or as my handy-dandy internet translator says … Guten Tag Deutschland!
My family & I are off on a much needed vacation! I will be back at it upon my return.
Until then …
Meet Jack | NJ Childrens Photography
I think Jack is the luckiest little guy around. I think he knows it.
He has the most incredible blue eyes & already knows how to use them. He couldn’t tell, but I was melting behind the camera just looking into them!
He has a firetruck, not to mention a plethora of other cool toys.
His mama adores him to bits & pieces. She holds him tight, sings crazy kid songs to make him smile & holds him by his finger so he can practice his walking.
He has not only mom & dad, that love him, but a four legged friend, Abby who has grown to love him too.
Yup, Jack is the luckiest boy that I know. Check out the slideshow to see how lucky he is.
Beautiful Children: Ava & Fiona | NJ Childrens Photography
Onto part 2 of the awesome portrait session i had with a set of families. I present to you, Ava & Fiona, cousins to the kids in this post. Fiona was shy at first, but opened up pretty quickly. She kept laughing at how close my camera would get to her while I was trying to get a great expression on her face. I bet you can guess which one she is! Ava was loving & smiled non-stop. She was the first to put an arm around a cousin or her sister which lent itself to awesome real & honest interaction between them.
Their gorgeous mom had a few simple requests … “photos where you can see … their faces” (√)
… “but either catching a loving moment” (√)(√)
… “or one of them just goofing around and having fun” (√)(√)(√).
Finally she wanted “a photo with [her] and [her] girls” (√)(√)(√)(√).
Hope this is what you were looking for Kim!
Beautiful Children: Marc, Sophia & Luca | NJ Kids Photography
I have two sisters patiently waiting for images of their beautiful children. Lisa & Kim … thanks so much for being patient with me. I hope the images are worth the wait.
I have been wanting to get this blog post done since the date I had the opportunity to do this portrait session. It was just soooo much fun & the kids were just dreams! I got to shoot these 2 sisters children on a wonderful morning in August, in their incredible backyard. I know that made for an easier photo session, as they were in comfortable & familiar surroundings & I couldn’t have asked for a better setting. I thought that all the images would end up in one post. But nope, I think we are going to end up with three, one of each family separate & one of the cousins together. So hang tight, as I hope these are a feast for the eyes & that the moms love the final product.
The lucky first ones are … Luca, Marc & Sophia. Each of them are so beautiful & unique in their own way. Now for my favorites (which were not easy to choose) …
Sophia was not in the least bit shy of me or the camera, her silliness & beautiful smile never turned off! 
Marc has eyes that I describe as being very wise … it’s like he knows something that the rest of us don’t! 
Luca, the oldest was eager to please & had so many wonderful expressions that I had the hardest time narrowing his shots down. 
& finally, an image of all three. I just love this one because it shows them interacting, laughing & loving each other. just as we hope all siblings do!
Charming Little Things: The Vine that Could | NJ Photographer
I wish I could capture & share every little charming thing I come across in my day. There are so many little things that make me smile to myself everyday. If only there were a printer in my head that could send these images & the narrative that went with them to the internet or that journal I try to write in everyday.
I find that the charming things that provoke my smile often follow a theme. Lately, I am drawn to strength. The strength & bravery of people to live their life no matter what is thrown at them. The strength of a flower to grown from a seed & bloom. The strength of child to make their own way. The strength of a body to do it’s thing day after day, to heal, to jump, to breathe, to run, to sleep, to wake. The strength of a mother to let her child grow. The strength of a dancer to kick & twirl. The strength of a vine to grow again after being hacked away.
This is my vine … It was a mess & constantly needed to be tamed. I hated this vine. I hacked at this vine & hoped it would never return. I’m glad it had more strength than I did patience. It grew back, slowly & found it’s own path. Which ended up being the path I found to keep it on before. It bloomed & it is beautiful. This vine is now a charming little thing that makes me smile.
by justkim
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