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lewis’s senior session
This year’s seniors have had SUCH a raw deal with absolutely everything, so I’m extra happy to be able to photograph them this year to commemorate all of their achievements- regardless of a pandemic. Lewis is a high school graduate and brought along his family for a few shots too. He has worked at the adaptive ski program at Mt. Snow for a few years now, helping kids and adults with special needs to experience and enjoy skiing. Since we have no snow (not like i’d enjoy shooting in that weather anyway!) in June in NY, we went totally opposite and had his session at the beach. Help show Lewis your support on his hard work by leaving him some well earned congrats. Also, his sister Cayla (who’s bat mitzvah I shot last year) has been thru the ringer the last few days with some major medical issues. So leaving the whole family some messages of support I’m sure will be much appreciated. Congrats Lewis!!
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the sull family
I’ve been photographing them for like, ever and this year we did our session early in the year (it’s almost always in the fall). Pandemics will do that I guess. Since they’re renting a beach house for a month or so we took advantage of the location. It was a very windy day but we made the best of it anyway. Thank you so much to Annie and family for booking me for my very first “official” back to work session!! It was so awesome to be working again and seeing actual people!
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charlotte {tiny dancer}
My cousin Charlotte (I’d have to ask my sister in law who is the expert on the “level” of cousins, but she’s busy and i don’t want to bother her, so we’ll just say cousin.) just had her first of two virtual dance recitals yesterday for her dance studio, Miss Colleen’s. Her mom asked me to come do a little photoshoot of her in her costumes and make up after the online recital. Not only to commemorate the day and outfits, but because just like everyone else this poor girl has had her fair share of disappointments and cancellations due to the stupid Covid19. No school, no friends, no playdates, no in-person dance class, no recital on stage, no communion, no communion party or dress. No nothing. And apparently she started crying after the online recital because she misses her friends and dancing with them in real life. Just add it to the list of everything else that breaks your heart lately. I hope the session and the pictures cheer her up some, it was fun for me too.
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jack & elizabeth @ pinehurst
Because the world is a giant mess and getting worse by the minute it seems,I’m escaping that reality and just posting pretty pictures instead. Last week Jack & I drove down to Wake Forest to clean out his dorm room for good. His girlfriend Elizabeth and her amazingly lovely mom, Anne, invited us to stay with them at their house in Pinehurst NC instead of having to go to a hotel. And I can definitely tell you, southern hospitality is TOTALLY a thing!!
First off, we made it to Washington DC in 3.5 hours (normally about 5 hours) and all the way to Pinehurst in 8.5 hours (usually around 10-12hours) including a 30 minute lunch break of no driving. I was doing 74mph on the Belt Parkway!! Unheard of and if you live here in NY or travel around here, you know that never, ever happens– not even on like a Tuesday night at 3am. This may be the only part of the “new normal” that I actually enjoy and find positive. I think we averaged around 82mph for the whole trip.
When we arrived, I had my own room waiting for me which was perfectly “my” colors (even matched my luggage!) with fresh cut roses and candy by the bed. And there were Hershey Kisses in the dining room. And she’s a Cure fan! Its like Anne and I were meant to be friends! (the only thing that she doesn’t enjoy is cursing. you guys know me and know that would be a problem for me. but i did it! no cursing at all for 3 days! its like a miracle!). So not only was their home at Pinehurst lovely, and the town and community they live in beautiful, most importantly Anne and Elizabeth were so super nice and sweet and genuine and welcoming. They even took us out to dinner at a real restaurant to celebrate Jack’s graduation (restaurant=unheard of here in NY these pandemic days) and drove us around everywhere. The thing that stood out to me in a funny so-not-happening-in-new york kinda way was that each person in their development had their names (first and last) and the address printed on their mailboxes. All I could think was why don’t you just post your credit card and social security numbers on there too! The south is so nice and so different. In the best way!
Anyway, I did a little shoot for Jack & Elizabeth and a picture or two for Anne too. The furry creatures are Fox Squirrels. I am so not a nature photographer, I definitely don’t have the patience. And let me say its really annoying when your “client” lives in your house and stands over you telling you what pictures you can and cannot post. PS. Isn’t Elizabeth gorgeous?
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the conr family
I was lucky enough to photograph this “baby for all seasons” for his newborn shoot in the winter, and now got to photograph him on the beach. He is just so delicious and smiley and I had a ball with them all. He is not a fan of being put down so most of the photos are with his loving parents which everyone seemed pretty pleased about! We had a beautiful but windy night at the beach and I really can’t wait to watch this little guy grow!
