Holiday Cookie Baking | A Life-Inspired Photo Session in Saratoga Springs

This fall I went to a two-day photography workshop with Emily Lucarz Photography, and I was inspired to incorporate a new style of family session into my work this winter.

Life-inspired portrait sessions

These life-inspired sessions are a guided peek into your lives at home as we capture your family enjoying an activity that you love doing together. We don’t pose and tell everyone to smile at the same time, but we find a fun activity and let the action unfold in front of the camera.

I’m excited to offer so many more of these unique portrait sessions in 2019, and I hope you’ll be excited to jump in front of my camera and document your family’s happy moments together!

We kicked off these new lifestyle sessions with a HOLIDAY COOKIE BAKING SESSION in December. This was SO MUCH FUN and I absolutely loved getting to step into this family’s home. Oscar and Miles love making cookies, so this baking session was natural for them! They had an absolute blast getting to roll out the dough, cut the cookies, and decorate with an overload of sprinkles and colored sugar. Enjoy this peek into their holiday baking session!

Nicole Starr Photography  |  Holiday cookie baking photo shoot with Saratoga Springs lifestyle photographer  |  Family photo session  |  Life inspired portraits  |  Family photos at home  |  Saratoga Springs family photographer
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Nicole Starr Photography  |  Holiday cookie baking photo shoot with Saratoga Springs lifestyle photographer  |  Family photo session  |  Life inspired portraits  |  Family photos at home  |  Saratoga Springs family photographer

White kitchens are an absolute dream to photograph in because they bounce light everywhere. I loved this home!

Nicole Starr Photography  |  Holiday cookie baking photo shoot with Saratoga Springs lifestyle photographer  |  Family photo session  |  Life inspired portraits  |  Family photos at home  |  Saratoga Springs family photographer

These sessions are the perfect opportunity to get mom & dad involved, too. I loved shooting low from the children’s angle as they were putting the frosting on their sugar cookies!

Miles kept asking to drive his toy Jeep through the sprinkles, so we finished up by making tire tracks in the sprinkles and it was the perfect ending to our baking experience!

Nicole Starr Photography  |  Holiday cookie baking photo shoot with Saratoga Springs lifestyle photographer  |  Family photo session  |  Life inspired portraits  |  Family photos at home  |  Saratoga Springs family photographer

This winter I’m looking for a few more families who love cozying up at home for some fun portraits. Think pancake breakfasts, the kids in a bubble bath, storytime on mom & dad’s bed, making homemade pizza… anything that you love doing, I would truly enjoy documenting for your family to enjoy!