lAURA & MATTHEW

When Maggie suggested Beaver Creek State Park for her fall family session, I was so excited! I had never been there before but I had heard it was beautiful! And gosh, guys this place was amazing!! As I drove into the park, I was overwhelmed with the colorful leaves, the historic buildings, the peaceful creek and the picturesque bridges.

These two have the sweetest love story….they are high school sweethearts who grew up in the same town, went to college together and now they are getting MARRIED!! They have been together for 8 years and are so so sweet. When they got engaged, Leo posted a photo and wrote “She didn’t believe me when I told her I was gonna marry her when we were 14”…..how CUTE is that?!!?!?!

I’ve gotten to know the Weigel family over the past couple of years and I was so excited to photograph this sweet and beautiful family! They arrived to their session with coordinated outfits and the weather was a perfect fall day!

So I know October is over half done but I have had “Schaefer Family Adventure: September” on my to do list for so long and it feels AMAZING to check it off!! So a little late but hey it’s not November yet!

It always blows me away when clients are willing to drive over an hour just to have their photos taken! And that’s exactly what Alex and her mom did last Sunday! We actually had her session scheduled the week prior but that day was SUPER rainy and dark so we bumped it a week later and we got the most perfect evening for photos!

I met Alexandra about a year ago. She was preparing to get married to Joel and I was very very pregnant with Grace. Fast forward about 9 months, now they are preparing to meet their own baby girl very soon!!

This senior session in Fairport, NY was seriously. A. DREAM. Linnea suggested we take pictures in the field across from her home and when I arrived I knew this would be PERFECT! Linnea is friends with my younger sister Becca and I’ve known her since she was a little girl. Now she’s all grown up, heading into her senior year! Gosh, now I feel OLD!

This session was filled with double the cuteness! I’ve known Alexa since high school so I was SO excited when she reached out to me about scheduling a family session while I was home in Rochester, NY for the week. We were in the same competitive dance class at Jody B’s Studio and now we both are married with two kids! How time flies!!! It was so wonderful to see her and meet her beautiful family!

The village of Pittsford, NY with its classic main street and beautiful Schoen Place by the Eric Canal provided the perfect location for Brittany’s senior portraits. There were colorful buildings and potted flowers on store fronts as well as the peaceful path along the canal with bridges in the background.

The innocence of a child is truly captivating. I think that’s why I just love photographing babies and children. They aren’t self conscious yet, they just happily themselves. Their eyes are my favorite…that’s where the innocence shines through. Their gaze is so pure.