• children & families

    the mann family

    I know, I know. I’ve been MIA for the last two days. Sorry about that. Between the unpacking and reorganizing from the week we spent in Disney, to more freakin snow and another snow day for the boys, and catching up on the edits and tons of paperwork I was behind on, well, the blogging took a back seat. I know my blog stalkers have been itching for a new post (right Beth W?) and one with more than one picture in it (right Jen N?) Well, I’m back in the groove (at least for today) and have a great family shoot to post today, with lots more than one picture.

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    C and I went to high school together and she’s been a great blog stalker and FB friend for a while. I actually took some pictures of her son back when he was a little baby as a clothing model for another one of my clients, but he’s grown so much since then, it’s like a whole new kid! And he’s just so super cute and packed with personality to spare. Oh, and loves to be upside down. A lot.

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    Their little girl was quite the pip; so smart and spirited and so exactly like her mom. And what little girl doesn’t want an all pink room, with a mirror to dance in.

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    I had a great morning with you all! Thanks for the fun!

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  • personal

    the grass is always greener…

    …when it’s planted in a styrofoam cup by a 5 year old?

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    The best part was when Jack told Timmy that he did such a good job with the grass and that he must have a green thumb, I totally saw Timmy looking at his thumbs in confusion. Awesome!

    We’re on our way back from Disney today (if the plane makes it without a firey crash of course) so be on the lookout for some Disney posts coming soon, and some client sessions too.

  • i'm with the band

    the turn @ national underground

    My first Turn post of 2010. And the band plays on…

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    Because they were in the city this night for a show, I decided to make a whole fun night of it and brought some friends along. We had a great dinner at Stanton Social (so delicious) and then went over to listen to the Turn rock it. And I took pictures, of course.

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    This was quite the challenging shoot as the location was so tight, with poles in the middle of the stage area, horrible bad lighting (if for no other reason, I want them to make it huge so we can get some decent lighting for their shows!!) where Patrick was purple for the whole show, and they had Chris (the drummer) smooshed back into a little cubbyhole. Still made it work and got some decent pictures. Not the best ever, but still okay. Which is especially unfortunate because they played SO well that night and I wish that the pictures reflected that better.

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    Thanks for another rockin night boys! And a special thanks to my girls Dawn, Laura and Beth for coming out with me!

  • personal

    poppers

    On the way back home from a shoot (a totally fabulous shoot btw) in Brooklyn Heights I decided to run into Chinatown since I was right there and pick up dinner from our favorite restaurant- Peking Duck House. I totally forgot it was Chinese New Year and Chinatown was a total zoo. But I somehow got parking and ran in and out of the restaurant, only stopping long enough to pick up 3 ‘poppers’ for the boys.

    Upon seeing them, they decided they didn’t want to wait for morning to try them out (which ended up being a good thing cause I couldn’t twist the freakin things open no matter how hard I tried. John had to do all 3.)They had so much fun popping them open all over the kitchen.

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    I’m still finding little bits of paper all over– in the refrigerator, on the stove, in cups. And I have no doubt they’ll be cropping up in the oddest places over the next few months still.

  • personal,  travel

    16. version 3.

    The last installment of the Florida Dec/Jan trip’s snapshots. Again, was lazy with the numbering but you can figure it out.

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    1.  Timmy & John at Dolphin’s game.

    2. Miami (blurry but gorgeous) sunset.

    3. Jack self portrait.

    4. the view from the apartment’s balcony. ahhhh.

    5. the view from the front of the apartment. Love me some A1A/Ocean Ave.

    6. Jack @ the driving range.

    7. lens envy

    8. John trying out golfing again. Not going too well with his back.

    9. Orange Bowl Iowa vs. GT

    10. A tired mommy and Timmy at the Dolphins.

    11. Green and sunny.

    12. the ‘christmas room’ at the Bubble Room on Captiva Island. Bubble bread. Yummmmmmmmy.

    13. florida.

    14. Roman who is the ‘soup nazi’ of the cafe at the apartment. Good thing he likes me though.

    15. the view toward the pool from the apartment. at sunset.

    16. the surrey with the fringe on top that we rented on Sanibel. That was so fun!

    And so the florida adventures draw to a close. Sniff sniff. Well, until I go again with Robin the first weekend of March.