As a photographer, every session is a new adventure, but there's something uniquely delightful about capturing the zest and vibrancy of a lemon-themed first birthday smash cake session. The stage was set with yellow, white and blue decor, and the custom made lemonade stand made by Lennon’s grandpa! As the session began, it quickly became clear that this pint-sized birthday reveler was not afraid to dive headfirst into the sweet adventure that lay before her. With chubby fingers and a mischievous grin, she eagerly dug into the cake, sending crumbs flying in every direction. I captured the pure ..read more

He likes his bottles shaken, not stirred. Nikita’s photos for his birthday were quite possibly the most fun I’ve had with a smash and splash session theme to date. His parents LOVE investing in professional photos of their little guy, so they also love to mix up and get all the variety. Their idea for Nikitas first birthday was intended to be over the top, silly and fun… and I think it was just that! Sketching out this session and putting all the ideas on paper really helped bring it to life with oversized props that you find in the night life of a Casino: jumbo Cards, larger than life die ..read more

A little bit of Christmas for a December little brother. This family has an energetic little girl that was excited to gain a baby brother. Look at that excited little smile! We had this session in the studio, because Ana loves those snuggly sleepy baby poses, but she also loves the look of lifestyle family pictures and we were able to utilize the seating area for parents to achieve that look for her! The infamous wooden newborn bed gave us the perfect opportunity to get some milk and cookies and add a little holiday touch to this gallery. Big congrats to the Lapikas Family ..read more

Isaac celebrated his first birthday at the studio with this timeless teddy bear themed smash + splash. From the teddy bears, to the adorable teddy bear cake from LP Something Sweet, the twinkle lights, stars and balloons…everything for his set came together perfectly.  Isaac wore an adorable cream ribbed romper from the client closet and had a quick outfit change into the cutest diaper cover and suspenders to smash his cake in. He was reluctant about the cake at first, but then dove right in! We wrapped things up with a quick splash in the bath. If you loved Isaac’s session, check out El ..read more

Florals, greenery, butterflies and twinkle lights can only point to one thing- fairies! Ellie visited us in the studio all the way from Tennessee for a fairy first birthday smash and splash session. Her light, floral tulle dress tied in perfectly with her theme keeping everything soft and feminine! Her floral smash cake from LP Something Sweet was too pretty to totally smash, but she did enjoy the icing…almost as much as she enjoyed her bubble bath! If you loved Ellie’s fairy smash + splash, make sure to keep an eye out for Isaac’s teddy bear smash ..read more

Theo came to the studio in Cortland with a cute dinosaur themed session to kick off his first birthday celebrating! Everything from this session came together so perfectly- from the outfits, cake and dinosaurs our kiddos let us borrow. He devoured his cake from LP Something Sweet and had just as much fun playing with Dino’s and splashing in the bath to clean up all that yummy cake and icing ..read more

Welcome back to my blog! It’s been an overwhelming minute since I’ve been to this place in my business. We all know that 2020 was a complete mess, but what a lot of people don’t know is the changes it made to the photography world. Y’all want photos in this new world! Twenty-twenty saw my busiest business year ever. With about 7 weeks off for the shut down, May 2020 kicked off a season of playing catch up, from cancelled sessions and a whole new client pool searching for photographers for their family needs. I feel like just this month I’ve finally caught up; a whopping 18 months later. So, fo ..read more

Michael, Jr. was in my studio recently. We dressed him like Santa and it was the most perfect little sleepy Santa that I have ever saw. When I moved onto bean bag poses, Mikey woke up for one second as he settled into his next pose and I snagged some really good eye contact! Micheal slept so good, I got all of his details, including chunky side rolls, added in some wraps and hats for accessories and variety and we can’t forget parent poses. Chyanne and Mikey snuggled up perfectly together for some really sweet mommy and son photos ..read more

2020 was the year of unique names; say hello to Georgina! The session started off per usual, wrapping up this sweet little girl to coordinate with her stunning parents and adorable brother for family and individual shots. Georgina’s session was so fun. She was unsettled for a big portion of it in the middle, but that just means I got to talk with Scott and Lisa more than usual, as I worked to sooth their baby. Their older son, Adrian, told me about all of his hobbies, school, games, even showed me some karate moves during his baby sister’s feeds. Lisa and I discussed whether I shou ..read more

The Bilas’s are one of my regulars. I photograph them every year, not usually for the same reason; birthday and family sessions have been what we did in the past, but in 2019 we changed it up a little. This year I got to see them twice! Once for maternity pictures and then again, just this week, for their sweet new boy’s newborn session. Colton was born 3 weeks early, so mama, Jess, didn’t have their outfits lined up for their newborn session [but she did have her hospital bags packed, luckily!]. So, we spent the evening before her session hashing out outfit ideas, mixing and matching pieces ..read more