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Alessia's Dance Photos

My last photo shoot of 2020 was dance. In contrast to the usual white background dance photos, I chose an more artistic look by using an artfully painted background. This amazing dancer is Alessia, 9 years old. She started dancing at age two, has trained in ballet, lyrical, jazz, hip hop, tap, ballroom, and contemporary. She dances at Studio L Bridgewater, NJ and attends dance conventions as well. She has won several scholarships, titles and awards both regionally and has also won on the national level. She believes in continually setting goals for herself and that practice makes progress. She enjoys doing what she loves, dancing!

Check out Alessia’s Instagram page here.

Workshop Day in NYC

In search of my style, I intend to try different things to which I’m drawn. I love classic portraits where the image appears almost like a painting. For that reason, I attended a workshop with the internationally acclaimed photographer Paulina Duczman in NYC to learn more about Fine Art Portraiture. Since I’m back in my studio I’m working on perfecting my style and applying everything I have learned.

Alyssa's First Communion Portraits

I’ve had the pleasure of photographing this beautiful girl with Santa Claus and I couldn’t be more excited to have her back in the studio for her first Communion portraits! We started the session with professional Hair and Makeup by Nicole from The Beauty Lounge who gave Alyssa a stunning look. During the session she was was just perfect and very patient during all my posing ideas. We did some thoughtful moments and also some fun stuff for her. As her mom told me, she had fun at the session and the family was blown away by her images. Here are some favorites of mine.

Portrait Masters Image Awards March 2019

I'm over the moon to tell you, I received my first SILVER award for the 2019 Portrait Master Images Awards along with five Bronze awards. The images were judged by some of the world's most highly acclaimed portrait photographers and creative artists. All the images I submitted over the last two years accumulated 27 points and I'm finally accredited a Portrait Master Associate.

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