Win A Free Photo Session!!!
When this page (or my facebook page) reaches 100 fans I will do a free photo session with a fan that is randomly chosen so . . . invite all your friends to become my "fan" :-D The winner will choose the date, time, & location and only pay for the shots they want in print form. I will provide a cd of up to 25 "favorite" shots for free!

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Brooke, Aaron, and Baby Carter

In September I had a great shoot with a young couple in Canandaigua. Their son was a few months old but was still quite a peanut. It was amazing to see how much love Brooke & Aaron had for their little boy.

Barb & Tim's Wedding

In July I had the honor of documenting the wedding of my sister-in-law, Barb, and her fiance, Tim. Both the ceremony and the reception took place at Hidden Valley Animal Adventure in Varyburg, New York. Barb was an absolutely gorgeous bride and Tim was a handsome groom.

Staley Maternity/Family Pics

Back in June I had a fabulous time doing a shoot for my friend Gretchen right before the due date of her third child. I was honored to not only take maternity pics of her, but pictures of her husband, daughter, and son as well.

Abby turns 5!

Abby turned 5 and I had the pleasure to document this milestone. She is such a shy little girl but she opened up when she saw & fed the ducks at the pond with her mom. Abby also loved running around in circles on a brick path as well as hopping like a bunny across a little bridge.

I am so excited about getting this up and running!

I received my first camera when I was in the the 5th grade. It went with me everywhere - especially on school trips! I had albums of my work even back then. Waiting for film to be developed was absolute torture back in the mid '80s.

By Intermediate school I had a newer camera and an outlet for my hobby. I developed photographs in the "darkroom" (converted storage closet) of I.S. 119 with my best friend Carolyn Specker Cerrito . Back in the day we pryed film out of its' canister with a can opener in a glorified black garbage bag (with sleeves) in the teacher's cafeteria with Mr. Flannery. The darkroom was located 1/2 way between the 3rd and 4th floor gymnasiums and was incredibly hot during May & June. How hot you ask? So hot that we had to put ice cubes in the chemicals to make them work properly! As we were typical silly teenagers we goofed off by having ice fights and the like but we never sabotaged anyone's work. Our photographs were sacred - well at least to Ca and I they were.

In High School I borrowed an old and very manual camera of my Dad's (a Voiglaender) to use in a photography course. I wasn't allowed to use my Canon point & shoot & we didn't have the money to buy a modern SLR so I made due & took some pretty cool shots with it. Dealing with old chemicals that ruined our pictures was typical for us but still we loved every minute of being in that Franklin K. Lane darkroom. I longed for the day I could convert a basement room/closet into a darkroom of my own.

Fast forward a decade or so and this amateur finally received her longed for SLR in addition to a digital Canon point and shoot and even later a treasured DSLR! A camera was still a regular accessory to my everyday "look". My elementary students quickly learned to ignore the ever present memory keeper and their parents soon gushed over the immense online albums of our class' website. At that point the idea of a photography business was way back in the recess' of my mind, hidden under masses of lesson plans and learning assessments.

Fast forward yet again a handful of years and I'm trying to catch all of the every day miracles of my beautiful sons. Soon my "Mommy friends" compliment me on the shots I've taken and ask me to take pictures of their children as well. With the new fangled thing called Facebook even more friends are commenting on my "work". My Sister-in-law asks me to be the "official" photographer of her wedding, my friend Gretchen asks me to take maternity & newborn pics of her & her son, and her I am.

Thank you to Gretchen Staley for being my forever guinea pig & creative think tank!Thank you to Barbara Kirsch Monaghan for "hiring" me to do her wedding photography. The pics I took for these fabulous women have become quite the springboard for this business!