Rachel Elkind Photography

Emmet and Aunt Holly

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Holly found me through a google search.  I love meeting random people who have some idea of what they want in a photo and seek me out to do it.  I always like doing something different and collaborative.   Holly wanted to instill in her godson..Emmet, a memory of their relationship now.   The book he is reading is very popular among the 7 month olds..and she is proud to have introduced it to him; “Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, ” He is very very advanced.   The shirt says “Brooklyn”  a very cool place to live and of course they can share eye glasses.

We hope his mommy is as pleased as we are.  It was a surprise session.  If you are reading this then you can get $50 off for you or anyone who wants to do a surprise session for someone.  Just mention the code word “SURPRISE”

Felix

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Felix is about 7 months old.  I photographed his newborn session with this leaf and so I wanted to do it again for his sitting up stage to see the size difference. Felix also has an amazing dog; Pistol.   This dog is so affectionate, quiet and will look right at me when I call her.  Oh and don’t you love her polka dot dress.. I hope to photograph Felix with Pistol again in a few years when Felix gets bigger then Pistol.

Hey Felix, Check out that cute boy dog ?

He is pretty cute  Pistol.       Go say “hi”

Wait,  you have a bug on your collar.

Thanks Felix,  I am going to try to meet him.

Ok, Pistol,  I will stay here and play with the bugs in the dirt.  Have fun

Logan

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Logan is only 10 days old here.  And sleepy and adorable he is.  You may have seen his gorgeous mom and dad in a previous maternity shoot.  Peggy was adorned in Gerber Daisies in some of the photos and wanted to continue with the theme when Logan was up for his first professional photo debut.

Penelope, Brian and Brady

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Penelope found me through a google search.  I can practically see her building from my window.  I love this work.  It’s great to meet someone new who is also a neighbor….a really nice neighbor!!! Brady was really funny on the day of the session.  Most newborn babies need to be sleeping to be on their tummy like this.  He loved the blanket.  I get them at T-J Maxx or Marshalls…for anyone who wants one.

Liza and Alex and Liam

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I love Alex and Liza.   This is my 4th photo session with them.   As the journey goes…first was the engagement session and then the wedding and now the baby…(we missed Liza’s maternity session as she delivered much earlier then expected)  For this session I went to their home for a visit/casual shoot and  grandma and grandpa were there too.  Here are a few of my favorites…Alex has an awesome sense of humor which makes time spent with him fun and funny!!.  I don’t think the baby appreciates the humor yet but he will….

Magda and Maja

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Magda works at Magnolia, a beauty place right around the corner from my studio.  I go there to  beautify myself when I get the rare chance.  The girls who work there are super nice and super warm and friendly.  As a baby gift the girls bought Magda 3 sessions with me.  We just did the sitting up stage.  I love how Maja looks on this red coach.

Lesa, Rich and Ethan

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Lesa and Rich are hilarious.
They both make jokes, make each other laugh and make me laugh. Working with them is really fun.
I am certain their child will grow up to be a comedian.

Ethan was 7 days old for his photo session and stayed asleep for most it.  It was fun being able to mold him into the the various perfect baby positions.
Lesa was not leaving until she had a shot of  Ethan asleep on his tummy.  This turned out to be the announcement card and the cover of their album.

These shots are going to go in the baby’s room.  The tryptich will be 3 separate canvases to hang above the crib.

more shots from the session

Pippa and August

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I met Stephen in the neighborhood when I photographed his daughter Pippa for Halloween at the Flying Squirrel.   Stephen also runs the UPS store where I mail my packages. He told me when he was a kid he had a single framed photo of himself around age one hanging in his home.  He wanted a photo of his daughter Pippa (born Nov 06) done around the same age at the same time.   I did that in 2007.  Right after August was born he said, Rachel. I want to do the same photo of August August is just about 14 months here…
This was Pippa around the same age..(now all we need is Stephen’s old photo)
and he wanted a photo just like hers….
Here are the 2 photos of each kid at simular ages but years apart.

Corey, Jim and Liam

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I met Corey 2 years ago when I was walking to my studio.  I was about to do an underwater shoot and I wanted another person who was pregnant. There was Corey…a perfect model.  She came all the way to the Hamptons with her husband and dog. All the underwater shoots I do with Roberto Falck and we did some gorgeous photos of her.  The one of her  in the slideshow is one of them that is hanging in her apartment in big canvases.
When Adele was born and we did the baby first year program and now Liam was just born.   Here are a few of his cuteness…we were trying to be creative with a boat looking object but it looks like Liam wants to jump ship.  I swear he was asking me during the shoot.. “Rachel…what the heck am I doing in a boat?  Am I supposed to float on the rug or something?
Here are a few:
Also here is a surprise slideshow for Adele’s graduation from the baby’s first year program.

Elisabeth, Xavier and Noah

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Elisabeth and Xavier won a prize at Destination Maternity for a maternity session with me and they decided to come again for a newborn session.
Elisabeth is Chinese and expressed that red was an important color for her culturally and personally and red roses would also be fun to incorporate.
She bought this gorgeous red rose fabric we used it as a background and we used the flowers to adorn her hair and her tummy.  Once the baby arrived she wanted to see some of the red theme continue…
Here are some photos from the maternity session as well as the newborn session.