Fun Family Session in Boston - Andover, MA and Boston Family Photographer

This session was rescheduled due to heavy rain, and then we had to change location because of a huge event happening at our original spot, but it all worked out so great -- it was meant to be! Turned out to be a beautiful sunny afternoon in Boston's Christopher Columbus park on the waterfront.

I met up with these two and their mom (the portraits were a surprise for dad!) near the carousel on the Rose Kennedy Greenway and then we did our photo session in the park. Their mom warned me that I might get some "goofy" faces from her son, but I worked hard to make sure he genuinely had fun and that and his sister had plenty of time to just be kids. These are two really great and fun kids and I loved working with them both!

She is such a sweet kid!

I bet him that he couldn't keep a straight face for ten seconds.

OK, I can't resist a couple of the outakes. This guy was a ham!

This one just cracks me up. 

Baby Audrey - Boston, MA Newborn Photographer

I am always looking at other photographers' newborn photos online, and before my first newborn session a few months ago I thought I was going to need to learn how they managed to get these little babies into adorable Anne Geddes-like poses or put them in baskets or buckets or other such items.

But as I was making myself crazy wondering how I would go about this, I realized something... that is not my style. While those photographs are often really beautiful, when I think about what I want my work to reflect I come back to the fact that I want it to be real. More than anything else.

So, when it comes to newborns, I make sure my clients know ahead of time that I don't do a lot of posing. And I don't put babies in things that babies don't normally go in.

What I do, is try to document a family's world with this new little person who has come into it. Because those days when baby first comes home go so fast.  So capturing the essence of life with that tiny little person, when they are still small enough to snuggle into your forearm or sit in your bent knees as you "chat" with them, is my primary goal.

Here are a few from my latest newborn session with adorable Audrey and her parents. Another gorgeous family!

West Parish Garden Cemetery Sibling Photo Session - Andover, MA and Boston, MA Family Portrait Photography

I hadn't met this family before and when I walked up to meet them for our photo session, I was almost knocked over by this little girl's eyes! I think I may have gasped when I saw how huge and blue they are! And then I looked at her big brother who had the most beautiful green eyes! What a pair!

On top of being adorable they were such great kids to work with. They made my job easy and were totally willing to go along with whatever I suggested. I hope they enjoyed their trip to Bertucci's afterwards because they deserved a treat.

I LOVE the expressions in the first one!

All I said was "go sit on that bench", and this is what they did. So sweet.

I always try to make sure the kids have fun, and these lips and mustaches were a hit.