Drea Rousseau Photography

Hello beautiful people. I've been away from the computer busy with classes this summer, and just returned from a brief visit to upstate NY to see family. While there I was hit with inspiration by the art at the Corning Glass Museum.

Some of my greatest inspiration comes from being surrounded by art and artists, so this was definitely good for my creative soul! I had a lot of fun photographing the glassblowing demonstrations and wandering through the galleries looking at all of the incredible glasswork.

And, because apparently I am incapable of visiting anywhere without finding a mushroom, I was especially excited to discover a blown-glass mushroom. 🍄😂 Naturally, it had to be photographed.

Here are a few of my favorite shots from the visit. It was a wonderful little side trip—and exactly the kind of creative inspiration I needed after spending so much of the summer buried in schoolwork.

Stay tuned for further inspiration (the nature kind) from my trip!

I hope you enjoy them 🥰

A few favorites from a recent grad session 🎓

This one might have been a little more special than usual ❤️

So proud of you (and yes, I will absolutely keep making you model for me). 📸

Sometimes my camera and I decide to go on an adventure. This Saturday past, I picked up my camera and we ended up a few centuries in the past.

Our adventure began with music drifting through the air and the sound of laughter echoing down the paths, leaving you with moments that felt like they belonged to another time and place

Was I in a cottage-core dream? (I’m pretty sure I spotted a gnome and a few walking mushrooms, but I can’t prove it…).

Performers and storytellers, patrons and vendors. They all have wonderful little details that make them unique, and you only notice them when you slow down long enough to look.

And every once in a while... a familiar face, from a familiar place, shows up in an unexpected place!

Here’s the beginning of that little journey 📸✨

(Part 2 coming soon…)

Spring begins where the sky meets the mountains.

From my archives—first light on the top of Mount Le Conte, March 21, 2023, a blustery 10° F.

As it warms here in the south and starts to feel more like summer, I can’t help but miss the mountains. How is the weather where you are?

Springtime in Asheville... where even the shadows dance.

Caught this flash of red at the Corkscrew Swamp Boardwalk—such a neat little woodpecker! 🌿🐦 Have you spotted one in the wild before?”

Sundays are for Seniors and Cats... and Senior Cats.

Some people spend Easter doing Easter-things. I spent the morning doing a fun Senior Photo shoot for a beautiful senior getting ready to graduate. (Stay tuned for a sneak peak!)

I spent my Easter evening with the Clowder, snagging the regal shot of the Old Man, the King of our Castle, the one and only Abraham DeLacey Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley.

Contact me for more information on a Pet Portrait session for your furry (or feathered) companions.

From my archives: Spring in the City.

Old Tree at the Plinth, June 2024.
Artist: Pamela Rosenkranz.
On display from May 2023 through the end of September 2024.

During a day of wandering in the City, I spotted a pinkish glow in the distance, and went in search to see what it could be. It was Rosenkranz's Old Tree, with the color mimicking the blood vessels, organs and tissues, highlights the connection human and plant life, which begs the viewer to contemplate what is natural and what is synthetic.

Read more about this piece here and make an effort to get out to see more art wherever you are: https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/pamela-rosenkranz/

Springtime in Central Park feels a little like stepping into Wonderland 🌺🐰🌿

Spring is coming! A favorite capture of mine from spring in New York City (2025).

More from "Spring in the City" coming soon.