The Abbey’s // Sayre, PA // Family Photographer

Last fall was crazy. So much.
Weddings-photoshoots-selling our house-being pregnant-traveling-living with parents-new jobs-insanity.

All I could do was tread water and unfortunately a few things fell to the way-side, like blogging. I kept up with the weddings I photographed, but all of my other energy was spent on editing & getting photos back to folks. It was a crazy fun ride – but one that I don’t plan on ever getting on again!

The good news is: now that things have sort of settled down [it’s January, so no weddings or photoshoots are planned and the traveling has been cut to zero because I literally could pop a baby any day now] I have all of these awesome fun photoshoots to share to fill in the “gap” of slow-season! So, lots of pretty pictures of pretty people coming your way over the next few weeks!

And to kick things off: meet my nephew & niece & their amazing parents. This wasn’t our first rodeo – I’ve been photographing their family since literally before they became a family. I took Paul & Naomi’s engagement photos 7 years ago – my first official photoshoot. No clue what I was doing. A half-auto, half-manual Olympus camera. But I loved it. It’s what made me fall in love with engagement & wedding photography – just documenting two people so in love. And I’ve been photographing their family ever since! Thank goodness for learning & growing & new cameras & adorable babies to photograph!

Since I can look back over 7 years of photoshoots with them, I think I can officially say: this was our most fantastic shoot yet. Not because it was warm & sunny & just a spectacular day to be outside [quite the opposite really] but because this family wins the award for most faithful clients and I’m so blessed [plus we ate pizza afterward, so win-win]. And I get it – you say: they are your family & don’t really have a choice but to keep on hiring you – but I’m now playing out this trend with other families [shooting their engagement photos, then wedding, maternity, newborn, and on and on] and I just love it. I love the connection that this business allows me to build with my clients.
And I’m all practiced up – on these guys.

ANDD [insert shameless plug] my sister-in-law has taken off with this really cool business called Jamberry Nails – have you heard of them? If you haven’t [or even if you have] you should totally check out her Facebook page & get some more info from her! It takes doing your nails to a whole new level & she’s really worked hard to get her business off the ground. You should definitely hit her up & get some more details from her!