Hudson Valley Family Outdoor photography

THE PAGAS FAMILY

Jennifer is not only a wonderful friend of mine, she is also a talented event planner at Every Seasons Events. She had mentioned how much she wanted a family session And like a lot of us moms, she was never in the pictures because she was always the one taking them. She told me how much she wanted to fill her home walls with beautiful photographs of her family laughing, cuddling and just being themselfs.

Children should to be surrounded by reminders of how much the are loved. Investing in great photography is one of the best ways everyone in the family can be surrounded by beautiful memories and create a comfort and security about the bond they all share.

Here are the portraits from their family outdoor session at Circleville Park in Wallkill, New York.

Sister love. So sweet!

Mother Daughter love 

I love this moment with Daddy and his little princess. I said to the Dad...can you lift her up and he was like throw her in the air!!?? Well I think she might be a little big for that so let's just try lifting her up :).

Daddy and girl piggy bag ride time!

Mother and daughter moment. This are true beauties!

Mommy and Daddy's turn to shine in a special portrait. These two are so cute together...

Picture perfect Family portrait, just like Jennifer asked !

Thanks for looking, I hope you enjoyed my work. Family Photography is my specialty, and on each session I look to showcase the fun, love and make it a giggle filled experience, while delivering stunning portraits of the highest quality. My style is fresh and creative, always staying true to the personality of each one of the families I photograph.

This is a unique experience for you family because I photograph you in the comfort of your home or outdoors in any location that is special to you. I offer amazing pieces of wall art canvas, so I encourage every client to think about the style and decor of their home when choosing a location for your family portrait session.


If this is something you would like to experience Contact me to book your family portrait session. 

Hudson Valley New York Outdoor Family photography

THE OMEN FAMILY 

One of the best parts of my job is all the friends I make along the way. I met Jill Omen when she contacted me to photograph her family. From the moment I walked into their home for our consultation, I felt in love with her three girls. We all connected right away and right there I was so excited to capture them as a family. I count it as an honor when families entrust me with such a special part of their lives - their memories.

Location Arrow Park 

 Family Photography is my specialty, and on each session I look to showcase the fun, love and make it a giggle filled experience, while delivering stunning portraits of the highest quality. My style is fresh and creative, always staying true to the personality of each one of the families I photograph.

This is a unique experience for you family because I photograph you in the comfort of your home or outdoors in any location that is special to you. I offer amazing pieces of wall art canvas, so I encourage every client to think about the style and decor of their home when choosing a location for your family portrait session.

If this is something you would like to experience Contact me to book your family portrait session. 

I Heart Faces Photo Challenge l Play

Spring is here and we finally get to go out and enjoy the playground. Right after dinner David loves to go out and go in the swing. It was a perfect opportunity for pictures. I had to ask his Dad to push him really hard and get out of the way to capture him only in the frame. 

Enter your Face + Play photo at http://www.iheartfaces.com/2013/05/play-themed-photo-challenge/

This photo was submitted to the I Heart Faces photo challenge www.iheartfaces.com

Hudson Valley Volunteer Photographer

 “It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” 

― Mother Teresa

PETS ALIVE is a No-kill animal rescue located in Middletown, New York. They also work to expose cases of animal cruelty. It's an amazing organization and the people that are part of it are just as great. I was happy to help out volunteering my photography services to take pictures of the Yard sale event and these cute little puppies up for adoption.. I would have taken them home, but Tom made me promise not to adopt ANY animals before we event left for the event. The thing is we are both away from the house for very long periods of time, so as of now I don't have the best environment for pets. I have to admit it was hard to walk away from these two cuties.

If you'd like more info on this and other animals up for adoption visit their website PETS ALIVE

Monroe New York Family Photographer l Mickey Mouse Birthday Party

As Family photographer sometimes is a challenge to take photographs of my own family. I think I have more images of many other kids and parents then my own. That is why for my son's 2 year birthday party, I said I would take the time to take some cool photos and plan a great Party.

 When I started planning David's 2nd birthday party. Mickey Mouse was the obvious theme. I know what you are thinking --- Mickey? so not original...But I did not pick the theme, David did. He LOVES Mickey and his pals at the club house. That show is the reason he will stop crying. Every time the show is on, he get's super excited and you can see how his face lights up. All my life I've also been a huge Mickey Mouse and Disney fan, there I said it ! 

We can all agree that this is one of the most commercialize brands in the world.You can walk into any toy and party store and find some Mickey Mouse merchandise, so I challenged myself to do this party without buying to much of  the " pre-design commercial stuff Disney had to offer.It would be easier a lot easier to do it that way, but I wanted to make it special, after all he will only turn 2 once :).

THE PLANNING

Started more like gathering inspiration from my Pinterest Mickey Mouse board.  Pinterest is my new obsession and it has helped me gather so many fantastic ideas. If pinterest was around 6 years ago when I got married, my wedding would have been totally different. Now I'm using it for my photography and even home decoration. It is so much fun!

DECORATIONS

The Theme Colors were red, blue yellow,green and black and white polk a dots!. 

Backdrop was: 
Theme color balloons on each side
Little flags made of construction paper that I cut and hung myself.
A Mickey Mouse Pinata 
I used Polk-a-dots wrapping paper as the table cloth plus a red table cloth I bought on wallmart. 

 

Mickey and Mini Plates : Black plastic plates & black construction paper cut into circles glued with hot glue. For the bows red construction paper

Place cards: downloaded the Disney font from Disney Font to create food labels

Costume Birthday Board : Found the layout on pinterest. Downloaded the Disney Font  and Mickey Mouse Font  to create the fun costume birthday board.

Cool find: Wrapping paper!! is the coolest thing, I used it for a table cloth, paper lanterns and to warp place holders. 





THE FOOD

One of my favorite finds was this Hot Dog Roller, everyone loved seeing the hog dogs roll around!!

Hot Diggity Dogs, Mickey pizza, chip & dale chip and dip...
Cake or cupcakes: vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting and mickey mouse decor with oreos Mickey cup cake holder, 

I ordered these fun straws from etsy. The kids LOVED them! (And honestly, so did I!)

THE FUN

PINATA

The only problem was that this pinata a bit too strong!  All of the kids had 2 turns hitting the pinata, and eventually we let them pull the strings and everything feel down. (it's great for little ones) then they stomp, kick, and pull the candy out!  They loved scrambling for the candy!

PHOTO BOOTH

I always try to set up a little area for a mini photo shoot to make it fun for guest to take pictures.As a back ground I'm using a Polk-a-dots wrapping paper again and tape it to a wall facing a big window to get the nice window light for the photos

The Budget: 
A lot of stuff was DIY to keep the cost down, but with lack of time and not being super crafty,  I found a great way to make it work. I contacted Jennifer Pagas from Every Season Events. She also does birthday parties and she created all the goody bags, Mickey ears, photo booth props, the party plates and all the materials under $50 whatt!!!??? That is why party planners are great, the save you time, money and from a world of stressful experiences.

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