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the conl family (a ‘be together’ session)
Not going to lie, this session was quite the challenge with 19 people- including 10 kids the oldest of who was 9 years old, and the youngest 9 months old. I needed a bed and and an IV of wine when we were done. On the questionnaire I send out with the welcome packet, the comment was “rest up!” No kidding. But, all the families were great and fun (and loved the colors they chose) and I loved seeing all the cousins interact with each other. We shot at Sun & Surf where they have a cabana at almost the end of the summer.
The whole gang!
Mom & Dad with their children & spouses.
With all the grandchildren.
A few dreamy ones…
Finally made it down to the ocean with the crew.
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the rudi family
An extremely windy day on the beach for this session, with a fun extended family that I’ve photographed several times over the last few years. I love that grandma and grandpa always take part in the yearly session! Every session with this group is memorable, but it used to be because the day of or the day after the session one (or sometimes both) of the girls got sick. We were lucky that they showed no sign of illness this year and we had a great (but windy) session!
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the cast family
I’ve lost count how many times I’ve photographed this amazing family, but you can see some past sessions here (last year’s session was posted exactly one year ago today- how funny!!) and here. It’s always the beach at the end of the summer, always the white (although I try every year to get some color on them!!!), and always filled with so much love, hugs and fun (even I get hugs!). And tans.
How YOU doin?
The kids specifically requested this shot, attacking mom and dad. How could I say no?
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the wool family
This was a session I was seriously excited for. Caren & Tim were “my” bride and groom back in 2010 for their wedding in Jamaica and since then, they’ve welcomed a beautiful baby boy (who is now just over a year old) into their family. They live far away in upstate New York, but come down every summer to visit family & friends. When they contacted me to do a session for them, I was super excited to not only see them but to meet and photograph Owen for the first of what I hope to be many times. Of course the session had to be at the beach! But someone was not a fan of the sand. Or the water. Made for an interesting session, but we got it done with singing, food, a lot of time being held and tickles for smiles.
Snuck in a sitting in the sand shot super quick before he realized he was in the sand. 
Ha!
He disliked the sand and water so much he went all flamingo and tried only standing on one foot. 
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the rich family
If you are a blog stalker (which, of course, I hope that you are!) you’ll remember this family from their daughters bat mitzvah, an awards night and sarah’s recent session celebrating her brace free smile. We had this session scheduled for over a year out at their summer/weekend home in Westhampton Beach. But illness, travel plans and weather had other ideas and pushed our session back a whole year plus. I was so happy to get it done so they’ll have some great family photos that are updated and ready to hang in their gorgeous home out that way.
A windy and way humid evening on the beach, but the light was gorgeous.
Sooooo cute!
Standing out in the marsh for this one! (me, not the family!)
Beautiful ladies. 
Hope you like them all, T and family!! Enjoy the rest of your summer out there!
And if you’re my friend on Facebook, you’ll remember me cursing the whole way home when they closed the LIE (the whole freaking road) from exits 62-63 on the way home and I sat in traffic for an hour and 4o minutes. That part wasn’t fun. But dinner with my friend Kim (who also summers out in Westhampton) before hitting the road was great!