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Introducing the Little Ro Session | Rhode Island Photography

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:48:55 +0000

Are you a returning client who has wanted to do some new photos but not wanted a full session? Maybe you just want to document some quick moments in your lives – that amazing 6-12 month happy baby period, or those last moments as a family of three before you have a baby, or maybe some quick shots for Father’s Day or a birthday? Or even, as we get closer, shots for holiday cards for those super planners of you? If so, yesterday through my newsletter and on my Facebook page, I introduced the perfect session for you.

Meet the “Little Ro Session” (yes, I played on Little Rhody, I am clever like that ). The Little Ro is perfect for those “in-between” moments in your lives. A mini session that includes five files with the option to add on the rest. And the best part? Huge savings on digital file pricing with this session. There are restrictions on this session (including minimum age and session location) so please take note of those. It is only open to returning clients and in a very limited format (12 slots, three already gone) so I would advise not waiting if you are interested in booking!

If you would like to book a spot, email me! September 16 is already completely booked as is one spot on June 17th.

Sweetness | Rhode Island Family Photography

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:14:32 +0000

This gorgeous girl and her mama met me for some photos this past week downtown. Little O. was just so stinking cute. I seriously want to go buy some outfits I’ve had my eye on and take her around the city to model for me. Is she not one of the most gorgeous little girls you’ve ever seen?? And she had this really special bond with her mommy that just absolutely shines in the photos; I so loved watching the two of them interact. We had fun dancing to Lady Gaga and making wonderful fools of ourselves right in the middle of downtown. ;) But it was all worth it!

It was SO great to meet you guys. Enjoy each other – these days will go by SO quickly!! :)

The D Family | Rhode Island Family Photography

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:42:19 +0000

Two years ago I did this little guy’s newborn session at five weeks old. Mom and dad were in the middle of renovating their house and were living in an apartment downtown overlooking the river. The house is now done, the baby is now two and their family is now perfect. :) I headed out to their place on the water for some photos, this time including mom and dad and big brother and sister in the shots. It was So. Much. Fun. Seriously, this family is a riot. Mom and dad are incredibly funny and big brother and sister are very very good with a two year old and more than willing to be totally silly when asked. And little D? Although under the weather a bit at our session, he is just adorable. I am also possibly slightly obsessed with his curls!! We did photos in their gorgeous backyard, on the swingset to recreate a photo from a few years earlier and since dad works for FGX, of course we did some photos wearing the shades. ;)

It was SO great to see you again S & A!! I’ll be in touch soon!

Audrey | Rhode Island Photography

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:27:40 +0000

I don’t know if I am even supposed to share these, technically. But you know what, I am. I don’t really care. :) Last weekend I got to go take some pictures of the gorgeous Audrey McClelland for a website that she is joining as the newest featured blogger (you’ve seen her on here before!). The company asked for family shots and some shots of just her. So out I went early Saturday morning and we did some lovely shots of all of the kids and her along with her husband, Matt (who is a fellow Steelers fan living in Pats country, yippee!) With four boys under seven, I could not have ASKED for a better, easier shoot. They were adorable and perfect. The next evening, Matt started experiencing horrible stomach pains; he told Audrey it was like razor blades. They took him to the ER thinking it was appendicitis or a really bad stomach bug. After doing some tests and scans the news came back – a tumor by the colon. He was taken into surgery the next day and the doctors removed a grapefruit sized tumor and resected part of his lower bowel and colon. While they are still waiting for the full official biopsy reports, Audrey just said that it looks preliminarily like it is NOT cancer. I have cried many times over this in the past week. Matt is only 37. With four gorgeous boys under seven and a sweet, beautiful wife. Hearing that news from Audrey today was one of the best things I have heard in a very, very long time. So as I said. I’m not sure if I’m even supposed to share these. But with this news I am too happy NOT to share. This is such a reminder to hug your loved ones. Tell them you love them. Treasure every. single. moment.

Curls! | Rhode Island Child Photography

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:03:42 +0000

A little over 18 months ago (I think?!), I met miss O and her mom while taking a class at Bellani – it was baby gym type of class and our girls just LOVED to hang and swing and play together. Her mom and I hit it off and she eventually became my hair dresser (she owns the *awesome* Wish Salon on the East Side). We kept talking about a photo session for her daughter and this past weekend we made it happen. She had seen a photo on the blog from a session I did in Philadelphia and really wanted that type of look. Although there is nowhere here that I have seen that can quite approximate Old (cobblestoned) City Philly, we did make it work with Brown University. It is such a beautiful campus! She showed up with the *most* adorable outfit from Mod Mama (one of my favorite stores that I never get to go to!!) and as you can see, O was an absolute doll. The hair, those curls (I mean seriously, those *curls!!*), that huge infectious smile. Such a fun, fun time!!

Saturday Morning | Rhode Island Family Photography

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:00:05 +0000

I had a really difficult time narrowing down what to show from this session. You see, it was kind of a dream session for me. One where the family really didn’t want anything posed. They wanted photos of them just being a family in one of their favorite places, and I have had very few sessions where families say that. You see, we live in New England and we are famous for traditional portraits. And that is awesome, really it is – I never mind doing those photos at all! But when a family says we don’t want anything perfect, we just want something that shows us – ah, that will put me in my happy place every time. So we did exactly that. I met the P family (with Oliver the bulldog) at Beavertail Park in Jamestown for some family photos on Saturday morning. Thankfully we are having a *great* stretch of weather here – sunny and 55 in November – so all of us romped around, racing, dancing on stages, climbing, singing, being silly and eating grass (okay, that last part was the dog).

There are extra photos in here. Usually sneaks are four, but today there are seven. And I could have shown more except for the fact that I am only human and can’t edit *that* quickly and have other work as well. But this gives you an idea. Look at these photos and tell me you do not feel the happiness and love emanating from them.

P. family it was SO great meeting you!! I’ll be in touch in a few days :)

Brothers | Rhode Island Photography

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:52:13 +0000

When mom first contacted me about doing this session I’ll admit I was excited. Ten and eight year old brothers. I do some older kids, but not too many; the bread and butter of my business are the newborns and the little ones. But ten and eight? Whole new world for me! I am not even sure what ten and eight years old IS yet – my son just turned 6! All I know so far is Diego, legos, Epic Mickey and Penguins of Madagascar. Okay so *maybe* I was worried a teeny bit… See — that communication and relationship between a photographer and their subject is really key. If they don’t like you, it is just not going to work!

Thankfully, these two boys and their mom made it beyond easy for me!! We met on the campus of Moses Brown where both boys attend school. Turns out there is this absolutely gorgeous college-like campus setting right on the East Side of Providence. (I admit, I had no idea!) But being on their home turf, they were definitely a little more relaxed (until they saw someone they knew! ), plus they knew some cool spots – always helpful! Although it was definitely different not having to sing Elmo’s World or quack like a duck, they were truly delightful. They were goofy and adorable and serious – all things to look forward to when my own boy reaches that age. :) SO without further ado since I know mom is really excited to see these, meet the K brothers.

It was so great spending the afternoon with you guys, I’ll be in touch soon!!

Lovely | Rhode Island Family Photography

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:47:21 +0000

My last session last week found me catching up with a family I just adore. I first met them last year when I did a crazy back-to-back-to-back session day for them and two other families. Loved these guys!! The kids were just too cute and in 10 months, they haven’t changed a bit! Except gotten bigger. Much, much bigger. We kept it really simple – around their house and yard. So often we (families and I) try to do fun, different, cool locations. And sometimes the house is really the best. The kids are comfortable and happy and mom and dad are more relaxed. We had a great time being super silly – including me sporting a sparkly pink Aurora tiara for a good portion of the shoot. ;) Grandma was in town visiting so we even included her in some shots – three gorgeous generations!! Enjoy P family – it was so great seeing you again!!

And just because I literally gasped when I saw it – check out dad’s AMAZING wine cellar (which I very happily took pictures of for him)!!! I could live quite happily curled up in one of those boxes!

Mine on Monday | Rhode Island Children’s Photography

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:00:40 +0000

It had been a long and busy weekend – football game into the early morning on Friday two hours away, family visit, a birthday party and a baptism (thank goodness no sessions!). Driving home from Fall River at 5:45 I looked at the sky – the beautiful, sunlit sky and asked my son if he wanted to go do his six year old photo shoot at “our field” which we discovered a few weeks ago. He said sure, so when we got home we changed in record time, he put on his new red puffer vest and we went out to our field. 20 minutes of shooting was what I got. I could have done more (and so could he!) but it was getting late.

These are perhaps my favorite photos of him ever. Not only because the light was gorgeous, the location was everything I had imagined and my subject was one piece of my heart. Not only because I was truly shooting for myself and no one else. But because in 20 minutes I captured over 40 images (edited, much more were shot!) of my boy as he is. His total and true personality. I got the serious, the giggles, the jumping, the running, everything. I got the 6-going-on-30 side of him in his serious face as well as the 6-going-on-3 side of him when he told me to take a picture of his bum as he rolled around.

My first baby is six years old. Six very big, loud, excitable, wonderful years. He’ll be passing me soon in height (okay, that’s a slight exaggeration, he’s only 4ft tall and I’m 5’3″ but he’ll get there soon enough). He eats enough that the teenage years’ grocery bills are scaring me already. He loves his legos and is really getting into dinosaurs and loves all things Cars 2, though we’ve yet to see the movie. He started kindergarten (he missed the cutoff by four days last year). My baby is riding a bus and going away to school. He has to shop in the 4-7x boys section now. The “t” clothes are gone. He inhales books, zipping through them in mere hours – right now he is obsessed with Hardy Boys and Geronimo Stilton. He talks all of the time and is the most amazing big brother I have ever seen. He lives and loves so passionately and so fully it terrifies me the idea of releasing him into the world in case anyone would ever hurt or disappoint him.

He is my first baby and my growing-way-too-quickly big boy.

He is my one giant third of my heart.

Evolution of a laugh…

Look at the clouds, mommy…

Let’s run again, mommy. I’ll race you…

Make some faces for me…

Oh Captain, my Captain

My boy. My love. My heart.

One Year | Rhode Island Family Photography

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:00:59 +0000

I love this family. That is all it comes down to. One year to the day after their youngest was born, we met up for a family session on the beach. You probably saw the one year cake smash session a few weeks ago on the blog. Now – the entire family. On a gorgeous sunlit evening beach in Newport. Perfection.