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vital advantage corporate launch party
My friend Judy (owner of Nourishing Solutions 4 Life) is involved with another company- Vital Advantage- which has a bunch of great men & women in the health & wellness industry working together to bring lots of different specialities to the table. The celebrated their corporate launch party a few weeks back at Forrest Solutions in NYC. They’ve partnered with Forrest to bring a wide range of healthy ideas to their employees and are actually doing weekly inservice teachings at Forrest. I was there to capture a few shots of their launch party.
The whole team.
Some of their product/their partnering companies products they brought along for the employees to try out. 
Even eating healthy can be fun!
Randi & Mitchell Weiner, CEO of Forrest Solutions. Let me tell you that Forrest Solutions looks like a pretty awesome place to work. Beyond taking care of his employees with healthy inservice programs, there is great music played throughout the office all day, bells rung when people make their goals and a gorgeously designed office space with tons of light and clean lines. 
It was really very educational, even for me! I got to do a little taste testing of my own and everything I tried was really good. If you are in the market to get healthy (aren’t we all, really), talk to Judy and her team. They will definitely steer you in the right direction.
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a little company
It’s always nice to have visitors in the office when I’m working away.
Especially such a cute visitor, who fits perfectly on the “timmy sized couch”.
And life in bsquaredville: Off to shoot a wedding this weekend (can’t wait!), you’ll find some of the RVC Ed Foundation photos in this weeks RVC Herald (or so I’m told, cause I never get it!), working on opening up the bsquared calendar for May-August this coming week or the next one so be on the lookout for that, and working on a new edition of the bsquared newsletter (so if you haven’t yet signed up for the newsletter, feel free to do so with the newsletter tab on the left side of the blog). Also I have a new cover photo for the bsquared facebook page (link above) if you haven’t checked that out. Can’t believe I’m up to 901 likes over there so thanks everyone! And still need to post the ‘about me’ blurb. I need about 10 more hours a day! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
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the rvc education foundation gala-2012
I was asked to photograph the gala again this year and was happy to do it. It’s a great foundation, the honorees received well deserved awards, and I got to see lots of friends while working.
Darren & Tina- my goto people for the gala and the coordinators for the evening who did a wonderful job as always!
Mr & Mrs Masin. Mr. Masin was one of the honorees.
His lovely daughter was his speech stand in (he was losing his voice due to bronchitis) and did a wonderful job for her dad when he needed a break.
Mr. & Mrs. Murphy. Mr. Murphy was the other honoree for the evening. His speech was hysterical and he had everyone laughing.
Our mayor and his lovely wife. Always a pleasure…
And some of the friends I look forward to seeing at the gala every year.
I have this picture of these two gentlemen every year at the same table. Just a different location.
The pretty lady in the middle is my ‘daughter that I’ll never have’s’ actual mom. Love her.
Darren and two of the teachers from his school.
The whole gala committee. 
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off camera flash with pete
Another one of my photografriends was nice enough to help me out with my continuing education on off camera flash. He was quite the reluctant model, but a very patient and great teacher. Pete even came with me to the event I shot on Saturday night to help out ‘on site’ so to speak, so I could put everything I’ve been learning into actual practice.
So here’s what I did with my new knowledge. And a shout out to another photografriend Charles who held a flash he was selling just for me. Cause you know I have to have a collection of stuff.
Shoot thru umbrella.
A little flashflare. While in mid sentence. Sorry about that but the flare was cool so I had to post. I love that you can see the wine, and all kinds of battery packs, boxes from the new purchases and just the general mess that ensued. Learning is messy.
Attempting to mix ambient light with off camera flash.
A little silhouette with rim light. I’m a total sucker for rim light- it’s my favorite!
He looks like a magician. 
Brightening up the front side a little and then a little more. Pete looks just thrilled, huh?Can’t wait to try out some of my newfound knowledge for my upcoming events and on some sessions. (Don’t worry- my pictures are still primarily going to be natural light as they always have been but it’s nice not being totally in the dark with off camera flash (see what I did there?) and can only be a helpful tool to work with and add a little something extra to your bsquared sessions.)
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mason’s first birthday party
I’ve been photographing his family for a few years now and was thrilled when they asked me to capture their son’s first birthday party recently. It was quite the shindig with lots of family , little friends and entertainment to help Mason celebrate his big day. I loved the Cookie Monster theme and the birthday boy was as cute as ever!
Some faces in the crowd…
