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.

I rarely do spontaneous things. I’m a stay at home mother of two. My days consist of laundry, cooking and playing with babies. Very routine, very predictable life. But when I heard that Katie and Jorge were looking last minute for a photographer for their Atlanta, GA wedding reception at Hudson’s By the Lake, I looked at Matthew and said “sooo……how hard is it to get to Atlanta?”

You know its a fantastic session when you’re shooting and just freaking out about 1) your beautiful couple and 2) the perfect light!! And then you get home and can’t wait to start editing!! Guys, this session has some of my most favorite pictures I’ve ever taken! Seriously, I can’t stop scrolling through Deb and Mike’s post!!

This was an incredibly special session. True friendship can withstand time and distance. True friendship is something so good for the soul. True friendship is something that gives us a taste of God’s love for us and how heaven will be. Liz and Erin have been friends since high school. Though they have lived states apart, they have remained friends. But what makes this session SO incredibly special is the next chapter of their story that is unfolding.