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While I host holiday mini sessions each year in my Saratoga Springs studio, I also make sure to capture my own children’s Christmas Portraits too. The best part about photographing these annual photos is looking back on the collection of holiday portraits and seeing how they’ve grown, relieving each of those seasons, and also taking […]

Candid Christmas Portraits in Saratoga Springs

Grayson & Adelaide’s Christmas Portraits in Saratoga Springs

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One of the questions I hear most often from my clients is, “Why do you love photographing newborns and babies so much?” During sessions in my Saratoga Springs studio, parents often notice the many baby portraits on the walls, the shelves filled with props and accessories, and the care I take in posing and soothing […]

Newborn photographer, Nicole Starr shares: Why I Love Photographing Newborns & Babies in Saratoga Springs

My Creative Journey: Why I Love Photographing Newborns & Babies in Saratoga Springs

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After 13 incredible years of photographing families and watching so many little ones grow in front of my lens, I’m so proud (and a little emotional!) to officially share the next chapter of Nicole Starr Photography with you. I have launched a complete rebrand and a new online home, as you may have noticed. This […]

Saratoga Springs photographer shares about her website update and rebrand as the start of a new chapter for Nicole Starr Photography.

A New Chapter of Nicole Starr Photography: All about our rebrand and new website design

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One of the best parts of being a photographer is that I have built annual traditions around new portraits for my own two children. Each year, we capture their birthday portraits, 4th of July photos, and holiday portraits too! It’s special to me to be able to look back and really see how they grow […]

2024 Holiday Portraits of Grayson & Adelaide

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I can’t believe it’s already time for back to school photos! As a mom and photographer, these back to school photos are important to me. I want to document my children’s growth and the stage they’re in each year when that school bus arrives. I am so excited to be sharing my top tips for […]

7 tips for capturing back to school photos this year!

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I’m so lucky that my parents live in Dennisport year round, and it’s so special to get to visit for a few weeks every summer. The kids love visiting the different beaches, floating in Scargo Lake, crabbing, searching the tide pools at low tide, collecting shells, building sand castles and digging trenches in the sand. […]

A personal post: Cape Cod portrait session at Corporation Beach with Grayson and Adelaide

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Every year, since the summer of 2018 when Grayson was born, I’ve pulled out this beautiful patriotic backdrop and captured my children’s 4th of July photos. It’s become our annual tradition since 2018, and I don’t plan on stopping any time soon! This all began because I had a cake smash that summer for a […]

My annual July 4 photos of Grayson and Adelaide

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My sweet daughter Adelaide will turn two this summer, and for much of her little life she has been following me into my photography studio while I set up for sessions, clean up after cake smashes, photograph products, package up client orders, and organize our props. Grayson was the same way, always coming into the […]

Motherhood in the Studio: Insights from a Business Owner Balancing Work and Family

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One of the things that photographers who are also parents hear all the time from others is, “Oh, you must have so many amazing photos of your own kids!”  And while I’m lucky that I have been able to capture a lot of great portraits of my little ones over the past 5.5 years, there […]

Photographer’s Child Syndrome: Holiday Bloopers with my own kids!

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I first began doing this annual portrait series in 2018 when my son was just a few months old. Every summer since, we have pulled out this American flag-inspired backdrop for some simple summertime portraits with that red-white-and-blue Americana feel. Last summer little Adelaide was barely two weeks old when we did her portraits, and […]

Our Annual 4th of July Flag Portraits | Saratoga Springs Child Photographer