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the landstar title company
Had a great and very different assignment this morning. Did some headshots for the owners of the Landstar Title Co. as they are going to be featured in the newspaper and had everything they needed for that, except the headshots! So that’s where I came in. I know there are a bunch of my clients out there waiting for their shoots (6 of you in fact!) and I’m sorry to take this shoot out of order, but they really did need their pictures right away. Deadlines as dictated by the newspaper. But yours are coming, I promise!
Wow, it was so different, not chasing, cajoling, tickling, singing to, clucking, jumping, playing peek a boo, or making raspberries at my subjects. They are such nice personable guys and I wish them only the best.
To view the rest of the images, please click HERE.
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weekend update & more…
No, not the Saturday Night Live version either. But lots to catch up on…
- went to dinner tonight with John & Nelson (nothing like going out to eat with both husbands) to a restaurant in Smithtown called H2O. It was delish. Mostly seafood and delish funky sushi.
- had a shoot on Saturday morning and then while all the boys were at the beach, I went to Barnes and Nobel all by myself (bliss) and bought a ton of new books. I was all out and I always have to have something good to read. Really enjoying Laura Lipman books (thanks for that Ken!) so I bought a new one now that I just finished two others of hers. Also picked up a biography of Marie Antoinette which is great so far. A few others that looked good and were on sale.
- remember how I bought that new crumpler camera bag (looks exactly like the old one just bigger)? Well, I made a new friend in the process! When I offered the old bag for sale here on the blog, I had a taker out in Iowa who it turns out has been a blogstalker since I first started the blog. She said her husband always makes fun of her cause she reads all these blogs of people she dosen’t know (I do the same thing– I find photographers blogs whose work I love and visit everyday. I have about 45 that I visit daily!). So now that we have conversed a few times via email and that she now owns my old bag, she can say she does know me. Which leads me to my next point…
- i know you are out there blog stalkers! I’d like to get to know you so if you are so inclined, please leave me a comment here on the blog and introduce yourself? I get quite a large number of folks visiting here everyday and while I know who some of you are, there is no way I "know" all of you. So come out of hiding and say hi, ok!? It’s easy to leave a comment. Just page down to the end of this post, click on "comments" and fill in the info. I would really love to hear from you! C’mon…
- bought yet another new camera…but this one is just your run of the mill point and shoot digital. I need something I can just toss in my bag and take with me to events that I don’t want to lug the whole setup. I took some pictures with it at the beach the other day. I have to get over the fact that the picture quality will not be the same as the 5D’s (this is a difficult thing for me). But it is easy and small and convenient so I guess I’ll take the trade off. It’s great for what it is. And I’ll be sending it with John and the boys on their baseball trip. And of course, it’s a Canon. I’m very brand loyal!
- we went down to the beach on Friday- and it was a beautiful day. So that was my 5th visit to the beach this summer. August can’t come soon enough! Just one more weekend of working until September. We found 3 crabs on the beach (so rare) and I had to ‘crabsit’ the little one until the boys ran back to get the camera. One was small and alive. And then we found two big ones (unfortunately dead) but one was red and and the other blue. Pretty cool.
- We went to the Billy Joel concert- last play at Shea about two weeks ago (been so busy posting clients shoots that I haven’t blogged much about stuff around here) and it was a blast. John and I went (he also invited some clients from work) and we had fun. Yes, John had fun. It’s true. I swear. This would’ve been the perfect time for the small camera, but we are going to see the Police and Elvis Costello in a week or so, so I’ll bring it to that (hoping that it comes back alive from the baseball trip). Anyway, Billy Joel was amazing and he had several incredible guest appearances that night (we went to the Wednesday night show)- John Mayer, Tony Bennett, John Mellencamp, and Don Henley. Our seats were not so great in that we couldn’t see the stage much cause we were blocked by speakers and lights. BUT, we were in the first row of the upperdeck and the BOUNCING of the whole level was just crazy. The whole thing was seriously bouncing up and down all the way across Shea. My friend Jen was there and she was sitting in the section below and really thought the whole upper deck was going to just fall on top of her. It was nuts- but I liked it!
- Last, went over to the ‘crunchy club’ on Saturday night for the Big Wave movie/pool night where the kids can go in the pool all night and watch a movie on the big giant screen. It was Alvin & the Chipmunks this year and the boys had a bunch of fun. John’s partner from work, his wife and kids met us there and I think they had a good time too. The water was warm but the air was kinda cold so we had a lot of blue lips. We didn’t get home til around 11pm. Timmy made it thru the whole thing and had a blast too.
Think that about does it for the catching up. For now anyway. Hope everyone had a good weekend. Don’t forget to leave a comment and say hi!
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the wed family 2.0
I’m sure you will remember this fantastic family with new twin boys and a gorgeous little girl from their shoot about two months ago. They are one of my ‘growing up squared’ plan families, so you will get to see them two more times after this shoot. Which is great, cause they are so cute!
The twins have filled out a bunch since their last shoot where they were only a little over a week old. They are developing their own personalities and sooooo close to smiling. Can’t wait to catch that next time! And sad but true, I have a hard time telling them apart. You would think oas a twin mom myself, I should be able to, but I really can’t. Plus the fact that they are fraternal and honestly do look different just makes it that much more pathetic on my part!
Mom is looking fantastic and big sister is as beautiful as ever. And although she really didn’t want to hold the boys, we did have some fun- the two of us hanging out in the giant bathtub in mom & dad’s bathroom. Seriously. There was some great light in there and I just couldn’t pass it up. See…
To view all the images from this session, please click HERE.
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the fer family
This is what I learned:
Water = good & smiles
No water= bad & frowns
At least for the first 3/4 of the shoot.
There was a last minute change of venue from the family’s home to a nearby park. We started down at the water, and it all kinda went downhill from there- for a while anyway. All R wanted to do was to go into the water. Fully clothed. Fully in. And when we but the kabosh on that, he wasn’t pleased. When he got over it a little, he was running and tripped and bumped his head on the asphalt. You can imagine he was really upset and we were going to end the whole thing. But daddy wisely suggested we go back home and see if we could get anything there. So we headed home and the first thing R did was to play with his water table and kiddie pool. Well, it quickly went from playing around the outside of the pool, to standing in the pool, to sitting in the pool fully clothed and soaking wet. But once he got his fill of the pool, we were able to venture out into the yard (and even into the house) for a few other shots.
He’s a great little boy and had some sweet smiles and giant brown eyes. He just really REALLY likes the water. Thanks mom & dad for your patience. Hope you like the pictures, even if he is dressed and in the pool!
To see all of the images from this session, please click HERE.
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the lee family
Can I just say how much I love my job!? Just take a look at how CUTE this little guy is. And he lives in a great location (if you couldn’t figure it out, the lower east side of Manhattan) with fabulous parents. And although Dad escaped to work early on in the shoot, Mom was more than willing to wander around with me to find interesting spots to shoot in. And we found a bunch.
He was just all smiles this one. Such a pleasure and such a gorgeous kid with his one litte toof and a big ol drool string!
To see the rest of the images from this shoot, please click HERE.
