jordan + jayna

Here are a few more pictures from another great portrait session. Jayna was one of my first subjects, I photographed her when she was just a few months old when I was in school at New England School of Photography in 2002. Now she's in second grade - yikes!

Here's Jordan being adorable as we waited for Jayna to get home from school....

Jordan's signature dance move....this totally cracks me up, but I think you need video to do it justice.

Jen thought it would be fun to recreate a picture we did with her and Jayna...here's the one from last month....

And here's the one from 2004!

I love this little series, nothing like sisters...

It was a pleasure, as always!!! Thanks guys!

liam + cate

I am determined to catch up before Thanksgiving, so here's another post for you! I got to spend a lovely fall afternoon with friends of ours who live right down the road. It really doesn't seem like that long ago when we went to Liam's baby shower in Boston, but, clearly some time has passed!

They were having a tea party when I got there, adorable.

Liam was making faces for Cate's benefit.....

and then launched himself off of the stone wall - check out Cate's face!


I love this series...

Did I mention he can fly?

fall family pictures....

Hello everyone!  Cannot believe it's November....

Without further ado, here are some recent family pics from some of my favorite 2004 clients!!  I shot some portraits of little Maggie two years ago, and now that she's a big sister, we need equal coverage!  Here's the little man...adorable...

As you can see from above, Maggie liked to be on the run during this session.  She liked being on dad's shoulders.....

So we seized that opportunity to grab a quick family portrait!

Congratulations!  It was so nice seeing you guys again!

little miss brooke

I love when I get news that former wedding clients of mine are expecting!  Val and AJ were clients of mine from 2006, when we had our initial meeting I was pregnant with Lee, and when she came to pick up her final album I had just had Jonah!  She has always been super sweet, and even given me baby presents for the kids, so of course I couldn't wait to meet Brooke.  She was soundly sleeping in Grandpa's arms when I arrived....

Her room is adorable - think she has enough stuffed animals?







This picture just cracks me up - hello dahling!

Love the baby bums!







Daddy love....

hello baby kate!

Lucky baby Kate was born on 7-7, and I got to meet her just 8 days later. Here she is with mom, Brigitte...



Correct me if I'm wrong, but I swear this is a smile!!





I just love her sheets!!! Brigitte already has two boys, so she had a lot of fun with all of the girly stuff at Pottery Barn!








little tiny diapers!


Kate giving us the signal that we're done!!


I couldn't resist getting a few more feet shots while she was eating. Adorable!

a little relaxing on cape cod....

We had some time to go down the cape recently, and had gorgeous weather. I also had Arnold's, Sundae School ice cream, and Villa Pizza, so how could that be a bad trip???




So, one of my MOST challenging subjects is my daughter Lee. I think she's beautiful, but she tends to make these wacky faces that make it difficult to get a traditionally great picture of her....here's a few examples....




Anyway, I stick with it long enough, and I'm able to get something...



Jonah on the other hand.....the camera loves him.


We went out to Coast Guard Beach in the evening (much less crowded, and very pretty light!). Stephen and Jonah checked out the surfers. Stephen used to own the Pump House in Orleans, and is hoping that Lee & Jonah will be surfing with him soon!






I can't wait to get back down to the cape this weekend to shoot Catherine & Kevin's wedding at Willowbend Country Club in Mashpee. Their family is so fun, and not only will there be past clients there, but clients from this coming summer, as well!

welcome baby brendan!

So after meeting super-handsome Sammy last year, I was thrilled to meet his younger brother Brendan! The proud parents are 2004 wedding clients, and it was great to see them (or at least Meghan and her mom!) again.



So, most photographers have a hard time getting anything except "sleeping baby" shots with such tiny babies, but not so with Brendan. At 13 days old (and with a full belly), he was wide awake and perfectly content. I love this shot.


And how perky and happy does Meghan look? I definitely don't remember looking that fantastic when Jonah was 2 weeks old...




Big brother Sammy even got in the action, this was right before/after a little kiss. Brendan almost looks like he's smiling!


Being a big brother is HARD....


OK, so....a disclaimer here. I realize that this is not the super-sweet baby calendar type picture, but I love it for a very specific reason. When you bring your little baby home from the hospital, they cross their eyes A LOT the first few weeks. They are still learning how to control their little eye muscles. Now, you would think as a mom that you would remember this, but you forget! In fact, I totally forgot how much Lee and Jonah used to do it until I saw Brendan doing it. So, I just love that this captures a moment in time which goes by faster than you can believe.





Now HERE'S the super-sweet calendar picture....


Congratulations, I'm so happy for you guys!!

zachary and nathan

Last weekend I finally got to meet Zachary and Nathan!! Stephanie and Jeff are wedding clients from 2004, and the proud parents of one year old twin boys Zachary and Nathan. I had so much fun hanging out with these guys, they loved the camera and were so snuggly!





Tickle time with dad..





How to keep two one year olds in the same place for a few minutes? Toss them some Cheerios!











The whole family!


Like I said, snuggly......


Bottle time!


Before I left, Jeff had a request for a picture of their bare bums. More than happy to oblige, these are some of my favorites of the day! I see these being busted out at their rehearsal dinners some day.






Thanks for having me over, it was so fun!!!

happy father's day!!!

happy father's day to all you dads out there! we'll be having some family q-t here, but I thought I would post a couple nice dad moments from the last two shoots. much more to come from both of them soon!!!

max!

After a few rainstorms and flus, I finally got to hang out with Max!!! We had a great time with chalk, play-doh, balls, and all things yellow (his favorite color).

lee

So, I am a little behind in sharing some photos from David's Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, but I just had to share my new favorite picture of my daughter, Lee.

Liam + Evan

A few days ago I got to spend some time with a pair of VERY cute cousins - Liam and Evan. We took some pictures at their grandmother's house, and they were just so sweet!

I was told Liam likes to spend a lot of time upside down.







Evan looking a bit pensive on the stairs, I think he looks like such a little man in this picture!



I was trying to get him to smile for me, so I was playing peek-a-boo with this ball. I put it down to take the picture, and Evan started doing it to me!





Liam had a wardrobe change - what a snappy dresser.







We decided to try out the neighbor's swingset. I thought Evan might like the tire swing. I thought wrong.



He did perk up a bit, though!






Liam crashing after his big photo shoot....


Thanks for having me over, can't wait for you to see the rest!


If you haven't already, check out my new portrait section on my site!

graham and elsa

So, I finally have some time to do portraits and I am so excited about it! I photographed Graham and Elsa and I just love how their personalities shine through. I will be launching a portrait section on my website, so be sure to check back.

My portraits are relaxed and natural - no weird backgrounds, no fake tin tubs or artificial tree stumps. Just people in their own environments - beautiful.

fun at home with the 200mm...

so i had a weekend with no weddings, no bar mitzvahs, no conventions......so of course i pull out the 70-200 to get some pictures of the kids. i usually don't use that lens to shoot inside the house, but it was really fun!
lee was serious about coloring...