Shining Through | Providence Photography

Every once in a while someone will ask me what my style of photography is and my response is always that I am photojournalistic with a little bit of portrait thrown in.  Look at my tagline – Life. Laughter. Love. Emotion. Family.  That sums me up perfectly.  I have said it before and will say it again, I love capturing the emotion and the moments between family members.  I don’t go for the “look straight at my camera and smile” though I always throw a little bit of that in there, especially for the grandparents.  But overall, that is not me.  If you want studio looks and poses keep looking 🙂  It can be a struggle to stay 100% true to my style when working with a client but I feel that my more recent sessions have been much more me.

While in the Outer Banks I got the opportunity to photograph a truly delightful family.  A. is another member of our photography board that happened to be vacationing in the same area we were, so we recruited them for an evening beach session.  Through the madness of eleven of us (yes, you read that right, eleven) shooting them at the same time, I got to shoot for myself.  I got to have fun, relax and shoot the way I want to.  Completely, one hundred percent my way.

What is my style, you ask?  Who am I, truly?  Take a look.  These photos, this session, are totally and completely me.  This is my love, my joy and my style. Shining through.

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Four Wonderful Years | Providence Photographer

Dear Nolan,

Four years ago today (and about six hours ago exactly as I am typing this) you came into the world and made us a family.  You wanted to be born on the most appropriate of days, Labor Day, and you took your time arriving putting mommy through 27 hours in the hospital.  Thankfully when it was time to actually come out, you came quickly and with a small head.  We were in love at first sight with you.  Our first child.  Our baby.  A perfect mix of both of us.

We knew our lives would never be the same, that they would be changed forever, but we had no idea how much they would change.  You have been a wonder, a marvel, a delight to us and have made our lives, brighter, funnier, happier and fuller for the past four years.

Over the years, daddy may have trained you to be a Red Sox fan, but I won the ultimate battle and turned you into a Steelers fan…

We have taken you to baseball games, the beach, the orchard, so so many places to share with you…

We have watched you grow into a wonderful, adorable boy.  You have weathered three moves, two cities, numerous haircuts, a few trips to the emergency room and so many more things.  We’ve seen more than our share of tears, tantrums and the like but have had many hundreds times over more of laughs, tickles, giggles, hiccups and playing. We’ve taken you to several different states, on an airplane, in a car and even on a train.  We have learned to live with an egg allergy and numerous trips back to find “teddy” wherever we left him because you couldn’t sleep without him.  We have read books until they fell apart and sung songs so often we know them by heart.  Although you are four years old now and although all traces of baby are gone now, you’ll always be our sweet, sweet baby boy. And now that you are a big brother we get to watch you with Layne which is a whole new world of wonderful.  Thank you for making our lives richer, better, happier, more complete and more perfect.  Thank you for helping us remember to not take life so seriously, that it’s okay to dance around and sing at the top of our lungs or stay in our pajamas and watch cartoons.  Thank you for being you.  We love you very, VERY much.

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What to Wear Idea | Providence Family Photographer

“What should we wear?” is one of the most common questions that I get when people are booking a session.  Well, I have put together a little online book that you are welcome to look at after you’ve booked your session, just ask if I don’t tell you first!  For those of you not booking a session, I’ve decided to start every once in a while highlighting some outfits ideas for families.  It doesn’t have to be these exact outfits (and trust me, I have expensive taste when dressing other people!!!)  but hopefully it will give you an idea of how to mix and match colors, patterns and clothes when outfitting yourselves 🙂

Today we start with one of my favorite color combinations – blue and brown.  I chose to make the little girl the focus, as will usually be the case when dressing a family.  I picked a cute dress, footless tights and flats.  Then I spun off of her outfit colors for the rest of the family.  For the son, a nice simple rugby, cords and brown shoes.  For mom, nice wide leg jeans to balance out the body, and a chunky cord blazer to hide a multitude of sins and provide extra warmth for a fall morning.  For dad, basic dark jeans and a brown cable sweater.  Notice mom and the little girl also have a pop of a third color.  This is a great thing just to add a little more visual interest.

Mom – www.bodenusa.com

Daughter – www.bodenusa.com

Dad – www.oldnavy.com, shoes – www.piperlime.com

Boy’s clothing – www.bodenusa.com, www.oldnavy.com and www.piperlime.com

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Morning with the girls | Providence Family Photographer

I spent an unbelievably warm incredible morning with the little misses M. and C. this past Saturday in Roger Williams Park.  These two beauties were a little over 18 months and SO cute!! They definitely gave me a run for my money – literally! I love this age because they just run and run and run. They want to explore SO many things but at the same time can almost be stopped in their tracks by a simple game of peekaboo, or finding an interesting trinket / handle etc to stare at.   We had a great time grunting at swans and running laps around the Casino porch and of course eating the requisite Cheerios!  (There is a reason I tell parents to bring snacks!!)  Thanks C. and C. for coming out in the heat and humidity and being such great sports through all of it 🙂  Enjoy!

For those of you not local, no worries, we did not take them gambling 😉 – it’s one of the GORGEOUS buildings in the park

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Ten On Tuesday | Providence Family Photography

1.  I am working on totally revamping my pricing.  It feels so GOOD!!  Me, the person not crazy about change is L.O.V.I.N.G. it!!  And I am pretty sure you all are going to love it too.  Hope to have everything up by mid-week this week.  Might be next week though depending on how much the kiddos let me do.

2.  I have a really cool product in the works that I have not seen anyone else ANYWHERE make for their clients.  I designed it from scratch and am sending it off to the lab for printing as we speak.  Here’s hoping it works.  If so, I’ll be sure to share a sneak peek.  It ties in with the new pricing setup…  And if it doesn’t work, eh, nothing lost, right?

3.  A little known fact – did you know that holiday photos are best done between October and mid-November?  Yup.  It’s true. In fact my cutoff for holiday photos is the weekend after Thanksgiving. This gives me time to edit, get the orders in and everything delivered in time for various holidays.  So if you want photos for holiday gifts, don’t wait to do your sessions.  I plan to do two days of Holiday Minis and will have information about that up within the next week or two.  There may also just be a special or two for people to take advantage of.  😉

And Philadelphia peeps, I am also planning a weekend back in the area for holiday photos in late October / early November!!  Keep an eye out for announcements and emails.

4.  Nolan is turning 4 (!!!) one month from tomorrow.  I cannot believe it’s already been four years.   I have yet to put together invitations for his party (planning is not my thing) and wanted some pictures for it if possible.  He volunteered to go on a photo shoot with me on Sunday when we got home from brunch with friends.  Turns out his new school is basically right next to the Bay in Cranston and when I saw the water, the boats and the reeds I knew I wanted to do photos there.  He took the initiative though, asking if we could go.  Mostly he was his crazy silly almost-four-year-old self but I did get some decent ones.  Here are my favorites:
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5.  I have been a Twittering FOOL recently. I have found a new love… If you’re on there I’d love to see you!  It is fantastic for networking and meeting new people.  LOVE it!

6.  Found (through Twitter, seriously people there are a BUNCH of great resources there) a fantastic blog – Savor The Thyme (savorthethyme.blogspot.c0m).  Jennifer highlights a bunch of healthy recipes (Shrimp with Watermelon and Pineapple Salsa, anyone?) and even has started sharing “vlogs” (video blog posts) with helpful things like how to pit an avocado (without taking your hand off).  I love having some healthy recipes to look at and enjoy reading her writing.  You should check her out!

7. We are planning a family trip to Austin, TX in October and I cannot WAIT!!  One of my all-time favorite photographers (and friend) lives there and we are going to get to hang out with her.  That and I’m excited for a first family trip as well and have heard wonderful things about Austin.  If you’ve been there I’d love any and all tips for what to see and do.

8.  Next month marks two years I have been in business.  I have a few fantastic goody giveaways planned to celebrate.  I love goodies!!!

9.  There is still time for you to vote for me in the My FOX Philly’s HOT List for Best Portrait Photographer.  You are allowed one vote per email address and the contest ends September 11.  You can vote HERE.  Just make sure to confirm your free account – that’s the only way your vote counts!

10.  You will all be happy to know that my 50mm lens came back from the repair shop in better than new condition!!  Big props to the guys at Midstate Camera Repair for such a quick and fantastic job!

That’s it for this week.  Stay tuned because I have a promotion to announce, holiday sessions to debut and a few other things 🙂



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