Wow, talk about two birds with one stone! Two beautiful girls from this family shared their special day- one made her First communion, and one had her christening. Lots of white puffy, fluffy, pretty dresses! Such a great family (with a dad who has great taste in colleges- Go Canes!) and everyone is really as sweet as could be. Just did a few portraits to commemorate the occasion(s).

Saturday afternoon I was lucky to photograph the arl communion. This is a great group of people that I have gotten to work with many times already (and who have given me many new clients). The youngest boy took a fall on the way over to take the portraits and was pretty upset, so from then on he wanted NOTHING to do with me. Mom is so cool about stuff like that and realized there was nothing we could do about it. (I did offer chocolate, but it just wasn’t cutting it). So he’s not in too many of the shots.

What everyone else lacked in enthusiasm for me and my camera, mom made up for! More than enough for everyone. She loves getting her picture taken. How many people can you say that about? I guess it dosen’t hurt that she’s gorgeous and modelish-tall with matching modelish legs.

The communion recepient is as cute as ever (loved the matching Brooks Brothers tie to his daddy & his brother) and was a good sport. But, in the end, he was pretty done with me too. But I did get some great ones of him on his special day. Handsome! Album on the left. Click on any image to see it bigger.

The first of the four communions I shot this weekend. These were for my good friend, Beth (she’s the one who was the 2nd shooter on the big wedding last month). Her son is such a cutiepie, but does this horrible fakesmilething where his top lip curves under grits his teeth and he looks a little nuts! But I did manage to get some real smiles out of him and they were SO great. Beth knew exactly what she wanted picture wise, so that made my life a little easier. We have such similar tastes when it comes to composition and always seem to pick the same locations. She’s actually the one who turned me on to Tanglewood (you know the park where I take ALL my fall pictures!). She said that she found the arches by the church first, but I know I did!

I think we had some fun, joking around. The height difference between her and her husband is always a challenge! Well, the height difference between her husband (who I went to high school with, by the way) and EVERYONE else is quite the challenge.  

Finishing up this past weekend’s communions. Another family you may recognize from pictures last year. Sat thru a whole mass (and boy, it was looooonng) for these shots and hit my new most favorite location for communion pictures. So far, no one else has found it and I haven’t had to fight for space. I am hoping it will stay that way for a few more weeks until I’m done shooting communions. So if you are reading this and going to that church for communion…stay out of my spot!! Just kidding. Kinda.

My first of two Sunday communions. This little boy is not only the cutest, most cooperative kid…if he was faking his smiles, I couldn’t tell. He even got to bring up the gifts during mass. I was able to catch some of those shots, but you have to be really careful in the church cause they don’t want you out of your seat. Being the Jew in church is bad enough- I don’t need to be in more trouble! Although I have made friends with one of the communion directors cause I’m seeing her multiple times every weekend. And she knows my boys from religion and from their communion last year. So at least I have a little bit of an "in" there. One more communion from the weekend to edit and then another 3 coming up this weekend. Love the communion boys crazy uncles. Don’t we all have some like that? More to come soon…