Fairy Portrait
A. wanted to play w/her fairy costume and was happy to have me take pictures of her (she’s becoming quite the model!). Part of my job as a photographer is to find little pockets of gorgeous scenery in everyday environments. This particular spot is just in my front yard, and most people wouldn’t think it was anything special, but A. and I found it a fairy wonderland! It’s so much fun to have a little more time over the summer to enjoy taking pictures of my own children and I will try to share some of C. soon.
Miss A. wanted to act as art director for her own patriotic shoot using the little flag she got at school. I was happy to indulge her even if we got a little silly with our stars and stripes sheet set. I guess I have the same silly bone as my four-year-old, because we were both giggling at the end.
black and white portrait
In the effort to try to enjoy the summer rainy days while we are still in Massachusetts, we bought A. a cute little bug umbrella and she wanted me to take pictures of it today. When the rain calmed down enough for me to take her out and use my camera while holding my own umbrella we headed out into the yard. She’s at the stage where she likes to get her picture taken, but doesn’t necessarily like to hold still, but I’m happy to chase her around and also to catch a few moments like this where she pauses for a breather.
Outdoor child portrait
and she looks a tad wild-eyed, but that’s what a week cooped up inside for bad weather will do to you!
She might be sad that ‘it never rains in Southern California,’ but I think all the swimming will probably make up for it.
The weather here has kept me from shooting outdoors, so I spent the evening making zucchini bread in the hopes of getting my four-year-old to eat some vegetables. It worked, though I had issues getting the middle to set without drying out the outside. I’ll have some senior portraits to share soon if the weather turns, but for now I thought I’d display my culinary skills (or lack thereof). And just for fun, I included my Dutch “Photographer” mug that my wonderful husband bought on a business trip a few years ago.
She’s probably even a bit awkward as four-year-olds go, but my daughter does like to dance! Today was her last day of dance, drama and crafts camp at The Performing Arts Connection – I’m really hoping I can find a great place near Irvine for her to dance, and if I can partner with them to do headshots, like I’ve done for Sam, then that’s great too!
Wanted to share a little snapshot of C signing “more.” We are madly getting ready for the move, but I’ll try to check in as often as possible. And here is another sweet picture of my baby girl:
As many pictures as I take and share of my little ones, I still get excited to see my daughter in print! One of my partner businesses, The Performing Arts Connection, needed a last-minute photograph for an ad in this month's Bay State Parent. Luckily I had a model on hand for just this kind of request (and one who happens to love dressing up in her ballerina outfit):
Ainsley had her first class of the season this week too – creative movement for 3-year-olds, and Sam is a great teacher. It looked like a lot of fun!
Check out the ad if you happen to get the magazine, and if you are looking for a dance class (or other performance class) in the metrowest area, get in touch with the Performing Arts Connection.
Just thought I’d share a little of what I do when I’m not taking pictures or tending to children.
This year we decided to build our garden via the ‘gardening by the square foot’ method. Things are finally starting to grow and look like an actual garden! Today we ate our first peas (yep, we planted them late) and we have tomatoes and peppers that will be ready soon. We’ve already eaten all the lettuce (romaine and green leaf), which was great.
Here’s a shot of two of our four 4×4 boxes (it’s amazing what you can fit in them!). In these are tomatoes, sweet & hot peppers, basil, mint, marigolds, parsley (front box) and broccoli (those really tall plants in the front), squash,
cucumber, pumpkin, marigolds, thyme, rosemary and beans on the trellis (back box).
oh, and potted petunias to keep certain bean bugs away…
and a fun one of the chives from a box not pictured:
and this is mint, which we have growing EVERYWHERE, but I don’t mind…
I think I will advise all my newborn clients from now on that eight days is definitely the sweet spot! My new little girl slept well for us, and, I feel like it might have been the best time to take pictures of me with the baby too: my skin hadn’t yet broken out, and my baby belly had shrunk enough where I wouldn’t have looked like I was still pregnant. When it goes right, newborn photography is so much fun, and I was happy to create artistic portraits that will look great in our house!
Here are my two girls:
and one of Corinna alone:
and Ainsley, being a goofball in Corinna’s basket:
I know many of you have been waiting for news, so I wanted to post that our new daughter, Corinna, was born this weekend. Thank you for all the well wishes!
Aside from a few loose ends (thank you for your patience!), I will be taking the summer off to spend with my husband and two daughters. I’m taking bookings for the July and later during this time. I look forward to seeing you all again soon and will update the blog with our summer happenings and Corinna’s "official" newborn photos.
Here are some pictures from the hospital:
