all of the love in this family.

Early Fall Family Photo Session at Valley Forge Park

I hadn’t photographed the Chi family before but the minute I met them at Valley Forge Park I knew it was going to be a fun session. Their three adorable boys were so full of giggles and had so much energy it was so easy to snap a million candids! We were even able to sneak their family pup in for some photos. They were all so sweet and very photogenic - it felt like a whirlwind of a photo session but I got so many great photos! Check out some of my favorites below.

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!

Glowing Sunset Valley Forge Family Photography Session

We caught the sunset at the perfect time at Valley Forge Park and it cast a gorgeous glow over this entire family session. We’ve been photographing the Morris family for a few years now and it had been so fun to watch their family grown. These sisters are adorable and had the biggest smiles for me!

Funny story about this shoot…The morning of the session I get an email saying that Tyler had an accident while playing soccer the night before and spent the night at the hospital getting stitches in his forehead! He had a HUGE gash right in between his eyes. We decided to go for it, continue with the shoot and luckily it was in a spot that was super easy to photoshop. We left a couple shots of him with the gash so they don’t forget ;) but everything turned out great. While we don’t love relying on photoshop for editing, it does come in handy when accidents happen!

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.

Bucks County Summer Family Photography Lifestyle Shoot

We photographed this beautiful family last summer and it was our second time capturing them (this time with a fourth little family member!). You can check out their first session here! We have worked with Gina a lot through our wedding photography biz-she is an incredible hair and make-up artist with an amazing team-check out her business: True Beauty Marks. Her family is always so fun to capture and her little cuties, Everett and Stevie are absolute perfection! All of their smiles just light up and they are full of laughs and fun and are just such a happy family. We were able to capture that early evening glow in their backyard and that deep summer green from all their gorgeous trees. Check out some of our favorites from this shoot!

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!!

First Birthday Cake Smash and Family Photography

Lochlann's first taste of birthday cake was a definite success! We first had a fun mini lifestyle photo session in his adorable cactus themed room with Mom and Dad. When it was cake time, he was a little bit unsure at first but after Mom gave him a taste he was sold and dug right in. He was all smiles and I had such a fun time capturing this family again!

Details:

Cactus Pillows and nursery mobile: Boho Baby Heaven

Nursery Crib and Dresser: Milk Street Baby

Cactus Print Rug: PalitraArt, Society6

Wall Decals: Kenna Sato Designs

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!

The Bernstein Family

We were so fortunate to capture Jon and Diane's amazing wedding at the beautiful Core Creek Park in Newtown, PA a while back and then again when their son was born.  We couldn't WAIT to meet their new little girl and spend some more time with them.  We always feel so at home and just love documenting their beautiful family.