1. Tell us about Park Avenue Photography.
After the birth of my first son, my love of photography became a 
more serious pursuit, capturing my own child on film as well as the children of friends and family. Taking photographs of children quickly turned into my home-based studio, Park Avenue Photography where I specialize in fine art portraits of babies, children, families, and pregnancy.2. You published a book in 2006 of your photography. Can you tell us about that? Do you have any advice for other artist moms who might like to also publish their work?
..so that I was essentially telling a story with my photographs. Pure Innocence was born as I connected all of the photos as emotions in childhood: titling each of the 15 photographs "pure ______" for the emotion that it evoked. After the show, my mind kept thinking in terms of "pure this" and "pure that" and I realized that I wanted to expand on it and create a coffee table book. It took about 2 years from conception to completion but it is something that I am very proud of. I ended up self-publishing and would highly recommend the company that I used and would be happy to talk to anyone who was looking into going through this process.3. How do you balance being a mother and a wife with being a professional?
n of technology. The technology is a huge factor in making it possible to work around my families' schedule and work from home. Outside of the actual photoshoot, I am able to do all of my other work from editing and post production, to communicating with clients, sending out newsletters, booking shoots, maintaining my website, and accepting payments all on my laptop (in my bed, if I like!) while my children are asleep! It truly amazes me and I am thankful everyday to be doing what I'm doing!4. What inspires you the most in your adventures as an Artsy Mama?
what I do! It definitely nurtures my creative passion. I think I am lucky because my art is so visual that everything I see is inspiring to me in some way...from my children's faces, to beautiful landscapes, magazine ads, just about anything! I think I am constantly taking inventory of the things around me, and not to sound cliche but I noticed that a lot of times recently, I 'see in pictures'. I think that just happens to you as an artist...the longer you do what you do.5. If we wanted to see some more of your work or contact you, how would we go about doing so?
http://www.
or email me at
samantha@
I just recently combined my website with my blog to create a 'blogsite' and I am loving it. Everything is all in one place, my galleries, my blogposts etc. so it's great!
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