Madison Square Park in Manhattan is a beloved park for family families in Chelsea and surrounding neighborhoods. Before moving to NYC, I clearly remember one particular visit I made to the city to see an old friend. We grabbed burgers at Shake Shack (when it was the only Shake Shack in the world that existed!) …
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We love getting out early to beat the crowds and also catch the glorious morning light! In the summer, early really means early since the sun rises earlier. And as with many babies, this girl is an early riser, so the time slot worked perfectly for this family. They met ilir out by the willow …
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It’s been an absolute pleasure photographing this family multiple times over the course of their NYC lives, but as with many good things, it has come time to move on! But– not before having an NYC photo session to commemorate their time here and to include the most recent addition to their family. We had …
Not many New Yorkers likely know, but tucked into a little brownstone on West 89th Street is an ornate Romanian Orthodox Church called St. Dumitru. One beautiful thing about being a photographer is that the job takes us to new and unexpected places, and this one was no exception. ilir captured numerous memorable moments from …
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This family met us bright and early in the morning at Road D beach in Southampton, NY. Doing it early in the morning enabled us to capture that delicious morning light, but equally as important, we were able to avoid the beach crowds. Shooting as early as is comfortably possible is always worth it!
These family members enjoy being together, and it shows! We loved capturing the candid, happy moments of this reunion as well as many posed large group and nuclear family portraits. They chose to hold this reunion in the Arthur Ross Pinetum in Central Park, which provided a beautiful backdrop for these shots.
ilir captured a variety of lifestyle images for this mom’s upcoming parenting blog, with the vision of using the photos for a variety of purposes. Over the course of the session, he and the client created a variety of posed, unposed, solo and with child shots in a selection of outfits chosen beforehand in the …
Sometimes photography sessions, or time with kids in general, can seem like wild chaos. It can be scary for an inexperienced photographer when they can’t control everyone, but we have learned to embrace such sessions because they bring about new possibilities for photos we’ve never captured, and it’s all the more satisfying when we nail …
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Saying goodbye to a beloved home is always hard, but we love that this family will always have these photos around their beach house in Far Rockaway to smile back on. Looking at these photos, it’s easy to see that their happy place is in their hearts.
When this new mom emailed us requesting natural, minimalist, beautifully lit photos without frills and props for their newborn baby girl and themselves, we knew that it would be a wonderful collaboration resulting in the exact type of images that they were looking for. (Read more about what makes lifestyle newborn photography sessions special here!) Their …