Every since since I opened my Ridgewood photo studio, around my girls’ birthday I bring them to the studio for their annual studio birthday photoshoot.  This is how the idea of offering Milestones sessions was born by the way – I loved having annual images of my girls and wanted every parent to have an opportunity to capture their kids getting older, documenting their special toys, books and and everything that makes them who they are.

Each year I photograph them I think about how grown up they look and then when I look at these images the following year I realize that they still looked like babies!  Here are the pictures for the girls 7 year old photoshoot and here are from the 6 year old shoot.  And I am sure when I look at these pictures next year I will think that my girls looked like babies:)   Looking through these images brings me back to the time when my girls were 6 and 7 – they make me remember what toys they played with, what books they read, what silly expressions they made and that’s really priceless.

So parents, don’t put off photographing your children –  they grow and change so quickly – you blink and the chubby cheeks and bellies are gone; you blink again and baby teeth are out, you blink once more and their faces are all thinned out and their smiles look different.  So bring out your camera (and not your cell phone!) and photograph them with their favorite things, things that you will want to remember down the road.  And if you can – hire a professional to do so because some things are best left to professionals and I think capturing family memories is one of them.

And after we finished with the studio portion of the pictures Alexa asked me to photograph her on her ripstick – which she absolutely ROCKS!