I don’t even know how to begin this post without reminiscing about my good ole West Chester University days.  Unbelievable that I haven’t seen Michelle in almost 20 years!!  All of our K-heart girls will be happy to see that we reunited on Facebook and I was lucky enough to be able to photograph the sweetest new member of her family, Dean.  Seriously – 18 years since Spring ’94 – how is that even possible!?!?!?!?!?  Thanks Michelle for making the trip from Philadelphia to see me!!

I am loving this smile!!!

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Grayson was such a great model for me and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a first-time mom so relaxed during a session.  They were a dream to photograph together!

mom brought the owl hat:

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Meet Sweet Little Addison – one of the sleepiest little ones I have photographed in quite some time.

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Options are wonderful, we all like to have them.  My friend recently asked me why I wanted a studio and why I would choose to take on overhead during a time when the economy is unstable and my answer was “options”.  I like having the option to shoot inside AND outside and having a studio allows me that variety.  When Tammy contacted me for her maternity session, I loved that we were able to capture some intimate indoor pictures as well as some scenic pictures with her beloved greyhound and almost as-beloved husband.  JOKING BRAD!!!

I don’t know what it is about this shot but I love it!!!

ummm, gorgeous much?!?!?!? – so not fair to have hair like that.

the almost-complete family!!!!  I cannot wait until March!!!!  xoxo

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I often think about who my favorite subjects are to photograph and I think I should probably specialize in that one market.  So what is my favorite you ask………. high school seniors of course!  They are funny, and interesting and their almost-adult-but-not-quite-there-yet ambitions and future plans fascinate me.  I love to tag along with them for a day as they tell me how they plan on conquering the world and I believe them.  I envy them!  Who wouldn’t give their left and right arm to be able to go back to that time and remake the decisions that would shape your entire future???  I remember when I was graduating highschool and I want to be that person again, unafraid yet insecure, intelligent yet naive, etc……..I could go on and on.  So on this day, my favorite subject is a highschool senior and after spending an evening with beautiful Haylie, I’d have to be nuts to want to photograph anyone else…..

SO, I have it all figured out.  I am Rebecca Coyle and I photograph High School Seniors but whoaaaaaaaaaa there, did you just say you want a newborn session.  Why yes, I absolutely adore photographing newborns.  I remember being that new mom and feeling like my baby was the most beautiful, most intelligent, most perfect little person on the planet.  I remember her newborn tininess and how I’d smell her head a gazillion times a day.  I want to be that mom again. Actually I want to be a much more relaxed version of that mom, I want to take the time to drink in every detail of those early days.  I want to do it with the wisdom of knowing that my sleep deprivation isn’t so important, the wisdom of knowing that I should take pictures of everything in those early days and I should be IN the pictures because I won’t care in 7 years if I thought I was fat and had bags under my eyes, the wisdom of knowing that the next 7 years will go so quickly that your head will spin.  That’s it, it’s settled.  I am Rebecca Coyle and I photograph newborn babies. In case you would like some proof:

I’m so glad I found what makes me happy.  Wait, what?………you’re a past client and I took these pictures of your little guy in 2009:

and he now has a little brother????   Heck yeah, I love to photograph families.  I remember when my baby became a big sister.  I want to be that mom again.  I would take the time to enjoy my second baby. I wouldn’t feel like I was slighting my first baby by loving her brother just as much.  I wouldn’t care that I was sleep deprived again and I wouldn’t mind that it now takes me an hour to get out of my house instead of the half hour it took before.  I would get my family pictures taken every year and I would be in them even if I was still blaming my weight on my first baby.  I am so excited to see the new version of your family and I love that you trust me to capture it!!!  I am Rebecca Coyle and I photograph families!!!   (and highschool seniors and newborns and come to think of it, I do maternity as well.  I remember when I was pregnant…………………….)  xoxoxo

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