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Under the boardwalk | Long Island Child Photography | Summer Lyn Photography

Down by the sea... I keep singing that song when I edit this! It was a wonderful morning spent with 7 month old I. He gave us all a run for our money, but SO worth every single capture! The beach was phenomenal this day- perfect day, perfect lighting, and the shot UNDER the boardwalk are just as great as the ones I grabbed ON this boardwalk in the bike path! (Don't worry, it was 8:30am, and mom was blocking one side and dad was blocking the other!) LOL I am so dangerous when I shoot! ;-)

Thanks for looking- this session has to be up there in favorite captures to date. How can they NOT?!! Look at his eyes! A dream to photograph....

Under...


On top...


Awwww....


The eyes, the eyes, the eyes...

2 years of sweetness | Suffolk County Child Photographer | Summer Lyn Photography

It took O a little while to warm up to me, being shy and all. I just have to say, MAN it feels good when you gain a child's trust. It is really the best feeling in the world. At first, she wouldn't really talk too much, held on to her mom and hid behind her legs! By the end she was in my arms, chatting away about Nemo. Again, what a feeling. This is why I can do this the rest of my life. This is why I quit being a cop. Because of days like these. Newborns are easy... scratch that- you definitely have to have a touch with them... But to crack the shell of a two year old, well, just heart warming I guess.

Anyway, here is O in all her sweetness....

My favorite...


Another fave....


She wasn't the biggest fan of being here, but it was a nice little spot and I wouldn't let her win! lol




Scaring her mom with a peek a boo in this one- she thought scaring us was hysterical!!


OH, and a HUGE thank you to Emily over at Emily Weaver Brown Photography for the rounded corner action!

Sunset. Beach. Family. That's all I have to say. | Long Island Family Photographer | Summer Lyn Photography

Well, we waited until the end of August for the sun to set on the beach.... Imagine, I went through the whole summer not doing any sunsets??!! What the HECK was I waiting for??!! The lighting, the sand, the water... Gosh, I could just die! I am absolutely in love with this family, these girls, and this session! I know it was the beach and all but the sand was crazy and I am STILL getting sand out of that chair to this day!! ;-) T, it was a great session and the girls were a riot. Thank you for allowing me to capture them.

You can imagine the stares we got as I hauled this chair out to the beach....LOL








I am in love with this one... This is the photo that makes me hate to live in New York, with Noreasterns and harsh winters... I wish I could get this weather and lighting all the time...

Siblings | Long Island Child Photographer | Summer Lyn Photography

Brother and sister bond. I loved this session- and a lot had to do with their personalities and the love between them. Another session that was a long time coming, between rainouts in June and getting on the same page for a date. But another session WELL worth the wait! Thanks, B, for letting me capture them!! In all their glory and outfit changes!!!

These first 2 shots kill me, I am so in love with the personality that seems to just SPILL out of my computer screen from them! LOL


I mean, don't these just make you smile, even though you don't know them?! Like you want to just laugh right along with them?


And then there's the "awwww" shot... Check out the minor detail of his eyes being closed that just takes my breathe away


The "I will not let go of my daddy's leg (but not stop looking at the photographer) shot"...LOL


Nothing better than a holding hand with my mommy photo...

Blond haired, blue-eyed brothers | Long Island Family Photographer | Long Island Child Photography

I have known these boys for almost a year- Ryan and Brandon are two of my "original" clients; I shot them back in the winter, and photos from that session remain some of my favorite captures. You may recognize the blond hair, fair skin, and STUNNING blue eyes from a blog entry long ago. D, thank you again for another great session. I look forward to seeing your boys grow every year.



the eyes, they eyes, the eyes....


what a fun age- i cannot WAIT until all my newborns turn 4! lol


Happy 1st!


Mommy's boys....

Sweet newborn | Long Island Newborn Photographer | Summer Lyn Photography

Some changes coming soon to my website= I have ANOTHER logo coming soon (don't ask, just go with it, lol), and I will be changing up the blog dramatically soon. I am also driving fast down another road called "let's dare to be a little different" avenue, where you will be passing houses of "different edits" and other houses of "unique locations".

Anyway, here is a sneak into Baby Marco, six days young. It was a little game today: my nikon vs Marco. Never in my life have I ever had a stronger newborn- although he slept through EVERYTHING, he blatantly refused ANY posing (even in the deepest of REM!). That is just fine, Marco. I think my Nikon won... Nikon 1, Marco 0. Welcome to this world sweet boy, and congratulations L and P. You have a future bodybuilder of some sort on your hands, ;-).

I am so in love with this capture, and the not so "summer lyn" edit on it....






this was all he gave me on his belly... 5 seconds was all I needed...

Two newborns | Long Island Newborn Photographer | Summer Lyn Photography

Both amazing sessions from this week, so I figured I might as well put them both in the same blog entry. Aidan and Victoria, both as sweet as can be. Since I have been getting the itch (if you know what I mean?!), these two sessions did NOT help! I am so lucky to be able to shoot so many newborn every month. I feel lucky for a couple reasons. Number one being that I get to capture SUCH a wonderful moment in the lives of the parents and the baby. They get so big so incredibly fast, that photographing this time, usually less than a week old, almost always less than two weeks, is unique. Get photographs at four weeks old, and they are usually two pounds more than they were four weeks prior, and definitely not as flexible... just a WORLD of difference. Number two, and call me selfish, is I get to see them grow up. I get to see them as sitters and walkers, and I remember every single face as a newborn. When I photograph them throughout that first year, it makes you stop and remember how fast it all goes. Because as I am behind the camera, looking at them through the viewfinder, I am seeing them as these tiny, six-seven pound, sleepy newborns, and I sometimes tear up over it. (Have you guys guessed yet that I am such a sap?!! LOL)

Enough about that! ;-) Introducing Aidan first, whose parents are DJs- hence the first shot....



I always love this position, and don't you just love that hair on his shoulders?!!!


Do you ever get sick of seeing these??!


It has become my most requested hat!


He was happy about this...



And Victoria, in daddy's arms- I am salivating over the lighting/shadows in this one...


And that favorite position always goes well with this hat...


She fell right into this pose... I'll take it, thank you very much...


Doesn't happen too often- their eyes open and alert and gorgeous!


My new favorite "holding the wedding bands" shot

Birthday Girl | Long Island Child Photography | Summer Lyn Photography

With an amzing personality to boo! I actually had to find photos of her NOT smiling or laughing for variety! Addison was a gem, and I had such a great time with her. We celebrated her first birthday today, and although I have a few amazing newborn session to share, I just had to get these on the blog tonite. ;-) A new prop was a lot of fun to use, and she did exactly what I had hoped for. As soon as I put it on the ground she was immediately attracted to the colors, and I got some amazing captures! Erica, thanks for today. Did I already say that I had a great time??!!

I am in love....

A beachy wedding | Long Island Wedding Photographer | Summer Lyn Photography

My very fist time shooting a wedding, and I hope not my last. What a wonderful day today. Here is where it all begins, and gosh it would be so nice to do this more- to see the couple from the beginning, their love on their wedding day. (I am already anxious for the maternity and newborn sessions with them, but I am told I will have to wait a long time!)

So, before my cop days, I went to school to become a doctor. What happened? I did an internship at a hospital under a cardiologist. One day, during rounds in the ICU, I was told, "Let's go get his wife. I have to tell her we are going to lose him today." As we told the wife, I was the one that started to well up and break down, and I decided that I couldn't be a doctor- that I can't bring bad news to someone, that I am too emotional, that I need to do something where I can remain calm and collected.

So much for that!

It is tough to remain unemotional when D and D were exchanging vows or when they danced their first dance. Okay okay, David Gray, This Years Love- who wouldn't cry?!

Through my tears I got some great captures. Here is just a sneak peak into the wedding of Diane and Dave- a day that I am glad I was able to take part of.

getting ready


the details...






stunning


Diane's grandmother, who told me today that God let her live to see this day......


they did it!


first dance


the passion...