Ridgewood First Communion portraits

Can I just say how much I love seeing this beautiful girl for her Ridgewood First Communion portraits at my photography studio?  I’ve been photographing her and her family since 2012 – and I fell in love with G. from the very first photo session – she is funny, and fun and very eloquent and makes me laugh.  At one of her photoshoots, after seeing her images, she told me that I was a ‘very good picture-taker!’   She is a natural in front of the camera and loves to have her pictures taken – she was actually the one who made this photoshoot happen because she asked her Mom to set it up – she really wanted to have her pictures taken:)

I feel like I’ve watched her grow up  and seeing G. in her First Communion dress literally made me cry!

I love incorporating special items into a photo session and it was so special to photograph G. with an antique rosary that was in her Dad’s family for many many generations.  And I loved capturing G. with an old Bible from her Mom’s side of the family – it was her Grandma’s bible and the bible that her Mom had her First Communion pictures taken with.  In my mind I fast forwarded many years and pictures G. daughter taken her First Communion pictures with that bible as well and that made me tear up even more! I was a hot mess at this session:)  But the First Communion portraits came out well despite my tears!