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!!
Monthly Favorite Photo Grid for September, 2017 | Potsdam NY Child Photographer
What a colorful September it was!! We celebrated our 36th wedding anniversary in August but didn't get a chance to take our anniversary portrait until this month in front of our beautiful wild flower garden. Some of my favorites this month feature flowers in my garden and pictures from our trip to the amazing Adirondack Balloon Festival in Glens Falls, NY.
Monthly Favorite Photo Grid for August, 2017 | Potsdam NY Family Photographer
Spent another very special girls weekend this month in Lake George with my Mom, sister, daughter and granddaughter and just had to take a picture of us all in our matching tie dye shirts. Some of my other favorites feature some of the special girls in my life and my beautiful wild flower garden.
Adirondack Balloon Festival | North Country Nature Photographer
Our 2nd year attending the Adirondack Balloon Festival in Glens Falls, NY was just as amazing as the first (minus the traffic getting to and from the festival from a hotel). This year we camped in our RV on a hill above the airport that overlooked the balloon launch area. There were about 100 RV's camped up on the hill and we were surprised when one of the balloons was launched a few feet behind our RV (see picture below). For information on camping at the festival check out Northeast Hot Air RV'ers. We camped Friday and Saturday nights and took advantage of the free shuttle to and from the RV area to enjoy the various balloon launches and activities that took place over the weekend. If you've never been to the festival please seriously consider going some time - it's an amazingly beautiful experience!! You feel like you're in a different world with all the huge, colorful balloons taking off and floating up above you! In addition to the balloons there's music, a craft fair, activities for kids, food and even Sunday morning church services under a tent at the airport. We heard festival attendance broke records this year - I'm guessing most likely due to the surprisingly beautiful summer like weather. We experienced the "Moon Glow" launch for the first time this year - so amazing to see the burners firing up and the balloons glowing after sunset!!
Senior Girl in Wild Flower Garden | Malone Child and Family Photographer
When we set the date for Nicole's senior pictures last month I kept my fingers crossed that my wild flower garden wouldn't get hit by a hard frost before her session - fast forward to high 80 degree weather on September 14th - crazy!! I'm so excited to share Nicole's beautiful senior pictures on my blog today. Her session took place in Dickinson Center with my wild flower garden and our field as a backdrop. I absolutely love our property and the versatile mix of areas we have to shoot in. The flower garden looked almost magical with all of the flowers in full bloom and bursting with color! I had so much fun working with Nicole to showcase her beautiful blue eyes and to die for long brown hair!! I want to thank her for being such a willing and patient young woman to work with - I'm so happy she chose me to be her senior photographer!! Have a great senior year Nicole, enjoy every last second of it!
Mommy and Me Wildflower Photography Session | Franklin County NY Child Photographer
A path through a field of goldenrod and my wild flower garden in full bloom was such a magical setting for this Mommy and Me family session this past Saturday. It warms my photographers heart to capture the precious love between a mother and child. The golden sun and pop of blue in their outfits complimented each other perfectly. I just loved capturing these beautiful ladies as they walked, played, checked out the flowers, snuggled and stole a few kisses. I can totally envision this series in a beautiful little photo book to be treasured always!
