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Can I just say how much I love seeing this beautiful girl for her Ridgewood First Communion portraits at my photography studio? I’ve been photographing her and her family since 2012 – and I fell in love with G. from the very first photo session – she is funny, and fun and very eloquent and makes me laugh. At one of her photoshoots, after seeing her images, she told me that I was a ‘very good picture-taker!’ She is a natural in front of the camera and loves to have her pictures taken – she was actually the one who made this photoshoot happen because she asked her Mom to set it up – she really wanted to have her pictures taken:)
I feel like I’ve watched her grow up and seeing G. in her First Communion dress literally made me cry!
I love incorporating special items into a photo session and it was so special to photograph G. with an antique rosary that was in her Dad’s family for many many generations. And I loved capturing G. with an old Bible from her Mom’s side of the family – it was her Grandma’s bible and the bible that her Mom had her First Communion pictures taken with. In my mind I fast forwarded many years and pictures G. daughter taken her First Communion pictures with that bible as well and that made me tear up even more! I was a hot mess at this session:) But the First Communion portraits came out well despite my tears!
I’ve known this handsome guy for years and have photograph him and his family a number of times. So it was very special for me to do his First Communion Portraits. We opted for an outdoor session at their home in Ridgewood- fortunately the weather cooperated! And while Mr. A. was the main focus of the pictures, we got some family images and pictures of his little sister, who is just full of personality:)