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zoe’s bat mitzvah- portraits & decor
So usually I post a bar or bat mitzvah all in one post, but there were so many awesome moments to capture on Zoe’s special day that I couldn’t narrow it down. Lucky you- you’re going to get 3 days worth of Zoe’s bat mitzvah for your viewing pleasure.
Mom booked me for this date about 4 years ago, so you can imagine how excited I was to photograph it! (A little background: Zoe’s big sister Carly was Jack & Patrick’s safety patrol person back when they were in Kindergarten and she was in 5th grade and they share the same birthday. And then we figured out that mom’s cousin and I went to sleep away camp together about 10,000 years ago. Small world!)
Zoe’s a sweetheart and a dancer and was so fun to photograph. The whole family is pretty amazing with both older sisters in Ivy League colleges (Carly at UPenn, Amanda at Princeton), funny like crazy and so close and love each other so much. So without further ado, here is the beautiful bat mitzvah girl herself…
Love the moment caught between grandpa & granddaughter. 
Whenever I see them walking around town, they’re always holding hands. 
Not all portraits have to be boring and stuffy.
Lots of pretty ladies. 
Mindy, you’re so pretty! (and see, you gave me a great smile!)
More to come on the blog tomorrow. But first a big thank you to my photografriend and assistant for the evening, Lara for all your help that night. And for the laughs- you are crouching tiger, hidden assistant for sure! -
st. patrick’s parade
Sat in our “box seats” again for this year’s parade. It was ffffffreezing outside and the sun was in and out which didn’t help much either, but still a wonderful parade and great seeing lots of friends marching.
The Mayor (looking chilly) and the Marines. Great way to start off the parade.
Father Bill. Looks like he’s having fun.
Aunt Feather on drums.
Uncle Joe on drums.
A few friends girls dancing/marching.
And the friends.
You bet your butt I’ll be calling AC Basile to see if he’ll let me rent his truck for a day. Or several. 
The Sullivan kids freezing and marching with Mr. Met.
Some of the parade committee that I’m happy to have as friends too.
Too cute. Both of you!
Nothing ends a parade quite like Uncle Jerry.
And a last friend sighting before heading inside.
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timmy’s first reconciliation
So since we’re headed into communion season, and Timmy’s making his First Communion this year too- here are a few shots of him from his reconciliation a few weeks ago. His religion teacher chose him to bring up the stole to the priests. And of course, he went directly to Father Bill for confession. I thought it was kinda cool since Father Bill was the one to baptize him as well.
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jack’s first communion
I met this handsome young man (and his awesome mom) at St. Raymond’s church about a week ago for a pre-communion session. He’ll be receiving communion at St. Raymond’s so we tried to incorporate his church into a few of the shots. Once we started discussing legos he was all smiles and I think he was vaguely impressed with my vast lego knowledge. So I guess all the years of stepping on those legos and digging them out of the bottoms of my feet were worth it?!
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the turn @ st. baldrics (molloy college)
Its been such a long time since I’ve photographed these guys playing, so I was really glad I got an opportunity to do it recently. And all while they were playing for a great cause!
Brian is really the one who should’ve gotten his hair cut but he adamantly refused. It took me a long time to convince him to even take off his hat cause he was sure they were going to just throw him into the chair to shave it all off once they saw how long it was. 
But Pat is the one who volunteered this year. He went from Paul Rudd… (ok, but seriously. the resemblance is truly uncanny)
…to Adam Levine. 
Brian was digging Pat’s new haircut. 
And the band played on.