january in new york

Miss K's cupcake making party

2011-07-25T10:25:00.003-04:00

Here are a few of my faves from Katherine's birthday party two weeks ago. It was a cupcake-making party, and every child received an apron with their name embroidered on it. What a great idea! The kids made cupcakes, danced, watched a magic act, did the limbo, ate lunch, and had a blast. Enjoy!

The birthday girl...

Casey's SUPER Birthday

2011-06-11T18:14:00.003-04:00

Here are a few of my faves from Casey's 5th birthday party a few weeks ago. Enjoy!

To see more images from this party, click here.

Harmonie Club with Diego and Dora

2010-11-29T09:34:00.003-05:00

Two weeks ago, Alex celebrated his 2nd birthday at the Harmonie Club here in NYC. It is a beautiful space, and one of the oldest clubs in the city. Diego, Dora, and their cousin Alicia were all there to get the party started. Happy Birthday Alex!!

The magical balloon stylings of Todd Neufeld

Faces By Derrick is not your typical face painter!

The birthday boy!

To see more images from this party, click here.

Art Farm

2010-07-21T00:29:00.009-04:00

Last week, Ava celebrated her 3rd birthday with several friends at The Art Farm on the Upper East Side. Check out the amazing birthday cake! Here are a few faves.

This little guy has a chinchilla on his head!

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Happily Ever After

2010-07-18T10:36:00.004-04:00

The fairytale celebration of Katherine's 3rd birthday was held last week. Snow White and Belle were both in attendance, as were Tinkerbell and Peter Pan! Minnie Mouse made a surprise appearance as well!! Here are a few of my faves.

YEAH! I Am Officially Nominated for a 2010 Parents Picks Award!

2010-07-11T10:26:00.004-04:00

After the first round of voting, with 90 NYC photographer's in my category, I have made it to the next round of voting. If you can, please vote each day till August 31. Thank you so much for all your support!

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Party Don't Stop

2010-06-06T10:13:00.004-04:00

Two weeks ago I photographed Ava's 4th birthday party. Ava's Mom, Stacy, had lots of activities to keep the kids entertained. There was face-painting by the very talented Melissa Munn, a show by Magic Al, another man creating balloon art, and a pinata. The kids had a blast! Here are a few of my faves.

The birthday girl

Melissa arrives to the party like this!

This was NOT your everyday balloon animal art

To see more images from this party, click here.

Casey's 4th on CPW

2010-05-28T14:24:00.004-04:00

It was so nice to photograph Casey's birthday party again this year! Last year's party at The Art Farm was a lot of fun. This year, guests arrived in their favorite princess outfit, or costume. The birthday girl was dressed as Snow White. I think I even saw Wonder Woman there! The real-life Cinderella and Ariel came too, and they did face-painting followed by a little show. Here are of few of my faves.

Sleeping Beauty - Princess Aurora!

To see more pictures from this party, click here.

Paolo's 5th in Tribeca

2010-05-11T18:08:00.006-04:00

Paolo celebrated his 5th birthday 2 weeks ago at the Downtown Community Center in Tribeca. The party kicked off with a craft, and then Katie's Puppets performed for the kids....laughter followed....followed by more laughter. If you've never seen 2 stalks of asparagus with googly eyes walk across a puppet stage, you might not realize the level of funny that I'm talking about. After the puppet show, it was time for a little magic and balloon sculpture. Before I knew it, it was time for mini-cupcakes from Tribeca Treats, and off with a party bag you go!! Happy Birthday Paolo!!!

The Birthday Boy is 5!

To see more images from this party, click here.

Story Pirates Benefit with John Stewart

2010-05-09T11:55:00.008-04:00

A few months ago I photographed a benefit auction for my friends The Story Pirates. If you don't already know them, they are an incredibly talented group of actors and musicians who take stories written by children, and then turn those stories into performances. They are AMAZING! Every Saturday at 2PM they perform at The Drama Bookshop on 40th Street. They are also a non-profit organization that conducts creative writing and drama workshops in schools here in NYC and across the country. Here are a few pics from the show!

John Stewart with Rolo!

Some of the best face painting I have ever seen...and the fastest!!!

Check out this ladybug..CUTE!

The event was hosted by John Oliver of The Daily Show

One lucky bidder got to have John Stewart perform in their story!!!

The author takes a bow after her story is performed!

To see more pictures from this event, click here.

Baby Cameron

2010-05-01T22:59:00.007-04:00

A few weeks ago, I had a newborn session with baby Cameron. Here are a few of my faves.

Lilacs

2010-04-26T09:07:00.002-04:00

Lilacs from the Lincoln Center farmer's market...these smell AMAZING!

A Kid Wrote the Play

2010-03-30T23:48:00.003-04:00

Last week I photographed a birthday party for 3 boys who all turned 4. The party was in the basement of the WestSide YMCA, and The Striking Viking Story Pirates came to put on their show. If you've never seen their show, you MUST check them out. They are a group of incredibly talented actors and musicians who take stories written by kids, and perform them for kids and adults. You can see their show on Saturdays at 2PM at their regular space in the basement of the Drama Bookshop on West 40th Street.

Each of the boys had a story that they wrote performed by the Story Pirates, along with several of the Pirates' classic numbers. Here are a few of my faves. To see even more pics of this party, click here.

OMG-PYT-NYC

2010-02-20T23:11:00.005-05:00

Last week I photographed Simone's Bat Mitzvah party at the Downtown Association at 60 Pine St. What an incredible space! There was a room with a DJ for the kids, and a room for the cocktail hour, and a main dining room as well. Great party! Here are a few of my faves... xoxo

More images from Simone's party can be viewed here.

Dinosaurs and A Touch of Nature

2010-02-09T16:55:00.004-05:00

It was such a treat to photograph Aeneas' birthday party again this year. It was held at the Natural History Museum yet again! I'm not sure, but I think Aeneas is a bit of a dinosaur fanatic.

The people who organize the parties at the Museum are fantastic! Shannon and her team of dino-guides really kept the kids engaged and the party moving. After a quick tour of the 4th floor, (it was more of a WHIRLWIND!), Jerry from "A Touch of Nature" met the children back at the party room with lots of different animals. Jerry keeps the animals in these cases of various sizes, and you never know what's coming up next! The kids loved seeing the animals up close, and sometimes touching them, and they were completely engrossed with the presentation. Great party Mary!!!

To see more photographs from Aeneas' party, click here.

Happy Birthday Katie!!!!

2010-01-26T11:31:00.006-05:00

Here are a few of my favorite photos from Katie's party at the Reebok Club. Little Maestros was there to perform, and they ROCKED, as usual!!!! LOVE THEM!!!!!

More images from Katie's party are here.

Treitler Family

2009-10-12T16:06:00.010-04:00

This weekend, I met with Meri and Craig for a family session with their family of 5. It was the perfect Fall day. On their way to the session, their youngest child's hat was left in the taxi, and it's fate is still unknown!! Nonetheless, the Treitler children were dressed to impress!!! Thanks to Mom, everyone looked great in colorfully stylish fall clothing. Great job Meri!! Here are a few of my faves.

More pictures of the Treitler family are here.

Long Beach Session

2009-09-19T20:29:00.006-04:00

Here are a few pics of Linda and her beautiful girls...so much blonde hair! We shot this session in Long Beach, the day before the girls started school. They were really fun to work with, and LOVED having their pictures taken.

Jump!

2009-08-13T01:00:00.008-04:00

These kids LOVED to do shots of them jumping....even the parents got in on the action.

2009-06-20T21:57:00.005-04:00

A couple weeks ago, I took the train up to Croton-on-Hudson to photograph the wedding of Bryte and Greg at Croton Point Park. We were really lucky to get a dry, sunny day! Seriously, what is with all the rain this month? I was soooo lucky to be working with the awesomest event planning duo that you will ever meet, Sierra and Juliet of Poppies and Posies Events. These ladies will get your party started! (They'll get it designed, arranged, assembled, catered, and styled too!) Love them!

I love this shot of the bride's Mother being escorted to her seat.

This little guy was so funny.

Each place setting had fresh rosemary from the Mother of the Bride's garden, and she talked about it during her toast. She was one proud Mama! Very touching.

To see more pictures from Bryte and Greg's wedding, visit the online gallery at www.januarystewart.smugmug.com.

The Art Farm

2009-06-01T22:47:00.003-04:00

Casey celebrated her 3rd birthday at The Art Farm on the Upper East Side, and the kids had a blast!

Party at the Ritz!

2009-04-21T13:34:00.004-04:00

Avery's 1st birthday party was held about a week ago, here in Manhattan. Avery's Mom, Jennifer, did such a great job decorating the room, and getting everthing set up before the party! She had a team of family and friends helping her out. Here are a few pics from the party.

2009-02-09T10:36:00.004-05:00

I'd never been to the Art Farm, on the Upper East Side until a couple of weeks ago. Here are some pictures of the party I photographed there...with a "farm" theme, of course. They have many different animals in the downstairs area....fish, rabbits, turtles, birds, and a skink! They also have rooms for art projects, and music. The kids loved it.

isn't that the cutest cake...with the Little People farm figures!!!!

2009-01-30T16:51:00.002-05:00

It was such a pleasure to once again photograph Aeneas' birthday party. This year's party was held at the Natural History Museum, with a dinosaur theme. The highlight of the party is when the children are led around the Museum, all holding on to a large rope. It's pretty cute! Happy 4th Aeneas!!

2009-01-15T15:16:00.000-05:00

Here are some shots from a party that I photographed a few weeks ago. It was Julian's 1st birthday, and his party was held in the downstairs party room at Rue 57. Little Maestros entertained the kids with songs, bubbles, and parachute play. They were terrific.

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The next shot is my favorite shot of the session...

Maeve's nanny made her outfit...it's just like Eloise's!

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Long Beach

2008-08-28T11:31:00.004-04:00

Clarke Family

2008-08-18T14:00:00.005-04:00

Rowan at 6 Days

2008-07-20T11:15:00.009-04:00

Riverside Park

2008-06-16T00:59:00.012-04:00

K in Central Park

2008-06-07T14:29:00.003-04:00

The Children's Museum of Manhattan...

2008-05-27T12:15:00.009-04:00

is putting together a brochure for visitors who are either physically or mentally challenged. Last week I went to the museum to get pictures for the brochure, and this little girl was so adorable. She never stopped smiling.

The #139 bus to Lakewood...

2008-05-13T10:58:00.000-04:00

well, let's just say I'm not a fan of the bus. I photographed a first birthday party this weekend out in Jersey. Getting there was fine, but the bus going back to Port Authority broke down 10 minutes into the ride. Nice. The woman sitting across the aisle spoke almost no English, and didn't know WHAT was going on. She called a friend and handed me the phone, so I could explain the situation, and the friend could translate. Another bus came a half hour later, and we were on our way. Could have been worse. The party itself went by so fast. It was little J's first birthday. Martin the Clown entertained the kiddies with some juggling/balloons/face-painting/limbo/magic...he was WORKING!

I thought that the family had the whole restaurant to themselves, and that's what the Mom had thought too. Turns out that the restaurant booked another party for the same time, so the 2 parties had to share the one room. It made shooting a bit tricky, but it all worked out.

Baby G Portraits

2008-05-12T10:50:00.000-04:00

Here are a few shots from a session I did recently. This little gal had the biggest smiles as soon as grandma started calling her name...and the tongue....so cute!