MY love | Rhode Island family photography

He is a very sweet, loving, quiet, perfect man.  He loves college basketball, football, fantasy sports, all of the typical guy things.  He also will sit and watch Grey’s Anatomy and not correct all of the medical things they do wrong.  He is a great man, a fantastic dad and an amazing husband (even if he buys my cards from gas stations at times).  He is the absolute love of my life.

And today he is finally as old as I am 😉

Happy happy birthday to MY love and my best friend in the entire world.  Love you, babe.

Goin’ back to Philly to Philly | Philadelphia Family Photography

Okey dokey.

I have delayed announcing long enough!  It’s settled – I will be returning to Philadelphia from Friday June 25-Monday June 28.  I am coming to town to do two newborn sessions for past clients (yippee!!!!!) but have decided to add slots for three family sessions ONLY.  The sessions can be Friday evening, Saturday morning or evening and Sunday morning or evening.  (For your reference morning sessions start at 9, evening sessions start between 5:00-6:00. Trust me choose the evening, the light is AWESOME.)

Five time slots, three families.  You can do a family session, a couples Love session, any kind of session (except newborn) up to four people in one family.

Just like the last time I came, these will be “Three-Quarter” sessions.  Details:

Philly Sessions – $500

45-60 minute session in downtown Philadelphia – Art Museum, Rittenhouse, Old City, etc

All digital files in high-resolution from the session.  No clue how many you will end up with in the end but it will be at least 15-20, likely more.  You will receive the color and black and white versions of each file and a print release for all files from your session.

5×7 color print of each file

5×5 layflat album featuring photos from your session

(In case you’re wondering, this would be a total value of about $1900 regularly so you guys get an awesome deal 😉 )

To book, contact me at amy@amyrophotography.com.  Half of the fee ($250) will be due to book the session, the remainder is due at your session.

Mine on Monday | Rhode Island Family Photography

I had grand plans for today.  My plan was to get lovely pictures with MY kids this weekend.  Actually jump in front of the camera and allow photos of me to be taken.  Then Matt and the kids surprised me with a gift card to my salon.  So instead I thought, GREAT.  I can get rid of the grey hairs, make it all one nice rich color again and get the same fabulous cut I had last time.  Then I will jump in front of the camera and allow photos of myself to be taken.  Fast forward to this mid-morning.  And a cut that is about two inches shorter than I wanted.  That doesn’t sound too bad, until you consider that I wanted it chin length.  So take chin length and crop it up two more inches.  And add in the fact that I said it was okay to do “stacked” in the back.  That means they are going to taper your hair up a few inches.  Yeahhh.  Didn’t understand that when I agreed to it.  I say I look like a manly mushroom.  Matt is kind and says “it’s not that bad.”  I say, “yay for hair growing quickly!”   And my friends politely tell me it’s “awesome.”  I do, no matter what else, absolutely LOVE the color.  So that is the great part.  And in another six to eight weeks when it has grown out, I think I too will love it.   Lesson learned, communicate more with your stylist.  (Whom I still do love)

So yeah.  Long winded way of saying I am NOT appearing in these pictures.  At least not until I’ve had a few days to get used to a wayyy short haircut.  Instead I took Layne out with *her* new haircut for some quick snaps in the backyard.  She loves being outside and running around and she will randomly just squat down and play with dirt, pebbles, sidewalk, whatever which gives me twenty seconds of still.   God do I love this girl…

I find many things technically wrong with this photo but I just don’t care.  I love it.  Mommy goggles all around.

Seven Days Handsome | Rhode Island Newborn Photography

You never know who are you going to take pictures for when you start a photography business.  You have no idea who will come into your life for the first time, or who will come back from your past.  I love this aspect of my job, just absolutely love it.  I meet so many new people and make new friends.  I see old friends in new lights.  And sometimes I reconnect with people from a distant past in ways I would never have expected.  Such was the case with Liz and Sean.  Liz was Matt’s first true love when they were both at UConn.  But as most college romances go, they went their separate ways and they grew up and fell in love with other people and got married (yay for me! 😉 ).  And then years later, Sean called me up to do some newborn photos for his wife as a gift from him.  🙂  Turns out, thanks to Facebook, she had found my work through Matt and was a big fan.  So last Thursday, I packed up my car and went off to Connecticut for their newborn session with seven day old baby J.

Now you would think that it might be uncomfortable, but it wasn’t in the slightest bit.  Liz was as sweet (and completely gorgeous) as I remember from the first time I met her and Sean was just awesome.  (I have tried to think of different words for him, but cool and awesome are the only ones that seem to come to mind.  Just a really great guy.)  I had a wonderful time with them and J. was just about as perfect as perfect can be.  And for the second day in a row, I had a newborn that was 100% perfect.  I put on hats, I took off hats.  I turned him, lifted him, moved him, he never made a peep.  And when he did wake up, he was the most relaxed, happiest baby I think I have ever possibly seen.  He would peek his eyes open, take a look around and give this half smile and snuggle in.  (I think it was my new blanket – maybe it’s even more comfortable than it looks!)  He even let me take him outside.  While we waited with baited breath for him to wail away and I snapped quickly, he was perfectly content.  So I finally got some outdoor newborn shots, including one of my favorite newborn family shots.  EVER.  You can just see in the family shot how much Liz and Sean absolutely adore their new little boy and what a perfect little family they make together.

So Liz and Sean, it was so great to see (and meet) you.  I hope it was everything you wanted it to be, I know it was for me 🙂  Enjoy your sneak peek!

Mine on Monday | Rhode Island Photography

As you know, this is normally the part where I put pictures of my kids up for you to see.  Today instead, I just ask for good thoughts.  Nolan had to be brought to the ER last night for breathing problems.  He has asthma and when he gets a cold it goes right to his lungs.  He started getting a cold this weekend and he woke up last night and couldn’t breathe. When he got to the ER his pulse-ox was dangerously low (low-mid 80’s).  They kept him overnight and gave him nebulizers and steroids and IVs.  He and Matt are still there now and they are seeing if they can stretch out the treatments without him relapsing.  Because he is an asthmatic the energy and sense of health can just be coming from the steroid treatments.  If he can’t keep his oxygen levels up, then it’s another night in the hospital tonight.  I am headed in later today to spend some time with him.  So, yeah mine on Monday is asking for good thoughts for mine.



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