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mary’s senior session
I’ve been photographing this family for about 14 or so years and cannot believe this little tiny blondie is now a high school senior! Mary is so sweet and a beautiful lyrical dancer and I cannot wait to see where she ends up next year for college! Also, just in case there was any confusion that I am old as dirt, I told Mary that some of the pictures she was totally giving off a Farrah Fawcett Charlies Angels vibe and she had absolutely no idea what I was talking about.
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rosa’s 80th birthday
Now that’s a birthday worth celebrating BIG! My friend/pilates instructor/massage therapist Denise and her siblings put together a great birthday party for their mom with family in from all over the country to help celebrate. Since many family members live out of state, they haven’t been together in a really long time because of covid. So not only was it a celebration of Rosa, it was a celebration of family. I was invited to stay for dinner (omg, such good food!) and hang out with the family and Denise said she was proud that I “survived” my first Dominican party. Not only did I survive, I had so much fun! And I made her promise to do some Salsa with her awesome hubby for me- which they did. That was awesome! Wishing Rosa the happiest 80th birthday. And I’m so glad no one beat me with their chancleta.
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magnolia dance
A different kind of senior session (plus two juniors) but one i LOVED photographing. These kids have been dancing together for many, many years and are super close friends so they wanted to capture some special moments together at dance, at play and in some graduation attire. Mission accomplished! Wishing these kids all a wonderful senior (and two junior) year! I can’t wait to see where life takes them all.
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pilates meets a trainer
I’m sure you’ll remember my shoots for both Denise at Fit4Life Pilates & Wellness and for Jess at SheehanByrne Fitness. Well, I decided they should be friends and introduced them and they kinda took it from there. They wanted to get a feel for how the other works, learning new techniques, etc. So I stopped in and photographed it. Here are the results, with Jess even wearing pants from Denise’s store, DeeAthletic. Oh, and the tiny dancer Gabby (who I also introduced to Denise and now she and her mom both train with Denise at least 2x a week) was just finishing up her session so I asked her to do something “dancy” for me.
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kristen’s sweet 16 on the beach
To celebrate Kristen, her parents rented a house on Fire Island and had all her besties out for the weekend. The beach shoot was so much fun for me, we had perfect conditions and they were all so adorable, sweet and fun to shoot! I discovered that Kristen can really fly which I didn’t know even though I’ve been photographing her for like 12 or so years! I know there’s picture overload but I couldn’t choose!
