• children & families

    the rote boys @ the beach & a legit excuse

    Okay, okay…I know I promised last week that I would be posting every single day. I missed yesterday, but I really do have a good excuse as to why. Not only did I have the usual full day with all my kids, errands, playdates, homework, house stuff, etc., but I also had a shoot at the beach AND a shoot for the Turn in the recording studio til 1am last night. So I am feeling every second of my 39 years right now. Recording studio til 1am? Who do I think I am?? But it was sooooo fun! So interesting hearing and watching the songs get "built" and begin to come together. And taking tons of pictures, of course. I had a great time being there and the guys were as fabulous and talented and nice as ever. More on that soon, when I post their pictures from the recording studio though. See, so I really do have a good reason for not posting. But to keep on track, I’ll post twice today, so make sure you check back later today for a second post.

    Now on to the "rote" kids at the beach…

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    Another one of my growing up squared families, I’m sure you will remember these two from shoots past. They are both movers, so getting them together in a picture, smiling and looking is quite a feat in itself! Mom and I were singing "we just got a letter" from Blues Clues at the top of our lungs, while jumping up and down (hey, whatever it takes) to get this one.

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    The boys were getting hungry and cranky, so we just worked as fast as we could to get in as many keepers as possible. Love all those twinkling eyes and giggles.

  • children & families

    the gui family

    Running short on words and shorter on time. So many shoots to edit and still so many more upcoming, so please forgive the lack of usual ‘back story’ for the next few posts til I can catch up. I can let the pictures speak for themselves a bit, right??!

    Very briefly: cutie-pie kids, fun family, at Hofstra University (mom’s an alumni) during an Italian festival, fighting off a barrage of mosquitos. But they had fun anyway. Hope the ices were good, K!

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  • children & families

    the sar family

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    This was my first shoot for this lovely family who came to me by way of the syl family who’s session was a few weeks back. The kids were gorgeous and so much fun. They had great eye contact (which I love) and were really good natured, going along with pretty much whatever I asked. We knocked out the kids and family shots first as the boys and dad had a soccer game to get to. Then we concentrated on the beautiful baby girl. 

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    Love that mom indulged me with my usual crazy baby shots. Hope that you are happy with them. I think this one is my new favorite picture!

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  • children & families

    the hic family at the beach

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    These folks are easily turning into one of my favorite families to photograph. I met them early this year when their littlest son was born and I did their family photos then. Then mom asked if we could do a beach shoot and I was so there. They are a fun bunch, and all gorgeous which really does not hurt. How Angie Harmon is mom (I tend to relate lots of my clients to celebrities. Just happens, can’t help it)? The baby got so big since March and the older kids are just as good looking and nice.

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    Mom specifically requested the holding hands by the ocean picture and some "baby parts" pictures. Hope this is what you were thinking, C.

    Pleasure to see you all again (even you dad, even knowing how much you didn’t want to be there after sitting in that traffic!)! Looking forward to the next one in 2009!

  • occassions & parties

    the czy 90th birthday

    First, sorry for the delay on the new post. Been swamped with shoots and editing and just life. I’m back in the daily posting mode now, promise.

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    My good friend Jen’s grandfather celebrated is 90th birthday a few weeks ago with a wonderful party in Brooklyn and the family asked me to take pictures of this very special day. The view was fantastic and the party was filled with so much love for this man, it was just unbelievable. They are of Russian decent, so there was a whole new cultural experience for me…with the 3 toasts, singing, shots, etc. It was a real blast and everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves tremendously, especially the "birthday boy". This was a FUN family!

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    The speeches that his son and his grandchildren gave were so heartwarming and heartfelt, I didn’t feel like I had just met the man an hour prior, but that I had known him for a very long time. Everyone was moved to tears on more than one occassion- but all happy tears. It was a great day!

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    Thank you for letting me share in it. Hope you enjoy your pictures. All of the photos from the day are in an album on the left side.