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the aufi communion
I had photographed this fantastic family about 2 years ago along with their cousins. I was so happy when mom emailed for another shoot this year, for her daughter’s communion this time! It was great seeing them all again and seeing how much they’ve grown and changed since the last shoot. They are the nicest, most cooperative bunch and made my first day back in the communion season so easy and pleasant. I took a ton of pictures cause we just flew thru them with everyone’s fantastic cooperation. Here are a few for your viewing pleasure.
After sending in my camera and lenses to Canon for some tuning up, the focus is outstanding!! And she is gorgeous. A perfect combination!!
Mom and her girls, the star of the show and her godparents. 
So, so hard getting a natural smile out of this one but I squeaked out a few.
Dad had way more luck with that than I did!
Something so sweet and sassy about this one. She is such the model!
Cannot believe that the baby is so grown up already!
You don’t want to know what I had to do to get this shot of everyone laughing. Whatever it takes!
Love!!
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the calo communion {portraits}
Met this beautiful girl all dressed up for her upcoming communion over at St. Joseph’s Church for some pre-communion portraits. She was sweet, gorgeous and a little shy. But I think the pictures do all the talking just fine!
Finally a little green grass and pretty forsythia. 
She was walking away, so I took the moment to grab a shot of the back of her dress. And then she turned around and her mom and I both gasped (literally gasped!) at how gorgeous she looked right there. So glad I was taking that shot…
Looks like she’s in an English Garden or something here. Love these, too!
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the boch communion
Got to take some pictures for my very good friend, M and her gorgeous family who I adore. If you are a blog stalker, you may remember that both our families were at Disney at the exact same times, staying at the exact same hotel, and many days in the same parks…all without even planning it that way. The kids are so cute and when we moved from their house to the church grounds for some additional pictures, two of them came in my car.
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the mand confirmation & communion
My first confirmation shoot but not my first time doing work for this fantastic family. It was also their son’s communion earlier in the month, so we got pictures to celebrate both his communion and their beautiful daughters Confirmation.
Father Bill (who is also my friend- long story but the brief version is that we met at Fordham when we were both students in the Masters program for Social Work) was kind enough to stop by and take a few pictures with the kids. He actually baptized both of them!
Stunning. Simply stunning. 
And a terribly handsome young man. Always love the everpresent twinkle in his eye. 
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the kell communion
I was so happy to hear from my biggest blog stalker to take some photos for her son’s communion. And I was the last to know…she’s expecting #5! A girl!! Now, that should be very interesting for everyone after 4 boys.
I was so happy that I was finally able to get the littlest one to smile! As long as I was telling him not to ‘shoot’ me, he was all giggles.
A little trampoline and trees help round out any communion shoot!
Waiting for baby…
You know the lint brush made an appearance after this shot!
And then the cousins came over from yesterday’s shoot to get some pictures together and get ready for the BIG joint party. 
