This session was special. This family was such a joy to photograph. They were completely relaxed and comfortable in front of the camera, and it shows! And once mom shared a video of Danny doing some aerial Tae Kwan Do earlier this weekend, we of course had to incorporate lots of action shot into the rest of our photo session. I even made a gif of him doing an awesome cartwheel, keep scrolling! I am so looking forward to capturing his mitzvah later this fall!
There's something magical about new babies. I loved witnessing and documenting that magic of this new baby spending an evening at home with his family, who are lovingly enjoying life as a family of five!
I met this family through mutual friends a few years ago, and we’ve kept in touch on Facebook ever sense. They are a really fun family, so I was especially excited when mom called me a few months ago to inquire about mitzvah photography. Yes, please! I photographed the Thursday morning service, then an awesome kids party with video games from Go Mobile Games Miami on Thursday night, and a bar mitzvah bash at their home on Saturday night. This simcha was well celebrated, and I was honored to be there to capture it all!
Thursday morning service captured with Joshua Hartwig from Organic Moments Photography
The brit milah (bris) is when a Jewish boy receives his Hebrew name and is circumcised on the 8th day of life. The circumcision is performed by a mohel, and this mohel has a special cover for the chair of Elijah. He has kept count of the number of women who have sat on the chair, and have become pregnant with a boy within a year, and whose bris he then performs. My eldest son, who became a Bar Mitzvah at 13 this year, was chair baby number 1,000! Today, he said he’s up to over 1,600.
I’ve really enjoyed watching this family grow. We have a newborn session scheduled for later this week, so I was super excited when mom called me this am to see if I was available to photograph her new son’s bris! I have an appreciation for attending and capturing life cycle events. Everyone in attendance was filled with love in welcoming this new baby to the community, and I hope I captured some of that.
There are so many awesome places to take photographs in South Florida when the weather is nice. When the weather is forecast to be rainy, options are limited. Our session today was rain or shine! Selene’s older siblings had their 6 month photo sessions, so we couldn’t let much more time pass beyond this stage. So after some brainstorming, we decided to spend some time at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum near Zoo Miami. We explored, and this family loved on their baby girl! I love capturing these kids as they grow!!
