So I have been lacking big time in the post department and for that I once again apologize. I have been uber busy and AT&T hates me so I have been MIA. Here are a few things I have been meaning to share with all of my loyal followers, nothing fancy, no cool story just some stuff I thought was cool. Enjoy peoples.

I shot this from the observation deck at the Empire State Building, there is something about shooting anything related to New York CIty that I love. I personally think that you could go there everyday for a year and never run out of things to capture.

I took this little gem while on a project for work right outside of our building. I was walking back to my car and saw the tracks and couldn’t resist waiting for the next train.

Caught this one while taking a stroll along The Highline this past spring. It caught my eye and I actually took about 10 shots of it just incase it was fixed the next time I went.

Funny story about this lifeguard chair, I detest the beach. I can’t see why anyone would enjoy sitting in the sun motionless, sweating and hot for any amount of time. These same folk I bet would never would set foot in the desert. But I seem to have good luck photographing anything beach related so I take the good with the bad.

Over this past weekend I was lucky enough to have shot two families that I think are made up of wonderful people. On top of that I was lucky enough to do each shoot on a beautiful piece of property. As the fall season approaches many families want to get a beautiful shots of their kids as well as the entire family for a multitude of reasons. I am honored that The Vilato’s and the Magnotta’s chose me and I wanted to share a small nugget of what was captured. One session was at a private residence in Greenwich and the other was at Fort Stamford.
There is something really special about shooting in places that are close to home be it for me or the family that I am capturing. While on location in Greenwich I could’t help but feel how, for lack of better terms, “homey” it was. There was extended family, close friends and just an all around sense of joy throughout the entire morning. Of course beautiful kids with great parents never hurt either.

To me there is something amazing about Fort Stamford, I don’t know if it is the military side of me or the fact that the grounds are a sight to behold when in full bloom. Either way this is a favorite of mine whether I am working or not. I had a blast following Mia around and watching her try to catch butterflies and pick flowers. All in all this was a great day with two families that I hope to capture grow and grow as the years go on. I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them…lastly I want to thank Kim and Michael and John and Brooke for allowing me to do this for them. It is people like this that make me love what I do and want to do it better and better each time.

I recently did a photo shoot with founder and owner of Lily and Frog, Beth Kassay. Beth hand makes all types of baby accessories from bows, pacifier ties and blankets out of her Milford, CT home. The stuff is legit. I, much like some of you, have been fooled by what you find at fairs claiming to be locally handmade items but I can honestly tell you that this is far from the imposter like stuff! While setting up our shoot Beth and I got to talking about what inspires us respectively when it comes to what we do. She told me an amazing story about her latest two projects. One being a blanket made from her husband’s old concert t-shirts so she didn’t throw them away. The second project being a TuTu for her daughter, who just happens to be named Lily, made from fabric off of her TuTu she danced in! Two great idea’s that came out perfect.

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Beth was also gracious enough to make a TuTu for Tessa that I cannot wait to see her in. The products that I shot while spending the afternoon with Beth were nothing short of mind blowing. Everything was stitched flawlessly, her patterns were lined up and most of all you just got the sense that these were made with love and pride which is not something you can say about most things you buy. And not for nothing love and pride are pretty important feelings when it comes to your child and what you buy, provide and give them. A win win in my book! Please take a look at some of the products I have here and make sure to visit the Lily and Frog blog at www.lilyandfrog.wordpress.com or you can shop it on Etsy by going to etsy.com/shop/lilyandfrog. These are really great products and they are made by a really great girl. Please support your local business people and give it a shot, I promise you won’t be disappointed.