2014 was the year that I made a point to put my photographic work out there. It’s always nerve-wracking to put my own images out there for critique/judgement of others. It’s akin to the anticipation I feel when delivering an image gallery to clients. But, as a New York family photographer, muster up the courage […]

*One* of the really amazing parts of living and working as a Nyack family photographer are the gorgeous Palisades Mountains. Being from the West Coast originally, I admit to being a little bit of a mountain snob. Out west, we like our mountains big, steep, and away from the city. So, it’s taken some getting […]

So, last year, I completed a Project 52 (one photo each week). It was hard…really hard. It wasn’t difficult because making one image each week was difficult; let’s be honest, I regularly shoot dozens of frames in a week. It was difficult because each week I had to make an image that corresponded with a […]

The busy season for family photographs is upon us. With so many families waiting for their portraits, there is one question almost every mom or dad asks me when booking: “What do we wear?” In the spring, I posted on the same topic…but, there are some different things that we need to consider when […]

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