Archive for December, 2009

Snow! (NYC Child Photography)

December 22, 2009

I have one image to share today. One that will remind us what it feels like to close our eyes and feel the wet sprinklings of snow fall on our closed eyelids; One that will remind us how it feels to inhale the chill of the air, and fill our lungs with the fresh sense of wonder.

On a different note, snow can be quite a majestic backdrop for your photography session. If you want to book a winter session consider booking it before January 1st to take advantage of 2009 pricing.

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Share your images here:

Amy: How cute.. she is just gorgeous.

Clarice: Man you make shooting snow look easy! This is gorgeous!

Lina: She look so happy.. and not cold! :)

Rachel: How beautiful...I loved how you captured this.

Amber: This makes me want to be a kid again!! The snow is a perfect backdrop!

Michelle Kane: This makes snow look so much sweeter than what I've been thinking of it lately. Just beautiful.

Tori Piercy: What a great picture! Just beautiful Zoe!

Cindy: Perfect capture! You can almost forget it's cold!

Lisa Kryschuk: Oh this is beautiful! I love snow pics!

Melissa: I am jealous of all of you with snow as a backdrop, but not jealous of the cold. :) CUTE photo!!

Julie Wagoner: Sigh....just gorgeous.

images of essence photography: Love it Zoe!

Jane Eaton Hamilton: Adorable image and it would look great HUGE...

amy: beautiful!! i adore snow pictures!!! you are right they make for a beautiful backdrop!!

Whitley: As always, beautiful image Zoe!!!

megan: Yay! Awesome shot. :)

Krissy Allori: LOVE it! Beautiful colors too. I hope we get some snow in our part of the country!

Stephanie: LOVE this! I agree, you make it look easy, and I know that it isn't. Wish we had some snow down here at least for a few days.

meghan Poort: Love it!! It just screams WINTER :)

K Craft: What a great moment you captured ...ahhh to be young again

Barbara Hurst: this is so pretty.

Angela Crutcher: This is beautiful! I wish it would snow like that here!!

Kristin Rachelle: Adore!!!! Beautiful shot!

April: Simply Amazing!!! I love the energy you've captured here!

Jennifer Boggett: This is gorgeous! It almost makes me want to get out of my pjs and play in the snow!

Carrie: Looks like you captured another moment of joy and beauty! Your work always amazes me!

Barbara Hurst: Such a gorgeous shot, love the feel of it.

courtney: so amazingly gorgeous!!!!

misty Jones: Beautiful!

Wende Trew: I totally LOVE it Zoe!! You totally inspire me my friend!!

Mandy: Your photographs just bring a smile to my face, and to my heart. Always, always a truly amazing photo with so much feeling and emotion.

Laura Morita-Yeun: I am just completely entranced by your images, Zoe.

Leah Jent: What a beautiful photo, Zoe!

dsr: What a perfect photograph! Such pure joy you captured!

Barbara Hurst: I thought I had left some love here, shame on me because I love this image. Makes me ALMOST want snow. :)

Michelle Wells: Entirely beautiful from her expression to her outfit. What a beautiful portrait in the snow. I can just see this on your wall as a huge canvas.

Alethea Fitzpatrick: Absolutely delightful!

There is just something about little girls. Something divinely enchanting about them twirling, playing, and being. This session was magical in so many ways. Here is a little piece of the magic.

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Katie: That last one is DIVINE!!! What a fabulous keepsake.

claire: These are awesome! You captured her personality so well! Love the pic with the vintage hat!!++

Jennifer Cota: Oh my gracious! What gorgeous pictures and such fun playing with light!

Tonikka: BEAUTIFUL...

Corine Tran: these are so awesome, I love the whimsical and fun feel to all of them. That one is adorable!

Tori Piercy: Absolutely amazing!!!

Julie Wagoner: How fun are these?! What little girl wouldn't love to have dreamy pics like these. And that last one--an all-time favorite Zoe shot of mine! :)

Katherine: These are so fun and beautiful! You captured the spirit of this little girl! Absolutely gorgeous!

Tzikira: The dancing tutu ones are absolutely gorgeous! Stunning light. That last one can be an advertisement for cheerios!! Great indoor work!

Kathleen: You are exactly right. These photos are magical. She looks so precious.

Laura Brett: Oh I love it Zoe. So dreamy, wonderful job as always!

Liat Biderovsky: ADORE these! They really are so enchanted - so dreamy and creamy and magical! Fantastic job!

Angela Crutcher: I just LOVE these! They are beautiful and so carefree!

KellyMack: These are wonderful!

Michelle Kane: You know how I feel about your photography. Love all around.

Megan: These are awesome! I love how natural they are. Great job. :)

Lina: Zoe, you are amazing! Your storytelling images are beyond fun!

amy: these are beautiful!!

Mollie Kendall: I love how natural these are. So light and beautiful. Beyond fabulous work!

Jamie: How gorgeous are these?! Light, airy, beautiful, and like you said yourself, really magical. I love them!

Tiona Fuller: You captured her essence beautifully! She looks like she had a lot of fun at her session. Great work!

jennifer: oh she is beautiful, I love her room, and the lighting is just divine! That second set is my fav!

Jessica: You are right, this session is magic. LOVE it, Zoe!

Carrie: These are gorgeous! I will look at these more than once, more than twice...

Rachel: What a precious and fun shoot! This really captures the essence of childhood!

sandra Rannalli: precious!!! I love the feel in these

Michelle Wells: What a perfect little princess, your processing is beautiful. Love the cereal and milk and sweet expression. :)

shannon treadway: Oh wow! these are so fun but that last one is PERFECT!!!!

Ashley Duckett: Love them all. They have a sweet, airy, fun whimsy feel to them. Truly magical shots!

lisa lucky: wow! i mean, WOW! each a gorgeous work of art!

Salina J: Wow, I adore these! The light is fantastic, just perfect captures all around.

Anna: Zoe - this series is just beautiful - I love your work and this is such a reflection of that.

amy adams: I found your site and I am a fan. Great work!

Tiffany Bender: Zoe- you are just amazing!!!! Your light is divine!!!!

Katherine: I love the spirit of these! You've captured the essence of being a little girl. I especially love the last two and the ones with the rocking horse!

Amber: Zoe, you ROCK!! These are awesome. I love that you've captured her playful nature!

heather: stunning light! love them all!

Jane Eaton Hamilton: Love the fun and whimsy, but oh, how I adore that last one and would have to have it BIG in my kitchen were she mine.

Clarice: The lighting in these are just stunning! Gorgeous work Zoe!

Anya: Oh Zoe. I seriously wish I was you. Your photographs are fantastic. :jealous:

Stephanie: Zoe, these are just beautiful! I love each and every one, and you reminded me that I better get some photos of Olivia in her element before she grows up on me! lol, I wish I had photos like this when Lily was little too, they grow up so fast. Little girls are just magical indeed :)

Barbara Hurst: I want to be you when I grow up.

Kristin Rachelle: Love all of these, so soft, playful, and clean!

April: Magical indeed! These are amazing!

Kristin: Beautiful images Zoe. Truly keepsakes for the family :).

Wende Trew: I love your use of light Zoe!! Just gorgeous images! What a great capture of childhood! You are the master of that girl!

dsr: Love everything about this session!

Misty: These are so darling! Love them all! :)

Tara Zornow: **Shut UP! This is all AWESOME! Every image is fantastic and the last two images are MAGICAL! Love!

Delphine: Love your stuff, really. I'm adding your to my RSS reader :)

Winter for me is a challenge. Sunlight is what I work with, breathe actually, but before I have a chance to catch my breath, the last streaks of sunset are fading away. The extra hours of darkness are not all painful though. It gives me a chance to think about the bigger picture instead of just reading into the light. It gives me a chance to take a step back and redefine myself as a photographer.

This journey of photography has been a rare and intriguing gift of self discovery. It shocks me to see how my style has evolved from fun and spontaneous to planned and imagined. It makes me wonder again and again what it is I want to capture, and what defines an image as being mine. Especially being that I love the outdoors, shooting indoors again pushes me to challenge my vision of what I want to create and share.

I am incredibly thankful for the wonderful individuals that have taken a part of my journey and I look forward to seeing where this road will take me next.

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Share your images here:

amber: You have really blossomed with your style. I love your work! these are beautiful, it is so much harder to do inside sessions in the winter!

Claire: The lighting in these is awesome! The third pic is stunning!!++

Terra: I love these and #3 is just perfect!

Melody Hood: These are so much FUN! You can just feel how happy she is by looking at them! I love it!

this n that: These are so fun! Love 3 and 4. -Shellie

Pavlina Ortiz: BEAUTIFUL pictures! Your work is amazing.

Mollie Kendall: These are so sweet and fun! Gorgeous, all of them!

Stephanie: I love the last one! So cute!!!

Amber: Absolutely beautiful!! These are so fun. I love the lighting in the B&W's! Beautiful little girl too!

Laura: Love the black and whites of the bed jumping!

Salina J: Beautiful! Love your black and whites, especially the third down!

misty Jones: So beautiful and fun!

Liat Biderovsky: Looks like you have the touch for beautiful indoor shots too Zoe. These are just gorgeous!

Lina: Zoe, you always make me smile when I look at your work, like you bring me back to my childhood. Beautiful!!!

Jeni: beautiful as always! Love the bed series!

Anya: Your DD is so adorable! I love these images and the last set is my fave :)

Jen Snyder: Love! you have such an amazing, beautiful style.

Michelle Mullins: beautiful work, zoe! i can most definitely see you in these images. . .you really bring out the essence of childhood in everything you do.

Jane Eaton Hamilton: Too too cute. Love these, esp the last one. Well, and the first one.

Giovanna: Ahh, beautiful!! I love the emotion you have caputured and have just loved watching you grow as a photographer. You are a wonderful writer too!

Amy: What a cutie.. Love DD She is just to cute.. Lovely.

jennifer: these are really beautiful, love the candid sweetness of these!

Angela Crutcher: These are so sweet and showcase this little girl perfectly!

yan pamer: ah zoe, you wonderful woman. you are really going places. as always, i love your eye.

Sara Bedara: Oh how lovely! such stark portraits, i love the lighting!!! Such a soulful girl!

Kathleen: absolutely love the first one and the last two!!! These are fabulous!

shannon treadway: These are all so beautiful and fun!

Tori Piercy: Love them! Zoe you are just amazing!

Alicia: That lil girl is so full of personality! What an amazing job capturing her, she is gorgeous.

Rachel - Rachel Marie Photography: Ohh, these are so cute, she is absolutely adorable! Love your thoughts as a photographer, thanks for sharing :)

Michelle Kane: I don't think it matters with you... indoors or out, you always find the light in the most magical way.

paula hickson: what a great session....the last one's are sooooo fun!!!!

heavenesque: Love these Zoe!! Such personality and sooo cute:)

Carrie: Amazing!

Ramsey Garza: I can't get enough of your work. Always fun and beautiful!

Anna: just beautiful Zoe!!! I love, love, love your lifestyle photography and think it is perfectly you.

Jennifer Cota: Ah.... such joy! So beautiful to see!

Corine Tran: these are so fun and a joy to look at! I love the 3rd set!