• personal,  prom,  school

    semi-formal

    May 19, 2015 /

    The boys had their semi-formal on Saturday night and they actually let me take some photos (a rare occurrence these days) so I brought the big camera along to capture a few shots. They had a great time, they even danced. With their beautiful & sweet dates, how could they not?

    Jack & his date Taylor.

    Patrick & his date Gianna, plus his friends Lyra and Teddy. 

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  • children & families,  personal,  travel

    the lasts of colorado {merry christmas}

    April 9, 2015 /

    Finally blogging the last pictures from our trip almost a year ago. Sad, but true. And these were going to be for our christmas card, but the boys ended up getting their braces off a few weeks after this trip so I was basically told not to use them. Oh, well- Merry Christmas!. Hoping for a christmas card for 2015. Shoemakers kids…

    And a shout out to my photografriend Sara Garcia for the location in Denver. You should definitely check out her work, its amazing!!  Sara and I met at a workshop with the ever fabulous Zoe a few years ago and we were supposed to get together in her hometown of Denver when we were there visiting. Except she was like 15 months pregnant and due like any single second, so we decided it would be best if she didn’t deliver on the mountain top pictured below. Although scenic, probably not the best place to have a baby.

    Pretty sure it was just a bb gun, but could you even imagine seeing this scene in the communist state of NY? A new friend by the side of the road. 

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  • children & families,  personal

    three musketeers

    March 27, 2015 /

    The three of them, always together. The best of friends, goofiest of faces. Such good boys!! Figured I should post it before it’s truly spring (like with actual warm weather), although looking at the snow kinda makes me want to vomit.

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  • personal,  photography,  travel

    live from red rocks

    March 16, 2015 /

    ok, this is neither live (because I shot these over last summer), nor will U2 be making an appearance in this blog post but we were at red rocks in colorado. and it was pretty awesome.

    Biker bar in town. cool garage in town. 

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