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Happy New Year!

December 31, 2009 – 2:55 pm

I interrupt my ‘Best of…” blogs to bring you the following series.

Bright and early this morning I was forced to head outside, not even realizing at first, that it was snowing! While I only had to walk about 5 short and 2 long blocks, I still felt a bit annoyed by having to venture out into the cold. After bundling up and stepping outside, I decided to make the best of it and capture the beautiful snowfall with my iPhone and the CameraBag app.

I really really really love Brooklyn. It’s a pretty inspiring place to live. I try so hard not to take it for granted, but I definitely do sometimes. Especially with the cold, snowy weather, this morning was a nice change to not be rushing to the subway or lugging all my camera gear (though part of me wishes I had brought my 5DmkII). It was just me, empty streets, some fresh snow and a coffee.

Happy New Year everyone!

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2009 Best of Kids…

December 26, 2009 – 12:17 pm

After a couple of relaxing days (ahhh…), I’m really excited to post my best of kids blog! It’s been tough choosing my top ten photos, but also really fun to revisit all of the family and preschool shoots I’ve done this year. Enjoy!!!

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Stay tuned for best of engagement shoots…

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Sally S said . . .

My favs the one with the parents feet – creative!

Posted December 27, 2009 at 8:27 pm | Permalink
J Howard said . . .

Love the colors!

Posted December 27, 2009 at 12:36 pm | Permalink
M.H. said . . .

Fantastic!!! You seem to really capture these kids’ spirits and personalities – I love your work!

Posted December 27, 2009 at 10:47 am | Permalink

2009 Best of Babies…

December 22, 2009 – 2:30 pm

Wow. When I started going through these baby photos, I was amazed at how many babies I’ve photographed this year! Obviously photographing babies is a total joy and picking a ‘best of…’ selection was really hard. All my favorites ended up being black and white images, which I found interesting. I’m going to try to keep my ‘best of…’ posts to ten images. So here are my top ten favorite baby photos of 2009…

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… Stay tuned for best of preschoolers!

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Lindsay said . . .

Oh my goodness. They’re all just perfect.

Posted December 23, 2009 at 12:18 pm | Permalink

Headshots!

December 22, 2009 – 12:46 pm

Last Tuesday, I spent the day at Space4Shoots in Manhattan doing a series of headshots. While I love on location shoots, it’s also really nice to be in the studio for the day, especially when it’s freezing out! Here are a few of my favorite shots from the day.

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Amanda & Paul

December 13, 2009 – 11:18 pm

I know, it’s been a long time since I’ve blogged and I still haven’t blogged photos from England! I’m actually pretty behind on posts, but instead of playing catch up, I’m going to blog my shoot from this weekend.

On Saturday I had the pleasure of capturing Amanda and Paul’s wedding which was extra special for me, because Amanda and I used to work together (in my previous life as a speech therapist). Knowing Amanda, I knew it’d be a good time, but I’m not sure I was prepared for how awesome an event it would be! The wedding and reception took place at The Loft in Montclair, NJ – a beautiful space. Amanda, Paul, their families and friends were such a blast to be around and to photograph. Truly, it was a perfect end to the 2009 wedding season!

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I don’t normally put family portraits on my blog or even website, but there is just something about this photograph (the couches were all Amanda’s idea) that I really love.

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First dance.

Fake dancing.

Real dancing.

It took a bit of effort to get Paul on the dancefloor…

But he did alright once he got there!

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Kris Guiles said . . .

Amanda is stunningly beautiful in that first picture… VERY NICE And what a beautiful dress

Posted December 19, 2009 at 6:53 pm | Permalink
SD said . . .

Really great looking wedding, and I like the pics of the kids being kids!

Posted December 15, 2009 at 5:09 pm | Permalink
Jennifer said . . .

those are some fancy looking shoes – beautiful!

Posted December 15, 2009 at 2:41 pm | Permalink
Kim-Mom of groom Paul said . . .

Beautiful pictures-Kristina, you did an awesome job!

Posted December 14, 2009 at 3:32 pm | Permalink
Jess said . . .

What a beautiful bride! That first photo is absolutely stunning – she looks like she stepped out of a vintage copy of Vogue. Great work, as always. Glad to see you’re back to blogging!

Posted December 14, 2009 at 12:16 pm | Permalink

I’m in England!

November 29, 2009 – 4:55 pm

And I’m having an absolutely amazing time.

I’ve taken lots of photos, but for now I’m going to post one of my favorites. I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving. I’ll write more when I’m home!

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Dawn said . . .

Great shot! Hope your having an amazing time!

Posted December 3, 2009 at 2:41 pm | Permalink

Thoroughly Modern Millie

November 20, 2009 – 9:14 pm

You may remember Rachel from her headshot (here) or from having the lead in Oklahoma (here). Well this is her senior year of high school and for the third year in a row, I had the pleasure of photographing Manhasset High School’s fall musical. I secretly (or not so secretly) love to photograph plays. I find myself tapping along, sometimes even singing along and I always have the songs stuck in my head for days after. I’m a total musical fan…

Here is a sneak peak of Thoroughly Modern Millie, which I photographed during their dress rehearsal. As a matter of fact… as I type this, the curtain is probably opening on their opening night. Break a leg, guys!

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Fayez, Mira & Sami

November 14, 2009 – 6:05 pm

Oh my! It’s been a crazily busy time here, but it feels fantastic. I spent the past week filling lots of holiday print orders (hooray for people thinking of things early!) and posting hundreds of preschool photographs in their galleries! On top of that, I’ve been photographing newborns and families and booking weddings for 2010 – I’m just having a wonderful time.

I’m also happy to mention that I have a minted storefront. Anyone who did a 2009 shoot can visit and order holiday (and other) cards directly from Minted using photos taken during our shoots. If you aren’t familiar with their work – check it out (click me)!

But now onto the title of this post… New Yorkers were so lucky to have such amazing weather last weekend (as it pours outside my window while typing this). Last Sunday I headed uptown to photograph Fayez, Mira and Sami. We spent some time in Central Park (further north than I usually visit – which was great!), their apartment and then at a nearby playground. I think we got some great holiday card shots. Here is a sneak peak at a few of my favorite shots – thanks you guys for fun morning!

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(I hope to post more soon!)

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Ilka said . . .

Like the last one – very Christmas morning looking!

Posted November 15, 2009 at 1:05 pm | Permalink

Lindsay & Jason

November 7, 2009 – 5:40 pm

Today was just beautiful! I have been wanting to do a shoot at the High Line for some time now, so I was excited when Lindsay and Jason were up for the idea. While our first attempt got rained out, we could not have asked for a better November morning than we got today. It wasn’t too cold and the sky was amazingly blue and clear! I had a really fantastic time working with them and I’m so excited with how our photos came out.

Enjoy the sneak peak, guys. Thanks for a great morning!

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Ilka said . . .

You could use that first one for anythng!

Posted November 15, 2009 at 1:08 pm | Permalink
Jess said . . .

I love these! The colors are amazing and the shots seem so natural. You can totally see the chemistry between these two. Well done!

Posted November 12, 2009 at 2:46 pm | Permalink
Administrator said . . .

Oooh, Susie, I love that idea! The bottom 2/3 could have the writing!

Posted November 11, 2009 at 2:56 pm | Permalink
Susie said . . .

That first one would make a great background for a “save the date” card!

Posted November 11, 2009 at 10:56 am | Permalink
Holly said . . .

The first one!

Posted November 9, 2009 at 5:00 pm | Permalink
Jennifer W said . . .

wow that first image is the one for me! its like their silhouettes are perfectly matched for each other….

Posted November 8, 2009 at 11:31 pm | Permalink
MP said . . .

I adore that first photo! It looks like something that should be on a movie poster. Great image!

Posted November 8, 2009 at 1:10 am | Permalink

24 Hours

November 4, 2009 – 10:25 pm

I really, really, really love my job. Some days, when I’m on my way to ‘work’ I get the urge to pinch myself, because it’s hard to believe that I actually get to do what I love to do for a living. There many things I love about being a photographer, but the best things of all are the people I get to meet and the places I get to go.

I’m also luck to be a photographer in New York, because I have an endless supply of amazing ‘backdrops’ and I try to never take that for granted. I also think its amazing that I get to interact with so many wonderful people! From musicians, to new parents, to couples in love, to aspiring actors, to hysterical pre-schoolers… how could I ever get bored?

I’ve been super busy lately, so blogging is going to have to take a bit of a back-seat. But here is a peak at all the fun shoots I had in the last 24 hours (minus all the film I’ve been shooting, which I hope to post soon!).

A headshot shoot in Central Park:
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A musician shoot in DUMBO:

And newborn after newborn at Beth Israel Hospital:

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Ilka said . . .

Beatiful images. Love the last one too!

Posted November 6, 2009 at 12:50 am | Permalink
Kim B. said . . .

Beautiful work!

Posted November 5, 2009 at 1:02 am | Permalink
Anonymous said . . .

That last image looks like it should be an advertisement photograph – it’s beautiful. I love that your work is so diverse, it really must be fun! Keep up the great work.

Posted November 5, 2009 at 1:01 am | Permalink

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