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

Of kids. Random snapshots from the weekend. I don’t even know that I caught all the kids we saw… for instance, Saturday night kids are missing… some Friday kids… suffice to say, there were A LOT of kiddos. Not my technically best photographs, but they make me smile none-the-less.

How ’bout this for a lot of kids. Some are missing. Like my buddy C who was stuck in the car with his dad. But that’s my girl at the top with the paci jammed in her mouth on her Auntie’s hip.

Happy Birthday Alden! May you rock out in style in your Terrible Twos!

If I tried with all of my might to set up a portrait shot with this kind of rim lighting on Alden’s face, it just never would have worked. Instead, I caught it with random settings, Janey on my side and shooting from my hip.

Look at these two, seriously.  Hot Moms + Cute Dads = Gorgeous Boys.  I am trying to figure out which one would make me less nervous should he date Janey.  I think there is no lesser of two evils… well, not evil… crazies maybe?

I am not kidding.  Seriously.  Look at him.

And him.  To die for, right?

So right after this shot, Janey turned around and pushed Michael so hard he fell over.  And she just sort of stared at him.  It’s probably fine she date him, what am I worried about?  She’ll keep him in line.  She also stole his paci.  That’s my girl.  Are you guys seeing the hair clip?  Holding back all three strands of hair?  Took about 3 seconds before it ended up in her mouth.

This was the “I need my space” shot.  Seriously, that’s what he told us.

And for all you parents that tell me my kids always behave.  This is typical of what I get when I ask for a nice little shot.  Feel better?

Seriously. It was one of those “stars align, no pressure, where’d I put my glass of wine, boys get out of the kitchen, yes I have my camera, cool you have that tutu, gosh this light is gorgeous” kind of things.

And she’s not mine.  I know, how bad is it that I am saying that when I have a daughter and nieces that I love so much?  This little girl isn’t even blood.  But she’s close, because really, after the shenanigans that her mom and I pulled for 10+ years in Newport, Nantucket, Boston, isn’t she sort of like my daughter once removed?

So from a technical perspective, not that you really care, you should know that this is Catherine straight out of the camera.  That is her skin, those are her lips, and her eyes are really that color.  She got a slight bump in curves and a sharpen for web, but that’s it.  And if you’re really a dork, you will be excited to know that I shot that at 1/125 f/3.2 at ::::::drumroll please::::: ISO 3200.  No noise reduction or anything else funky going on.  How’s that for amazing exposure with the Canon 5DM2 and 24-70L?

I was so excited to meet these little twins… Missy and I head down to visit Stacey, Joe and their beautiful new babies and I had baby fever all over again :::earmuffs Owen, earmuffs::: I can’t even describe how wonderful their home is, and how chill they were about having me invade it with all my gear. The babies were pretty fabulous too. I can’t wait to see them grow (I’ve actually already put in a request to Missy to shoot them at 6-7 months when they can sit because man-oh-man I have a ton of ideas of where I can stick them… you know, “hey, it’s OK, your baby is just fine sitting on that ledge” type of shots).

I love these of Joe… especially where he’s saying “hands of my little girl…”

Usually by this age, it’s all about the baby and somehow mom’s get lost in the sea of “but where did I go? and when am I coming back?” So just in case Stacey forgot how gorgeous she is… this is a reminder.

Oh how I love them. Are we really done at two? Is this going to happen to me EVERY TIME I photograph a newborn? Or just when the newborn is as lovely as this?

I was in my bliss this morning photographing Nola. I think I took the place a bit by storm, lugging in all my gear, and you know how I never stop talking… but it was wonderful to meet Dana, and her mom, and to get my hands on this absolute beauty. You’ll be seeing her face in a lot of places {she’s accepted the position of my newborn spokesmodel}.

So just one for now. I have a baby that is way too old to be swaddled, angry and swaddled in her crib… plus a toddler who is way to old to be in diapers, dirty and diapered on my bed. Yes, I contemplated Benedryl & Hylands just so I could proof this session… but alas, I did not and so they call.

I lied. Here’s another. It turns out said angry baby and smelly toddler really like to amuse each other!