Happy Halloween!

Have a great weekend - I'll post photos of my peacock costume, created for Boo at the Zoo soon. As the peacocks at the ZooQuarium kindly donated me some of their feathers, seemed appropriate I wear the costume there! Check out the ZooQuarium for more info.

This photo is one of my all time favorite Halloween photos, actually makes the list of just simple favorites... Not sure why, I just adore it.

The photo's not mine, it was taken by Bill Clarke who I worked with for many years, and bought the studio from almost 10 years ago (miss ya buddy). It's his girls, who have both graduated from college quite a few years back! Thought I'd share a little blast from the past for Halloween weekend.

Enjoy!

finally the puppies

I photographed the puppies ages ago, photographed hundreds of portraits between now & then... guess life just gets away from me...

Photographing lab puppies is such a fun job, they are just like 18 month olds, wild & crazy and every one is doing something different and going a different direction. If you know me, you know I laugh a fair amount of the time (quite loudly usually, and sometimes uncontrollably!), but oh my gosh do I laugh when the puppies are here! They are about the cutest things ever, makes me a little broody for a puppy & then those sharp little teeth & weeing everywhere remind me I'm probably good with the beautiful 4 year old, Lucy!

This litter was really funny, they were all different shapes and sizes, from teensy tiny to fairly robust & chunky, glad I didn't have to choose one of them, they all had endearing qualities! The breeder, Kim, has such good bloodlines in her dogs, they're all AKC pups, wicked healthy, no wonder they're all gone before I even get to meet them! By the time we're done with the session, they're all tuckered out, and can hardly keep their eyes open, sleeping puppies (especially the one who insisted on sleeping on top of his sibling! are so the best!)

How I adore the puppies!

Noelle

Noelle is a lovely senior from Barnstable High who had her portrait taken at one of my favorite places, Dowses Beach, how much do I love her photos? She's got the most amazing eyes - they are just crazy beautiful! The night was perfect, everything a Cape Cod night should be, calm, bright, clear, not like tonight for sure!!! Tonight's a 'think we need to reschedule night!'

Her session was really fun, she just was so relaxed and gorgeous, what more could you ask for?

Ali

Ali is this beautiful senior from New York who had her senior portraits taken at West Dennis beach this summer... It was this crazy windy night, but it worked with our schedules and so we went with it. I'm so glad we did!!

I love these photos she chose, I think she looks so amazing, simply beautiful, like she's jumped right out of a magazine ad... Her eyes are fabulous, and where they're taken after the sun has set, the colours are so muted... Some of my faves this year!!!

the Cape

The Cape is such a magical place, there are so many stories being told here... I love capturing some of them through my family portraits... Kathy told me about popping her children in her little dinghy and pulling them through the bay while she was clamming, now of course, it's her grandchildren in the boat! I told her how we used to pop Adriana in a little blow-up ring and her & the clam bucket would float side by side! Only on the Cape!

Labor Day kind of snuck up on me, I'm still photographing at the beach every day for another month or so... the nights are starting to get a tad cooler, and the beaches are a bit less busy when I arrive, but it's all still gorgeous...

winding down...

My goodness the summer is flying by... I've been out photographing every day, guess those photos will be coming along as I find more breathing room in my schedule... I'm having a glorious summer, photographing babies, toddlers, seniors, families, such fun! I've been to so many great beaches, lots of private ones of course, but Mayflower, Nauset Light, Corporation, West Dennis and my fave Dowses have been visited in the last few weeks... The sunset last night was truly spectacular, I enjoyed it from First Encounter Beach in No. Eastham on my way home from Nauset Light beach...

Make sure you visit Four Seas Ice cream in Centerville before the summer ends... some of the best ice cream on Cape Cod!! I love seeing the people waiting as I drive by, just seems such a perfect part of a Cape Cod summer evening...

the puppies are coming!

The puppies are coming! (probably) my favorite portrait sessions of all time are the puppies... they are wild and crazy and loud and silly and laugh out loud-y, just these amazing sessions that are true joy...

Kim & her family have been breeding labs for years, they are the best dogs, truly fabulous... I should know... I've got one...

Lucy just turned four, this is her first portrait taken by me, and one I took for our Christmas cards last year... which puppy do you think is Lucy in the group portrait? (follow me @Studiobysea for more puppy updates).

more pups to come while I'm waiting for the pups!! but if you can't wait...