Rein's senior shoot

I often find it difficult to create senior portraits for young men. The photos always come out cheesy and goofy. I was happy to have to opportunity to explore a little with my cousin, Reiner. I used to babysit this guy and he's more like a little brother than a cousin. The benefits to this being we had amazing communication on the shoot, me asking him if this was a stupid pose, him taking a few risks and climbing up the old dilapidated building that we shot at. It was fun and the photographs were HIM. He was so excited when he saw the site I brought him to, which was a really cool feeling for finding the perfect location.  

So, here are my favorites from the shoot. I'd be happy to take your senior photos as well and make them fit your personality. I'm loving these new challenges and explorations with my camera.

Maternity shoot

Lately, I am willing to make money any way I can with my camera. I have a rekindled love for photography and I am eager to make a living with it. So this weekend I brought my camera out to Buffalo to photograph some old friends getting ready for a new addition to the family. I was a little nervous and kept spouting off questions about names, babies, what it felt like... I've never done a maternity shoot before and a lot of my research was studio photography. So it was a little different photographing the couple outside in the public and being able to show the beauty of pregnancy under the different clothes. (A lot of shoots have nudity to show off the pregnant body). Not to mention the weather was pretty gray, so it made things a little unpredictable. Of course once we got to shooting, everything seemed normal. I scared my boyfriend into thinking I wanted babies right this moment. I witnessed the beautiful moments of Mark helping Nécole cross over the little streams. It was so simple and so sweet and it made me appreciate the little actions that make a difference instead of the grand gestures. I love the feeling of these photos which seemed to capture the sweet gestures of these soon to be parents. It was a good evening.