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the rockville centre breast cancer coalition gala
When my friends asked me to photograph their 5th annual (well, minus Covid years) Rockville Centre Breast Cancer Coalition gala, of course I volunteered to do it! Especially since my friend Kathy was one of the two amazing honorees (and now I finally met Laura!) and many of my friends are on the board of directors. Erin put together an amazing party for such a worthy cause. There were a TON of people there and I think everyone was so happy to be normal, together, dancing and celebrating. Congratulations to the awesome honorees and everyone involved with this organization- you rock!!
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the 2nd annual pat agresti foundation memorial softball game
A wonderful foundation I’m so happy to volunteer to take pictures for. This is their one fundraiser a year and it was very well attended after missing out last year because of Covid (won’t it be awesome when we never have to write or say that sentence ever again?!) All the players and spectators had a great time and big congrats to the winners- Troiano Fuel. Can’t wait to capture it again next year! And big thanks to Tom for hooking me up with this fabulous event and foundation!
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the pat agresti memorial softball tournament
The first annual Pat Agresti Memorial Softball Tournament was a huge success! I was happy to volunteer to take a few photos that day and I was so impressed with how the whole thing was run. There was a very large turnout honoring the legacy of a special man from here in town. His three sons and wife worked very hard to put this tournament together with the help of many other friends, family and their generous sponsors. I stayed for a few of the games and came back to catch the end of the championship game. It looked like everyone was having so much fun. Looking forward to doing it again next year!
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the mcco family {a marine corps family}
The second family I photographed for my personal project (free sessions to active duty military families) and i adored their superhero theme! Perfect way to end my day of shoots in Central Park. Jessica is my go-to for all the families for this project, she’s the one who organized a list of families for me to photograph and also the one who coordinated all the families inviting me to the Marine Corps Ball last weekend- Thank you ladies, so much!! (speaking of which, because the woman doesn’t have quite enough on her plate, she started her own organization to help Marine wives with formal gowns for the annual ball. Dresses can be very expensive and really, you don’t wear it more than once. So if you have a closet full of gowns, dress shoes, and accessories that you would like to donate to an awesome cause, see her page The Marine Wives’ Closet New York on Facebook).
And now, total picture overload cause they are so cute I couldn’t narrow it down any further!
Please help me in thanking Dean for his service to our country! He and his family are truly heroes!
Superbaby.
They love him just a little. 
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the zimm family {a marine corps family}
So a few years back, I joined an organization as a volunteer to take photos for active duty military families. I met a few really great families and was so excited about the project (they say ya gotta volunteer for something you love to do. Military families and photography? A win-win!) but the organization had way too many rules for me and I didn’t like the rules as they were set. Thru a friend, I got to meet a local Marine family and then they introduced me (via FB) to a bunch of other Marine families so now I have a whole line up of families to photograph in the next few months!! And with my own rules (which are way better anyway. no uniforms required for the sessions, timing is when we decide to schedule it, I can include whatever I want in their packages, etc).
It gets even better! As a thank you from all of the families I have on my schedule to be photographed they all chipped in and bought me a ticket to the Marine Corps Ball this coming Sunday! How nice is that?! So excited and can’t wait to go!
Here is the first of my Marine families and they couldn’t have been cuter or more fun! Please help me in thanking Joe and his whole family for their service to our country!
“I’m going to eat your face”. “no, thats so not happening”. 
Love the crinkly nose and the hand on the chest which to me says “i just can’t”. 
