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!

Four outfits, 30 minutes and only one set of tears!  Let me say that Gemma and family have their Metimages portrait sessions down to a science!  I wouldn’t expect anything less since I have been photographing them since Momma was pregnant with Gemma, and then Gemma as a newborn and every three months thereafter.  Our sessions might be speedy but there is no shortage of scenery, cute Gemma-isms and of course some great family shots!  See you guys again in December!

In August of last year I photographed a maternity session for Jurgita and Vlad, and now their little man is a whole year old! I love capturing all the milestones and the first birthday party is a fun addition.  Since Coby’s birthday is a few weeks before Halloween, they went with a fall pumpkin theme and it was a huge success!

Having fun is a lot of work!

See you in two weeks when Coby has his official one year portrait session!

Last week I was invited to photograph family portraits for Dhruv, Varun and their parents. Both boys were complete hams for the camera. Sometimes a 5 year old has the overwhelming, stretch your face out smile but with a little patience and asking Dhruv to recite all different kinds of cheeses, he sneaked out some decent smiles.   Eight-month old Varun on the other hand was all grins and giggles.

I’ve been photographing Alex since he was a little peanut and now he is over three years old and such a chatty and friendly and inquisitive little boy. This time he brought along his new cousin Jack and demonstrated how to be a gentleman in front of my camera.

Tori joined us again during the Metimages Studio Anniversary week!  I’m positive she remembered me from last year’s portrait session but she still teased me with her seriousness for a long time. I was able to squeak a few smiles out of her though, I am proud because it was no easy feat!

Last Sunday kicked off the Metropolitan Imageworks Studio One-Year Anniversary!  I had clients in and out all week and will be posting some of the teasers over the next week too!

Noah brought his little brother, Daniel out for a go and showed him the ropes of how to pose for me. Mom and dad joined in for a few pictures as well.

Have you wondered what to do with the images from your Metropolitan Imageworks portrait session?  Ask me for suggestions of which images to print, fill frames with or have made into canvas gallery wraps.  Remember newborn Ella from January? Mom and dad loved the images from her portrait session with me and wanted input on which images to use and how to display.  I suggested 4 black and white close-ups of Ella’s face printed onto 4 square canvas gallery wraps and voila!!!

This was my second portrait session with three month old Jacob. He was a little fussy during his newborn shoot back in December but Mom and Dad cleared that right up after learning of his milk protein allergy.  Now he is a happy, giggly little guy.  The fuller his tummy, the more happy and giggly he is!