Kelly Kester Photography

Pinch me! I’ve always wanted to photograph a magazine cover… and thanks to ROC City Lifestyle , my dream has come true 🤩. I was so honored to photograph the cover story for their May Issue, which is all about Rochester women entrepreneurs. We had a lovely afternoon at the incredibly gorgeous , and I’m just so thrilled with how this shoot turned out.

Roc City Lifestyle has an absolutely luscious print version, but you can check out the digital version at the link below.

Thank you to the amazing women who came together for this:
Dr. Gabriela Carranza of Victor Prosthodontics
Alayna Alderman of Don's Original
Erin Edar & DeeDee DiMarco of Cedar & Deed

Digital Issue at: https://citylifestyle.com/rocny/issues/2026-05

And finally… my own family! I always tell my clients that my family has become like the cobbler’s children who have no shoes- as soon as I started offering Christmas photos to my clients, our own went right out the window. Nate and Claire always help me out with my holiday sessions though, so occasionally I remember to grab some photos of us before we leave for the day. We may not have coordinating outfits, and I may have broken a cardinal rule of photography and left my phone in my back pocket (🤦🏻‍♀️), but I’m glad we at least have these sweet photos to commemorate 2025. Oh- and I’ve got a plethora of ridiculous photos of Claire and Nate from when they were helping me test lighting (keep scrolling 😅).

No matter what or how you celebrate, I hope you and yours are having a wonderful holiday season. Thank you for everyone who came in to share your celebrations with me!