With Thanks

Today Marine Corporal Nicholas Xiarhos of Yarmouth will be buried, and I want to send my condolences and thanks to his family. I didn't know Nicholas, but his father protects the town I live in, and his mother has substituted for my daughter at her school. They are a family that is all about community, so it was so lovely to see the community support them. Both Wednesday, when Nicholas' body returned home from Afghanistan, and today, when they had his funeral, the streets were lined with people who cared, my daughter & I (on Wednesday), and just me today, included.

It was a powerful experience to see both hundreds of people, lines of motorcycles from across the Cape and the state, and cars full of marines honoring this young man who died protecting us. Thank you, Nicholas.

My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

senior portraits

Kathy is this beautiful Barnstable High School senior I photographed the other evening at the beach for her yearbook photo. We had such a great time, the night was perfect, the light gorgeous, all the best conditions for a beautiful beach portrait... She was such fun to photograph because she was enjoying the whole experience. That makes my job so easy!!! I think photographing seniors is one of my favorite parts of being a photographer, they're such a great age, and just a ton of fun...

just for fun

I had an appointment have to reschedule the other evening, so between photographing the West Beach club's annual group photo in Hyannisport and my truly beautiful Barnstable senior I photographed later that evening on Dowses beach (*her photos soon!) I decided to take some quick beach portraits of my lovely daughter...

I can't believe how quickly she's growing up, nearly nine, sometimes she acts like nearly 13, but other times she's all little girl... she's just the best!

Lisa & Andrew

Lisa & Andrew are getting married tomorrow in Rhode Island, I can't wait... the day will be filled with sunshine, laughter, carousel rides, a beautiful bride, a handsome groom, happy families, rose gardens, and love... how I am looking forward to sharing this day with them and their families...

It is my last wedding, at least for now, I have made the difficult decision to pursue other areas in my career, family portraits, maternity, babies and children and high school seniors will be what I devote my time to for this time in my career, so Lisa and Andrew's day will be made even more special to me... I wish them a lifetime of love...

home

We got home last night from an amazing trip out west... Sure I'll have lots of photos to share! Haven't had a chance to download them yet, busy catching up on studio work...

Thanks to all my great clients for your patience with me while I was on r&r getting ready for what's sure to be a fantastic season!

Mexico

As I'll be away for a bit, thought it was time to finally post some images from my Mexico trip... I spent a delightful week over the winter at a circle dance camp with my mum - lot's of dancing, staying in this wonderful monestary where the food was both grown, and served by the monks... I don't think most dancers come home with almost a thousand images, but I am certainly, not like most people!!!!

Please check out the show here!

You'll find images from: Mexico City, Circle Dance Camp & el Monasterio, Xolchicalco, Tepotzlan & Tepotzteco Pyramid, Cuernavaca (& the Robert Brady museum & el Palacio del Cortez), and Coyoacan (including Frida's blue house) where I ended my journey...

Enjoy!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's day to all of you dads - I wish for you a lovely day...

This week I got a small package in the mail from my half sister, Jo, in England. Her mom has sold the house she & my dad lived in, she's bought something smaller now she's alone. (My dad died in '92). In going through the things in the loft (an attic here in the States) they found some photos and cards and things he'd kept and mailed a few on to me.

This photo is so precious to me, don't remember ever seeing it before, and although I'm chatting away and am not at my best, it is one of my favorite photos ever! I realized that I can only think of 3 photos that are just my dad and I together with noone else, I hope there are more than that, but in the images in my brain I can't come up with any others. He was never one for having his photo taken, and being young, I guess it wasn't something I would have thought of. Of course, living on different sides of the pond didn't make it easy either... But it's more than that...

We're at (what I think is) Chysauster in Cornwall, it's summer - you can tell by the clothing!!! (a Cornish summer joke, 'come on kids, grab your sweaters, we're going to the beach!'), and he has his camera over his shoulder (he was my first teacher in my craft). Hmm, wonder where I get this love of stones, or this love of photography... So thanks, Dad, for sharing some of your passions with me and instilling a love for both in my young soul. I miss you. x

To my darling husband, I love you, Adriana & I wish you a very happy day...

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!