Being a family photographer I love when ‘my families’ come back to me year after year.  And while I do love photographing kids and families at my Ridgewood photography studio, in my mind nothing beats at-home sessions.  So when I get to photograph my returning clients at their homes I KNOW that I will love those sessions.  And when clients’ home is located in my absolutely favorite area in NYC (Greenwich Village) I know that their session will be beyond amazing!

I’ve worked with these guys for a number of years and consider myself so fortunate to get to see these grow and change.  I first met them when big brother RJ was just 3 years old (as old as his little brother was during their latest session) – and now he is a big kid, typing up poems he comes up with on his old fashioned type writer (how cool is that?!!), wearing a bow tie to a session and telling me all about life in school.  And little brother D. – is a big kid now – very different from what he looked liked when I first met him at a few months of age.  The kids grow and change and yet the parents somehow stay the same:)

As I do with a lot of my photo sessions – we split up this session between at-home and outside.  At home it was literally all fun of games: playing with Dad, jumping on the bed, cuddling with their dog, etc.  And then we went outside and explored the Village and Soho.

Little brother D. was not thrilled about being outdoors and at one point Mom told me that she ‘wanted to get happy photos of her son but could see that it was NOT going to happen’..  But guess what – it DID happen!  Not to toot my own horn (ok, I AM tooting my own horn) but I’ve worked with lots of kids and while I may not be the most patient with my own two children, I have to say that I am pretty great with others and most of the time (and those of you who worked with me can vouch for that!) can get the kids to relax and cooperate.  So I did get pictures of these two brothers happy and smiling, along with lots of other fun family photos!