3 month old as charming as can be

On Thursday, I had the pleasure of photographing a most charming 3 month old girl. She came in sound asleep in her baby carrier so we decided to move her to the bassinet on the set to try to get some sleeping baby photos.

She woke up (of course!!) and, within a minute, we decided she had no intention of falling back asleep. She was smiling at her Mom so we went to work right away. Some of her best expressions were when she was cooing with her Mom. Mom would come up close for a tickle or a laugh and then pull back. The baby laughed and just loved the fun interactions.

These are some of my favorite images!

90th Birthday Party Family Portrait

What a wonderful way to celebrate someone's 90th birthday! This family gathered at their childhood home to celebrate their dad's birthday. The cold and rainy weather forced us inside but we were able to position all 31 family members on and around the stairs with no problems.











While waiting for all family members to arrive, we photographed the various subgroups - the children and grandchildren of the guest of honor.

Local church open-house

On April 4, I had the pleasure of taking some portraits of local children at the Trinitarian Congregational church in Wayland. They had an open house to celebrate their recent (huge and beautiful!) renovation and they had lots of fun activities throughout the building, including the opportunity to have a portrait taken by me! I met lots of wonderful families and photographed some pretty cute kids!

What a cutie!!!

Wow. What a great photo session this week! The cutest 7 month old came in for her portrait and was such a delight.

My favorite photo from the session has to be this one with the girl's pink jacket on. The blue trim picks up the baby's lovely blue eyes. What fun!

She wore two different outfits and we took some diaper shots during the clothing change. Check out those cute little toes and her adorable expression!






















I really enjoyed photographing her with her Mom, too. Both Mom and baby's expressions are wonderful and I love how their arms and hands are holding one another. I also love how the baby is grasping the fabric of Mom's cowl-neck shirt... so sweet and gentle.

Yay! We won some awards at the annual MA photography convention and print competition!

Last weekend the Professional Photographers of Massachusetts held their annual convention and print competition and I was thrilled to have my images win red and blue ribbons!














Blue Ribbon Winner, "Who, Me?"

They were judged by a panel of photographers who critiqued the images on 12 different levels from creativity to composition, lighting, posing, form and impact.

Here are the rest of the award-winners:

Got One!

Summertime Sitting

On the Rise

















Lindsay and McDuff





















Yippee!



There wasn't enough space to enter this last one (only 6 images/entrant are allowed), but I loved it and it was in the running so here it is:

















The Lookout

Sisters, Sisters!

Last week we had four sisters in the studio. What a time we had! It was great. I've been photographing these girls since the eldest was a baby and it's wonderful to see how they've grown.













It still amazes me how different and beautiful children from the same parents can be! From hair color to personalities - what great kids and a fun family, too!

The baby is now 7 months old and is starting to crawl and loves to inspect her toes, too!

Busy, busy, busy!

Hi Everyone!

It's been a busy holiday season and, now that the craziness has died down a bit, I can look forward to another exciting new year full of great photos!



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