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October 24, 2010

isabelle's 3rd birthday party

katie chao photo shoots childrens parties! keeping up with 23 rambunctious kids as they flipped, tumbled, and danced around at NY Kids Club was quite the workout, but also incredibly fun.

October 22, 2010

joanne and kevin's wedding reception

A blast from the past! I've been going through the archives and thought I'd share some images from my first ever wedding gig.

October 15, 2010

michael's headshot

I'm offering a limited time headshots special! $20 gets you a quick portrait session and I will retouch your favorite image and send you the 8x10 hi-res digital file. Contact me soon!

September 2, 2010

I love this Junebug post about using moss balls, ferns, grass and other non-traditional greens as wedding floral arrangements.

Here I've complied some of my favorite alternative centerpiece and bouquet ideas.

moss cluster by Flores del Sol

billy buttons by Erin Hearts Court Wedding Photography

branches from Martha Stewart Weddings

July 21, 2010

California family photo shoot

I love my rascally nephews, ages 4 and 1, but they live 3,000 miles away on the other coast in California. I visited last weekend and we had a fun and full-of-giggles outdoor family shoot. A huge thanks to my talented scrapbooking sister who had tons of super ideas!

A side note: Don't take the red-eye from California to New York unless absolutely necessary. I feel as though I've lost a day to travel fatigue. Not to mention you meet all the crazies –– police had to come escort the lady sitting next to me off the plane.

July 11, 2010

Amy, part 2

While in California I took advantage of the beautiful barren desert/canyon wilderness landscape. Meet Amy: An artistic, adventurous college student and model who I met on Model Mayhem.