BOSTON CHILDREN'S PHOTOGRAPHER, BOSTON FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER, BOSTON NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER

What are the chances that within 24 hours I would photograph two families with adorable boys and both of the moms are from Texas?  Houston I think!  And both moms are awesome, and both dads are cool?  I am lucky.  Very lucky.

I am even more lucky because I have known Josh since before he was born.  Really.  No joke.  Our families are BFFs.  Really BFFs.  It doesn’t matter if we don’t see each other for months on end, we are still BFFs.  I can’t actually even put it into words the connection we have with this family.  When I was like 6 or 7 I was looking out the window at the neighbors getting ready to go to Prom and I apparently said “Josh Chaffin can take me to the prom.”  When I was reminded about that in later years (as I am actually reminded whenever I see Josh or my mother wants to embarrass me), it’s really really funny!!

I found a prom date other than Josh… and a few years later, Josh found Maisie who is a dream.  She is so kind, open, and brings an amazing spark to not only Josh’s life, but also to Peggy & Nate’s (after 39 years, I apparently have the green light to call Mrs Chaffin “Peggy”).  She is beautiful and has a lovely spirit.  Josh grew into a handsome, articulate and caring guy.  Together, they have Issac.  And he is beyond yummy.  I spent about 30 minutes with just Issac and I was IN.  LOVE.  Everything about this boy is the bomb.  It was so fun to see this family together, and to watch how careful and loving they are with their boy, and to see how much they love each other.

Thank you for an amazing morning.  You guys really are like my second family.  Can’t wait until you are living state-side again!

I am in the process of building a new web site… eventually a blog, but for now just the site.  I am also upgrading my slideshows so that I can show video and inset them right onto my blog!  All exciting stuff!

In the mean time, I am migrating my hosting company.  The thought of it makes me nauseous because I am terrified I will lose data.  This is happening starting tomorrow and will transition over the weekend.  If you can’t find me… you know there are problems!

Let’s hope for the best and stay tuned for awesome new changes!

UPDATE:  I think my blog and site is transferred onto my new host with no issues!  Yay!  Many props to the people at www.Hostgator.com for making that happen.  I was really please with the service I received from them.  I started the process 24 hours ago.  It’s complete.  Without a hitch.  And when I emailed them a question (because I am the village idiot when it comes to this stuff)… not only did they answer, but they PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED ME to explain.  Really?  A hosting company does that?  Yes.  They rock.

There is one image from this session that I think is Perfect. I’ve asked some other photographer friends their thoughts and this is what they came up with “Love the swinging hair,” “I love that she is both thin and strong at the same time,” “That one of her walking toward them is somehow both sexy & sweet. It’s like, it shows she’s still a gorgeous woman, but a mom, too, and that you can be both.” “I want to be her.” That pretty much summed up what I was thinking when I shot the image of her skipping down the beach [in a way more eloquent than I could have].

As for the rest of the session, it was lovely. I met Holly at a workshop and I think we totally clicked so I was super psyched to shoot her session! I was equally psyched to meet her husband because he works at Adobe and you know how I love my Brands. I figured two cool people would make an awesome kid, and I was right! Their son is a gorgeous little boy filled with a lot of expression, determination and a little bit of spunk!

I had a great time! I am so glad everyone hung in there through the sun and the heat and we got it DONE!

There is a sign hanging in Jake-A-Loo, a common saying: Maine, The Way Life Should Be.  They are not kidding.

I zipped back up to Drakes to have a more “formal” session with the Morse girls.  I know, they aren’t technically the Morse girls any more, but really, they still are.  I missed Katherine, but caught her yummy, delicious, WALKING, little boy.  And I met some new kids and another great friend.  The sky was overcast, foggy, but there some insane light peaking through.  The temperature was perfect.  The kids were beyond unbelievable.  My toe was healed (almost).  I hate to say this out loud, but it really was like shooting fish in a barrel.

I shot this entire session with my sand-filled 5DMK2 (with a cracked LCD) and my 85 1.2L and 135 2.0L.  I point that out because I am a big fan of my 24-70,  but I am pushing myself (and my budget) to primes.  Last night I was in love.

So this is a really big sneak peak because it was a really big session.  If you are client of mine, you know I shoot big.  Mostly because I don’t want to miss a moment… but also because I don’t like to stick to limits and if I’ve shot them and I love them, I will show them.  A lot of people tell me this makes it harder for clients to decide… I say “make it harder” because honestly, I can’t image not sharing all I can with you!  So that was a sidetrack (surprise), but just a little bit about how I work!

I seriously can’t wait for Round Two.  Round One was a session, but not really a session because my family was around and it was the end of a long day on the beach and running around.  And I tripped on a rock and broke a toe.  And my A Game might have been hiding at the bottom of a bottle of Corona [the toe and the Corona are totally unrelated].  But lucky for me, I have extremely beautiful clients who just make my job so easy!

I love a little girl that levitates.

My beautiful, beautiful friend and her yummy, delicious little boy.  My friends make awesome moms.

And a beautiful sister.

And another.

Hello summer, goodnight beach… we’ll see you both tomorrow.