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the pear baby
If you are a bsquared blog follower, I’m sure you’ll remember these gorgeous girls and their gorgeous mom (Dad was working this time around). Well, they have since added another gorgeous girl to their family.
This shoot was quite challenging (and not because of the subjects- far from it- they were great!) but because it was yet another day of rain with dark skies. The only room in the house that had good light for me was the baby’s room on the bed right at the windows. So we couldn’t move around much, but we totally made it work. At least I think so.
She is a beautiful baby. Pure and simple. Just look at that skin! And that hair! and that chub, too!
If you’d like to see all of the images from this shoot, please click HERE.
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garrett & susan- part 3 (after the ceremony)
If you’ve been following along (and I hope that you have) I kinda skipped over this part and went right from the cerermony to the reception. So I thought I’d like to save this series for last cause I love them (really, I love all the pictures from the wedding, but these are just among my favorites). All the pressure was off at this point and everyone was getting ready to head into the reception. The guests were enjoying cocktail hour and we went back to the beautiful courtyard for some pictures.
I think everyone couldn’t have been happier!
They’re pretty much self explanatory, so I’ll just leave you with these final images from Garrett & Susan’s wedding. And a big THANK YOU to them from me- you guys were wonderful and I had such a great time photographing your special day!
Please click HERE if you’d like to see the rest of the images from this part of the wedding.
Now just wait til you all see the Trash The Dress session that we did when the happy couple arrived home from their honeymoon. We totally rocked it to pieces!! Coming soon. Well, soonish.
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the coll family
This family was so filled with fabulousness. Between the outfits, the kids, and the parents, it was a great session. (Didn’t think I’d say that, did you L?) We had some bumps in the road with the boys but you could never really tell by the pictures. And really, what else matters?
Their daughter is definitely an ‘old soul’ and reminded me so much of my Jack. With the way above her years vocabulary (used completely correctly I might add) and awesome insights pouring out of her at every turn. She was a great help during the whole shoot.
The middle boy was quite a pip and was really only interested in playing in the sand. Can you blame him? I mean it is the beach afterall.
And the little one was so cute and funny. Every time I asked Mom and Dad to do something silly to make him laugh and Dad would put Mom up on his shoulders (told you they were awesome), the baby would scream and cry! Got some anyway, so HA! It’s the best getting a good picture of a challenging subject. (and by the way, good height daddy!)
Love these of Mom. I think every mom should have some fabulous shots of just herself. Cause really, when does that ever happen?
And more family shots…
Thanks so much for everything, Coll family. Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed meeting you. To view all of the pictures from this session, please click HERE.
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6 for saturday
1. Feeling absolutely SO totally overwhelmed lately and realizing that there are not nearly enough hours in the day to get even half of what needs to get done, done. And going to that bad place where you can’t even figure out where to start as there is just so much to do. Need to breathe.
2. Realized that since I’ve been so busy that I haven’t really taken any pictures of the boys where there wasn’t an event. Just taken out the camera and started snapping away at home. So I did. We got a 15 minute break in the rain so went outside to take a few.
It’s quite a look, dontcha think?
3. About 20 minutes after taking these, Timmy took a header down the ramp at my parent’s apartment building while running at full speed and hitting a patch of sand at the bottom. He scraped his nose and lip really good and was all scabbed up for a while. But these were favorites all taken with the 135mm L lens. Yum.
4. If it keeps raining, I’m going to really seriously and totally lose my mind. And I’m not even kidding. So glad we put in a brand new inground sprinkler system (that has not turned on once since installation 3 weeks ago) and paid for the beach and country clubs for the summer. What summer, I ask you??
5. The boys made it to the playoffs (to the 3rd round) for Little Leauge this year and I was so happy that I actually made one game that I could watch! I left Timmy with my parents and got to see Jack pitch and both of them hit singles. There are tons of pictures below to make up for all the games I missed this year! Unfortunately, they lost but they played really well (and bummed I missed the game where Jack pitched 3 innings, 2 of which were no-hitters!) and they left pretty happy with what they accomplished this year. They will also be playing on a travel team this summer as well as doing a 2 week baseball camp and playing in the Summer SandLot games too. It’s all baseball, all the time here. Funny, but you know how I loathe baseball normally? I actually like watching them play!
6. All of my shoots today except for one rescheduled. I had one family reschedule cause the baby has one rainbow colored black eye, and the other family was going to be an extended family shoot where everyone was coming in from DC and Atlanta. The DC contingent made it, but due to the crappy weather (of course) the Atlanta family flew out, made it to N. Carolina where they circled til they ran out of fuel and landed right back in Atlanta instead of LaGuardia. Heading up to Conneticut to visit Robin and drop off a crib to her and then over 2 towns to a shoot for a highschool friend and her family.
Hope everyone enjoys their weekend and that it dosen’t rain. Again.
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garrett & susan- part 4 (the reception)
Ok, so I know I’m really supposed to only be up to part 3 , but part 3 looks very similar to part 2 as most of it is in the same location. So to mix things up a little, I’m skipping ahead to the reception. Part 3 (after the ceremony with all the bride & groom together shots, family, bridal party, etc) will be up soon. So for today, enjoy the reception!
By the looks of things, everyone was READY for the party.
The groom had a sweet card for the bride. I snuck over to catch the moment.
A beautiful sunset, a happy bride & groom checking out their reception, and a reflection of a beautiful bride in the suite.
Some family (ok, a lot of family). And friends too. I even snuck in for one.
A bunch of toasts.
Some cake and decor.
And a lot of dancing too!
And finally, some I love just cause. Garrett is the manager at Rockville Camera (where we know eachother from. So not only is there the ‘normal’ pressure of shooting a wedding, add on the fact that he’s a photographer himself and knows what a good picture looks like. Can you say panic attack? But all’s well that end’s well…) and Susan is a nurse. The shot was planned with the old camera for Garrett and her stethoscope but we couldn’t find it, so Beth W. saved the day by finding a medical book and she set up the whole shot. Thanks, Beth!
And I know the picture on the right is way underexposed, but there’s something about it the way it is…
A perfect ending to a pretty perfect night.
To view all of the reception pictures, please click HERE.