Sophie

Sophie is so delightful! She's truly a bundle of joy, she started smiling at me the moment she came through the door, and was such fun to photograph. Her beautiful blue eyes so expressive, playing with her tiny toes, her cheeky smile while she was trying to chew on my background! It was a great way to spend the morning!!!

I first photographed Sophie's mom, Emily, for her high school senior portraits... I then photographed Emily's mom's second wedding - a lovely affair at the Cape Museum of Fine Arts... and now I'm photographing Emily's beautiful baby and her family, how cool... Being a part of families as they grow, and getting to be a part of all of the important moments, it just really doesn't get better...

Who knows if I'll photograph Sophie's senior portraits, class of '27 (or thereabouts), hmmmm.... we'll see... I hope to see her smiling face a lot between now and then, we'll just stay in the now!!

Happy Easter!

I wish you all a very happy Easter... happy spring... happy return of the Ospreys...

As always, take time to enjoy your families, connect with those you love, play a game, dye Easter eggs, blow bubbles, celebrate being together...

an image of Mexico

one of these days I'm hoping to have time to explore my images from Mexico... I took hundreds, but have scarcely had a chance to even look at them as my life is slightly overbooked these days!!!

But I love this image... it's the end of the day in Tepotzlan, the market is closed, the cobblestones have been swept clean, tarps are covering the stalls, it is quiet and calm, and the rose seller is heading home... It brings back Mexico for me. I love the peace of this image. I love how proud and strong the woman is. I love the pride within her, within all of the people there. I love the colours. I love the mountains in the distance. (I love the fact I climbed those mountains to get to Tepozteco Pyramid) This image has a story to tell, to share.

I can't wait to play with this one, to create an altered image that shares a part of my story as well as a part of hers... I'll share my altered creation someday...

more Earth Hour

Go check out some fab images people took during Earth Hour this year... I love seeing that there are so many people who truly care for this Earth of ours...

We had a lovely evening of games, Operation seems to be Adriana's favorite still!

Let us know if you did anything special this year...

PS I just went to Boston.com & they've got these fabulous interactive photos, go take a peek - way cool!!!

earth hour

Saturday is the day for Earth Hour. From 8:30 to 9:30 pm, turn your lights off to save the earth. It's easy, it's fun, it's so simple...

Last year we played games by candlelight for that hour, and then decided to spend the rest of the evening in darkness, Adriana asked if we could have earth hour every week, unfortunately, we didn't follow through with that, but maybe this year!

So join me, my studio, the Empire State building, Broadway, the state of Arkansas, and thousands of others and take a tiny step that will make a difference...

Visit their website for tips, info., games for the kids, and to sign-up and then turn out those lights!!!

(earth tip for today, did you know that chargers plugged into the wall are using electricity whether or not they're charging anything?)

welcome Lydia!

Lydia was in a hurry to arrive, she came weeks earlier than was planned, but what a gift she is!
Tara was so amazingly beautiful when she was pregnant, all moms to be definitely have that glow, but she was truly radiant... Happy, confident, beautiful, imagine all the gifts that were being given to Lydia before she made her rather grand entrance!
Lydia was so sweet at her first portrait session, 3 weeks, and so expressive with her hands, she made us laugh as she used her hands to do the talking she's got to wait a while to do! Babies really are so unique, immediately... how very cool it all is...
I love the way that as a photographer, I get to share in all of these fantastic parts of life, pregnancy, babies, next time I see Tara & Lydia it will be at the beach this summer when I'll get to meet dad too... I already can't wait for the session!!

(Happy Birthday to my beautiful sister, Marla. I love you xxx)

class of '09

some of the fabulous seniors we photographed this year... Congrats to you all, we wish you all the best in life...