Brotherly Love - Andover, MA Family Portrait Photographer

When the mom of these three boys first contacted me, she was hoping to do a winter photo session in the snow! We kept waiting and waiting all winter, and the snow never came. So we decided we'd just wait until Spring and we finally got together last week for a family session. I loved seeing the love in this family! The difference in age between the oldest and youngest is about six years, and it was so sweet to watch them all together. We got a beautiful night for light and had a lot of fun in the Park in downtown Andover.

A Beautiful Day for a Wedding

Anyone who has been following the progression of this business of mine knows that a huge turning point for me came last October, when I attended the Substance photography workshop given by Jenna Walker and Katie Thurmes of Jenna Walker Photographers in Colorado. During my weekend in Boulder I made new friends and enjoyed the beauty of Colorado, but more importantly, was given a gift by Jenna and Katie -- the belief that I could do this. For real. The advice and encouragement that they gave to the nine of us who attended was invaluable. When I came back, I bought a logo, made myself a website, and set off down this path with a confidence I never thought I would have.

As luck would have it, Katie had a wedding booked out here this May (because she's just so awesome that someone from Massachusetts would want to fly her out here to shoot their wedding!) and was gracious enough to allow me to tag along as an "assistant".  She confessed to me a couple of days before that she doesn't actually use assistants, but she would gladly have me carry her bag/cameras as needed during the day. (I offered to fetch her water, but she declined.) At dinner the night before she drew me a little map of the ceremony setting on a napkin and gave me tips on where to stand and what to look for.

I knew that this would be a huge opportunity to watch her in action and learn a ton. And I did. And I got to do a whole lot more than carry her bag. I shot the entire day, except for some corralling of family during formal time. What a joy. What a great experience. What fun.

And an amazing wedding it was -- a family with four beautiful daughters, celebrating this wedding at their home. They were oozing love and joy and fun the whole time. It was great. And to top it all off, on this Saturday in early May (which as you know, can be a crap shoot around here in terms of weather), the sun was shining and the sky was blue. Perfect all around.

So here are a few of my images from that beautiful day. Enjoy! And thank you Katie for a fun and amazing opportunity!

A Visit From Grandma - Andover, MA Family Portrait Photographer

I love photographing Grandparents with their grandchildren so I was excited when I was invited to join this family for photographs while Grandma was visiting from England. We even got Surf, the dog, in on the fun!

Two beautiful girls and their Grandma.

This photo makes me laugh. Surf had to be picked up because he was a little too close to his electric fence!

A little more comfortable now that we were at a safe distance from the fence!

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Baby Ella - Middleton, MA Portrait Photographer

Eight month old babies are generally pretty cute, but this little gal was SO adorable. Love her round face and happy smile. This is a great age to photograph a baby because they are sitting up and have little personalities of their own. We did Ella's photo session at home in her beautiful pink room and out by her pool one sunny morning last week. I'm looking forward to a beach portrait session with Ella and the rest of her family later this summer!

And this adorable baby has an adorable dog too. Meet Charlie.

He was seeking a little shade from the hot sun!

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.