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boys birthday at the brooklyn cyclones
Jack and Patrick waffled quite a bit on what to do for their birthday this year. After a loooonng while (and many ‘discussions’ between the two of them) they finally agreed upon a Brooklyn Cyclones game with a bunch of friends.
All the boys got BC hats, and Grandpa Jack was so generous and bought all the boys BC tshirts. John was great going up and down (and up and down and up and down…) to get all the boys food and drinks and bathroom breaks.
They all seemed to have a really great time. Especially with all the silliness at the end. That’s 8 ten year old (plus one 4.5 year old and one 6 year old) boys for ya.
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NYC day trip 8-24
So, are you totally sick of seeing pictures of my boys yet? I hope not, cause theres still a few more shoots of them left to post. Then you probably won’t be seeing much of them until after Christmas as busy season for me has officially started.
We took a day trip into the city in August to go to the Museum of Natural History and a detour over to Times Square for some additional birthday presents for the big boys. Uncle Nelson came along for the museum part of the day but had to get back to Long Island earlier in the day so he only was able to stick around for that part.
The museum was a big hit although the boys were a little disapointed that there was no “diarama room” like in the movie. We did see Rexy (and again, not in his movie spot), DumDum (not in his movie spot either), and hit one of the many gift shops.
Drove down to Times Square where I dragged (pretty much literally) the boys thru Sephora and then onto ToysRUs for a little shopping and Ferris Wheel riding.
Met my friend Rich at his office at Nickelodeon for a quick visit and some dinner at BubbaGumps.
Exhausted but in a good way by the time we got home (and after watching Night at the Museum on the way in and on the way out). Have to take the big boys back to the Planetarium but think I’ll have to leave Timmy at home for that one- I remember parts being scary.
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the turn @ arctica 8-31
Started and ended my month “off” with my favorite band. We needed some new pictures for promotional material that we’re working on. So into the city I went to snap some pictures and listen to some rockin music!
The show this night was particularly awesome…they played a bunch of new songs of theirs (which are all so great and I can’t wait to hear again- at my party!!) and some covers that I had never heard them play before that were SO good. The fact is that after I hear them play a cover of a song it’s a pretty safe bet that I like their version better than the original! Which makes it difficult to listen to it on my ipod thereafter.
Love this one:
There were a few technical difficulties throughout the evening, including 2 or 3 broken guitar strings and me running out of fresh batteries for the flash. Way to be prepared, huh? Big thanks to Ronan and Eric for the battery loans! And my favorite technical diffuculty? The kid in the shiny silver lame (pronounced lamay, but lame is true too) baseball hat. It reflected the crap out of my flash and I had quite a time cropping and cloning him out of the pictures!
Another for my collection. The collection is rather large at this point, but that will not stop me from taking more.
Pat and his girlfriend who I adored! We were finishing eachothers sentences within 10 minutes!
The Ripps men.
And my favorite of the night.
Two posters we recently made up. Go see them if you can. I promise you won’t be dissapointed!!
To see all of the shots from Arctica, please click HERE.
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my boys (by the LI Children’s Museum)
A few weeks back (ok, really…it’s almost a month ago already. I’m behind as usual) we took Jack, Patrick and Timmy over to the Nunleys Carousel for a birthday ride. Afterward, we wandered around the area over there and I shot a few birthday shots of my 10 year old boys. Ten? Seriously??
No real narrative needed here. Just enjoy the pictures.
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kismet, fire island.
Did a shoot in Kismet Tuesday and it’s sad but I have to admit it was my first time to Fire Island (well, other than a school field trip about 100 years ago). It was so pretty- kind of a Key West meets New England vibe. The pictures of the family are coming soon, but I wanted to post the scenery ones today.
A big thank you to Beth W. for watching the boys this afternoon/evening so I could go do this shoot. And big kudos to her too… Patrick and Jack both got stung by bees today going into the neighbor’s yard to get their wiffle ball- Patrick got stung 7 times! There was drama and tears, but Beth was on top of all of it with benadryl lotion and motrin. Thankfully, they aren’t allergic– but we only found that out today!
I walked about 100 miles all over the island. Going to be paying for that today for sure. But while the ferry schedule wasn’t exactly what I had hoped to time the light right for a beach shoot, it ended up all good. I had some delicious lunch (just me and my kindle-ahhhhh!) and finished up at the perfect time to cover the rest of the destinations in fabulous light!! There was a time I would have been freaked out about eating alone, but it was so nice and relaxing. And I read a lot, too!
I have a newborn shoot this morning and then off to Conneticut to see my friend Robin and baby Eoin. For those of you who follow the blog, you’ll remember that Eoin (pronounced Owen) was born almost 4 months early and spent almost 4 months in the hospital before coming home this past weekend! Go little man!! Pictures of him coming soon…
The ferry:
A little wake taken from over the side of the ferry.
The lighthouse and a deer that was no more than 4 feet away. Cool!
Bike would’ve been better if it was blue or pink, but purples okay too.
And the view on the ferry home. Niiiiice!
And one funny note- I saw a high school friend on the ferry back to Bayshore. Small (and random) world!!