RJ Lewis Photography – Brooklyn, NY Photographer

There are certain mile stones that are just very special for parents. Aileen turned 15 years old and celebrated her Quinceañera. Her mom wanted me not only to photograph the event put have a modeling session with her prior to the event, those you can see in the Modeling part of my website. There is something to say for all of your loved ones coming together to to celebrate such a joyous occasion. They even had a Mariachi band! Yes they did! I am so lucky to have met such an amazing family and I look forward to photographing them all for years to come! Check out some of the highlights below!

There is nothing more precious in this world then a Newborn Baby. In a split second your world gets that much brighter and that much scarier, at least that is what I am told. Karolina and Michael Castenalli welcomed into this world Sara Jade. It was only like 2 months ago when I was over their place photographing Karolina’s Maternity photos and you could feel the anticipation of this little baby’s arrival. Now here she is and oh how precious she is. When I walked into their house for the second time you can feel the change that has filled their house. A family has become complete. I cannot wait to watch Sara Jade grow up and know that I was their to photograph her from womb till who knows… Congrats Michael and Karolina!

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.  She never existed before.  The woman existed, but the mother, never.  A mother is something absolutely new.  ~Rajneesh

Today we celebrate all the mother’s out there. Today is your day. You are the backbone of your children’s lives. The one they go to for comfort when they fall. The one who cleans their boo boo and kisses them. You rock them to sleep and clean the mud off of them when they are dirty. It is all worth it when you hear the words “I Love you Mommy”! So enjoy your day. Get as many hugs as you can… I know I would not be where I am without my Mommy.

“I Love You Mommy”

“I do not want any Cheesy Photos”. That was the first thing Joleen told me when we met and then we laughed. Laughing was a recurrence for all of us, but mainly with Stanley and Joleen. They were so much fun and you could just see how these two were completely meant for each other. Being at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens during the Cherry Blossom season was not only beautiful, but was something very important to them. If I got the story correctly Stanley proposed last June in Washington D.C. when the Cherry Blossoms were blooming. (If I got the story wrong then I made up a pretty good proposal story, so whoever is reading this you can steal that idea)

Another theme we used were hats. I thought it would be awesome to incorporate them in some way shape or form. Oh and they had a tandem bike… Yes you read that right… A TANDEM BIKE!

They were so much fun and I hope you love these images. Stanley and Joleen Congrats and I hope your wedding is so beautiful!

Long walks in Central Park is something JulieAnne would take since arriving to NewYork. She would walk the same path from Poets Ally (The Mall) to the same bridge and she would dream about the time she would find her soulmate and walk this same path with him. It is everyones dream to find that special someone who completely turns your world around and makes that dream a reality. Well for Julieanne, almost four years ago she found him. His name is Adam. Now she gets to live that fairy tale everyday and what better way to photograph their Engagement session then to photograph them where this all began, where that dream began. Photographing them made me instantly realize that these two were destined to be together and it also got me pumped for my wedding in September.

Check out these amazing photos and tell me you do not believe in Soulmates!