Metropolitan Imageworks

Oh my little Sammy, I have such a fondness for this little guy!  He has graced my camera at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months and most recently at 2 and a half years old.  I also photographed his Mom and Dad’s engagement photos and then their wedding photos in 2008.  And of course, one of my favorite childhood dolls was this cute little boy baby named Sammy (who was anatomically correct and could drink water and go potty!!!)  I have since gifted my Sammy doll to my bestie’s young daughter and I hope their dinner parties also entail the adults gathering around the loo . . .

For this session we met up at Cantigny and delighted in all the fall colors, perfect weather and of course Sammy LOVED climbing on the tanks and looking at the koi fish in the pond.  We even saw a hawk swoop down and rest on a wooden fence.  See you all again next fall!

Love me some repeat customers!!!  I had the absolute pleasure of working with Erin and John on their wedding day in October 2009.  And then Erin contacted me a few months ago to arrange for a fall photo session in the heart of the city for just the two of them.  It’s always so much fun to reconnect with Metimages brides and grooms and not only capture them again but to also get caught up on the past few years and share exciting happenings.  Thanks for spending the morning with me and let’s totally plan to do this again in a few more years!!!

Meet two week old Mildrid!  She was such a little smooshie newborn during her very first portrait session and I cannot wait to follow her milestones for the next year as well.  Older brother Coby has been a fixture on the Metimages blog since his debut in October of 2009.  We all agree that this time around, Mom and Dad are total newborn baby pro’s!

I met up with the Santos family last Friday during the last hour of daylight and capitalized on some wonderful fall weather and lush fall colors.  Sheila picked a perfect spot right on the river and her sons, Owen and Brian, gallivanted around and had a blast goofing off in front of my camera.  Even her husband Mark was a good sport!

OK, while I didn’t photograph Adelyn’s parent’s wedding, I had pleasure of photographing her older fur-brother a few years ago at one of my ‘Furry Fotos’ days and I photographed two of Adelyn’s aunt’s weddings and have another aunt booked for 2012 . . . so that must count for something right!?  She has some of the prettiest blue eyes that just pop and was a real trooper during all of the outfit changes.  I just loved watching her run around the park and grace me with her smiles!  Again another perfect fall day!

I am in love.  Little Isla had major stranger anxiety when I first arrived, but it doesn’t matter because I am completely and utterly in love with her little self and her little antics and her little snuggles.  I’m positive she spent more time in my lap than in front of my camera and I am a-ok with that!  She is my new bestie!  I’m also sensing a theme here . . . her mom and dad were married in 2008 and :ahem: their wedding was photographed by yours truly!

Check out another cutie-patootie baby boy of former Metimages wedding clients!  Mom and Dad were married in 2008 and I am delighted to continue working with them as their family photographer!  Will is a little stud, check out that flipped collar!  He was a little serious in the beginning but soon warmed up. And I have to admit, we timed the fall photos wonderfully – the colors were phenomenal and the Indian Summer temps were just perfect!

This little dude is Joseph Peter and the darling son of some of Metimages 2009 wedding clients.  He was definitely what I would call a perfect newborn specimen, both in reality and for photos!  I loved his little faces and little crossed limbs.

Marc and Cynthia are some of Metimages original wedding clients from 2001, back when I was operating as Rachael Silvers Photography.  They were married in June and while I had photographed a handful of weddings and special events in the years prior, their wedding was particularly special since they had been good friends of ours for a few years and I knew a lot of the cast of characters through other photographic projects.  Fast forward a year and a half later and Marc and Cynthia were two parts of the brass quintet that played during my own outdoor wedding ceremony.  Funny how life happens, jobs change, people move, families grow and it’s often a full circle.  Marc and Cynthia moved from Illinois to Southern California in 2004, and my husband helped them drive a huge moving truck across the country.  Now since our migration to Orange County, California earlier this year, we are only about an hour and a half apart from Marc and Cynthia rather than half a continent!  I met up with them at La Jolla Cove last weekend for some fun family portraits and of course loads of goofing off and fun portraits of their darling daughters.  Some say there is no place like home.  I say there is no place like being near friends.

Once again I had the pleasure of photographing my little friend Zoe.  If you haven’t figured it out, she is the darling daughter of my college friend Kira, also a photography major.  Kira is also happens to be one of the talented Metimages associate photographers.  Zoe is totally a Metimages baby and when I met her as a newborn last October, I did get all choked up and emotional to witness my friend moving into this next chapter in her life.  So amazing.  I love my photo times with Zoe because it’s also time to hang out with Kira and get all caught up on each others lives.  Fortunately, mom has her camera out on Zoe often so she is used to being a subject and she totally rocked this session!