Stephanie Massey Photography

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Baby Boy B is Here!!! {Long Island Baby Photographer}

September 4, 2011 – 2:31 pm

He’s here and cute as a button! I am so honored to have taken his first portraits. BBB’s grandmother had also hired me to photograph the beautiful shower she hosted with her daughter. The B theme was carried through from the decorations to the food. And oh the food! BBB’s aunt and husband are the owners of the wonderful The Fifth Season restaurant in Port Jefferson, NY so the food was incredible and beautiful, again with a B themed menu. Yum! The adorable cupcake “cake” with the fondant buttons, bibs and bottles was done by the wonderful La Bonne Boulangerie Bakery and Pastry Shop also in Port Jefferson. The peanut butter cookies made by grandma and the mini peanut butter cups were such a wonderful touch. It really was one of the most lovely showers I have every been to!

Welcome to world BBB. Needless to say his parents and big sister are filled with joy!

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It Has Been Awhile… {Long Island Family Photographer}

February 26, 2011 – 8:30 pm

I have tried to write this post for months now but for many reasons it just didn’t happen. As many of you know, about 3 am on the morning of October 24th, we woke to a fire in our home. It is the one thing that you fear the most but really think will never happen to you. Even while you are watching your home burn, you just can’t believe it.

Thank God my husband and daughter made it out without physical injury. We did loose my sweet puppy Gracie. That loss and the loss of my client and personal work along with the entire contents of my office and our home was and is devastating. My personal and business computers, records and camera equipment were all lost. Our lives will forever be defined by this event as “before the fire” or “after the fire”. A friend was saying her friends in Louisiana experienced the same thing after Katrina. It is a true milestone in your families history.

As horrible as this experience was, what has happened afterwards has been so wonderful and overwhelming. Our family, friends, community, my sweet clients, my husband’s employer Brooks Brothers and co-workers and the photography and apparel industries have come out to support us in ways that we are in awe of. The love and support shown my family has been most humbling. We are at a loss for words to express our gratitude. All of these wonderful people and businesses will always be remembered fondly by my family.

We consider ourselves the luckiest people alive. We look forward to rebuilding our home and getting back to whatever our new “normal” will be. My family and I consider our new life an adventure and will try to appreciate the gift of each new day. We look foreword to paying it forward to honor the experience we have had. I am excited about our future and look forward to seeing old friends and making new friends this year.

And speaking of the future… meet Olive! Olive is a gift from my sweet parents in Louisiana. She is the 1/2 sister of their little Yorkiepoo, Little Bit, and was born on my birthday! Poor Olive left the warmth of Louisiana to come to the snowy New York winter weather. She has adapted well and actually seemed to like snow and ice. She got quite brave because she wanted to follow her idol, my daughter’s dog Rhea. She would follow Rhea way out into the yard in pretty deep snow or very slippery ice. I took some funny video that I have to figure out how to post here. Olive has put a big smile on all of our faces during this crazy long winter. She really is a joy!

So… it is nice to be back! I have some wonderful sessions to post and some fun images/videos of Olive and other cute pups. I am unable to log into my Woof pet photography blog at this time so I will be posting some recent dog images here on the ”…life as it happens” blog until I can get that resolved. Again, there are no words to express our profound thanks for your love and support. It has meant everything.

xoxox

Steph

Really, she is so cute!

The other amazing thing about sweet Olive is that she doesn’t mind the camera so much. Gracie and Sophie would turn their heads as soon as I put the camera to my face! Olive, at least at her grand old age of 5 months, just might be my dream photo dog!

Frolicking in the snow with her best friend Rhea.

Snow on Rhea…

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Sneek Peak ~ A Fun & Beautiful Day {NY Event Photographer}

May 27, 2009 – 2:03 pm

E’s Bar Mitzvah party was tons of fun! The weather which had been predicted as rainy was beautiful the entire day. Here is a little preview for the family of the thousands of images taken of the day. Enjoy and thanks for letting me be a part of such an important family event blog-3

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An Experience of a Lifetime!

January 22, 2009 – 9:38 pm

We are back from Washington and the inauguration celebration. What an incredible experience to see so many people in such a good mood! It really was amazing to see such a huge mass of humanity and feel the positive energy in Washington this week.

We went to a ball on Sunday night at the historic All Souls Untitarian chuch which was so much fun. The band called, The Northeast Corridor was terriffic and had the house rockin’! Earlier in the day we headed to the mall to be part of the celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. Needless to say we didn’t get close to the event, truth be told, we couldn’t even get near a jumbotron but could hear Bono, Bruce and the many other mucsians that took part.

Monday we walked all around town and got a close up look at the Capitol where the swearing in would take place, the parade route and the viewing stand in front of the White House where the Obama’s would watch the festivities. We knew there would be no way to see these areas on Tuesday. Our next stop was the Vietnam War Memorial that my friend Lynn had never seen. Visiting this monument is always so moving and there were thousands of people walking that wall which starts very low with that single name and then grows to well over your head with the tens of thousands of names and then lowering again to a single name. Very powerful. We then headed to the Corcoran to see the Avedon exhibit but were disappointed to see that there was a private party going on which for some reason did not have our names on the guest list…I wonder what happened!

On Tuesday we had tickets to a breakfast hosted by the American Music Association were we would watch the swearing in with a group of people. When we got to the Marriott, the breakfast had been cancelled! It was too late to head for the Mall since they had already started to turn people away because of the capacity limit by 9 am. We went back to our friend’s home and watched the swearing in there and then took off to the Mall. We attended a reception at the Rayburn Office Building hosted by a NY congressman after the swearing in and then just walked around catching a bit of the parade and just taking it all in.

We ended the night with a great meal in Chinatown and a late night drive all over Washington checking out all of the ball venues and the beautiful city of Washington at night on this most historic night. A wonderful 3 days! Thanks to our hosts Susan and Mark. Your home is beautiful and your hospitality overwhelming. Thanks to our friends Stasia and Anne Marie for the loan of toasty fur lined boots to keep our feet warm…oh did I mention it was freezing all three days!

Here are a few images for now of the sites seen from Sunday thru Tuesday. More to come on my Flickr account.

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