I’ve taken a short hiatus from blogging recently, been busy preparing  for a big announcement on the blog as well as shooting quite a bit.  If you are a fan of InfocusNYC Photography on Facebook you may already know the big news.  Stay tuned, the official announcement is coming soon, or you can give us a “like” on FB to find out sooner!  The last time Lauren and Jesse on the blog was for their Asbury Park Engagement session.  Scroll down to see some images from their wedding at Carlyle on the Green in Bethpage State Park.  It was a gorgeous day, at a gorgeous location, for a gorgeous couple.

Baby Sarah arrived just in time for Easter!  Isn’t she the cutest little bunny?  Sarah’s parents, Rebecca + Mark,  have been on the blog before, first for their engagement session and more recently to feature their wedding photos.  I love being able to cover all the special events for a family, forming lasting relationships, and making new friends.  While I really love shooting weddings and engagement sessions there is something extra special that comes from working with newborns that I just can’t explain.  I’ll just call it cuteness overload, no matter how fussy a newborn may decide to be, I’m always having fun!

A quick note about that fussiness – the younger newborns are the easier they are to work with, please try to contact me before baby arrives so we can pencil in a date to get the shoot done, preferably in the first week to 10 days.  Baby Sarah was 8 days old here and did a wonderful job on her first photo shoot!

Many people would call Jenny + Pete unlucky. First their engagement session was rained out 2 separate occasions.  Then on their wedding day an evil witch named Hurricane Irene showed up, postponing the reception due to mandatory evacuations of the coast.  Finally it rained for their re-scheduled reception.  You’ve heard the consulation statement,  rain is lucky for weddings, after shooting with Jenny + Pete, I believe it.  They are so lucky to have each other!  I’ve never met 2 people who could roll with the punches so well, as long as they were together and were getting married, it was a bright, happy day, both times.   Never for a moment was there a frown on either of their faces, it was more like, YAY!!! We get to have 2 weddings TOGETHER!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Holiday!  I wanted to share some images from Sharon and Shelby’s wedding at the Rockleigh Country Club in New Jersey from a few months back.  I always enjoy shooting and learning about different wedding traditions from around the world.  This wedding was a long but fun and exciting day.  I love the vivid colors!  I can’t say enough nice things about Sharon and Shelby, they are so much fun to be around that they made this fourteen hour shoot feel more like a quick six.    Before concluding the festivities with a milk ceremony at Sharon’s parents house, we once again visited the spot where we shot their engagement session to catch another gorgeous Hudson River sunset.

It wasn’t long before I just happened to find myself back at Gantry Plaza, this time for a fun family session with the Rosado family.  Baby Ava is a huge Bubble Guppies fan,  Marissa and Chris were singing the theme song to her pretty much the entire session.  She loved it every time, and I had the song stuck in my head for a few weeks after!

I recently spent an afternoon photographing  Julia and Walter’s engagement session at Gantry Plaza Park.  The Park overlooks the East River and Midtown Manhattan.  It’s a great modern space that is simple, clean, well kept, and most of all, not crowded!  A fantastic day with fabulous light and a good looking couple is a photographer’s dream come true.  It was amazing that we were able to fit the shoot in between Walter’s hectic, firefighting, hockey playing, dart throwing and barkeeping schedule!

I recently got a chance to shoot for an hour with Cori.  She’ll be graduating this from HS this June!  Congrats Cori!  Senior Sessions are very popular in the southern and western US but have not really caught on up here.  I’d like to change that!  It’s a perfect time to capture some photos of both guys and girls before they leave home and go off to college.  Lots of kids like to include whatever they are into during the shoot such as sports, fashion, or even a new car.  I’m now offering a special rate on weekday afternoon mini sessions like this one.  Shoot me an E-mail for details!

The last time we saw Krista + Dave featured on the blog was for their Montauk Point engagement session.  It’s one of my one of my favorites, and not just because of the lobster rolls on the way home.  In keeping with their quintessential Long Island shore theme, we join them again for their wedding at Danford’s Inn on Port Jefferson Harbor. I’ve never seen so many smiling faces in one place.  Every one in attendance, including the photographer, thinks they are the perfect match.  Krista and I go waaaay back.  I’m talking kindergarten, I was so happy to hear from her when she became engaged to Dave.  I’m sure I’ve said this before, but I need to mention again how grateful I am that my hometown of Farmingdale, NY takes care of it’s own.  Thanks to all my fellow “Daler” clients, past, present and future, for helping to make InfocusNYC Photography an ongoing success!

Farmingdale High School class of 95′ represent!!!

I had been looking to shoot the Fire Island Lighthouse for a long time and was so pleased when Marissa informed me that this is where they had choosen to shoot their engagement session.  The Fire Island National Seashore, FINS for short, has so many gorgeous scenes to offer with simple, uncluttered natural landscapes.  Besides all of the postcard scenes there is wildlife roaming and flying all about.  Seeing a deer from 20 feet away is a big deal for a city slicker like myself.  We had a great time on our engagement session/nature hike.  Stay tuned for Marissa + Bill’s wedding post from the Woodlands (more nature) later this year!