Spring Mini-Portrait Special!

Take advantage of our last minute Spring special! Tomorrow night, we're offering discounted portrait sessions! I'm so inspired by all of the gorgeous blooms popping up all over Buffalo and am just aching to photograph some great clients in front of them! Perfect for engagement photos, maternity session, family portraits, headshots, senior sessions, etc. $200 Mini-session includes 30 minutes of shooting at different locations within the Japanese Gardens, a private website for proofing and all images delivered on disc, fully edited and in high-resolution format; great for printing & sharing! Option to add extra time or prints, books, etc available.

Weather has been wildly unpredictable, per usual for Buffalo, but here's hoping for sunshine! A rain date will be selected if needed :) 

Portrait sessions for the special will be booked on the hour & 1/2 hour on a first come first serve basis. Email info@city-lights-studio.com to reserve your spot now! 

Oh Baby, Time to Get Back to Work!

You may have noticed the blog has been a little quiet lately… well this little sweet pea is the reason why! After taking a few months "off", I'm excited to be back to the blog & my business :) And thrilled to share some of shots of my new time as Mommy!

 Selfie from our first Mother's Day together! 

One of the first "portraits" of my little man

 A wonderful treat, a surprise "BabyMoon" trip to Charleston, SC when I was about 7 months pregnant. Good job, Hubs!

Welcoming Arli Ray Zilbauer to the world on February 3rd, 2014 :) He's named after our four grandfathers Alton, Robert, Leonard & Ivan. He had a rough beginning, with a blood problem, jaundice & respritory issues & spent 11 days in the NICU. I was able to spend about 10 minutes with him after he was born & couldn't hold him again until the 8th day. It was… tough, to say the least. But we were able to visit whenever we wanted to & hold his little hands :) And of course, my camera came with every time. 

We made sure to keep our spirits up & celebrated every little moment… like Arli's first week!

And finally on Valentine's Day, he came home to us! And we locked ourselves inside & spent an entire week just being madly and completely in love with our new little family :)

And taking photos throughout the entire thing, of course :) 

Arli & his big sis, Rexie :) 

 

Photo by Melissa Rathke

Photo by Melissa Rathke - Thank you for the help with this shoot!!!

 I can't believe he's already three & half months old! So far, motherhood has been a wild ride, which has completely redefined who I am as a person. It's been sweet, sticky, beautiful, stressful, wonderful, exhausting and full of tears and laughter and smiles and more love than I have ever known. 

Excited for all the moments to come! 

"That's what you do when you have bridesmaids, you ask your best friend…"

This makes my heart happy & who wouldn't want to share that? Good luck not tearing up :)