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  • Lisa Russo Photography is currently on hiatus during our relocation from Atlanta, Georgia to Erie, Pennsylvania. Stay tuned to the blog for move updates, posts about Lisa's other loves (cooking, gardening, books, iPhone apps, reading....), and notice of when we're all set up and ready to start photographing babies, children and families in the Erie, PA area.

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to pennsylvania we go…

Based on the number of confused e-mails I’ve received, it occurred to me that perhaps an “official” announcement was in order, rather than trickles of information!

After 11 years in Atlanta (minus a crazy 6 months back and forth to Chicago that we won’t even talk about), it is with a heavy heart that I announce we are moving to Erie, Pennsylvania. My very amazing, talented, awesome and hardworking husband was offered an opportunity that our family simply could not refuse. Will I miss the South? Oh yes. I ADORE my clients here, the friends and ties we’ve made, our house, my studio…the sun(!) but if I linger too long on that sort of thing, my cup empties – and I’m the “cup half full!” of our family.

Erie will take us back North, and yes – we will be closer to family. About 5 hours or so…which, to us, is like being next door. If you didn’t know, we moved away from our families when Aidan was all of 5 months old, and have never lived close since. My kids think grandparents are people you see only when you get on a plane. The thought of being able to visit more frequently makes me very happy indeed. I just can’t think too much about moving into the lake effect snow belt. Aidan and Ava, bless their Southern hearts, are so excited about the snow (you can all laugh now, they honestly have NO idea – my kids think snow is something that falls in the morning and is gone by dinnertime).

Will I restart my business there? Absolutely! I LOVE what I do, and the thought of not having newborns and smiling faces to photograph just isn’t an option. My goal right now is to finish shooting June’s sessions, wrap things up and then focus on getting our family moved and settled. Since Aidan is entering middle school, I want him to start school on Day #1. Fortunately, I’ve already selected his school, so it’s just a matter of finding a home in the district. Once everyone is settled into school, I’ll get my Pennsylvania business set up.

To all of my clients, thank you from the bottom of my heart for selecting me as your photographer. I feel like I’ve watched so many of your families grow – from maternity, to 1st baby, to toddler, to 2nd baby…I will miss you terribly. And the fact that my business was essentially built on your referring me to friends – the highest honor indeed.

To my blog readers – thank you for coming along for the ride with me. I plan to document our adventures along with the sweet babies and children of Erie, Pennsylvania!

And, since any post is useless without an image, here is a sweetie from last week who will grace the blog in the next couple of days:

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brand new lisa russo photography website!

About once a year, I like to completely redo my website. Partly to keep things fresh, and partly to show off my previous year’s clients. Although I do my best to keep my website images updated throughout the year, I just never seem to find the time to make it happen!

So, as is fitting on my birthday (yes, today is the big day), I’m so happy to announce the launch of the Lisa Russo Photography website, 2010 edition:

It’s brand new, so if something doesn’t work right or <gasp!> there’s a typo, do let me know!

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do you facebook?

Since it seems that everyone in the world is on Facebook these days (MySpace what??), and so many of my clients request their images for Facebook profiles – I now plan to automatically post every sneak peek here on the blog *and* on the Lisa Russo Photography Fan Page.

What does that mean? Well, once the sneak peek images are posted, you can go in and ‘tag’ them – then they will appear on your Facebook wall.

To become a fan, just click on the icon above!

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campbell | a sneak peek | suwanee newborn photographer

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I’m always so honored when a family entrusts their memories to me more than once. I LOVE going back to see how my little ones have grown. I first photographed Christian in May of last year, and he has some important news: He’s a big brother now! It was so much fun going back to meet his new baby brother Campbell:

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Courtney, Christian & Christian: Thank you for sharing your newest little family member with me! It was so much fun seeing you again.

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Amicalola Won.

What a perfect day. We got up around 8:30 and decided that hiking at Amicalola would be our adventure for the day.

It’s funny – so many of our friends and family back in NY think that Georgia is this hot, miserable, blistering-sun, flat place, but that’s *so* not true. Just an hour or so up 575 past Ellijay and you’re in the foothills of the Appalachians. And I daresay you’d be hard-pressed to not find it exactly like our beloved Adirondacks. Vic and I are outdoorsy people, and it’s so great to expose the kids to the stuff we love. Mountain biking will have to wait, but hiking was doable.

Disclaimer: I documented our trip today with my Canon SD870 IS Elph. I didn’t want to lug the big guy up there, but I sorta wish now that I had. The Elph is “ok,” but not quite the same.

We started at the bottom, and hiked up to the ‘base of the falls’ – it’s all a paved trail for this part.

Notice the posing. Sheesh!

The falls are so beautiful…

We had to climb 178 steps to get to the bridge across the base of the falls. Ava had *no* problem whatsoever. No surprise there, though.

We found a little fuzzy friend on the railing.

Me and my girly…(aidan had run off ahead)

Walking with Daddy…

After we got down, we drove up to the top of the falls – here’s the crew looking down.

Then we took off for a hike into the deep woods – on the trailhead that leads to the Appalachian Trail. I think we went about 3/4 of a mile up, then turned around and came back. It was wonderful.

The whole time, Ava kept asking for (and calling out to) reindeer. ;)

We found some funky mushrooms along the way…

And a millipede, which I had to photograph for Aidan to take in to show his Target class…

We wrapped up the day with BBQ for lunch at Captain Poole’s in Ellijay (the place with the hill covered in pigs). It was the perfect family day. If you live here and haven’t been – you must go! The entrance to Amicalola is about a mile past Burt’s Pumpkin Farm, where we’ll be in – oh, about a month from now!

And the best part? On our way back down the mountain…almost before we got to the trailhead…I heard a noise and looked up. And a pretty doe crossed the trail in front of us. Ava’s “reindeer” wishes came true.

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