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

Just because.

I am not sure how their mom keeps up with them, but she does, and she does it well!

Short on words due to a bad ear infection and limited energy and brain power.




I have sort of an obsession with kids and their lovies. So if they have one, they get a picture with it!

Last weekend (has it already been a week?), I zipped into Beacon Hill for a “goodbye” session for a family who is moving from one neighborhood to another.  They are sad to leave their beautiful home with their fabulous view of the city, their park, their neighbors, but excited for what awaits them just a few blocks away (a parking spot, an elevator, a pool, and another baby!).  In Boston, each neighborhood is so amazingly unique, with friends and neighbors and restaurants and routines… it seems like a move to an entirely new state when you move just one mile… but I get it.  It’s a sad goodbye.  But it won’t be farewell, it’s so close, and an easy little trek over the bridge.  And their new neighborhood, when they finally settle, is just as amazing with a whole new slew of cool city families and amazing parks and maybe just a tiny bit more parking.

I loved meeting this family because truth be told, I really like getting away from mine sometimes… but also just because I really liked them!  Adorable boys and gorgeous parents and just a really nice vibe, despite the hectic-ness that is about to hit full scale as they finish packing and make their move.

This, right here, is called holding court.  If you know me, you know that I have multiple photographs of my own kids making fun of me and killing themselves laughing while doing it.  And so that is pretty much happening here with these two delicious, spunky little gentleman!

See this one on the left?  It is everyone smiling and looking at the camera.  Yes, I love every single other spontaneous image from this session, but I really love ones like this and consider them to be the Holy Grail of my style of family photography.  Everyone smiling and looking at the camera doesn’t have to look old school stiff and posed… I know so many photographers shun these because they like to say they don’t shoot posed images where someone is saying “cheese” as if it’s a bad thing… but being able to capture everyone together this way is super important to me.  So W family, I hope you love that shot as well!

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.

Sometimes things just come together so perfect.  Monday night was one of those nights.  Kelly and I did some back and forth on the date… a little nervous it might rain, a little nervous a tooth might fall out before we could get this done… but when I arrived at the simply stunning grounds where we’d arranged to meet, it all just came together.  The light was divine.  The temperature was perfect.  There were no misquotes (if you know me, you know I have an obsessive hatred of them right now).  The outfits were straight out of “What to Wear” and the girls were truly wonderful.

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!