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the lern family
I’m certain that most of you will recognize “Mr. Mark” from the pictures that follow. For those of you that don’t, he’s the owner of Rockville Camera- where I live when I’m not home in front of the computer. Some people go to bars to relax and unwind- I go to the camera store.
“Mrs. Mark” asked me to take some family pictures for them before their son went back to college. I was more than happy to oblige.
My favorite series. Someone didn’t like not being the center of attention…
The cutest dog ever. She was just about as interested in the photoshoot as Mr. Mark and his son. But she was so cute and they love her like crazy.
Think this may have been the point where I told J that I think his parents love the dog more…
Thanks for the fun, lern family. See you at the store.
To view all of the images from this shoot, please click HERE.
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the reku family
A family new to bsquared but not entirely new to me. I met the mom during this year at Timmy’s preschool but moreso thru the RVC Education Foundation. She was my contact for the Dancing with the Teachers Gala that I took pictures for this year.
They are a great family and I was so glad I got to photograph them. They chose a beautiful (private) old estate on the North Shore. I really swore I was going to drive right off the road going thru, it’s a photographers dream. It’s a long story how we got to shoot there but I’m not allowed to share it publicly, so you’ll just have to view it thru the pictures. Sorry.
Three handsome and great boys. Right up my alley!
The littlest one was not into the photoshoot much at all. I tried to get more shots of just him, but he really really wasn’t in the mood.
We were only a few shots in when I heard the thunder rumbling menacingly in the not so far distance. We scrambled to get in as many as we could before the rain came. And it was a ton of rain! I was soaked thru.
We took some shots in the house and the greenhouse while we were waiting for it to clear up, and it finally did.
A few more outside.
Thanks reku family- I had a great time, even in the rain!!
And a few shots for their friends who live on this estate. They are expecting their first baby in the fall. Dosen’t she look fantastic?? All glowy. Not to mention the amazingly delicious lemonade slushie with mint that she made for us. Oh my. Must get that receipe. I’m not much of a lemonade girl (just water, thanks) but it was so completely delicious and refreshing.
To see all of the images from this shoot, please click HERE.
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beyrer baseball trip 09- part 2 (cincinnati)
Onward.
Left Pittsburgh, drove thru tons of nothingness. Did see two good signs (one of which to follow in part 3) and the other was for Gumby’s Beer & Cigarette World. No picture though cause I couldn’t get the camera out fast enough (when there’s nothing but nothing to look at for hours driving, there’s no point keeping the camera out) so the Gumby’s sign will have to live on in memory only.
Stopped to see Merle and Earl in W. Virginia with mullets and not a whole lot of teeth at the Gas n Go. Did go to a cool 1950’s McDonalds with a nice old BelAir in the middle. Made the boys take pictures there- Jack was not terribly pleased. But that was the agreement so he had to suck it up. But Patrick was great and I got a nice one of him.
Made it to Cincinnati, checked into the hotel which was really nice but had this tube/fountain thing in the lobby. Can you say Augustus Gloop?
Walked over to the stadium for the next game. It looked like rain (omg, are you kidding? Baseball while sitting in the rain? Can I go home now please?) so I left the good camera at the hotel and just took the point & shoot, so the picture quality isn’t as good, sorry.
Passed some cool chillipeppers planted along the sidewalk on the way. As John was on line to buy tickets, a really nice lady came up and just GAVE us 4 tickets for seats behind home plate. How nice! Timmy proceeded to get really sick at the game (thank goodness we were just feet from the family bathroom), but it only happened once so that’s something. I didn’t feel great either. Sickness and baseball- bonus!
There was a build A bear in the park (clever) so Timmy got 2 new guys this time. And after being such a trooper about being sick, he deserved 100 guys!
The Cubs won but that seemed like it was okay with everyone at the park because everyone was rooting for the Cubs instead of the Reds. That didn’t seem nice to me at all. Whatever- the game was over.
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the moll family
Traveled a pretty far way to meet up with this family, but it was SO worth the hour + of driving each way! They were so warm and welcoming, and super photogenic too!
And look at the smiles from this one. Think I have a little crush!
When I saw the leafy bowl on top of the china cabinet in the dining room, I actually gasped. I knew it was going to be fabulous. And it didn’t dissapoint. Turns out that it’s one of mom’s most favorite pieces. So her most favorite piece (her son) went right in to make a beautiful picture.
After running all over the house and outside for pictures, I asked if a bath could be worked in. Luckily, it was!
We had limited time as the little one was due for a bottle and a nap. Finishing the shoot with the fully napping baby with his little tush up in the air? Perfection!!
Thanks for letting me share part of your day and for rearranging your schedule to help me get the pictures I had in my head!
To view all of the images from the shoot, please click HERE.
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beyrer baseball trip 09- part I (pittsburgh)
John has a dream to bring the boys to a game at every single MLB park in the country. The big boys were down 12 stadiums already before this trip (Boston Red Sox, CitiField/Shea Mets, old & new NY Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs) and can now cross off another 3 from the list after this trip (Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds and a second trip to the Detroit Tigers).
As many of you blog followers and friends know, I am NOT a fan of baseball. At all. So why, you might ask, did I go on this trip? I’m still not entirely sure. The boys and John really wanted Timmy to come along on the trip and in order for him to do that, I had to go too. 3 kids in a ballpark, hotels, and car for hours on end at 10 and 4 probably not so doable on your own. So I went. Begrudgingly. And those of you who are my FB friends know exactly how much I just LOVED the trip (coughcough). The boys sure had a great time though and that’s the important part. But I still loathe baseball and no one can make me like it. So there.
After driving what seemed like 100 years, we arrived in Pittsburgh in just enough time to check into the hotel (which was really nice btw), throw our stuff in our adjoining rooms and walk the few blocks to the baseball stadium. The walk over was really nice and they had the bridge closed off so it was foot traffic only.
I brought the camera (duh) but forgot the freakin Kindle back at the hotel room. Still couldn’t make me watch the game though! John got really good field level seats for all 5 of us for just about the cost of one ticket at Citi.
Boys and statue of Roberto Clemente who Jack wrote a report on this year, so I actually knew who he was.
Ralph Kiner’s hands or something…I have no idea what the deal was with this, but they wanted a picture there.
This was the beer inning apparently. (John says there’s something for every inning for the boys. Food, ice cream, bathroom, shopping, snack etc). I guess it was his turn.
I didn’t like the shirt I was wearing (especially after 8+ hrs of wearing it in the car) so John bought me a baseball shirt. The shirt’s nice and I like the sewn on letters. Other than that, here’s my feeling on baseball:
Any confusion?
Took a self portrait of Timmy and me in every park.
Timmy looks like I felt in this picture. He was actually very happy the whole game (especially after getting his “guy”) but I think he was just tired.
The boys were having a great time. Baseball is SO their thing.
The view from the stadium was really nice with the moon hanging over by the foul pole (see, I know something).
The Pirates lost (ok, I just had to yell into the den and ask John and the boys who won cause I was paying no attention to the game). We all walked back to the hotel and went to sleep, getting ready for our next day’s ride to Cincinnati with a night game the next night. Oh, joy.
More to come on the trip… (we have parts 2-5 to go, stay tuned).