Miracle of Life: The Niderno Family at the Beach

Remember Lil' Dylan and his big blue eyes? Here is more images from his six month shoot, which his mommy Dawn asked if we could do at their family's beach vacation spot. The name Dylan is a mythology name meaning "son of the sea," so we thought that the beach was the perfect place!!!

The Niderno's fotos came out so great that it was hard to choose my favorites for this post, but
I made an AWESOME SLIDESHOW too, so check it out!!!!

Dylan's eyes are as big and blue as the ocean.


With mommy Dawn, who is a real sweetheart. This kid really knows how to flirt with the camera....what a little cutie!




Flying with Daddy Justin....I swear this kid knows exactly wear to look for the camera. His parents might want to consider a modeling career...and he already has a portfolio to show!!!

Do we see a handsome resemblance here? What a couple of hams!


I LOVE it when real, tender moments like this one happen in front of my camera.


So sweet....


I'm so little!!


Such a beautiful family!


Big brother Patrick loves the camera to....he is such a charater!

Summer fun

So we are off to the lake home of one of my great friends Darrell. His amazing family welcomes us into there family's lake house every year. Ticket to get in a large bottle of Bombay and some sort of vodka for the amazing Judy. Here they are Dan Judy Darrell and Lisa almost a second family for a few days every summer.



Then off to an amazing photographers retreat to refocus and do some goal setting in the Berkshires :)

A test of our brand new blog

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This is a test for the new and improved BIG images.

Stay Tuned For More!

Last week, we had a blast fotographing our very first 'elopement.' Unfortunately, we really can't share any of the awesome details with you all yet, but here's a little something to help tide you over until we can tell you guys everything.

Teaser: Wealth Management Group of North America

On Tuesday, we went into Farmington to fotograph the five, fresh, fabulous faces of WMGNA. Here's just a quick little glimpse of WMGNA. Meet...

Daniel,


Brian,


Ava,


Darlene,


and Sara.

Teaser: Diana + Christos

On Saturday, we fotographed the most fun and outrageous Greek wedding imaginable, only hours after fotographing their over-the-top rehearsal dinner. Here are two little teasers, one from the rehearsal dinner, and another from the wedding. Enjoy these for now, and get ready for a post coming soon covering their entire rockin' wedding!

The Rehearsal Dinner was
ALL
ABOUT
THE FOOD!
This is Christos' father pouring that WHOLE bucket of dressing onto a tray of mouth-watering chicken slouvaki. There were other trays where he poured multiple sticks of butter - delicious, amazing, fattening-but-who-really-cares, AWESOME butter - onto the food we ate There was so much food that we're STILL full!


Desserts? YES PLEASE! You wouldn't have believed the trays after trays of desserts, ALL made from scratch by the bride's mother. SOOOOOOOO GOOD!


And now for the ever-glamorous Diana and Christos...




We had such an awesome time fotographing Diana and Christos' special day! We can't wait for everyone to see the rest of the amazing fotos from throughout the day.

Emma and Madison, 2 black labs

A few days ago, Tracy called us to fotograph her family and her dogs because they had just learned that Emma, their black lab, was diagnosed with leukemia. I took this to heart and offered to fit them in as soon as possible. Many of you out there probably don't know that I actually went to college to study Animal Science and was pre-vet, so I have a soft spot for animals. When we got to their house, we instantly clicked with the family and had a blast fotographing them and their 2 dogs. Our heart goes out to the family and we hope for a positive outcome.

Style me Pretty

So a few weeks ago Krystal and I received a phone call from Michelle of Stylemepretty.com. I immediately thought it was just another sales call to advertise on some website, however I decided to listen because in a few seconds the rep Michelle sounded different than the others. First she said Abby, the women that runs the show, hand selected us to be in their "Little Black Book" of wedding vendors...WOW she had my attention:) So to make a long story short the Connecticut section was just launched.



Stylemepretty.com is listed as one of Martha Stewart's favorite blogs and it has awesome ideas about weddings and chic style. We are fortunate enough to be one of the 6 photographers chosen to be represented from Connecticut.

Thank you to our customers for the support and to our family and friends that got us here!

**Click on the 'Style Me Pretty Link' Above
** Click on 'The Little Black Book of Vendors' box in the top right corner
** Click on Connecticut
** Click on Photographers
** Click on Hartford
** Click on Studio Foto

Our NYC Adventure

Just last week we took the train into NYC for Paul and Kelly's Love Shoot. They had such awesome ideas about where they wanted to go (25 different locations!) and how they wanted to spend their day together. Unfortunately, by the time we got to NY, it was already raining and it was SO humid. But Paul and Kelly were game, and so were we. After a few fotos in Grand Central Station, we headed off to Central Park. Also riding along with us for the day were Kelly's friends Jen, who had only ever been to NYC once before, and Louis, who is a makeup artist for Mac Cosmetics and kept Kelly's makeup looking amazing all day. We trekked across the Park and found a few other great locations to shoot. And then it was off to our next location, the Natural History Museum. We actually had use of a 15-passenger van for the day, and the most amazing chauffeur EVER, Jack, who not only dropped us off at the door step of every location, but was also a New York City Historian. We learned so much NYC trivia! (Did you know that Tribeca got its name because it's the TRIangle BElow CAnal Street?) After fotographing both inside and in front of the Museum, we went back to Central Park to the gorgeous Botanical Gardens. Luckily, the rain had stopped for the moment and we got a ton of really great shots. Next up was the Empire State Building, followed by the pier that has an amazing view of the Statue of Liberty. Paul and Kelly were so great the entire time, laughing and joking and just being their awesome selves. We took some really fun fotos of Paul and Kelly in the Financial District with the Charging Bull, then down by the Subway, on another pier by the Brooklyn Bridge, in the Theater District, and then we finally ended downtown by Times Square. What a whirlwind of a day! We had a blast, though, and Paul and Kelly were such good sports despite the weather and were so much fun to hang with.

Paul and Kelly, thank you for such a fun day! We can't wait for your wedding in September!

Here are a few of our fave fotos from throughout the day.

Dylan's First Time at the Beach!

So technically, we've been following little Dylan since his Mom's maternity shoot last October. We checked in with Dylan (in the flesh, of course) at his newborn shoot, again at 3 months, and now, we can't believe he's already 6 months old!

We spent Saturday, which turned out the be SUCH a gorgeous day, down at the beach with the Niderno family to fotograph ADORABLE baby Dylan at 6 months for our Miracle of Life program. (Oh my gosh, it seems like just yesterday that Dawn, Justin, and Patrick were in our studio for Dawn's maternity shoot!) We just love the Nidernos. They are such sweet people and are always laughing and smiling, and they definitely know how to have a great time with each other. We couldn't believe how big Dylan has gotten already, and how absolutely STUNNING his eyes are! (No really, you have to see what huge, reflective, shiny, and amazingly deep blue eyes he has.) Although we normally would have fotographed Dylan in our studio or at his home, the family thought that since they'd be at their beach house in Old Saybrook, CT and it's someplace they go every summer, that maybe we could take a drive down to fotograph the family on the beach. We totally thought that was the best idea. I mean, who wouldn't want not just stellar fotos of their family, but fotos taken at a beautiful place that has so many memories of such fun times?

The entire family was so much fun to fotograph. Patrick, Dylan's older brother, was a ball of energy the entire time we were there, but we definitely got to see what an amazing and sweet older brother he is, too. Between flying kites, splashing around in the water, and tossing around a football, there was never a dull moment with such an energetic and BEAUTIFUL family.

To the Niderno family; thank you guys so much for having us over. We had the best time, and we already can't wait to see you all again for Dylan's 9 month shoot!

And here are just a few shots from throughout the day that caught our eye...

Beautiful baby Dylan!


Who doesn't love sandy toes?


Just hangin' with Mom, Dad, and big bro Patrick!


The whole gang.


SuperMom Dawn balancing Dylan and playing catch with Patrick.


Haha, Patrick got EVERYONE wet!


Unfortunately, the water was freezing.


Bundled up and drying off.


Mom and Dylan with the boys watching in the background.