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the mark communion
This family has been waiting so patiently for their pictures and I’m happy to finally be able to post them. I hope you think it was worth the wait!
Miss K was so lovely and a total trooper for all the pictures. Especially after her party guests began to arrive and all she wanted to do was go see them. But she stuck it out so well and was a sweetheart the whole time.
There’s just something beyond her years in the way she carries herself. Like and old soul.
The grounds of the restaurant/club were so pretty and perfect for photos.
Aren’t the three girls just gorgeous? And Mom & Dad too! Really, the whole family is just way too good looking. Made my job so easy.
Godmother and grandparents.
And you might recognize her very best friend from her communion a few weeks back.
Thanks again for your patience. It was a pleasure through and through. To see the rest of the pictures from this session, please click HERE.
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5 for friday + rachel’s confirmation
1. I haven’t been to bed before 2:30am this whole week so far. That is not expected to change anytime soon. I’m not complaining…I’m just sayin.
2. It seems as if I’m getting at least one referral (on average) per shoot that I do. Which is so awesomely cool. My little “I-didn’t-mean-to-start-a-business-and-still-have-no-business-plan” venture is really taking off, even when I thought it peaked last year! Apparently not. See #1 above.
3. Timmy finished up school yesterday and the big boys have 2 more weeks to go. Since Timmy’s done there will be no more editing during the day. See #1 above again, and add on at least an hour. I do have pictures of the boys spring concert and of Timmy’s last day. Don’t think I’m getting to those til next Friday though.
4. I am so far behind in editing it’s crazy. That leads to being behind in blog posting too. I know I have several clients anxiously awaiting their pictures. I’m hurrying as much as I can (see #1 above). Really, I am. Maybe I just won’t sleep at all. Ever.
5. Looking really forward to going out with the playgroup girls for dinner tonight! Should be so fun. And filled with mongolian beef….mmmmmmmm. One night off the diet.
And finally, Rachel’s confirmation pictures. Heidi, you can stop textingemailingfacebooking me about them now! 🙂
My ‘first son’ Adam. He is now taller than me. How did that happen? Plus the fact that he is now an Ocean Life Guard- where did the time go??
Erica is a real pip (always was). And this is the reaction I got when I asked the boys to stand next to her and put their arms around her for the picture. Their first picture with another baby was with Erica when the boys were about 1 month old and Erica was 2 months old. I guess that’s probably the last one where they will not make these faces.
All the kids got along and played so nicely. Their backyard is fantastic and gorgeous, with beautiful light streaming in and sun reflecting back off the windows of the house. Niiiice! And a little hammock action is always good for some laughs.
Glad to see that Joe and Heidi annoy all of ‘their kids’ equally. This is “Rachel’s brother from another mother”. Poor kid. But I don’t have too much sympathy since Heidi chases down my boys every time she sees them (especially coming out of religion) to give them lots of kisses. Patrick resigned himself to “take it like a man” at the party since he knew there was no escape.
The confirmation girl herself. With her friends. They are soooooo 13. And when she wouldn’t listen to me I threatened her with getting JohnnyB to come out and sing to her in front of all her friends and party guests. She listened from then on.
You can see the rest of the pictures from the party HERE.
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the mcga communion
Met this very nice, new to bsquared photography family for some communion pictures for their second son. The 5 kids (ok, well 4 kids and one baby and I kept saying 4 kids. The baby was so good and quiet, I kept forgetting she was there!) were so nice and polite and just good kids which are always a pleasure to work with, especially when there are so many of them and only one of me. And where did they go when it wasn’t their “turn” with me? To read a book. Awesome!
So it wasn’t actually the communion the day of the shoot, but we pretended it was. Gotta get those pictures in where you can.
The biggest brother. We discussed good books for boys who are 10 years old and up. Got some new titles we’re going to try this summer. Thanks, J.
The littlest brother who has a little mischief in him somewhere I think. Just look at that face!
This little one was just begging me to take her picture at every turn. How could I not with a sweet little face like that?
Got some great shots of the new baby too, who all her siblings are more than enamored with.
You don’t want to know what mom was doing behind me to get the kids to laugh like this. But, you do what you have to do to get a shot like this!
Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed meeting you! To see all the pictures from this session, please click HERE.
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the bart sweet 16
I was so looking forward to shooting this Sweet 16 since her mom Facebooked me and asked me to do it. And I was not dissapointed!
Bethanne was lovely in every way. She is so put together and down to earth, yet beautiful and girly all at the same time. I hear she’s very smart (plus that shows too) and wants to be a surgeon. She definitely has it all going on and even only meeting her for a short time, I know she will do whatever she puts her mind to.
Her dress was spectacular, no?
The party (quite the event and so much fun) was at the Merchant Marine Academy in Great Neck right on the water. A great venue and a great night.
Mom and Dad were both so proud of their sweet girl and were beaming the whole evening.
And really, mom and daughter look more like sisters!
I went to high school with Bethanne’s aunt (that’s how the whole shoot occurred, so thank you L!) I’ll be doing a shoot for her family later this month.
The whole family was there to celebrate, and tons of friends helped keep the party going.
The candle lighting ceremony (ok, total memories of my bat-mitzvah during this part!) was lovely and everyone had a special part to play. Bethanne did a fantastic job on the introductions and backstory on everyone lighting a candle.
Bethanne, hope all your dreams and wishes come true. Happy Birthday!
Thank you D for asking me to capture your lovely daughter’s special day. I hope you enjoy the pictures and they are everything you hoped for. To view all of the images from this shoot, please click HERE.
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the butl rehearsal dinner
Ok, I know I usually don’t post client images on the weekends, but with last week’s record number of shoots, if I don’t post over the weekend I’ll be even more backlogged than I am!
This almost newlywed couple ( actually married for a week + now) came to me thru the bride’s sister (in the green dress) as I had done her family pictures a few times. I was asked to shoot the rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding. This dinner could’ve been a wedding itself! So many people helping to celebrate the couple with speeches, slide shows, laughs, toasts and tons of love.
The bride was sick (what a bummer, huh?) but you could never tell by looking at her. She was fiercly fabulous and a real trooper. I got about 5 minutes with the bride and groom outside before they had to return to their guests and the evening commenced. I loved the gold wall and couldn’t pass it up.
The bride’s family and friends were great and so happy for R. A big thanks to the bride’s sister R for all of her coordinating and help during the evening. Their speeches were sweet and funny.
Turns out that the bride is a bit of a photographer herself but is very, VERY picky about how she looks and often has the owner of the camera erase photos if she dosen’t like the way she looks in them. I was told during one of the speeches that I had the toughest job that day. Hope you like the pictures, R and don’t make me erase any!
The groom’s dad, brother, friends and family had quite a lot to say during the speeches.
There was a crazy story about poop and grandma’s car during the groom’s brother’s speech. Grandma laughed so hard she was crying.
Love the reaction shots, always my favorite!
Hope the wedding went as well as the dinner and everyone had just as much if not more fun! To see all of the images from the evening, please click HERE.