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!

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.

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.

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

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!!