Fall Mini Shoots 2019 | New York Family Photographer

November 14, 2019 in Family, Kids, Lifestyle, Mini Shoots

Fall mini shoot time is one of my favorite times of the year! It’s so much fun getting to photograph a bunch of different families heading into the holiday season, when everyone is gearing up for family gatherings and all the fun the holidays bring!

This year we headed over to the Nature Preserve of Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe, a cute little park nestled between Bronxville and Tuckahoe, and bordered by quiet streets. You can find lots of cute little vignettes in this park and the kids can feel free to run wild without anyone worrying too much about where they might run off to. It’s perfect for family photos — complete with an incredible climbing tree!

I hope you enjoy this selection of shots from each of this year’s minis — along with a few at-home mini shoots that we squeezed in before the holidays. I loved taking them and loved spending time with each of these families!

The L Family was the first group I was lucky enough to photograph this day. We had such a fun time with sweet Lexie and her parents! She was a little shy at first, but some gentle silliness brought her out of her shell and made for a great session!

After a beautiful photo shoot with Baby JJ over the summer, I was delighted when the H family decided to sign up for one of my fall mini shoots! We had so much fun running around and exploring the park. The hardest thing about this mini session was getting this crew to stand still long enough to capture them — but I think their amazing energy shows through in these sweet photos.

The H family came prepared for this shoot — complete with football for Will, streamers for Emmy and just a great attitude all around! They had so much fun playing and posing — the joy was infectious!

In my experience, kids always have more fun when they’re with their cousins — and this was definitely the case with the C and S families! Now, getting them all to look at the camera on the other hand…

…and you know I can’t resist this little face! I love it when families include their pets in photos — especially if they are black labs!

You wouldn’t know it, but it was absolutely FREEZING during this shoot with the H family! Thankfully they toughed it out and made it work, because we could not have had more gorgeous light that afternoon! And it doesn’t hurt to have striking red hair for a fall photo shoot… this was definitely one for the portfolio!

It was a pleasure meeting the K family for this mini shoot, along with brand new baby Charlotte and rambunctious big brother James! We had a great time goofing around in their backyard and James particularly enjoyed showing off his sweet pup Dakota to me — which coincidentally is our dog’s name too!

I was able to squeeze in one final mini shoot with sweet Sammy and the C family before the holidays! They were a great family to work with and a wonderful way to wrap up a crazy fall!

I hope I will get a chance to work with all of these families again next year! Minis are such a fun way to get to know families and photograph little kids. If you’re interested in getting on my mailing list for upcoming mini shoots, please don’t hesitate to reach out at tullakowski@gmail.com!

Multi-Generation Family Holiday Photos | New York Family Photographer

December 01, 2018 in Family, Kids, Lifestyle

You know you’ve found a special town when three siblings who grew up there all end up moving back! That was the case with my latest clients for whom I did a family holiday photo shoot. It was so much fun to work with this group and see all the sweet connections between the families — especially between the cousins, who had lots of fun playing together in the newly fallen leaves and chasing each other about. There was also a lot of eagerness about the newest members of the family, both newly born and soon-to-be, and you could tell the whole group was excited about the growing generation.

It’s always fun working with families, but I particularly love those that are a bit wild and silly! Thank you for sharing yours with me, S and C families — I look forward to working with you again!

Friends in the Fall | New York Family Photographer

November 05, 2018

Every now and then you get one of those beautiful days that make you look around and ask “Do I really live here?” On one such recent day, a few friends and I decided we should get the kids out and take advantage of the picture-perfect setting. These are the pictures that came out of that afternoon — pure, silly fun! And a couple gorgeous fall photos. :)

Laura & Jack | New York Engagement Photographer

November 01, 2017 in Engagement, Lifestyle, Pet

Picture this: Upper West Side, New York City, the stoop of a Brownstone; it’s fall and the leaves are just starting to turn; you arrive to take the engagement photos of a beautiful, newly engaged couple and out they walk with a gorgeous, dark red golden retriever — it does not get more picturesque than this!

I always love taking engagement photos — in fact, it’s where I first started building my business. To be included in this short space of time when a couple is embarking on a lifetime together, is such an amazing experience. There are nerves for sure — and most couples I’ve worked with are not used to being in front of a camera like this — but there is an excitement and joy in the moment that is just infectious! Such was the case with Laura and Jack, whom I had the pleasure of working with this fall. We were lucky to capture Central Park in one of its best moments — just changing from Summer to Fall, with both stunning red and orange leaves on The Mall, but also still lots of beautiful greenery throughout The Ramble and by The Lake. It was a beautiful day and I loved getting to spend it with this lovely couple. Congrats on your engagement, Laura & Jack! I hope the wedding is wonderful!