Hiroki Family

I'm happy that this family is my first posting for 2015.  I know I haven't been blogging for a while, sometimes I get caught up on traveling and photographing and don't have much time to blog all the wonderful places and people I come across.  Hopefully this year I will do a better job at sharing the photos!

Back to this family! I love this family! I promised I will come visit them every year but life happened and it took me 5 years to return to Japan to spend some time and snap few photos of them.  Takuto is almost 7 (you can see his pictures I took of him here) and I was so happy that he remembered me from last time I saw him. And oh Shuto (aka Shu-chan) he is a character.   He is hilarious!!  It was first time meeting him but by the time we had to say goodbye we became really good friends.  And Yoshimi and Kuni and grandpa, they are like my second family to me.  I hope I can see them again real soon (hopefully this summer)!  Thanks for having me! xo, r

Ajay + Brooke = Blake

Aren't these three adorable together?  I was so excited to photograph this family.  Brooke and Ajay wanted Blake to be little older for the first family portraits and 'tis is the perfect time to stroll around Central Park to snap some.  She was such a good baby, just minding her own business crawling around the Strawberry Field tasting the latest fallen leaves and being happy.  Can't wait for next year! She's going to be walking and running around.  xo, r (P.S Brooke is an amazing prop stylist! Make sure you drop by and check her out!)  

David + Lauriane

I was lucky to travel so much this summer and one of the most exciting part was meeting up with 

these two in Arles! We wandered around the town without a map and enjoyed getting lost.  And at the end we got ourselves locked in the Roman Theater because the lady at the front was eager to go home and didn't take a look to see if anyone else was still on the ground.  Thanks for that we had the whole ancient theater to ourselves until the police came to let us out ;) Good times! Next time I'll have to go see these two in Corsica, their new home! xoxo, r

Erika + Jeff

There's something about these small weddings I love.  It was an intimate wedding celebration at the Peter Jay Sharp Boat House on the Harlem River on a hot summer day.  Erika and Jeff invited those close to their hearts to celebrate their nuptial with cold beer and hotdogs and hamburgers on the dock. It was a perfect way celebrate this down-to-earth and adorable couple's marriage.  Congratulations to you both! xoxo, r

Yehyun

It's been 7 month since my last posting! Oh man! I've been very busy with lots of stuff but I'm finally back! And this adorable 7 week old is a daughter of an old friend, who's been friends with me since we were 7 years old!  Can't wait to see this little one grow! xoxo, r