• children & families

    the sar family

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    This was my first shoot for this lovely family who came to me by way of the syl family who’s session was a few weeks back. The kids were gorgeous and so much fun. They had great eye contact (which I love) and were really good natured, going along with pretty much whatever I asked. We knocked out the kids and family shots first as the boys and dad had a soccer game to get to. Then we concentrated on the beautiful baby girl. 

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    Love that mom indulged me with my usual crazy baby shots. Hope that you are happy with them. I think this one is my new favorite picture!

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  • children & families

    the hic family at the beach

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    These folks are easily turning into one of my favorite families to photograph. I met them early this year when their littlest son was born and I did their family photos then. Then mom asked if we could do a beach shoot and I was so there. They are a fun bunch, and all gorgeous which really does not hurt. How Angie Harmon is mom (I tend to relate lots of my clients to celebrities. Just happens, can’t help it)? The baby got so big since March and the older kids are just as good looking and nice.

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    Mom specifically requested the holding hands by the ocean picture and some "baby parts" pictures. Hope this is what you were thinking, C.

    Pleasure to see you all again (even you dad, even knowing how much you didn’t want to be there after sitting in that traffic!)! Looking forward to the next one in 2009!

  • occassions & parties

    the czy 90th birthday

    First, sorry for the delay on the new post. Been swamped with shoots and editing and just life. I’m back in the daily posting mode now, promise.

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    My good friend Jen’s grandfather celebrated is 90th birthday a few weeks ago with a wonderful party in Brooklyn and the family asked me to take pictures of this very special day. The view was fantastic and the party was filled with so much love for this man, it was just unbelievable. They are of Russian decent, so there was a whole new cultural experience for me…with the 3 toasts, singing, shots, etc. It was a real blast and everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves tremendously, especially the "birthday boy". This was a FUN family!

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    The speeches that his son and his grandchildren gave were so heartwarming and heartfelt, I didn’t feel like I had just met the man an hour prior, but that I had known him for a very long time. Everyone was moved to tears on more than one occassion- but all happy tears. It was a great day!

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    Thank you for letting me share in it. Hope you enjoy your pictures. All of the photos from the day are in an album on the left side.

  • personal

    a little break from our regularly scheduled programming…

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    Just needed one day off from posting the zillion shoots I’ve been doing. So bringing you some new pictures of Timmy. The big boys are boycotting the camera for right now so, this is all I have.

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    Some random happenings around here:

    *Jack and Patrick are getting so big and are starting to have some tasty "pit stink" by the end of the day. OMG- already??? And it really, really smells. Bad.

    * Timmy finally looks like he’s getting bigger (he’s been in the 25%tile for height) and filling out a bit. Must be all the chocolate and steak. (and no, not together. ewwww.).

    *weird coinsidences around here lately. Thinking of things or people that I haven’t seen in a long time and then running into them. Never hearing of a place before that day and then hearing of it three more times within a week. Strange.

    *speaking of strange…saw this fair set up by the mall (we pass it twice a week on the way to OT and PT for Timmy) and just HAD TO HAVE pictures in there before it was open. So Timmy and I braved the ‘carnies’, and believe me, they were a little frightening, and walked around the empty carnival taking pictures. None of the rides were open but we snuck around where we could and snapped a few. They were actually nice about it (but still scary). All I could think of was my favorite show EVER- Carnivale. I miss that and am still pissed off about the non-ending. So wrong.

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    * just saw a segment on the news about what you could buy for $700billion- the whole buyout deal. And it freaked me out. Did you realize that you could provide heathcare for every. single. american. for 5 years with that?  More stuff that’s just so wrong.

    *finished all but one of the books that I bought over the summer (so 6 so far) and really enjoyed all of them. Heading to the bookstore tommorrow with the boys to do some fill in shopping for all of us. Not that I’m going to have time to read them until we go to Florida for Christmas…

    *still working so hard (and loving every minute of it) on the zillion shoots I have booked until the end of the year. More coming tommorrow and probably pretty much every day until December. The bad weather this weekend is absolutely killing me. So frustrating. Here’s a fairly unflattering picture of me working at the wedding posted below. But I’m smiling cause I love what I do. Please ignore the frizzy hair- it was so humid outside and I had been shooting outside since early that morning. It only got worse at the beach as the day wore on. I still can’t believe I have a business!

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  • weddings

    the dal wedding

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    Spent the day (the very hot, humid day I might add) shooting this great couple at their fantastic wedding. Their friends and families looked on as they tied the knot and celebrated their new marraige at the Atlantic Beach Club. Both the mass and the reception were lovely and love-filled. All the kids were just over the top cute and very, very cooperative. The beach shots were a favorite of mine and I’m so glad the bride and groom were so excited to do them as well! They looked fantastic (the bride’s makeup was perfect and her eyes were to die for) and I think they had a great day. Even thought it was so very hot and humid.

    Before the mass at the bride’s parents house:

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    At the church:

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    At the office (the groom is an attorney and this is his office building. There was a special request for me to take some shots there and I was all too happy to oblige):

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    At the reception:

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    ALL f the pictures from the day are in an album on the left under the dal wedding. Just click on any image to see it bigger.

    And big thank you to my friend Beth for being my second shooter and backup help. And friend who knows exactly what I’m thinking before I say it. We even got matching sand/shoe blisters that night!

    Thanks for letting me share in your special day, E & T! You guys were great. And many congratulations!