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the making of a holiday card

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:06:06 +0000

Finally!! It’s two days before Christmas, the cards have all been received and now I can share with you our family holiday card for 2011! It was a bit of a workout. The first two minutes were a breeze, the middle 40 were total frustration (gotta love it when photographers kids don’t cooperate) and then the last 5 minutes I got the shots that I wanted. Sigh. I did a shoot a couple of weeks before but it wasn’t my original concept and I just couldn’t commit to it. I’ve been wanting to do something like this for two years so I went with my gut, bought some old sleds and on a gorgeous evening my husband and I took the kids and the pooch to the location. I’m really happy with the outcome, I just wish I had some more of my youngest. He wasn’t really into it plust he kept getting the giant candy cane stuck in his mouth and then crying and tears were plentiful. So here it is! Happy, happy holidays to you all! xoxo

i loved this next one until I came to the one below…..

and the final product…..

fa-la-la-la fall

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:57:52 +0000

It’s December 6th and I’m still blogging fall sessions! Ahhhh! I really want to start posting holiday images, ideas, decorations, songs, etc etc, but I’m kind of anal when it comes to blogging and like to keep it neat and orderly meaning I blog in chronological order–or as close to as possible! I met these boys last year on a small farm for our session. It was fuh-fuh-fuh-freezing that day so I was happy that mom scheduled an early fall session this year. The foliage was looking beautiful and the boys were very excited to see me. Great start! I made them homemade bow and arrows, a set for both. Unfortunately one broke about 2 minutes into the session, so we scratched that idea and then just had fun and goofed around. What I couldn’t get over was how much mom looks like one of my best friends. It is really uncanny!! I didn’t notice last year because she wore sunglasses for the session but when I walked into their home this year it hit me like a ton of bricks! Wow, wow, wow!! Doppelganger!! So here we go….enjoy! xo

oliviah

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:27:58 +0000

3 going on 16. Likes wet washcloths, her bunny, hot chocolate and to try as hard as she can NOT to smile for me (even though I know she really wants to). This session was really about getting her little brother photographed–blog to come–but, you know me, I just can’t resist an adorable, well dressed little girl. It’s our 4th session together and she continues to surprise and delight me. The range of her expression is really any photographer’s dream. Some of these make my heart leap. Enjoy!

ha! gotcha, oliviah

and this next one? yeah. heart leaping.

kinda loving this b&w version as well, what about you?

Of course when it’s time to wrap the session she is all smiles for me…

And this was shot for Little Goodall. You may remember my shoots for this amazing coat designer here and here. My heart doesn’t only leap for this shot, it *sings*.

Shot October 4, 2011. Canon 5D Mark II, 50mm 1.2L

beautiful fall

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:58:51 +0000

It’s what many clients ask and wait for….beautiful fall foliage. These gorgeous Tennessee transplants requested just that. We did a bit of hiking to get to the peak that overlooked a red, orange and yellow toned vista and then headed to another location to capture a quintessential New England red barn as our backdrop. Shot October 11th….slowly but surely I’m getting caught up Enjoy!