J&Q - E Shoot

J&Q are really quite awesome together. Cool, calm, cheerful and in love. J and I started our first right out of college teaching jobs together... almost a decade ago. What a lot has changed in our lives since then. I can't tell you what an honor it was to hear from her about her engagement and be asked to photograph them both. Another colleague and dear friend of ours always told me, the two happiest days in your life are the day you get engaged and the day your first child is born. Alas, I can say they are definitely among my faves along side our wedding day, subsequent children's births, honeymoon dayzzzz, oh and rehoneymoons, family reunions from foreign lands and and a few other hidden jewels along the way. Ah, life is good...

These two have the soon-to-be-married, forever's at our fingertips kind of glow. And, they've picked a gem of a wedding date! I know you'll enjoy this glimpse of their togetherness, as two hearts on the threshold of L.I.F.E, and as a terrific trio with their pup, Mister O. He's quite the rascal, make no mistake, but adds oodles of fun, slobber and glee to these pics, and clearly J&Q's everyday. Love that. Love these. Love to you, the beautiful couple. Enjoy these blissful days captured just fleetingly here on camera, to make you smile for years to come: the world's most awesome and all-that-matters gift: your ❤.

Have to start with my fave...



Love & Laughter...







J, as you see, has the most beautiful eyes...





Blue jeans, baby...





And here's O... who did find all the kissing rather... boooooring...



Unless of course he was in the middle of it all. Then he was licking, winking or all smiles :)



See how he adds his spunk...?



Oh, I love these...




The look...



The love...



J&Q, whatever other best days of your life await you, cause Lord knows you'll make your own, I wish you as much joy and laughter as you glowed this day, and so much more... xox

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TGI The B Fam!

It's Friday, so you deserve a treat. Believe it or not, this is just a sneak peek, but I couldn't help but post a few on this most glorious day, of this most glorious family who I can tell you are absolutely as loving, beautiful and captivating as they appear in these shots. It was such a pleasure to photograph these fine folk again and while the editing process can sometimes be an almighty task, this time every new image that downloads off my camera seems to be my reminder of all the good in this world. The tangible giggles and tender adoration of one another is ever so apparent in every image and makes my job such a joy. And what a miracle families are: in every shape and size and sparkle of the sun. Thank you for taking me back to all that matters, you three, almost four. You are just the most awesome.





What a gift...







How lucky and loved is this little boy?



xox

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T Fam

This was a fun hour! I knew this family name when they signed up for a golden light session a couple of months back, but didn't know them. Funnily enough, my parents were our connection, something they didn't realize until about half way through our shoot. My mama said these folk were more than wonderful, but the T padres didn't know I was a Hare. Perhaps our different last names, opposite accents and the generations of leverets spanning three decades confused them! Go figure... But, boy, do I love small towns and friendships that overlap in the craziest ways. Today at Abbot Library, I ran into someone I did a shoot for this past weekend. I had never seen her before our session and today, just 3 days later, we were busting a rhyme and up to our elbows in glue sticks with our 5.75 babies combined like old pals. The same thing has happened with so many of my clients, and dare I say that even if I didn't love this work enough to keep me going strong, the mere love of knowing a smiling face on every street corner is certainly egging me on. Anyway, without further ado, here are some pics of this new and fabulous family, oozing with constant joy and fun. I am sure I'll see them here, there and everywhere now, but until then, I'm pretty content with having their genuinely gorgeous and giddy faces light up my screen.



It's the most wonderful time of the year...





This series cracks me up - photo booth bonanza at the fort :)



And these two... sigh...



I just love big sisters loving on their little brothers... It's pretty much all I've ever known.



Terrific family, sitting and smiling...



Or doing whatever it is makes them burst with joy.



Mama T put it best today, upon receiving her slideshow, exclaiming with tears in her eyes that she would like to wallpaper her bedroom with these faces. I know the feeling and I think it's a most wonderful idea.



As if there was ever any doubt... The T fam is, indeed, more than wonderful. Mama always knows best.

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Sunshine Day

I keep writing here that this is most likely the last warm and summery session to be posted, but in my older years, I have become quicker to point out when I am wrong, and here, ever so publicly, I am proven ever so incorrect once more. I guess as long as there are families that ooze warmth and sunshine, summer will go on. These guys were no exception. What a beautiful thing to capture a mama (who happens to be spellboundingly beautiful) and her two blessed babes. Up and down the hills of Fort Sewall we ran the day before October arrived. We played t-ball, we threw leaves, we looked for prisoners in the jail and held hands for all sorts of smiles, but my favorite shots of all are these... just two little ones and their mother who adores them. No props, special effects or editing stunts needed. Perfect.

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the joy of friends

Photographing friends is about as harmoniously happy as it can get for me. Hanging out with two of my true loves: le sel de la terre y Señor Canon. Photographing my own family is also fun, but I rarely try any tricks with them and most of the time end up throwing my camera aside in the name of living the moment, but then of course, missing the kodak one :( Oh and sometimes, quite often, I throw the camera aside because, plain and simple: they are hams! Occasionally as uncooperative and feisty as foolish pheasants. Yup, those crazy cuddly cute faces you see on here from time to time...

...they do sometimes drive me mad. Really, mamas who are clients, I do understand why your little ones' session sitting or lack there of can make you bonkers. But with a little faith and the occasional deep, deep breath, (oh for a Cuba Libre) aren't the pics always a reward...?

Anyway... I digress... to go back to these fab four, my cheeks were hurting after our September session and I wanted to stay all night... okay, maybe call my bestest 3, have them meet us downtown, and then stay all night :) Here are just a few highlights for you. As usual, I edited way too many pictures, but when you see all of this goodness and glee before you, you simply cannot hit 'delete'. No sah. M Fam... I felt the love and know you do you too xox



two boys and their gorgeous, giddy mama .... ♥



I did not dream up this idea... but it's a keeper!







And when folks are this fab, there is beauty to be found even as we go our separate ways...

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The R Family

These guys just radiate loveliness, wouldn't you agree? Mom is the sweetest person imaginable and her two boys are among the cutest kids you'll ever see. We enjoyed yet another awesome August evening together and were lucky enough to catch Dad on the tail end. Boston commutes can be a drag! I can't wait to watch these little guys grow up along side my own two sweet ones. Families like these make 01945 feel like a forever home.

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G Generations

There is a beauty in this love, I mean job of mine that I never really expected once upon a time when I dreamed it up... and it's this: You meet these quite remarkable people. They share your town. Your sand. Your skies. You stumble in awe of their radiance, that day at the meeting. Their laughter. Their desire to just be. And be captured being. And then, as if by coincidence, but not, you meet again. And again. Sometimes in town. Sometimes in the sand. And then again, oh so luckily, in front of the camera. To renew your awe of them. To make you, too, smile. To make every moment of this job a love.

You may recognize these faces. Boy, I know you'll be happy to see them again...

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