I love this family, I've been photographing them for years... I'm going to find some of their past images and make that my next post, because what fun it's been watching the girls growing up...
It was a funny night, seemed it might rain, but the light was beautiful, and it was quite still, so we decided to go ahead with the session, and what a night it was. We had one or two drops of rain fall on us, but nothing ever became of it, and we ended up with this great session. Those clouds at the end were so beautiful! What a perfect end to our annual session!
Often I don't meet my clients until I arrive at the beach, we speak via the phone, or more often even, email, and then finally meet in person on the night of the session. Imagine my delight, when out stepped Charlee, and her parents, she was so beautiful, and such fun to photograph. She was friendly, and funny and just truly lovely, as were her mom & dad! We had such a great session taking photos at Dowses Beach, it was a little windy, but we were able to find some great spots. Just another in a long line of perfect Cape Cod nights!!!
I photographed a job for a client, and the next day got delivered the most beautiful bouquet of flowers as a thank you. It was such a treat. So I did what any photographer would do, I photographed them.
As a photographer on Cape Cod, some nights just couldn't be any better. I had this great family to photograph in Hyannisport, the light was gorgeous, just perfect, the no-see-ums were in hiding, the family was fun, it was just a delightful night. One of those ones where I truly love what I do.
...and then, just in case we weren't having enough fun, this baby duck, a Mallard we think, decided collectively, we were it's mother. It wouldn't leave us alone, was part of many of the group poses, hanging out between our feet, under my tripod, hysterical. So we kept moving it, way, way away from where we were, but it would come running back at top speed (& top speed was pretty darn quick!) to be with us. We'd move it, it would be back before we could scarcely blink. We'd move it, look down, and there he'd be! We included the sweet thing in some photos. What a funny little bird. I've never been imprinted on before!!!!
Although we tried to move him far enough to leave him there, we realized he would be in danger of our cars, and others cars if he followed us. So I got to take the duck home, he spent the night and we found a new home for him in the morning!!!! Boy did my daughter love our little house (okay actually garage) guest!!!
If you're visiting Hyannis, make sure you plan to go to one of the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod's summer concerts. They're every Tuesday at 7:30pm at Aselton Park, and are sponsored by Citizen's Bank.
Tonight it's the Fred Clayton Blues band (blues, funk & soul),
7/19 Tripping Lily (original acoustic folk)
7/26 The Rip-it-Ups (rock n' roll)
8/2 Chandler Travis Trio (omnipop & alternative dixieland)
8/9 Stanley & Grimm (traditional Celtic tunes)
Adriana won't be playing the violin again next year, so like every other part of who she is, I thought she needed to be photographed with it before it was over. We went down to Gray's Beach and took some portraits on the boardwalk. There was a young girl there with her mom, she was probably 7 or so, she told Adriana that her violin playing was the most beautiful violin playing she'd ever heard! (Pretty good considering most of what Adriana was playing was Old MacDonald!!!!)
One of the things I love about my neighborhood is that every July 4th, we have a parade around the block singing every patriotic song we can... It's such a fun and festive way to celebrate... Happy Fourth of July, Happy Fourth of July, Happy fourth, happy fourth of July, to you & you... & you & you... da da da... such a happy song! Enjoy the day!
I'm a mom, a photographer, a sister, a wife, an artist, a traveler, a dreamer, an environmentalist, a daughter, a friend, a seeker of stones... not always in that order...
