Central Park Maternity Shoot | Giovanna

What can I say, Central Park has been a popular destination for clients with the warmer weather and the Grouponers were no exception. It's always a challenge to recreate spaces I've already shot in, but Gio and Jared made that job easy because they were easy and generous thought partners. If they had an idea about an images they shared it, we tried it and kept it moving. Ah, the ideal clients! 


Congrats to the Millers on their baby-to-be!

Central Park Anniversary Portraits | Scott & Fiorella

I love shooting couples that inspire me with their infectious love for one another. Scott and Fiorella did just that. They were married last Labor Day weekend at the Bronx Botanical Garden and wanted to celebrate one year of wedded bliss with portraits in Central Park's Conservatory Garden and nearby surroundings. 

The sunset was jaw - dropping the evening we met and it never hurts to have beautiful subjects. In fact that makes my job much easier. Scott was such a gentleman and insisted on carrying my camera bag and I was truly impressed when they generously offered me a ride home too. Really, the evening was like catching up with old friends I hadn't seen in a while. That said, I hope this is just the beginning of many shoots together, Scott and Fiorella. 

Congratulations on one year of marriage, Scott & Fiorella! May this be just the first chapter in your story together.

 

Los Angeles and Simi Valley Family Portrait Photographer

It was love at first site: 1994, exploratory foreign language class, crispy chola hair, adidas shell tops - you get the picture. Michelle was sitting in front of me doodling in her notebook when I of course befriended her by playing with her hair. The rest is history, as they say, as she is one of my only friends who have accompanied me into adult life. Best friends are like extended family who know all your business including your favorite foods, first kisses, drinks and disasters, and of course the glory and sorrow of all life’s treasures. They are also embedded in many “firsts” including weddings and then inevitably, babies. In August of last year, Michelle and Dionne came to visit me in New York to spend the weekend eating, drinking, slumber partying and shopping our hearts out. Not so fast, though! Low and behold Michelle rushed me in bed the first morning (not for old time’s sake) to share the news that she was indeed preggos. Now, this was extraordinarily special since I was the first person she told which makes me a believer in divine intervention. Needless to say, the weekend of unlimited drinking was replaced by more eating! Living cross country made it hard for me to document Michelle’s pregnancy with my Jewish neuroses and precision, but I did have the chance to shoot her in the Simi Hills, adjacent to our childhood homes on none other than her 30th birthday in April. Sorry Michelle, I'm spilling the beans about your age!  Michelle and Bill were great sports, and even let me inscribe "B M," on her belly. And no, it stands for their intials and not a common bodily function!  Jorge would kill me if I didn’t give him a shout out for being my assistant, he was great with the reflector and looking for the keys that I thought were lost in the hills but were in my pocket the entire time! Here’s to the arrival of the newest addition of the Deruso family, Marcus AKA Lil’ Deruzzi. Shots from our recent three month baby shoot up soon!