Welcome to my blog - it's here that I share some of my most recent work - be sure to check back often!! Kathleen Chapman Photography specializes in child and family photography in the North Country NY counties of Franklin and St.Lawrence in locations such as St. Regis Falls, Brushton, Malone, Massena and Potsdam. I offer studio and on location sessions designed to meet your creative vision!!
My grid for June is all about flowers in my flower gardens. The winters in the North Country are so long - when flowers start to bloom I'm in my happy place with beautiful, colorful subjects to photograph and marvel at!! I think my favorite of this group is the deep purple Iris with the hummingbird. I was out one morning before work taking some pictures of the Iris when all of a sudden I heard a hummingbird. It came and went in a split second and I just happened to snap the picture at the right moment - an amazing, happy, accidental capture it was!!!
We spent the weekend at Rollins Pond, NY - hadn't been there in a few years so it was great to be back! The weather was a little chilly but the scenery while riding bikes can't be beat - so beautiful!


We relaxed by the campfire....

Watched the sun go down from our campsite....

The water was so calm the morning we left - it was like a mirror.

Just had to run ahead and get a picture of us leaving - can't wait to go back later this summer!


Had so much fun working with my Mommy and Me giveaway winner and her beautiful girls this past weekend!! Here's some of my favorites from our session. Glad I'm not the one trying to pick her 5 free digital images!






My May grid - this month's grid features two of my granddaughters. The youngest in an impromptu shoot and the oldest on her First Holy Communion Day - spring flowers and an apple orchard session with my daughter and her sweet family - another beautiful month!

I’ve been wanting to do a family photography session in an apple orchard and was so grateful when our neighbor's parents gave us permission to shoot at their beautiful orchard in Potsdam, NY. My daughter and her family agreed that an orchard session sounded like fun so we agreed on a date and hoped the weather would cooperate. The wind and rain wreaked havoc on the delicate apple blossoms earlier in the week but everything was beautiful Saturday evening and we had a blast!! We assumed that my two year old granddaughter would love to run and play at the orchard and shouldn't have been surprised when she wasn't overly excited for any pictures that involved sitting on a blanket or crate. It was so fun to capture her exploring the orchard and running her little heart out. Some of my favorite pictures are the couple shots where she was off doing her own thing in the background!! She had great fun playing with Mom and sweet moments with Dad as well. Had so much fun capturing this beautiful little family in such a lovely location!!