I had a very funny morning with this family.  Funny because Luca ran like crazy, Paco laughed a lot, Sophie chased and Seb just sat and took it all in.  And what made it so awesome, is that all I had to do was shoot!

So here are a few, especially family ones with all four of them looking at the camera!  Believe in the impossible and it will happen!

Safe travels home to Spain.  It was wonderful to see you and I look forward to your next visit!

And you should all know that I stood in the middle of the street on the double yellow line and stopped traffic while I took this.  Complete with jumping up and down to get everyone to look at me.  Whatever it takes, baby.

And this is Sophie & Paco when they are all spiffed up!  Not bad, right??

[proofed on my laptop, apologize if the colors are wonky!]

I am simply beyond thrilled with what I captured.  Kelly, thank you so much.  I cannot wait for your big family session!

North Shore Peeps… stay tuned… next week I’ll be announcing some local mini sessions that you can take advantage of in preparation for holiday card season… yes, it’s approaching that fast!

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!

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!

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.

I was so happy to be able to photograph this family again… and at this location again!  Even though I know their new house will be fabulous, I can’t help sighing over these roses and hydrangea.  So when you have a location like this, filled with so much natural beauty, then you add in stunning family members and robust colors, and a bit of amazing late afternoon light, you really can’t go wrong.

Sangita, thanks for having me over again.  As always, a wonderful evening with your lovely family!

I was really excited to include the entire family in this month’s session. I think it just adds just and awesome dimension… and let’s be honest, you all wanted to see their beautiful parents too, didn’t you? I love that these little guys have a blog following of all their own! I think it’s awesome that I show up to sessions and clients will say “so tell me more about Jack & Will… how are they doing?” Anyway, I just love the captures of the boys and their mom. She is not only beautiful, but really lovely. And I could not have been more excited about her dress. How excellent is it? Love.

I think I have mentioned that Jack & Will live on a gorgeous farm. As they get older and we explore more, you will no doubt see more and more of it. I have figured out something fabulous or our July session… and also for our November/One Year session… just need to get the wheels turning and put it in motion!

I hope everyone is enjoying their Father’s Days. Owen has done enough yard work and pool cleaning to deserve a little cocktail, and I might just have to join him (especially since I just drove by a van that had “it’s 5:00 somewhere” written on the back windshield). My kind of peeps.

I spent about an hour moving through the Public Gardens with Sonya, Ali and Sophia.  It felt like I was catching up with friends I hadn’t seen in a while.  It was that simple, that comfortable, and that fun.  It was a gorgeous day, the flowers were in bloom, and the hundreds of school kids on last minute field trips just added to the really nice energy.  These guys are leaving Boston and wanted some images to document their time here, and to say farewell.  I hope I was able to provide them with a lovely reminder of how beautiful they are as a family, and how wonderful a city that Boston really is.

Enjoy your vacation and your last weeks here.  We will miss you!

We had a great day at Elm Bank and I had a blast with these guys.  It was a fun challenge to shoot two different sessions and not just replicate one after the other.  I really like people to have different, and unique sessions.  The kids were great and I really loved getting to know them all.  I love watching how kids interact with each other and I love looking back at the images and seeing how the kids resemble their parents in not only features, but affectations, smiles, glances.  I also love developing connections, finding out how parents met, figuring out what makes them work as a family.

What I netted out with these two families is that good parents make good kids.  Plain and simple.  So that’s my lesson for the day.

Enjoy the weekend.

Meet Bode.

Meet Ketch.

Lucas is an amazing little boy… a few times I actually thought I was talking to Janey… they are almost twins you know, and share some Greek blood… he’s growing up and changing and was simply a doll.  And he takes direction considerably better than my children.  Baby Max is a gem.  So cute, so little, so quiet, so gooood.    I really can’t wait until we do a playdate!

Alexis doesn’t really need me to take these photographs for her.  She is a wonderful photographer on her own.  But I like to do it.  And I like to take a few with her, otherwise she’ll run the risk of my situation… about 5 pictures in total with her kids because she is always on the wrong side of the lens!

Can’t wait to see you guys more often!  Thanks for having me over!