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the barr family
Met this family with three handsome busy, busy boys up at Manor Park in Larchmont. It was my second shoot at this location and it was beautiful as I remembered the first time.
The family is from California originally (don’t they just LOOK like they are from Cali?) but move every three years for dad’s job. I was lucky and happy our schedules worked out. A big thank you to my friend Lois who hooked me up with this fun, fabulous bunch.
The fog was a little thick and I was apparently waiting at the wrong gazebo (who knew there were two??), but we had such a great shoot so it was all good.
The boys loved climbing on the rocks (I was honestly a little nervous, but they were fine) and exploring all over. I swear the oldest one looked like Peter Pan down on the rocks with his hands on his hips.
Mom is gorgeous. Work it!
Thank you for a fun shoot. The boys really kept me on my toes, but we got some great smiles that were all real! (a big challenge with boys sometimes).
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the turn @ runamuck
A few weekends ago my most favorite of bands, The Turn, played at a festival/race up in Pomona. Of course, I was there to take lots of pictures. And sing and dance a little too. (but no one needs to see that part!)
I was so excited that it was an outdoor venue with tons of natural light (my favorite to shoot in). And boy, was I ever right! I took what I think are the best pictures of them to date (and that’s saying a lot because I have literally several thousand pictures of The Turn since starting with them about a year and a half ago). The clouds were totally threatening rain, but it somehow held out. Had a few drops on my camera during the last song- couldn’t have asked for better timing.
And speaking of timing- there was terrible traffic (not surprising) on the way up there. The Turn was supposed to go on from 1:30-2:15, and I arrived at 2pm. Figuring I would get like 5 shots in I was so annoyed but after hiking over the hill from the parking lot I was so happy to see that they hadn’t started yet. Some problems with the sound, but it worked out all okay in the end. And I got a TON of pictures. So hold on for a zillion new ones below.
The whole band, rockin it out. Love the changing leaves in the background.
Brian. Just when I think he’s amazed me with his talent, he sings something new and I’m blown away all over again.
My favorite Brian Ripps singing expression.
My favorite picture on the left. I don’t know why exactly, but it’s just SO him.
Total rock star. I mean, seriously.
I had the picture on the right in my head before I took it. Came together perfectly- love it when that happens. Plus, hopping up on the stage during a show is so much fun!!
Chris. Who can go from scary to sweet in one frame! And the broken drum sticks are just the coolest- he plays really hard.
Brian. Who after seeing the pictures told me that his bass dosen’t look this good in real life! It’s always a challenge for me to get a good picture of Brian and we can’t figure out why. But I was so happy to get a bunch this time.
And Patrick. He had it all going on that day. The sunglasses, the singing, the new beard, the guitar playing. Just wow.
During sound check (which went on for quite a while due to the aforementioned problems) Pat and I snuck off for a 5 minute mini shoot. Loved the field, the trees, the rockstar…
The whole crew. Visit them at www.myspace.com/rocktheturn for show dates and to listen to some of their music (for the very few of my blog stalkers who haven’t yet). I promise you will love them. They are so talented and just good people. Plus, when they really make it huge, you can say you knew them when…
They are going back into the studio next week to work on their 3rd yet to be named album. I’ll be there to document it all! Can’t wait as I’ve heard most of the new songs and they are so, so awesome!
(*all the pictures were taken with my 135mm L lens. I love, love that lens and really should use it more often. The colors that come out of it are to die for.)
To see all of the pictures from the show (oh yes, there are more), click HERE.
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goin old skool
The first of two, yes two, blog posts for today. I couldn’t get it together to post the big one yet (some amazing Turn pictures), so here’s a little teaser post first.
Saw these shirts in Old Navy and just could not resist. I remember first hearing some Run DMC in the summer of 1984 from girls in my bunk at Camp Sequoia. I came home rapping that summer. Sad, but true.
That, and the fact that my husband (in his Brooks Brothers suits, Mercedes, with trial bag in the car on the way to the Courthouse) thinks he’sfrom the ‘hood. His CD collection in his car consists mostly of NWA, Eminem, Notorious B.I.G., Dr. Dre, WuTang Clan, Beastie Boys, etc. He puts the Fat Boys on YouTube all the time for Timmy. You’d never suspect, right?! So he had to have a shirt too.
Now if I could just find some Addidas clamshells in Timmy’s size.
Stay tuned for another post today, with more musical references.
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the brit kids {mini session}
Going to be another short on words post today. I’m so far behind the 8ball, I can’t even see it! Just want to get everyone’s pictures up asap.
Loved photographing this bunch of gorgeous blondies. We had an afterschool minisession at Hempstead Lake, where we ran all over and took some pictures.
The boys had both been in class with Timmy at one time or another in nursery school.
And the little girl, so so cute!! I got to hear her sing some Black Eyed Peas, which was cuter than anything.
Mom wanted one with her little girl (which apparently dosen’t happen all too often), so we fit that in too. And I love the interaction between the brothers.
Hope you enjoy the pictures!
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the bott family
Can I say how much I adore this family? I really do.
Their oldest girl goes to school with Jack & Patrick, and John knows mom from back in the day.
Dad is a fireman. Couldn’t pass up the perfect prop that was there specifically for our shoot.
They were really a lot of fun to photograph and although the littlest lost interest pretty quickly, we still got some great stuff.
I think this one should be the Christmas Card.
Timmy is the proud receipient of many of J’s handmedowns. Thanks Mr. J. There is something just so totally BOY about the baseball glove shot- love that.
I had a great time taking your pictures! (and a special shout out to Miss C, who really hammed it up for me like crazy, much to her whole family’s surprise!).
To see all of the images from this session, please click HERE.