Welcome!

Thanks for finding my photography journal! My name is Cristina Coco and I am a portrait photographer in the Westchester and Fairfield County area.

I love what I do. I love what I do so much I left a very cool, high paced, world-traveling job in fashion to photograph kids. I know, I know, I must be nuts, right? Well I hope this blog will give you an insight into why I left what some might call a dream job to run after a bunch of munchkins with my camera.

You'll notice that a lot of my images capture those kiddies looking straight at me, straight through the lens. That is the shot I aim for at every session I do. I love that moment when everything else fades away and that child really sees me. Only a kid can naturally look at you like that - most adults can seem posed or even look away in embarrassment. A child can look straight through you and capturing that moment for parents - that look that they know so well? Well, that is why I love to do this so much.

So enjoy my little neck of the web - I hope that it helps you get to know me a little better and makes you comfortable about choosing me to capture your memories.

Little sleeper

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Posted in Sessions

I see a lot of babies these days… and this one is dreamy! She slept the ENTIRE time. She didn’t want to be moved around too much as far as posing, but if you lay her down, she stayed and didn’t make a peep!

Yeah, that’s a LOT different than my son was too.

Anyway, her mom is a friend of mine, which is always the best kind because those mom’s basically let me do whatever I want and I get to experiment a little bit. It’s always fun as a photographer to try new things. I am playing with some texture and extreme tones – a fun way to mix up a newborn shoot. The artsy side of me loves these first two shots – one of the new baby in a basket and the second her big sister looking happy to have her around!