Gina Cooperman, Westchester NY, photographer

Life is better with sparkles.

After 20 years as an educator (and 14 years as mom), I’ve learned that kids need a little time, a little patience, and a little room to run. And, the grownups? They just need a reminder that it’s okay to play. We all spend so much time focused on work and school and chores…the busy-ness of daily life…that we often forget to simply enjoy being with each other.

Let's make magic!

Forget the rest of it. Just be in the moment.

Rebecca mentioned that her family’s session with me “was the first time in a really long time [she] actually played with [her] kids without worrying about a to-do list.”
That’s what I want. I want anyone who steps in front of my camera to remember that they spent an afternoon having fun.

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FUN FACTS

Big fluffy dogs are my weakness.

I'm a west coast girl living in an east coast world.

friday night dance parties in the kitchen are so underrated.

tacos are most certainly Not just for tuesdays.

If I haven't touched grass in a day, i haven't really lived.

national parks or bust

My favorites THUS FAR...in no particular order

Grand Teton Nat'l Park, Wyoming

Acadia Nat'l Park, Maine

New River Gorge NPS, W. Virginia

Yellowstone Nat'l Park, Wyoming

Zion Nat'l Park, Utah

Sequoia Nat'l Park, California

Carlsbad Caverns NPS, New Mexico

Guadalupe Mtns. NPS, Texas

Mesa Verde NPS, Colorado

Grand Canyon NPS, Arizona

Shenandoah NPS, Virginia

Mammoth Cave NPS, Kentucky