• children & families,  military families

    the craw family {a marine corps family}

    If you’re a bsquared blog follower (which I hope you are!) you’ll know that I do free sessions for active duty military families. Figured it was just a nice, but small way to thank them for their service and so that they have pictures of their loved ones if they deploy (or for their families to have while they’re away). Big thanks to my friend Jess (you can see her usmc family session here) for hooking me up with all the Marine Corps families I’ll be photographing over the next few months. Please leave some thanks for the “craw” family- Dad for his service & keeping us safe and free, and Mom and the boys for their service too!

  • children & families,  communions

    daniel’s first communion

    As promised, the blog is hopping again with lots of great families. This is one of my favorite families- they’re our very good friends and I was so happy to finally get to photograph them! This has been a while in the making! Big congrats to Daniel on his first communion- he did a great job, especially speaking at the mass.

  • children & families,  communions

    harrison’s first communion

    First shoot back to work, and what a fantastic family to start the official shooting season with! Mom and I felt like we knew each other already (benefits of Facebook friendship!) and just felt comfortable right away. Such an awesome family with a great, happy dynamic. And the missing teeth? I wish every communicant looked like this- so totally stinkin cute!!!! Get comfy, I over shot as per my usual and have lots of photos to share because I couldn’t narrow it down further!

  • occassions & parties

    cub scouts pack #238

    A few weeks ago I photographed the Blue & Gold ceremony for Cub Scouts Pack #238. Just throwing up a few fun photos on the blog for your viewing pleasure. They were a fun bunch to photograph and big thanks to Bill who ran the day and was great to work with. (The event was held at the VA Hospital in Northport, which as you know, holds a special place with me as that’s where I volunteer now).

  • children & families,  personal,  travel

    the lasts of colorado {merry christmas}

    Finally blogging the last pictures from our trip almost a year ago. Sad, but true. And these were going to be for our christmas card, but the boys ended up getting their braces off a few weeks after this trip so I was basically told not to use them. Oh, well- Merry Christmas!. Hoping for a christmas card for 2015. Shoemakers kids…

    And a shout out to my photografriend Sara Garcia for the location in Denver. You should definitely check out her work, its amazing!!  Sara and I met at a workshop with the ever fabulous Zoe a few years ago and we were supposed to get together in her hometown of Denver when we were there visiting. Except she was like 15 months pregnant and due like any single second, so we decided it would be best if she didn’t deliver on the mountain top pictured below. Although scenic, probably not the best place to have a baby.

    Pretty sure it was just a bb gun, but could you even imagine seeing this scene in the communist state of NY? A new friend by the side of the road.