I went to college with Saunseray – so we’ve known each other a LONG time!

BUT – Jared’s cousin Alyssa is one of Saunseray’s best friends! Alyssa got a gift certificate for them and we were finally able to work out a time together!

Aren’t they such a gorgeous family!?

THE BOYS!!

THE GIRLS!!

PERFECTION!!

PERFECT!!! I LOVE THAT SHOT!!

SO MUCH FUN!!

I am in LOVE with these silhouette shots!!

THE BOOKENDS!!!

I realized when I was editing these photos that I didn’t have any of the 5 kids together – except a silhouette.

Luckily they live not too far from me and were able to meet me in downtown Corning between sessions the next weekend to grab a few!!

Saunseray – thank you SO MUCH for meeting up with me again!! I appreciate that you were so understanding!!!

I hope to see you again soon!!

 

 

 

We stopped for a few silhouette shots before making our way into the waterfall!

PERFECTION!!!

I LOVE THAT ONE!!!

Sometimes I have a hard time believing that I’m in Waverly NY and NOT Hawaii when I’m in this waterfall!!!

OH MY WORD!!! I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SHOT!

MAYBE EVEN MORE IN BLACK & WHITE!?

GORGEOUS!!

PERFECT!

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOTS OF THE EVENING!!

Macy & Justin – thank you SO MUCH for spending the evening with me!!

THANK YOU for getting IN the water – you guys are the BEST!

I hope to work with you again soon!

 

Macy messaged me about an engagement session! She and Justin were getting married in October and wanted to have a little push out of their comfort zone before their wedding photos!

PERFECT!! We met at Waverly Glen – because there is a GORGEOUS waterfall there!

Before we got IN the waterfall – we explored a little bit around the park!

I LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!

SWOON!!

We climbed to the top of the waterfall and it was VERY worth it!!

SO BEAUTIFUL!!

OH MY WORD!! SO BEAUTIFUL!! Make sure to come back for the rest of the session – because they get IN the waterfall!!

 

 

I LOVE my annual session with this family!!

I absolutely ADORE those shots!!

RING AROUND THE ROSIE!!

Swinging photos are some of my favorite photos!!

EXACTLY what childhood is supposed to be like!!!

He speaks to the animals!!

I love EVERYTHING about those last few shots!!!

Karla – THANK YOU so much for spending the evening with me! I LOVE our sessions!!!

SERIOUSLY!!! The sweetest!

The sunflowers were on their way out – but Amanda REALLY wanted their family photos in the sunflowers!!

THOSE SMILES!! I’ve been photographing this family since that little guy was a brand new baby!!

SWOON!!

OH MY GOODNESS!! SO ADORABLE!!

AMANDA – THANK YOU SO MUCH for asking me to capture every year of your lives!!

In early August I got an email from Nathan about hopefully capturing his proposal – stealthily!

They were from Boston and were coming to Cherry Springs State Park to view the meteor showers in mid-August.

There was a small window where he wanted to propose. But he couldn’t set it up under a photo session ruse – because he was pretty sure she would figure it out!

He found me on THE KNOT and it worked out that I was able to make it the day that he wanted to propose!!

I got to the park early and walked around to scope out my options!

There is something really historical about this cabin but I can’t remember what it is!

I found spot on a hill behind some long grass to hie until the moment came.

I waited in my car until they got out of their car with all their picnic goodies and made their way to the spot.

Then I got into position!

They chatted and cuddled and just enjoyed being together.

THEN it was THE moment!

I love that she reacted before he could even get on his knee!!

SHE SAID YES!!

I waited for Nathan to give me the nod that it was okay to come out of hiding!!

SO MUCH HAPPINESS!!

Isn’t that ring PERFECT!?

I LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!

That’s the spot where I was hiding and waiting!

OH MY GOODNESS!! Can I shoot here EVERY DAY!?

I suggested that they go ahead and eat dinner and we’ll just keep taking ALL the photos!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

It started to rain just as we were finishing our session so it was PERFECT timing!!

Nathan & Gracie – I had such a GREAT time being able to capture this moment for you both! I wish you the BEST in your lives together!!!

 

 

Lora messaged me on FB hoping for a sunflower session!! When I asked her who would be in the photos – she said – JUST ME!

And I LOVED that answer!!

The sky gave us a BEAUTIFUL backdrop that night!!

HOW I MISS LIGHT UNTIL 8.30 AT NIGHT!!

I LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!

Those shots are SO powerful!!

Lora – thank you SO much for making the drive to see me! And thank you for loving yourself enough to do this FOR YOU!!!

I hope I get to see you again SOON!!

 

Laura messaged me about a sunflower session – with her girlfriends – celebrating 50 years of friendship!!

ABSOLUTELY YES!!

Again – the black & white was BEGGING!!

ALSO – how fun is this session!?

Laura – I LOVED spending a little time with you and your friends celebrating this AMAZING milestone!!

Ashley messaged me on FB hoping that I had an opening left because SUNFLOWER photos were her DREAM!!

SUNFLOWER SILHOUETTE!? THE BEST!!

Ashley – I hope these were the sunflower photos of your DREAMS! And I hope I see you again soon!!

 

Janet messaged me on facebook asking about SUNFLOWER sessions!! After we talked a little but – she decided that coming to her for a lifestyle session might work out better!

They had just added their sweet baby girl to their family and needed some updated photos with her!

You know this already – but these are my favorite. These are my strength. Giving you the moments of just being.

Who DOESN’T need a fries break in the middle of a photo session!?

He looked up at the PERFECT moment!!

AND who doesn’t need ANOTHER fries break!? We ALL do!!

Janet was hoping for some silhouette shots – and I wasn’t sure if it would work since we were in a pretty deep valley – but I found the sweet spot!

Janet – I LOVED spending an hour in the life with you and yours! I hope to see you again this summer!!!