• i'm with the band

    the turn in studio 10-09

    Last week I had the always fun opportunity to photograph The Turn in the studio, where they are starting to record their 3rd (yet to be titled) album. I’ve heard a bunch of the new songs at recent shows and they are so awesome! The new album is going to ROCK!

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    This studio session was mostly about getting the drums (Chris) and the bass (Brian H) recorded.  Wow, those boys can really play!

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    Brian on vocals and guitar. In the funky red isolation booth. And we noticed that his shirt is the same shirt he wore at the last recording session I photographed during The December Sessions.

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    And Pat doin his thing on guitar. With the beard that comes and goes.

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    The Turn is once again working with ‘General’ George Fullan to produce and engineer their album. George was anti-pictures that night due to a total lack of sleep for a few days beforehand (I think he said it was like something around 8hours of sleep in 3 days due to work commitments). But I caught him a tiny bit in one. Sorry George!

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    It’s great seeing them all work together to make everything sound perfect.

    To see all of the pictures from the studio, please click HERE.

    And if you are interested in catching the band at one of their shows, here’s the latest calendar card I made for them.

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  • children & families

    the owne girl

    A most fabulous shoot for a most fabulous girl (and her mom is a fabulous friend!)

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    I’ve been shooting Miss K for a few years now, and I’m convinced that somehow between last year and this year, someone pulled a fast switch on me. She looks the same, but she’s TOTALLY come out of her shell. She was very shy (VERY shy) in the past, but this time it was like we were old long lost friends. We had a great time on the whole shoot and she worked it like no ones business. Love her!!

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    During the shoot, I kept hearing her ask her mom if she could have the pumpkin out of the car. I was figuring it was a big pumpkin- like to sit on. You can imagine my face when this was the pumpkin.

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    Loved the Christmas dress. So pretty and classic.

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    Earlier in the day mom asked me to stop over and check out the outfits she had for the shoot (the christmas dress and the brown top with jeans). As I was standing in Miss K’s  huge walk in room closet, I spotted the pink tutu. And then the pink boots(which are actually fishing boots which mom didn’t want to use but I insisted and am so glad I did!). And then the polka dotted tights. And that was it. I was done.  Well, you can see why, right? And then the Fancy Nancy book? Seriously??

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    The doggie was a very good sport for the shoot. Couldn’t get him to smile, though. Treats are a must next shoot.

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    We even ran over to the firehouse where the firemen were so nice and let us use the truck for a few.

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    Favorites!!

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    Loved hanging out with you girls! Can’t wait for the next one!!

  • personal,  weddings

    7 for Sunday

    It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, and it’s been quite a week.

    1. Because of all the ridiculous rain and having to reschedule tons of shoots, I’ve worked every day this week (except Saturday because…well…it rained! Again!!) I have a full- full day of shooting today, ending up in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Should be fun, but exhausting!

    2. We’ve been at the orthodontist three times this week (twice during school) as Jack has ripped his palate expander out of his mouth with his tongue for the 3rd time. Thankfully, we were finished expanding and were just waiting to put in a palate bar to hold the expansion. But…because of his lovely habit, they had to remove the expander and give him an invisiline type retainer (that cost $150) that he will wear for 4 days (and only 4 days…for $150. Excellent.) until the palate bar arrives on Thursday. But we go back on Tuesday for spacers so he can’t wear the retainer thing after getting those in. If he rips the bar out, I’m ripping his tongue out.

    3. We’re waiting for the rest of the Halloween Costumes to come in. They had better be here soon! Patrick is going to be a CitiField vendor, Jack and MLB Umpire, and Timmy Woody from ToyStory.

    4. The big boys had a field trip to the Mineola courts this week and they both loved it. They both told the court officer (who thought the same kid came on both days-didn’t realize they were twins) that law runs in their family. Which it does and a lot of it has rubbed off on them apparently. They are so smart. Scary smart.

    5. The client orders and Christmas Cards are pouring in and going out so fast. Beth W came over and helped me pack the 18 orders I had this week. Here’s what my dining room looks like these days.

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    6. We booked our first Disney Vacation Club trip for February and I can’t wait. Gotta call this week for dining, you know, in my free time.

    7. A quick sneak peek from Nancy & Jesse’s wedding I shot last weekend. Unfortunately, being in the middle of my busiest time of the year, it’ll be a bit until I can get to editing their pictures. So I thought a little sneak peek would be a nice treat to hold them over.

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  • personal,  travel

    out east adventures

    While the first half of Columbus Day weekend consisted of a shoot and a wedding (not shooting, just as a guest), the second half was the traditional Beyrer family trip to the ‘east house’.  Which has been called the ‘weist house’ and now is referred to as the ‘easter house’. Either way, it’s always fun!

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    The wedding was FAR up in Poukeepsie and was for John’s cousin Chris and his new bride Laura. It was a lot of fun, especially the car ride with Inez & Uncle That Guy and Joe & Gail. The cousins parade was quite the spectacle- especially Billy as Rowdy Roddy Piper in a kilt with nothing underneath and then the mooning of the bride and groom followed by the cartwheel in the middle of the dance floor. Oy. At least I got to wear my crown. There are no pictures- I couldn’t find the little camera to bring (it’s still missing) and I wasn’t bringing the big guns.

    Anyway, did the whole out east adventure. First stop was the Coronet for lunch, and most importantly chocolate milkshakes.

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    Oh, the anticipation…

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    And the real (thick) thing.

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    Love it there- so 1950’s.

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    Then to the ‘duck store’, and over to the carousel for a ride and jumping. I did try to get a shot of them jumping over me but the focal lenght of the lens was too long and it didn’t work out as planned.

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    I took some really cute pix of the three of them in Greenport, at the east beach, in the park and by ‘my’ truck, but if the photoshoot I have in my head for our Christmas card dosen’t work out  I’ll use these shots for the card. So I can’t post them yet, but I will  if the other shoot works out.

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    Went to the park for some fun and pictures. Can’t show you those yet, just in case I need them, but here’s a nice sunset.

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    Then it was Elbow Room for dinner (with marinated steak…yum!)

    When we finally made it to the ‘easter house’ and settled in, Timmy opened the fridge and found milk that had been in there since June. Uh….yuck? It smelled like nothing I’ve ever smelled before and was then deemed ‘the stinking milk’ by Timmy. It went outside in the middle of the back lawn til we could make it to the garbage the next day.

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    And later that night after the stinking milk fun, I took all the boys outside, we layed down on the front lawn and just stared up at the millions of stars. It was incredible!! And we all loved it. (the picture is way blurry because I didn’t have a trip0d out there to use, but you get the general idea of the amount of stars).

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    Next day, Uncle Nelson met us out and we went pumpkin picking, hay riding, corn mazing (where every once in a while, Timmy would yell out “hey, corn!” like he was continually surprised to see it in the corn maze), pie purchasing (at Briermere), Elbow rooming (for lunch), and back home again.

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    And that was my last weekend off until December.

  • children & families,  video your shoot

    the boeh family

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    I’ve been photographing these lovelies since the baby was a newborn. In fact, she was my first ‘baby on a bookshelf’ shot, ever. And now, they are both big girls and just as much fun to photograph as they were in the beginning- probably even more so.

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    They are so gorgeous. All of them.

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    We had some issues with the swan, but he sure looked good in the pictures. He was well behaved, just a little scary.

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    We had lots of fun in the park. So glad I got Daddy to do this shot!

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    And I’m also happy to report that this family opted for a ‘video your shoot’. So please check out their video with Jerry with stills from me, below. Make sure your sound is on. And get your tissues.


    Boeh1file from Jerry Silecchia on Vimeo.

     

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