Wacky Wednesday Tarrytown Lakes | Debbie Allan Photography

It felt so great this Wednesday not to have to get the kids up and dash out of the house for school. We had a leisurely start to the Thanksgiving Holilday school break.

We meet up with the Kids Unplugged group at the Tarrytown Lakes and went for a short walk on the Wilson Park trail.

Children foraged for leaves to make table decorations for their Thanksgiving dinner tables, or just ambled along chatting with friends. Either way it was wonderful to get some fresh air and shake a leg.

Family of Seven | Glen Rock Family Photographer | Debbie Allan Photography |

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting a wonderful NJ family of seven. The youngest were 10 months old and full of energy. I had a great time getting to know them all. It was incredible to see how the older children all nurture their twin brother and sister. They are a huge help to mom and dad too.

Thank you so much for allowing me into your home. I had a very enjoyable morning.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Here are just a few images from the session.

7 Days Young | Westchester Newborn Photographer | Debbie Allan Photography

WOW, what an amazing way to start my day! Baby C is adorable. He was the perfect newborn model. I had a wonderful morning hanging out with Mom and baby. I look forward to watching him grow.







Such a perfect early Christmas gift. Congratulations.

Quick Shoot | Tarrytown Children's Photographer | Debbie Allan Photography |

Every time I drive by Horan's Landing with the boys I say to them "we must come back with the camera". I am drawn to the long grasses they have planted as edging throughout the gardens. This afternoon we literally had five minutes before swimming lessons. The clouds looked amazing, the sky was the most gorgeous shade of blue. I wished we could have stayed longer.

Cameron was really in the mood for posing for me - even more so than usual! He was having a blast leaping and running around. I managed to get a few air shots of him. The only thing missing was his skateboard!

Campbell was feeling a little tired after a hard day at school, but now he wants to go back to try some jumps!

Maybe tomorrow.......










........ we did end up going back and here are some of my favs from part two of Horan's Landing.

Sleepy Hollow Family Shoot | Westchester Childrens Photographer | Debbie Allan Photography

This morning, I was once again relieved that it had stopped raining, after a continual downpour yesterday afternoon.

I headed to Sleepy Hollow to capture holiday photos for a wonderful family of five.









There are some great shots that are going to make for a wonderful Holiday card.

Kids Unplugged | Tarrytown Photographer | Debbie Allan Photography |

This Veteran's Day we drove up to Westmorelands Sanctuary, Bedford Corners for an early Wacky Wednesday hike.

It was a treat for the boys and I as Craig was off work and able to join us. Gina and I were both amazing by the size of the group - what a fantastic turnout. I think the final count was 19 families, with lots of energetic children. Maybe the biggest group to date for Kids Unplugged.





We hike the Easy Loop and stopped off at the pond. The Sanctuary kindly leave fishing nets out by the shelter for children to use. This generated a huge amount of excitement, especially when a crayfish was caught. Followed by snails, fish and tadpoles.

Sesame Street Filming | Tarrytown Photographer | Debbie Allan Photography

Much to our disappointment this morning the segment filmed at Stone Barns in July, featuring Cameron did not air today.

Thought I would post some images I took that day instead!

We have now been informed by Stone Barns that the segment will air on Friday 20th November instead. (7am on PBS for those in our viewing area).

Fun Family Holiday Shoots | Tarrytown Child Photographer | Debbie Allan Photography

I was so happy that it was a beautiful, DRY, sunny Fall day today, especially as I had two shoots booked.

I started the day at Glenville Woods with a wonderful local family. It was so enjoyable for me to observe how nurturing big brother R was with his younger brother. So sweet.

This has to be one of my favorites of the morning, although there are many great ones.



I love these individual ones too.



Thanks for a great start to the day.

After a short break (to upload the images) I headed over to meet up with Vercesi Family at their home. They love their yard and so opted to have their shoot there, leaves and all.

I love spending time with the girls (maybe because I do not have any of my own!). They each have different personalities and I hope I captured their uniqueness in this shoot.

I feel bad that I did not hang around to help with the raking!

Baby Annie 3 months | Glen Rock NJ Baby Photographer | Debbie Allan Photography

This week I had the good fortune to meet up with Baby Annie and her mommy/mummy (she is English). I had photographed Annie when she was just 6 days old and I could not believe how different she looked in just three short months.

She was a dream baby throughout the whole session. She wore the most adorable outfit that her amazing mommy had made for her!! Very immpressive, especially as Annie is baby number four! I would love some of her time management skills.





I am already looking forward to our next session together.

Thank you for a wonderful morning.

Family Holiday Shoot | Tarrytown Childrens Photographer | Debbie Allan Photography

I had the pleasure of photographing my favorite sisters today, Caroline and Grace. I had so much fun with them back in the summer and so was very much looking forward to our session today. This time having a chance to get some wonderful family shots for their holiday card image. As always the girls looked adorable and behaved so well. Thank you so much, I had fun.

I think it may be a difficult decision for mom and dad to choose ONE image for their card as there are so many good ones. Here are just a few of my favs.