In late March I did a maternity session for a wonderful couple. We went to the lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, one of their favorite haunts. A month and a half later, we repeated our session with their new baby. Here is a sampling of our photos.
Platinum and palladium printing is one of my favorite mediums. These metals are more precious than gold. I take solutions containing one or both and paint them on cotton or gampi papers. Placing the negatives on the dried surfaces, I expose them to the ultraviolet rays of the sun. A totally […]
When I can, I use natural light to photograph. Indoors the light can come from a window. Outdoors, of course, the light is always there whether it is a sunny or a cloudy day. I think it will be easy to see how the natural daylight has allowed these photographs of three […]
Friday, February 12, 2010
Winter is the time of dreams.
In a recent conversation with Amy Abrams, one of the founders of In Good Company Workplaces, she stated, “My children are over documented but there is no storyline to the photos–just a mishmash.” She went on to say that her children aged 4 and 2, love looking at her wedding album with its organized […]
Sunday, November 29, 2009
I am writing this post to let everyone know about an organization, Choices in Childbirth, a not for profit organization whose mission is to help women make informed maternity care decisions.
I recently photographed Milon, a writer and editor of the Guide to a Healthy Birth, who is planning to give birth in her own home […]
Friday, September 18, 2009
With Labor Day weekend approaching, some wonderful couples signed up for the End of Summer Glow sessions at Bump Brooklyn. I photographed both indoors and outdoors. Outdoors we toured the Brooklyn neighborhood where Bump is located on Bergen St. near Flatbush Ave. Here are some of our photographs from that day. Outdoors […]
For fashion that gives a pregnant woman the ability to feel and look beautiful, head straight to Bump Brooklyn at 464 Bergen St. off Flatbush Ave in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Bump offers fashions that will take you from early pregnancy through to post pregnancy. Some of their styles, those beautiful wrap sweaters and […]
Our city life can feel gritty at times. But we are here, so why not enjoy what it uniquely offers? In Dumbo, Brooklyn artists have made the walls and fences come alive with their paintings and thoughts. This is what one of my clients chose as the backdrop to celebrate her pregnancy […]
Today is International Women’s Day. With this I am drawn back to an event a few weeks ago sponsored by the New Space For Women’s Health. It was a talk with midwife Carol Leonard who read sections of her wonderful book “Lady’s Hands, Lion’s Heart”. For me it emphasized the power of […]