New York City Baby Photography, Battery Park City

The first year of life is such a fun time to shoot because there are so many changes that happen so fast just the other day when I was shooting an 8-week-old he discovered his hands for the first time while we were shooting and became enchanted with them for the rest of the shoot holding them up and staring at them.  Newborns and one-year-olds are pretty easy to photograph, but sometimes those in between months can be more difficult as the baby isn’t sleepy and malleable like a newborn and can’t sit up and move around yet like a one-year-old.  For those in-between months I like to let the baby dictate the shoot and for this beautiful blue-eyed girl we had a great time photographing outside along the water in Battery Park City, but then when it got too cold we also had fun moving inside for some studio holiday shots where we got some of the most adorable smiles I think I’ve ever seen!

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All photographs by Rebecca Yale Portraits.

New York City Children’s Photography, Look Book in Tribeca

In November I had the opportunity to photograph a look book for an amazing children’s store down in Tribeca called Aminah et Les Amis.  The store has the cutest and most stylish children’s clothes I’ve ever seen and even though I have no kids of my own yet I seem to buy something every time I wander in there (the clothes from last posts shoot are from here).  We shot the look book in Washington Market Park on a beautiful fall day enjoying the fallen leaves and the bright orange trees.
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All photographs by Rebecca Yale Portraits.

Exciting News!!

I am very honored and excited to announce that two of my photos from the Amazon are finalists in this year’s Travel Photographer of the Year awards!  I am always blown away by the quality and beauty of the work in TPOTY and am even more blown away to have two of my images included in the finals this year.  The final round of judging happens on December 2nd so everyone keep your fingers crossed for your favorite tourist in reality!  Whatever happens I am so excited to have made it to the finals and would like to thank TPOTY for this amazing honor!  The two photos are actually up against each other in the same category.  I shot them both this summer in the Ecuadorian Amazon and both images mean so much to me and were moments I will never forget.

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