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

What makes me happy?

Being in the city. Seven month old babies with perfect posture. Big blue eyes. Sunny days. Brownstones and bricks with glorious shade light. Big beds next to big windows. Clients that become my friends. Morning breaks from my children. Sipping hot fresh coffee while walking down a city street. Window shopping. My old neighborhood. Six degrees of Kristina. Gear that works properly. Husbands and wives that are in love. Parents loving their babies.

So pretty much every single thing about this session. I have to admit, I am actually obsessed with it a little bit.

What a glorious morning for me, and I also hope for Ethan and his parents. I truly enjoyed my time spent with new old friends.

Do you remember this yummy baby with the best nursery ever? She turned one. And now she has the best eyes, thighs, little wispy curls, wardrobe [and parents] ever. I was really excited to come back and see her at one year… even more excited when I saw three of my canvases hanging in their kitchen! It makes me really happy when client do things with their images ::: cough cough says the women who does nothing with her own:::

I think I want to convince her parents to either come see me at the studio, or to do a follow up, not only because I miss seeing them in the images, but because I really like them!

And so here she is, in all her awesome one year old glory… introducing Olivia!

I photographed this amazing little family right before Christmas.  It is one of my favorite sessions because (1) I really like them, (2) their home is gorgeous with more natural light than I could ever dream of, (3) it was winter and we went outside and I like cold weather sessions, and (4) because I really like them.  But our little buddy was tired, we scheduled the session for his nap time.  And so even though we captured a LOT of amazing family images, we didn’t shoot a whole lot of him just being a baby.  So we scheduled a follow up… and it went off without a hitch and what was supposed to be a “mini” ended up a lot more like a full.

I’ll say it once and I’ll say it a million times.  I LOVE BABIES THAT CAN SIT BUT AREN’T MOBILE.  They are THE.  BEST.  OK, not the best, if you know me, you know that I think every age is the best. But I just REALLY like this age!

Sometimes, I don’t blog. Big surprise, right? You can tell, I have large gaps between posts. Usually when this happens, it’s because I am completely swamped, overwhelmed and I just can’t add one more thing to my plate. When I am slow, I’ll blog pretty much everything I can… I’ll blog about what I cook, my kids snot filled faces, the weather. Sometimes my clients really want a blog post, and they don’t get one. Usually I try to appease with a quick Facebook album. Sometimes I do nothing.

Apparently for Melissa’s last two sessions, she fell through the blog cracks. I blogged a quick one for her newborn, but there was no write up… and I didn’t blog her holiday card session because I didn’t want to ruin the surprise of her card. So here we are, busy but not slammed, and I can finally do a little blog post for her.

I went to visit Melissa at her beautiful place in the city — next week, she and her family will be permanent city-dwellers. It’s amazing to see how happy she is there. Not to say she wasn’t happy living in her fabulous home north of the city… but here she is, in a one room luxury apartment, and she has everything she needs. She is relaxed. She is happy. She is loved. She is complete.

Baby Blake is 4 months old and he is awesome. In between feedings, wardrobe changes, being picked up, rearranged, passed between us, being put INTO A BASKET and being called in every which way so he would look at me, he never uttered a cry. He is so good natured, and happy, and just plain good. He must know how loved he is! I am so happy that I can document him through his first year and beyond. And even though I really, really enjoyed my morning with he and his mom (and lunch with his auntie and cousin), I am looking forward to the next session when we can include his dad and big brother!

So here he is. The amazingly adorable Blake. Love.

I have been waiting and waiting to post this session. Every time I’ve been ::::this close:::: to finishing it, some emergency or another has arisen. It’s that time of year. I am beyond overloaded, yet making headway, and very confident that everyone will have everything they need when they need it… it’s just going to require a few more long times and a few more days of farming out the kids (any takers for Thursday??).

Anyway, I truly enjoyed this session. It was, for me, the perfect Sunday morning session. Laid back family (although I am sure Michelle thinks she is otherwise), beautiful, gorgeous home, glorious light, ocean… and very, very adorable baby. Like Gerber baby cute — no… cuter! I love the feel of what we captured, and I hope they do as well. I know how stressful it can be trying to plan the perfect session, wardrobe, timing, nap schedules. And I know there is so much anticipation when you see your images. I do hope that I can capture these moments in time, as you live your life, and I can tell your story, if only for a few hours.

So here they are. Thank you, Michelle (and Bob!). Really. Because I know you check the blog and I know you are so nervous/excited/stressed about these. I am glad we met, I feel like we’ll stay connected through various points, people and places. Big sneak peak since our slideshow and gallery are going out right after this post!