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Bat Mitzvah, Milestones Together

I think most people who know me, know I (and my family) am friends with this family.

But did you know I was their photographer first?

They hired me for a family session, the gallery wrap still stands on their mantle (soon to be replaced by one from this session!!) We didn’t know each other prior, but hit it off instantly. By the end of the session, they were urging me to move to their neighborhood, and join a women’s trip to Israel.

And the rest, they say, is history.

This is my fourth session with the Kahn family. But more than that, this is five years of amazing friendship. From family trips to mad cocktail experiments, we’ve been such a match.

But let’s get to the point of it all. Naomi. While I’m obviously fond of the parents, our daughters are fond of each other. Watching their friendship blossom through the years has been so lovely to watch. And now this beautiful and thoughtful girl has reached Bat Mitzvah, and we are so delighted to celebrate her.

She’s polite, and radiant, and so good with her brothers.

Speaking of brothers… Yosef needed a moment. He had us in absolute stitched the entire session.

Mazal tov to the Kahn family! May we have only Simchas!

Behind the scenes

The Bat Mitzvah Girl, Then & Now

MAZAL TOV to the Wenger family, on Gila’s Bat Mitzvah!! Everyone was so excited to celebrate her, even if the plans had to be carefully rethought. I’ve had the opportunity to capture this family through the years, and seeing Gila evolve into such a poised young woman was stunning. Leading up to the event, we strategized the best methods to memorialize the occasion with family as lasting art in the safest way possible.

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Each of the girls radiate. Strong individuality, but all emanate kindness.

The Wengers were able to celebrate, albeit in a non-traditional way, with those they love most.

From the beginning, they knew they what they wanted for their home. We planned out the galleries that they will enjoy daily and for a lifetime to come.

The girls in the hallway (image unedited for mockup)

The girls in the hallway (image unedited for mockup)

The images to the side are for individual bedrooms.

The images to the side are for individual bedrooms.

They wanted images from our previous sessions in 2012 and 2017 to be incorporated. I can’t stress enough, as a photographer, the importance in investing in backup data systems and being organized about it. I was able to pull up the original images from both years, and spruce up both so that their gallery would look more cohesive.

In my own home, I have a gallery with prints from multiple years, and I confess I often spend time reveling in the growth of my own littles. I’m thrilled that the Wengers will be able to admire the story of their family in their living room.

May they have many more celebrations to come!!

Update 1/12/2021!

We were pushed off a couple of weeks due to HSL, but were thrilled to complete the installation today!!