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can’t believe it’s happened already
I fit into their shoes.
Yup, those are my feet in there. Scary, huh?
Lots of pictures coming up in the next few days: the 50th anniversary, my boys at Planting Fields, the Irish cousins, doing a shoot of the boys tommorrow, plus today we went to the Bridgehampton Classic (horse show) to see our cousin Alex compete. It was awesome!!! So stay tuned…
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a visit with friends!
Our yearly visit with our very good friends all the way from Michigan. They come in every summer for a week (Maureen’s mom still lives in NY) and we always get our designated day, which usually includes the beach. It’s always a concern seeing if the boys fall back into being friends (there are a few anxious comments on both sides before the visit), but it was like they haven’t been apart for a year. They just picked up where they left off last year. And they still all call eachother "best friends". They haven’t lived in the same town since the boys were about 3.5 years old, but they have always called Connor their best friend. Love that. We had a great time spending the day down at the beach, dinner here and a sleepover for the big ones. Poor Katie wanted to stay the night here too- next year! The boys all stayed up until 11:30pm after an exhausting day in the sun and ocean and pool (still don’t know how they did that) and slept til around 8am. So they were all a bit crabby the next day and snippy cause they were all sad they had to say goodbye again. We went over to the park for a few pictures (of course) and some running around. The goodbyes were teary and sad, but that’s the way it is between friends.
How gorgeous is my god-daughter?? Her hair is awesome!
We put the extra seat in my van and jammed all 6 kids in there. The picture is just as much of a mess as the car was! It was so funny seeing all of them in there together.
The typical boy rivalry we saw between them all last year seems to have faded significantly and they had a blast hanging out together, talking about school and sports, and trips, and games, and everything. Katie and Timmy REALLY hit it off this time- they are old enough to play together instead of fighting over toys. The two little ones played til 10pm and wanted to keep going. Awesome.
Connor is now goalie on his travel ice hockey team and we MUST get up there to see him play. Hopefully this year. He was the BEST photography subject- so cooperative. Good thing they don’t live here- that poor kid would be so sick of me too. Did a little mini shoot for Maureen and the kids. Nothing major, just for fun. Like me, she’s not in many pictures either since she is always behind her camera.
On the way home from the beach, we stopped by Jennifer’s (it’s on the way) on a whim. The boys all got a kick out of seeing eachother. It took a while for them to realize that they all had been the best of buddies from aged 3 months on when we met at Gymboree. Jen hauled out the scrapbook and we looked at all the shots of Connor, Beau and Jack & Patrick, and then the shots of the whole playgroup. They ran around for a few minutes like the old friends they are. So awesome.
Love the self portrait! Miss you tons, Cool Mo Z!! (that’s John’s nickname for Maureen- so dosen’t fit her at all). March, ok?!!
All the pix are in an album on the left.
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session availability update
THERE ARE NO SESSIONS LEFT FOR 2008. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT! MY CLIENTS ARE THE BEST!!!!!
Sunday, 9/28 one spot available at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm or 4pm start time.Sunday, 10/5 one spot available at 9:30am, 11am, 12pm or 1pm start time.Sunday, 11/30 (thanksgiving weekend) one spot available between 9:30am and 3pm start time.And since a post is pretty lame without a picture, here’s one for today.
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The Turn (our latest photoshoot)
This is going to be a hard post. Why? Cause there are so many outstanding pictures. And because there is so much to say about these guys, that’s its hard to know where to start.
Immediate business first: Since things in the band have been changing since the Webster Hall show (3 original members are no longer members), it was time for a new shoot. I mentioned before that I found this AWESOME new location behind the Long Island Childrens Museum with Timmy. I thought it would be perfect for the band. Ended up…it was!! Loved it there- perfect urban decay with some great color and texture thrown in for good measure. Don’t worry about the original three guys- it was all amicable and they are still helping eachother out when needed. They were just moving in different directions and it was time for a change. So The Turn is still Brian and Pat, and they are kicking a** as usual! Writing all kinds of new songs and performing every chance they get.
It seems that besides being the "official" Turn photographer, I have become one of their biggest fans. (ok, stalker, but that’s just semantics, right?- Just kidding. Sorta.) I try to catch them playing every opportunity I get and keep dragging friends along for the ride. I don’t think my friends have minded so far…they have all become fans as well! They can seriously play and sing. They amaze me with their talent. Everytime I have the CD on in the car (which is pretty much always) and someone new hears it, they have consistently said that they thought it was the radio. If you haven’t already, please check out their myspace page and hear a little Turn music. It’s at http://www.myspace.com/RockTheTurn.
Besides the fact that I love their music- I love them. These are great guys with huge hearts. These "boys" always make me feel like I’m doing a great job for them. I don’t know at exactly what point we became friends instead of me just being their photographer, but we are friends, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. And I have now been dubbed ‘the turn mommy’. Can’t help it- just looking out for them as much as I can! I want to be taking their photos on the BIG stages as soon as possible and whatever I can do to get them there, I will!
We took about 430+ pictures during this shoot! Probably would have kept going too if we hadn’t run out of light completely. And the editing process was so fun for me- got to play with some finishes I don’t really get to use much on my regular shoots (the intense colors and acid washes generally don’t look good on babies, weddings, little kids, etc) but they rocked on the band shots. I had a great time Brian & Pat!! Hope you love them. I can only fit so many on here (way less room on the blog than the # of favorites I have), so the rest are in an album on the left. B- steal away!
And lastly a few "personal" pix for B and ogy…
And my personal favorite. Not really, but it was too funny not to post.
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the beyrer family BBQ
Can’t really call it a reunion- not really- cause most of the cousins see eachother on a pretty regular basis. In years past, it’s been a fishing trip and then a BBQ and Aunt Cathy & Uncle Dick’s house in Pt. Lookout. Here’s last year’s post: family bbq However, the last few years the fishing trip has really been more of a puking trip. Everyone has gotten so seasick each time, so this year the executive decision was made to change it to a softball game and BBQ. I think it worked out much better (but really, who am I to say since I never went on the boat). At least there was no puking! (at least none that I was aware of).
The weather cooperated for the most part, for a while. We just barely got thru dinner when the storm rolled in and we had to get inside. So there aren’t as many pictures as I’d like, but there are some. And the most important ones are of "Lil’s Sweet 16". Joe got t-shirts for the 16 grandchildren, each with their birth order # on the back. We had one stand-in (#5 Marilyn,but her daughter Angelina stood in) and one missing (#16 Kerry- she had to leave early), but it looked great nonetheless. What a bunch of clowns.
Beyrers and nuns on the same block. Without some kind of implosion or spontaneous nuclear blast? Truly, a miracle.
Couldn’t fit all the pictures on the main page, so if you’d like to see them all, check out the album on the left.