• children & families,  personal & corporate branding {headshots},  sweet 16

    catherine & co.

    I’m almost up to editing Catherine’s sweet 16 party, so I figured I should post the pre-party shoot we did for her at Tiffany & Co as a little preview/teaser. This was definitely among my favorite shoots to date (as you can well imagine). Catherine is such a lovely, lovely girl. Sweet, smart, gorgeous. It was a total pleasure to photograph her. Especially at Tiffany’s!

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  • children & families,  military families,  occassions & parties

    dean & jess’s goodbye party

    If you follow along here on the bsquared blog or on my instagram, I’m sure you’ll remember this awesome family of super hero fame & the cutest little kids. Dad/Dean is an active duty Marine and just received orders to Okinawa, Japan. So they’re on their way to a whole new adventure. The Leathernecks MC that Dean is a member of, threw them a goodbye party a few weeks ago and I was there to say my goodbyes and take some pictures. When their oldest daughter read her speech there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. Crying, laughing, drinking…it was a good night. I even made the board (awwww, thanks Jess!) from the Marine Corps Ball that Jess and some of the families I took pictures for invited me to. And now that they’re moving across the globe, I found out the secret to Dean smiling for real in pictures- drinking. So if our paths ever cross again, I’m making him get drunk before our session.

    Best of luck to you guys! I’ll miss you and I really hope I get to see you again (in Japan. For sushi). Thank you again Dean for your service to our country!!!! Safe travels and hugs!

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  • children & families,  communions,  occassions & parties

    rocco’s 1st communion

    Was very excited to photograph this 2-part communion for this great family! Communion on one day and the party at Bridgeview Yacht Club on the next. Luckily we had sun and beautiful weather for the communion portraits but the next day was like a monsoon so no pictures outside. The party was a lot of fun for both the kids and the adults. And I think Rocco had a great time if his smiles are any indication! They’re really a great, happy family which makes my job a pleasure!

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  • children & families,  communions

    patrick’s 1st communion

    Another first time bsquared family that was a pleasure to meet and photograph. When mom told me their son who was making his communion was one of 6 kids, I did panic a little. But I had no reason to, because they were all so great! Took a few family shots at the church before the mass and then at their party for a little while too. GaGa ball was a big hit and there was lots of fun to be had there. Patrick was such an awesome trouper for the pictures, never complained once. Great to meet you all, hope you like the photos! (oh, and cookies below from my good friend Colleen at Dover Girls Desserts. You’ll be seeing more of her work on the blog later this week too).

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  • children & families

    the bivo kids

    Sorta new to bsquared bunch (I photographed their mom’s surprise birthday a while back, but this is my first time actually photographing the kids for a portrait session). It was a fun session, getting to know the kids and their personalities which are quite varied across the bunch. Hope they had at least a little fun too!

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