This summer was  crazy whirlwind of fantastic-ness! I do not remember a busier, more frantic time in my life. But when I look back on it now, I just smile. It was nuts, but all worth it in the end..

So, lets see – first there was a week of modeling sessions with my very talented friend Courtney Matevey of Green Apple Photo who came to New Jersey to stay with me and introduce me to some new ideas for indoor and outdoor lighting. I photographed 9 models in the space of 4 days, and each and every session was incredible. My brain was almost exploding with information by the end of day 4

Next on the agenda  was the Ben Porat Yosef Scholarship fund walkathon, where we raised over $40,000 for the school scholarship fund.  On top of this, I had 18 client sessions to fit in, scheduled around the totally awful weather we were facing this summer. Oh and did i mention emigrating?! And totally redesigning my website?! And planning a surprise trip to the UK for my 11 year old?!! Needless to say, it was a tiny bit hectic but wow, every session I shot was just fantastic and I am so looking forward to writing about each one.

I am kicking off my blogging with my very awesome summer models. Little Mr ‘M’ was just too much! His dreamy marble eyes & those luscious lips! And what about his hair?! He just looks like a pro doesn’t he? I just love this image of him, totally dreamy..

Next was Mr C – he’s an old hand at this modeling thing. I am so used to chasing after children, camera in one hand and tickle-brush/puppet/balloon/jelly beans in the other! But along comes Mr C, all cheeky grins and smiles and just sits there, co-operating perfectly! I narrowed his top images down to 30 but for the blog, I had to pick just one..wasn’t easy!

Little Mr R was more was I was expecting from a kid’s modeling session – lots of running around and negotiating (read:bribes). The jelly beans were a big hit, but even jelly beans were not anywhere near as exciting as just hanging out and having alone time with mommy! So many gorgeous, smiley images of Mr R that I could share, but I am drawn to this moody black and white…

Sometimes you meet a child and you can see they are gorgeous, but then you get behind the camera and.. wow! There’s a reason for the cliche “the camera loves you”. Miss K came to my studio looking like a million dollars and then I took a look at her through my lens. Delicious!

Stay tuned for the next 5 beauties, coming soon!

It’s catch up time! It’s been almost 3 weeks since we left America and I am ITCHING to start blogging my summer sessions! In the words of Julie Andrews “let’s start from the very beginning”… literally.

Baby Boy N was no more than 6 days old when we met for our session, hows that for the ‘very beginning’? This image below is my absolute favorite from the session -  I love the expression on his face, the crinkle under his chin, and his little bunny friend in the background…

This next image is also a big fave of mine – made me gasp when i first viewed it on my screen. It’s those lips and that chin again, yummmm!

Here you can see his little legs all curled up, and look at the way his hair swirls so perfectly…ohhhh newborn babies!!…..

And lastly, what newborn session would be complete without a close up of the feet?..

As I sit here amongst 85 shipping boxes (and counting), I had to take a moment to announce that my new site is READY!!!

Oh my goodness, what a lot of hard work that was! I am so thrilled with it and so excited to start blogging here as soon as I can
I could never have got this done and looking anywhere near as gorgeous as it does, without the help of the following people:

Joell Parkos (Image Garden) my website designer

Trish Robertson (Orange Gecko Designs) my graphic designer

Shari Teigman my spectacular assistant/consultant/friend extraordinaire

My husband James and my poor, neglected children

Thank you all, I am so thrilled..

I have no time to even post an image, but all in good time. My sessions this summer were all incredible and I cant wait to tell you all about them!…

Stay tuned, must get back to packing

Sarah