THE JOURNAL

I LOVE the zoo! Last year I blogged about the Central Park Zoo. This year a wedding brought us to Pittsburgh and Eric and I just had to go visit the animals! The Pittsburgh Zoo is awesome! They have a huge variety of animals and many endangered species including this beautiful Amur Leopard. We went on an […]

Maria and Matt were married on a beautiful June day in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Maria got ready in her hotel room overlooking the city skyline. Everyone met on Mount Washington where the couple shared a first look and we took some portraits before the ceremony. The view of the city was incredible! Matt and Maria met at Penn State […]

MaKenzie and Chris met me in Madison Square Park to submerse their engagement shoot in a colorful summer art installation. The bright waves fit their bold and fun personality perfectly! Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad. Sq. Art features a new installation by New York-based artist Orly Genger. It was the ideal backdrop for our shoot. The monumental work entitled Red, […]

Victoria and Shawn are the proud parents of Preslee Jean Waite and Kaylee June Waite, identical twin girls. They were born April 22, 2013, at 5:17 p.m. and 5:27 p.m.in New York City.  At the time of this photo shoot, they were one day shy of turning six weeks old and SO CUTE! Shawn and Victoria […]

Avivit and Jon have a beautiful baby boy named Max. We met in Central Park at The Pool for his first family portrait session. Avivit shares, “Max’s full name is Maximilian Jon Schmeeckle and he was born on July 25th 2012. We chose the name Maximilian because we wanted a not too common name, but also something […]