Christmas 2009 Pics

Posted on January 29, 2010

Christmas time is a whirlwind of activity for any photographer. I could barely keep up with all the requests from longtime customers and new friends, from the simple needing a picture for our christmas cards to a special capture to use as Christmas presents to share with family and friends so here are some of my faves from the last month.

A special moment between sisters reading a special book. I tweaked this one a bit and absoloutely loved it. They used this on the family Christmas Card bought a ton to share with family and friends along with many other great pictures from that session. I even printed this one on metallic paper to use as a studio sample and WOW what an amazing picture that needs to be seen to be believed. I am ordering one for a studio sample again because once Mom saw it she had to have that one to, LOL!

Rose and Kim reading an old family favorite from the holidays

Kim's expression and that pony tail,Love it

We have a future New York model here.

Beautiful brown eyes, Dad will never be able to say no to these!

Her brother was so handsome he was right in there too.

Such a handsome young man.

This was a storyboard I worked up and they ended up getting it done in Canvas. What a beautiful keepsake.

Christmas memory Nicholas and Olivia on canvas

and one more

Here are some of my favorite models we have had many sessions over the couple years I have been doing this and this was another christmas shoot and some more modeling shots for Lexy’s comp cards.

Lexy and Karina playing around, what fun!

and a more posed picture

Horsing around

and of course the modeling shots

Like a Levis ad, shes a natural

This was a new customer/old friend who needed some christmas pictures.

Such a ham, we were trying to think of poses and we were saying how cold it was outside and Jazmyn pulled one of these, perfect!!

Of course we have the picture that gives a glimpse into the future.

Not Momma's little baby for too much longer, sniff.

I even had a baby over. This was great!

So precious, I must have taken hundreds of pictures, little toes and fingers with big dark eyes and those long lashes, too cute.

There were more and I wish I could post them all sorry!

I also have to say these are some of my funnest  and most rewarding shoots and I think this is what sets me apart from the rest of the photgraphers. I love capturing these moments with kids, I thoroughly enjoy these sessions and would do them all day every day if I could.  I will always make sure you never feel rushed during these sessions as they can last 2+ hours and I usually take 2-300 pictures but the shots at the end are sooo worth it. The parents are always so happy I spent this time with their kids to capture these special years. They only come once and I hope to capture that picture that will be looked at for years and years to come with great fondness. I may not be remembered but I can hear Mom and Dad saying to their grown kids I remember when you were that cute. I know because I have a few picture that do that for me of my 15 and 18 year old.

Heres hoping for another great year, it is what you make it so make the most of it!

Please let me know what you think in the comments and drop me a line via the contact tab if you want me to work with you and your children, family, teens, seniors or whatever else is special to you this year.

Jenna Senior Studio Shoot

Posted on December 30, 2009

So without further ado this is Jenna, a long time family friend, a friend and confidant to my daughter and our neighbor who as it turns out is a senior this year and I had the pleasure of shooting her Senior Portraits.

Here is a sneek peek of just a few of the great pics we got and I hope you like them Jenna.

The classic pose

Jenna Classic

To some funner poses

and my favorites so far

Hope you enjoyed the sneek peek!

My Daughter

Posted on August 16, 2009

Hello again, it has been a bit since I posted anything new, not that there hasn’t been anything going on I just have not been feeling very creative lately.

This post is centered around my daughter, Danielle. Every time I get ready for an event and I am trying something new, whether I rented a new piece of glass, a different backdrop or a new strobe I need to test it out first and I have a wonderful and beautiful model who is right there every time, Danielle. 

While going through these images I have gotten some amazing shots of her and I would love to share these with you. There will be more as photography is always changing and as I grow and my business grows I will have lots more equipment I will be buying and testing out.

Here are some of the standouts from the past 6 months

Getting ready to test out my new strobes and High Key backdrop. it takes a lot of work to be beautiful you know.

Having a little fun and for anyone who knows her we have a pic of her wearing a dress

This was test of a new location, beautiful stone work with great lighting and look at those eyes.

This is one of my all time faves, I love the location, the prop and the expression, again such a beautiful girl.

This was shot to create a poster for the Salon with the new hair color line All-Nutrient we started using. Very dramatic with the contrast of the background and the POP of the hair color. Love it!

This was another image we made looking for shots to use as posters for our new hair color line. This was done in studio with the new High Key White backdrop and stobes. Very lovely the way this brought out the hair color.

Another shot of Danielle at a new location. Gorgeous, I could see her on the cover of magazine when I look at this

Just a fun shot, it is like a poster child for the teenage thought process and yes most of the time it is all about her.

I hope you enjoy this glimpse into some of the beautiful shots I have gotten of my daughter, she has been an awesome model and I have great expectations for her.

We love you Danielle XOXOX!

I would love  comments on this post.

Portrait Day at Hair Obsession

Posted on August 7, 2009

We had another great Portrait Party Day on July 25th at our salon, Hair Obsession in Leominster Mass and plan on making this a regualr occurence of like once a month, maybe come up with fun themes and add different activities for the kids that can be incorporated into the portraits.

This time I used a solid backdrop with the intent of masking out the background and adding fun backdrops to the image similar to Green Screen or ChromaKey photography.

The day was fun, the pictures came out great and most importantly everyone had fun.