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  • Hello! My name is Petronella, a wedding and lifestyle photographer based in the New York/New Jersey area.

    I love butterflies so much that when I found out Lamborghinis have “butterfly doors,” I knew I had to figure out a way to be around one with its “wings” up and open. My dream recently came true when my good friend Stacy Beaucicaut-Etienne photographed me inside one and I was beaming with excitement.

    I believe in making your dreams happen, expressing love and who you are and I love capturing those candid moments.

    I would be honored to get to know you and photograph your story. Connect with me or follow me on Twitter or Facebook.

Alabama E-Session Featured on Munaluchi

So excited to have Sonia and Josh’s Birmingham, AL engagement session featured on Munaluchi Bridal online!

Munaluchi pronounced ”moon-na-loo-chee” is a combination of two African names (one Ethiopian and the other Nigerian) and means “beautiful work of God.”

Sonia and Josh are such a beautiful, wonderful couple and it was such a pleasant experience to photograph them both.  Be sure to check out and comment on Sonia and Josh’s love story and engagement session here!

 

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Reading your comments makes me smile!

Beautiful is… Unconditional Love

Beautiful is… a kiss from your parents

proclaiming their unconditional love.

 

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Reading your comments makes me smile!

Happy Mother’s Day!

Wishing much love to all mothers and mothers to be everywhere.

 

 

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Reading your comments makes me smile!

Happy Birthday Baby Sis!

Dear God, thank you so much for blessing me with the most amazing sister ever!

My sister is my heart and soul.  Even though we’re not twins, many people say we look alike, talk alike and think alike.  She inspires, challenges and loves me to be my best, and I’m so grateful that she’s in my life.

I love you baby sis.  I can’t wait to share and be there with you this year and for many more years.

Love always, P

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Bottom right photo is our “pretty girl” smile taught to us by my mother, who used to tell us that pretty girls smiled like this.  Can you guess who’s who in each photo?

 

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I love those pictures. They remind me of my sister and I growing up back home. The pony tail and being dressed like twins. You’re the young lady on the left and May is the other lady on the right. There’s truly nothing like a sister to share everything with. Cherish each other forever.

Defining My Goals Visually

If you can dream and see it and work hard, you can make it happen.

Lately everything I’m visualized and believed has come true, sometimes much faster than expected, which reinforces for me: the power of visualization + hard work.

This year, inspired by this 2011 post by Lara Casey, I created this vision board (one of 3) as inspiration for how I want to evolve and where I want to be.  Unlike my online Pinterest boards, I believe that having a physical, tangible board makes my dreams more tangible.

Right now this board with sparkly, dreamy magazine visuals and a few kick butt quotes, represents what’s been on my mind lately: photography style and evolution, brides and weddings, the definiton of beauty, a website redesign, daily inspiration to push forward, culture and style.

In the coming months, I hope to refer back to this post and board to see how and where it guided me.

 

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Great board — but it would be magnified in power by 500 percent if you’d put a picture of YOU in the center of the board– that way you immerse yourself into your vision and “own” your goals! PS if you and your readers would like to see a free chapter of the bestselling book THE VISION BOARD (sold 100,000 copies) please go to: http://amzn.to/IGphV4 ENJOY sharing the vision!

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