I’m SO loving this recent senior session with The Camera’s Eye! Erin and I already knew each other since she came to help out with her friend Kelly’s senior session last season. She brought Kelly with her as an assistant to this shoot, and we had SO much fun.

For outfits, she focused on simple and casual – just working with her everyday style!

Even though she is smiley and so much fun, we made sure to make her sports shots intense and serious – because she is COMPETITIVE on the court!

I love it when we can work everything important about a senior into the senior session – including pets! This is Marlie, a Christmas gift to Erin last year. This little bugger would NOT stop moving!

And even though Erin is so intense in these lacrosse shots – you would not believe how hard we all laughed. She had to face into the sun, which meant she could only keep her eyes open for a second at most, and there were tears streaming down her face 🙂

A big thanks from The Camera’s Eye to Erin for such a fun senior session around town!

Meet Kate, a rising senior at Owego Free Academy!

Kate was looking for something unique with her senior photos, something that captured her personality perfectly. We always stress the importance of being yourself in your senior photos with The Camera’s Eye, so this was a perfect fit!

I knew Kate from doing her cross country photos, so capturing her personality was easy! She brought her friend Heidi as an assistant to the shoot, and we had a blast 🙂

Kate chose her outfits to match who she is – her softball uniform was a no-brainer, and she made sure to pick outfits that were dressy enough for senior photos without going outside of who she is.

I loved working with Kate not just because of her personality, but because we also got a chance to shoot up in Ithaca! She wanted something a little different than Owego, and I was excited to travel to make that happen.

A big thank you to Kate for such a fun senior session with The Camera’s Eye!

I’m staying busy as can be shooting senior sessions at The Camera’s Eye! Hard to believe we’ve gone from SNOW…

…to ENDLESS summer days! And I’m loving meeting each and every 2017 senior from Owego, Vestal, Apalachin…you name it! 🙂

To top it all off…a BIG thank you to Tom Ash Insurance for hosting me as the artist of the month for June! You can see lots of my work with last year’s seniors in the windows the next time you’re taking a stroll downtown.

Call me at 607 426 6023 or email lisamcqueeney AT gmail DOT com to book your senior photo session with The Camera’s Eye today! Read more about your session options at our website 🙂

It’s that time of year when Central New York reveals its true beauty to us…and the best time for professional outdoor portraits with The Camera’s Eye! In addition to senior sessions, we’re now booking family portraits in the great outdoors.

It makes sense to do family portraits over the summer. (After all, the kids are home from school…or did you not notice the increased noise and maybe the clutter that keeps accumulating in the rooms you just cleaned…?) If you wait until August, you might have to scramble to work around everyone’s schedules, all while prepping for the start of the school year – so why not book today?

Not only will you have a forever memory of your family, and the makings of beautiful wall art for your home, but you’ll also have allll the makings for a custom-designed holiday card with The Camera’s Eye. (Not to get ahead of ourselves in the middle of June or anything…but those holidays DO creep up on us…)

Shoot me an email at lisamcqueeney AT gmail DOT com to set up your family portrait session today! Have a favorite spot in a local park or dying to do a photo session at the Finger Lakes? We DO travel 🙂

During our senior sessions at The Camera’s Eye, I LOVE getting to know you and capturing your personality. And though it’s what’s on the inside that counts, clothing naturally plays an important part of your senior photos, and I get asked a LOT about how to dress…we’ve written about it before, but here are some key tips for this season…

I’m an environmental portrait artist…that means we will be trekking through fields, rivers, over rocks, and through funky terrain….THAT means: wear the comfy shoes, and carry the diva heels! I LOVE great shoes, so save them for when we’re actually shooting and I’ll get them in all their glory:)

This one is from your mother, but it is the #1 clothing retouch requested from your mothers….check for wrinkles in your clothes before you come and HANG your outfits prior.

It’s my busiest and most exciting time of the year at The Camera’s Eye – senior season! We’re already booking senior photo sessions with the up-and-coming senior class of 2017 from Owego, Waverly, Vestal, Sayre, Athens, and beyond!

All seniors who book with The Camera’s Eye receive a gift certificate to Fuddy Duddy’s, just a delicious few steps from my studio in Owego 🙂

Also, once you book a senior session with us and refer a friend, you are entered to win an 11 x 14 canvas!

As always, every senior receives a free, professionally retouched social media image of their choice from their session…and we LOVE sharing on social media. Check out The Camera’s Eye on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest!

Contact me at lisamcqueeney AT gmail DOT com to book your 2017 senior session today!

Hard to believe it’s getting time to say CONGRATS to the class of 2016…

Looking forward to everything this summer brings with senior sessions at The Camera’s Eye 🙂  Contact me at lisamcqueeney AT gmail DOT com to schedule your senior photos today…and a big welcome to the senior class of 2017!

Since my favorite little 8-month-old is finally sitting up, we decided to do a fun-in-the-sun outdoor shoot with The Camera’s Eye.

She loves bathtime (and recently learned that she loves pools and the ocean on a trip to Florida), so we figured we would stick her in a bucket and see what happened 🙂

We couldn’t have picked a better day – it was the day before Memorial Day, and blazingly hot. Just the right weather for cooling off in a baby-sized tub 🙂

I love doing baby photos of all ages at The Camera’s Eye, but the ones where they are finally sitting up are the MOST fun. Kids this age are giggling, exploring, and ready to roll!

She’s grown so much since her newborn shoot – it’s incredible! Looking forward to seeing more of her and my other clients for summer photos with The Camera’s Eye 🙂

Contact me today at lisamcqueeney AT gmail DOT com to set up an appointment. I love to travel, and there is endless beautiful scenery in upstate NY/northern PA for outdoor photo sessions this summer!

I am so thrilled to have been the official photographer for the Owego Free Academy prom this year! It took place on Saturday May 21st at Pumpelly House in Owego, so The Camera’s Eye had options for beautiful shots both inside and outside! Read to the end to find out how you can see all OFA prom photos by The Camera’s Eye – but first, a little bit about the planning and set up!

The theme was Enchanted Forest, which came off beautifully (even though it was raining all day!) Local fave Tioga Gardens provided the wave petunias and ferns. My neighbor Fuddy Duddy’s provided the lighted trees, which they actually sell in the store, believe it or not!

OFA prom is no small endeavor….it’s an all-day event! Kids could stop at a number of locations for photos, including the grounds of the Pumpelly House.

I was hired by the 2016 OFA class advisor to shoot outside from 3 to 6, and then indoors for the remainder of the evening. One of the best parts to see was a teacher announcing students at the large red front doors, sharing special recollections about each student. After going through our indoor setup, the couples traipsed through the beautiful gardens out back.

After taking photos, the kids took limos and party buses to restaurants, going as far away as the Bartow House in Nichols, the Boat House in Ithaca and the Harbor Hotel in Watkins Glen.

The prom ends at 2 in the morning, after which the kids head over to the high school for an all night post-prom party with an awesome prizes and entertainment. This party is the result of a ton of work on the part of OFA parents, and it shows! Kids received gift certificates, played everything from glow-in-the-dark golf to casino games, and entered their prize tickets to win dash cams, iPads, GPS units, and more! Then of course there was a full breakfast at 5 am.

Can’t forget a photo of myself and my awesome junior helper, who wrangled umbrellas and helped everything run smoothly!

Take a look at ALL photos from last weekend at our client proofing page, using the password ofaprom.

A big thank you to the OFA senior class for letting me capture your prom night!

Check out some photos from a recent newborn session with little Clare at The Camera’s Eye! Clare’s mom Rosey didn’t have any specifics in mind for props or themes, so I just went all-out with some of my current fave newborn setups!

Clare slept for an hour and a half straight, making it easy to get all of the shots we wanted. How cozy does she look??? And her parents decided to order birth announcements to celebrate their new addition 🙂

Thanks to Clare’s parents for bringing her to The Camera’s Eye to capture these memories:) Thinking about bringing your little one in as a newborn? Read more about what a newborn session is like here!