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the sum family
This shoot was practically a year in the making, but it was sooooo worth it (at least I think so, I hope you do too J). J called me about a year ago for a shoot when her little girl was born. They lived in NYC at the time, and at the time I wasn’t travelling so we didn’t do it. Fast forward to a year later when I am travelling like crazy (New Jersey, Long Island City, Brooklyn, NYC, Chappaqua…) and they have moved out of NYC to a new house and we finally set it up. Then we had to reschedule our first date due to rain. I’m not sure either one of us thought it would ever happen. But it sure did!
Miss D was so cute and although we thought we weren’t getting many smiles out of her, we did afterall. And yes, that is all in their ridiculously huge and beautiful backyard. Not a park. Well, I guess it is kinda a park in their own yard! And loved the very very friendly dog. He’s pretty photogenic too.
Love the “babydoll on a shelf”.
And the tu-tu…no words for this one! I have been waiting FOREVER for a tutu shoot and when I saw this in the spare room, I grabbed it with glee and begged to use it. I don’t think it took much convincing.
J, Hope you find something for your new canvas (or two or three…)
Please click HERE to view the rest of the images from the shoot.
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Happy (slightly belated) 4th!
We had a very nice 4th of July although it didn’t include the beach. (I don’t think I’m ever going to get there!) After a lazy morning around here, I took all three boys to see WALL*E, which was just so cute. We all really loved it. I don’t know when I turned into such a sap but I cried at the end. Pathetic, I know.
After the movies, we went over to Uncle Joe & Aunt Gail’s house for a 4th of July BBQ and a 5th of Joe birthday party. They got their pool all fixed up and it looks great! They are being so nice and letting us have the boys 9th birthday party there next month (which The Turn will be playing at- how totally cool is that!). They had a band playing and lots of people swimming and eating with lots of fun.
Here is Aunt Gail being all glam in her pool and Uncle Joe doing his trademark flip.
The boys all loved the pool and I couldn’t get them out. Jack and Patrick especially loved the diving board and showered us all with lots of cannonballs. The swan (or goose according to Timmy) was also a big hit although it took up half the pool.
Everytime Jack tried to get on this shark, he would make it and then it would sloooooowly flip over to the left. Every single time. Hysterical!
Poor Timmy was shivering but wouldn’t come out. Saying "I’m not cold" thru blue lips and chattering teeth with all over shakes. But he wasn’t cold. Uh huh. Then after the blue lips came the chocolate face from the cupcake. It’s all good and colorful. Apparently Timmy can have a career in gun running in the future- he was collecting all the waterguns in the pool and putting them in his little boat. It’s good to have goals, right?
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Seriously!!??!!!
OMG- I am being featured on www.blogsofphotogs.com!!! This is huge for lil ole me. Absolutely unfreakinbelievable!
The woman who runs the site, Mary, is a photographer herself and reviews blogs of photographers (obviously). Some of the photographers she has reviewed in the past are like HUGE. HUGE, huge. One of them- the one I am featured immediately after as a matter of fact- Jessica Claire, just won the top 10 wedding photographers in the world. Ya, the whole WORLD! All my other idols whose blogs I visit on a daily basis for inspiration, ideas, and just admiration of their work- I found their blog sites from blogsofphotogs. So to imagine that not only am I even on the blog, but on the blog with people with that level of talent…I think I can just die now. Ya think I’m a little excited?!
Here’s what Mary had to say about my blog:
This is such a fun blog, with so much to like! Perfect little break from getting things ready for the 4th of July here in beautiful Minneapolis.
Ok, first thing, and I absolutely have to say this, and I do not personally know Beth of bsquared photography, so I have no stake in saying this: Beth you are RIDICULOUSLY under priced. There are so many stellar images on this blog, and the portrait work, beach work and family sessions are so much better than SO many of the blogs I look at… I really have to just yell at you for a minute about your pricing. WAY UNDER PRICED!!!
There, that is out of the way…(and if any of you readers agree with me, please leave a comment here to prove my point…)
Ok… so, what else do I love? I love the frequent updates, the huge size of the images on the blog, (especially love that b&w image of the baby on the wooden bridge…) the band photos are great, (and if you have ever done any band photography in darkly lit clubs, you know how good these are!) and the fun, affable, cool-mom-next-door tone of her writing. There are a couple less than perfect images if you delve way back, but you can really see amazing growth, talent and beauty in her work. If she was one of the photographers I have mentored though, I’d be on her about that pricing.
-enjoy!
Mary
So how awesome is THAT!! Okay,I guess I have to work on the pricing, huh?
(Brace yourselves…here comes the "oscar speech"- feel free to skip this part) Thank you to everyone who has welcomed me into your homes and hearts and let me take photos of your families. Thank you for all of your referrals to friends and family, without which I wouldn’t have been able to grow my business as much as I have. Without you, there would be no bsquared photography (and my boys would be even more miserable cause I would only take pix of them!). Thank you to my wonderful supportive husband- for being a "single father" basically every weekend so I can keep working. And to my wonderful, photogenic, mostly patient boys who I love so much- without you guys I wouldn’t have learned how to take a good picture (or a bad one), gotten a big girl camera, and become a real life photographer. And thanks, Mom, for the wonderful comment/compliment and alllllll the babysitting! Not to mention my first big girl camera for Christmas way back, which started the whole thing.
I guess now is the time where I absolutely must get over my issue with saying "I’m a photographer".
Happy 4th everyone! The weather here is crappy and I think we’re skipping the beach which is a big bummer. Maybe I’ll bribe the boys and take them out for some pictures…
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The Turn @ Webster Hall, NYC
As I mentioned before, The Turn made it into the finals of the Emergenza Battle of the Bands which was at Webster Hall last weekend. They started with 2,000 bands and there were only 13 left at the finals. While they didn’t win (which is just ridiculous- but more on that in a minute), they did come in a respectable 7th place. 7th out of 2,000– more than fairly impressive!
I didn’t stay for the rest of the bands after the Turn’s performance, but I can tell you that all of the bands before them really hurt my head. They were just loud. Not good. Loud. Really uncomfortably bad and loud. But hey, I’m a little partial to ‘my boys’ in the Turn. But I still say they shoulda won.
This is the poster on the train I sat next to on the way into the city. I thought it was a good omen.
They had soooo many friends show up at the club to watch them play. That in itself was so great to see. They have so many people who love them and support them. Got some great shots both inside and outside of the club. Just love these guys- they are the best (not only amazingly talented but just good, good people). My only dissapointment of the whole night? I so wanted a picture with all ‘my boys’. But they are like a 2nd grade field trip with a bunch of ADD kids- as soon as I turn around, half of them are gone.
Thanks for the ride home Uncle Bro- had a great time and looking forward to our sushi vegatable. And thanks to ‘my boys’- I had a great time and I’m really proud of you!!! And B, this one’s for you…
And there are all sorts of interesting people in the city after dark.
To see all of the images from the show, please click HERE.
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the hyl family
That whole 6 degrees thing comes into play yet again. Never met this great family before Saturday morning’s shoot, but later that night the mom saw John and the boys at our friends son’s graduation party in a totally different town (I wasn’t there- I was in NYC shooting The Turn at Webster Hall- those pictures up next). She recognized John and the boys from the blog and introduced herself. Small world. Getting smaller by the minute!
This family was so sweet and fun to photograph. Of course, I loved the whole three boys thing (and I even got hugs and kisses at the end!!!) and they were all so good. We had some fun with the infamous tickle finger and just exploring the park. It was dreadfully hot and so ridiculously HUMID at 9:30 in the morning, but everyone toughed it out so well. And do you think Dad could look anymore like Ray Liotta?! (except with good skin!) The littlest boy just turned one, so the shoot was concentrated a little more on him. Mom is a photographer herself and like me, is very very rarely in any of her pictures. I hope I did your family justice, L!
To view the rest of the images from the session, please click HERE.
