The Bonelli's

Last year I did a session for Nina and her new addition Noah! Nina's sister Annette wanted to gift a session to Noah's God Parents Lisa & Pino! This past Sunday I headed to White Plains to do the session.

Pino greeted me and introduced me to Sofia and as Mom was changing Sabrina I started setting up. When I first saw Sabrina, it immediately reminded me of Brody, whose session I just shot a few weeks ago - two little chunky Italian bambinos!

I had a great time working with these two adorable little girls and Sofia was quite the little super model posing here and there for me while I was getting my lighting set up.

I just adore this first picture, she just had it all going on like a little Baby Gap model!



Sabrina looks like a little porcelain doll, she is so freaking cute!



This next shot is one of those oops I'm falling, but I'm okay, let me just roll over!



Reminds me of a little Buddha here in this next photo.



We got her to smile, we got her to smile yippy!



This is just a priceless shot, her little hat and outfit!



I always have a bunch of favorites, but I think this is definitely my favorite photo of Sofia and Dad!



Great shot of Dad playing with Sabrina here and Sabrina smiling again (yeah!)



I really look for those tender moments between parent and child, and usually they come at the most chaotic times, when the children start getting tired, this was one of those times.



I really like this shot of Dad and Sabrina as well..



Yet another great shot of Dad and Sabrina with Sabrina looking at me this time!!



Mom and Sabrina playing around a little too!



Another great moment between Mom and Sabrina!



This shot actually came from a much larger shot, but Sabrina looked away, but I really enjoyed Dad holding Sabrina's tiny little hand.



I had a great time on Sunday guys, it was a real pleasure meeting the Bonelli's! Thank you Nina and Annette! Look forward to seeing your families grow up!

-Rick O

Cold :(

I think I am finally kicking this terrible cold. The nice weather helped this weekend but unfortunately it will drop 20 degrees once again tomorrow! My friend Paul who lives in Phoenix likes sending me his daily weather report, I think its great because in a couple of months it will be so hot he will have to stay inside :) it has been a very busy month and its not over yet!

Kerry and Joe will be getting married on the 21st and it will be my first wedding of 09.

Hope everyone is enjoying this weather...

-Rick O (Mobile)

The Z's

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting the Z's [Rosemary, Keith, Kaila and Cosmo]

You can definitely see where Kaila and Cosmo get their eyes from (thanks Mommy!) I had a great time and Mr. Cosmo had lots and lots of energy! He is definitely a happy youngen that's for sure and has a fantastic personality and smile.

I have to give kudos to Kaila, she was so helpful with her little brother and she was the perfect assistant in helping me set up.

It was great meeting you guys, I had a great time... Here are some of my favorites from yesterday, starting with this close-up shot of Cosmo!



Kaila and Cosmo just resting on Mom and Dad



Cosmo was ready to cook everyone lunch!



Dad had a great idea, lets interlock his legs and maybe it will take him a moment to figure out how to untangle them!!! It worked too!



Cosmo must be 20lbs, the barbell 10% of his weight, he was a strong one!



I really liked this shot, the way Kaila's hair was positioned and Cosmo's expression



Cosmo was starting to get tired (but only for a moment!)



This is a great expression!



Ahhh, I can stop entertaining the photographer for a moment and have some yummy milk! Hey I want a Girl Scout Thin Mint too Mommy!! Dad offered up a thin mint and I could not pass that up!



The whole gang here - this was actually a test shot for the lighting, but with everyone peaking around each other, I saved it!!!



I had a great time guys, again thanks for the cookie and trusting me with your precious moments.

-Rick O

Baby Jake!

On Sunday I had the opportunity to meet the Beermuender's!! Jennifer, Mike and their latest addition Jake, who was born Sep 27th, 2008.

He was a cute little fella, but missed his nap :( and he just started teething.. The things we go through as babies!

Here are some of my favorites from Sunday! Love this shot with a little drool coming down!





Mr. Jake is such a happy baby!







He sort of fell over here and hit his tiny little chin on the floor :(



Here is Mom reaching to help him up after his little fall.







I really liked this shot of Dad and Jake in front of their picture window.



It was great meeting you guys!

-Rick O

Baby Aidan!

On Saturday I had the privilege to meet baby Aidan, who was a mere 11 days old! I also met his parents too!!! While I was setting up I was talking with Dad (David) who happens to have sort of the same background as myself (engineering). Then we started talking about LEAN and 5S and things of that nature, while mom (Joanne) was feeding Aidan.

This guy was tiny, but not that tiny! He was born Feb 17, 2009 and weighed 9lbs .4oz



Here we have Mom and Dad each holding his tiny little feet.



A brief moment of tears - it was cold on that tile floor - Dad had a great idea though and slid a tiny carpet underneath the backdrop.



He looks so content here!



I really really liked this shot of dad getting in close with Aidan.



So much love and joy can be seen in Aidan's parents, its great!





Mom just has that look going on, you can read so much just from her body language.







I liked this shot of mom and Aidan.





A great family pic for sure.



This little guy/girl was so adorable, and just behaved so well.





It was nice meeting everyone on Saturday! Aidan is so adorable and I hope he goes back to sleeping 11 hours a night very soon!

-Rick O