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“the making of” the beyrer family christmas card 2013
Since I’m blogging from vacation, I realized I don’t have the actual card or file with me but I do have all the pictures we used on the card plus a few more.
Last year we were supposed to do our christmas card shoot at Ducks Stadium, but Sandy hit and that was cancelled (along with everything else in life)so this year I “upgraded” to Citifield. You all know how much my family (other than me, of course) loves baseball, so I figured a baseball themed shoot & card was the way to go.
Booking a shoot at Citifield was quite expensive (but I figured I wasn’t paying for the photographer so it kinda evened out) and there was a completely RIDICULOUS number of rules as to where you could and couldn’t go. Mostly where you couldn’t go. We had what was basically a babysitter with us the whole time, to make sure we didn’t walk on a single blade of grass. Cmon. The season was so over by the time we did the shoot and its not like we were wearing cleats or like I was using a tripod. Couldn’t even go out to the pitchers mound. Seemed kinda like a ripoff to me.
Grandpa Jack’s brick. 
We were allowed in the dugout. Both home and visitors. But you couldn’t sit or stand on top of the dugout because it might ruin the sticker on the top. Really? This is an outdoor stadium with rain and snow that falls on the dugout, right? 
You could get close to the grass but not ON the grass. Silly. 
I know the boys are a little orange in this picture but the sun was reflecting off the warning track dirt and I couldn’t get rid of the whole color cast. 
We were hoping for a David Wright or Matt Harvey sighting but no such luck. 
We did meet Alex the announcer though. He does all the inside the park announcements. He was very nice.
The press room was pretty cool.
And the Jackie Robinson Rotunda. Thats pretty much it. 
So all in all, while cool it was definitely a little disappointing especially considering the price tag to shoot there. I would be much more understanding of the rules if it was during the season, but they would have had 6 months to remove our footprints from the grass. -
emma’s bat mitzvah
My last event shoot for 2013, and it was a super fun one! I was lucky enough to photograph Emma’s big sister’s bat mitzvah a few years back and was thrilled to be asked again. A candy theme for Miss Emma (maybe cause she’s so sweet?) with lots of family and friends to help celebrate and show their love!
When a dress is made for twirling, you must twirl.
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the bart family
Our good friends and our last minute session (once Bitsy was home for Thanksgiving) for Christmas. Love them all! And I’m so glad we dragged dad off of the couch for literally less than 5 minutes for a few pictures. I know I get limited time, so I gotta work fast.
How things really are…
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the mark family
Our neighbors for as long as we have lived here called me for pictures this year- and I was so happy to finally be able to photograph them! Their oldest daughter (who used to do some babysitting for me/the boys a long time ago) is now in medical school, their second daughter is away at school and their son is getting close to being done with high school in NYC. Mom had a “moment” and started to think about how they’re all not going to be around for the holidays forever and decided to do a portrait of the kids. Dad very, very reluctantly joined in (but he hasn’t taken to beating me or throwing things at me when I exit my house so I’m taking that as a good sign) because he hates getting his picture taken and some traumatic past photo experiences. I hope I have converted him at least a little.
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the aher family
A brand new to bsquared family who took the last session on the last day of shooting. They braved the chilly weather and we even had a few giggles between the shivers. I love how the baby girl’s eyes match her big brothers pants perfectly. You know this poor girl is like never dating- 3 big brothers is a big line of defense to cut thru for any possible boyfriends.
