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the fer family
This is what I learned:
Water = good & smiles
No water= bad & frowns
At least for the first 3/4 of the shoot.
There was a last minute change of venue from the family’s home to a nearby park. We started down at the water, and it all kinda went downhill from there- for a while anyway. All R wanted to do was to go into the water. Fully clothed. Fully in. And when we but the kabosh on that, he wasn’t pleased. When he got over it a little, he was running and tripped and bumped his head on the asphalt. You can imagine he was really upset and we were going to end the whole thing. But daddy wisely suggested we go back home and see if we could get anything there. So we headed home and the first thing R did was to play with his water table and kiddie pool. Well, it quickly went from playing around the outside of the pool, to standing in the pool, to sitting in the pool fully clothed and soaking wet. But once he got his fill of the pool, we were able to venture out into the yard (and even into the house) for a few other shots.
He’s a great little boy and had some sweet smiles and giant brown eyes. He just really REALLY likes the water. Thanks mom & dad for your patience. Hope you like the pictures, even if he is dressed and in the pool!
To see all of the images from this session, please click HERE.
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the lee family
Can I just say how much I love my job!? Just take a look at how CUTE this little guy is. And he lives in a great location (if you couldn’t figure it out, the lower east side of Manhattan) with fabulous parents. And although Dad escaped to work early on in the shoot, Mom was more than willing to wander around with me to find interesting spots to shoot in. And we found a bunch.
He was just all smiles this one. Such a pleasure and such a gorgeous kid with his one litte toof and a big ol drool string!
To see the rest of the images from this shoot, please click HERE.
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the car 100th birthday
This was such a wonderful celebration and I was so happy to be a part of it- even just taking photos. The birthday girl turned 100 years old. Dosen’t she look fabulous?! And not only does she look great- she is so together. I’m told she still goes to Atlantic City all the time and loves it. It was really great to see all of her family and friends just love her to bits. I think my favorite part (besides meeting my new boyfriends seen here)
was seeing her with her best friend. They have been BFF’s for something like 75 years. How awesome is that??!
And I lost count of how many people called her “my second mother”. She is a well loved lady.
Her original birth certificate.
How gorgeous is the whole family? They are from the Basque region (between Spain and France). See, not only to I get to meet all kinds of interesting new people at shoots, but learn new things pretty much every time I do.
Hope the rest of the party was just as fun as the beginning. Happy 100th birthday, Maria! You’re awesome!
To view the rest of the images from the party, please click HERE.
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fish-boy
Ok, so about a year ago here on the blog I discussed how Timmy learned to swim in the big pool- albeit wearing his swimmy vest. Here’s the post. Well, today at the "crunchy club" the kid basically taught himself to swim. In the big pool. All by himself. No swimmy vest. Just swimming. He’s pretty awesome and still "cuter than pie" ala Jack & Patrick.
A few weeks back on a rainyish weekend when I was shooting, John (& Nelson too) took the boys to the Coney Island Aquarium and then to a Brooklyn Cyclones game. At the game, Timmy’s picture was on the big screen as the "best smile" of the game. Really, the kid is too cute. If I say so myself.
As for the big boys, they had their second swimming lesson today with Robert (who they are loving- they were watching for him to get off the lifeguard stand for like 15 minutes before their lesson). They are really doing great. Learning the strokes and even some diving today. Actual real headfirst diving. From a knee for now, but they’ll be getting all the way there soon. And most importantly, they really like it.
Worked up the invitations for the big boys birthday party where The Turn will be playing! They are SO totally excited.
Front:
Back:
John and Ken booked a big whirlwind baseball trip for just the boys coming up the first weekend of August. They are flying to Kansas City (ya, the plane is at 6am. SIX AM. That means they have to leave the house around 4:30am. Good luck with that.) on a Friday, seeing the Royals vs. White Sox Friday night. Visiting the Negro League Hall of Fame Museum Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon more Royals vs. Sox, driving toward St.Louis Saturday evening and stopping where ever to sleep. Sunday morning visiting Gateway Arch and seeing St. Louis vs. Philadelphia Sunday night. Monday, driving to Chicago to see the Cubs vs. Astros that night and leaving Chicago Tuesday morning to fly home. Do you think they might be a little tired when it’s all done?
Just a side note…I know there are a lot more pictures of Timmy than of the big boys. But there is a legitimate reason for that. One, most of the time, they are at school and Timmy’s around more. Two, they are so totally sick of my camera. Like Pavolvian dogs, when they hear the velcro ripping on my camera bag, they scatter like bugs. So while I’d like to take more pictures of them they suffer severely from PCS (photographers child syndrome) and will not have it unless they are in the mood or bribed. So I try to leave them alone as much as possible so when the really important things come up that I need pictures of them for, they may possibly cooperate. Maybe.
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the rey family
Well, a part of the rey family anyway! This adorable family lives in my parents building and just welcomed their newest son recently. Mom is also a professional cake maker (she made my parents beautiful and delish wedding cake in May) so she’s got great creative vision. Both boys were totally adorable and the older son ended up giving me some kisses in the middle of the shoot- heartbreaker!
The giant blocks were a big hit (for me anyway), and the big brother thought it was hilarious to see his baby brother in the little wagon. He pulled him around the room a little but we were all a little panicked about that cause he didn’t get the “go slow” thing.
The baby just loved being outside and taking in all the sights. It was about a thousand degrees out, so he was all toasty in just his diaper.
To view the rest of the images from this session, please click HERE.
