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The Gift of a Portrait (originally published in 2011 and updated in 2025) I still remember accompanying my mother and grandmother to a portrait studio on Staten Island in the 1980s. We weren’t there for a new session, but to restore a portrait of my grandmother taken in the 1920s. I was about nine years […]
It’s almost Spring which means it’s almost time for First Holy Communions at many churches. This is such a special event in a child’s and family’s life, and family photographers are often called to help capture those precious memories with Communion Portraits. Most of the time, families inquire about hiring a photographer for the day […]
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