Anika's Newborn Pictures

Remember Smita's maternity pictures?  About a month afterwards, I had the invitation to shoot newborn pictures of her new little girl, Anika!  I was pretty much beside myself with excitement; I had not had a newborn GIRL in a year, which means that I had year's worth of props that I had obtained and not been able to use! 

The shoot was at the family's home; I typically try to find a nice spot in the yard for family portraits and some of my "artsy" newborn portraits, but it was storming outside, so we had to be creative and find a way to do everything inside!  Anika (and mom, dad, big brother, and grandma!) stuck through it until the end, and we came out with some nice pictures!




























































The pink tutu was made for me by my friend Cynthia, and her mom, Judy, made me the pink beanie for Christmas!  Thanks ladies!











Smita, your family is so sweet and I am honored to have gotten to photograph them!  Thanks!

Anvitha's First Birthday Party!

I had the privilege of shooting 4 birthday parties over the course of the summer, and this was the first of them! 

This was my first time shooting at Temple Israel.  I love it there because, not only is it nice on the inside, but there are some very sweet little gardens all around the building that are great for snagging a few quick portraits. 

I also had the help of my friend Liz.  I always appreciate her coming, not only for the company, but also because she is the queen of the detail shot!



Anvitha's party was all about orange and the ABCs!


All the balloon art and face painting was handled by Sarah - she always does a great job!!!






I stole the birthday girl away when she first got there for some portraits!

























































Thanks, Venkat, for inviting me to shoot your daughter's party!  It was a lot of fun!