Newborn Photoshoot – Baby Madeleine

Two of my best friends Sarah & Jay welcomed a new baby girl Madeleine into the world on October 7th. I’ve been excited about Madeleine’s arrival not only for personal but also for photographic purposes – I’ve been desperate to …

Diary of a Ditzy Wannabee Photographer

Or “What NOT to do when trying to build your portfolio and hope to eventually start a photography business.”

Poor Maria.  She has been a faithful reader of the blog for a while now and since her parents live not …

Derby Day

Shot with my Canon Digital Rebel Xsi
Sigma 30mm 1.4 lens at various settings.
Image post processing in Adobe Lightroom

The Kentucky Derby would have gone completely unnoticed in our house if our friends Brian and Ami hadn’t invited us …

Baby in a Basket Photoshoot

Shot with my Canon Digital Rebel Xsi
Sigma 30mm 1.4 lens at these settings:
F 2.8
Shutter speed 1/100 – 1/125
ISO 200.
Image Post Processing in Adobe Lightroom 2.0

Even though Jasper has been sitting for over two …

Jasper Bath Pictures and the Longwinded Story of my New Lens

Here are some bath pictures taken with my new lens! So here's where most of you who like looking at pictures more than taken them will want to stop reading.. what follows is long and fairly technical (boring?) but may be of interest to some of you so I will post it anyway!

Jasper the Easter Bunny

Oh my, so much to post I don't even know where to begin... First there are these Easter pictures of Jasper. There are so many that they need their own post. Then, there is how much I am LOVING my new Sigma 30mm 1.4 lens and the story of why I got it (will be a separate post).

Jasper’s First Drink at a Bar..

Yes, we like to start ’em young!

Our overnight trip to Brooklyn required a stop at Irving Plaza so Daddy could pick up tickets to see the Drop Kick Murphys. The detour was the perfect excuse to drop by the …

Jasper’s Birth Story

First of all I want to say thank you for the incredible outpouring of well wishes, it means so much to all of us!

I’m sorry I didn’t post sooner, as you can imagine life with a newborn makes finding …