Newport Family Session

Newport. Oh you, beautiful, beautiful town. The most famous aspect of it, if you’re not familiar with it, are the Newport mansions. Driving down Bellevue Avenue looking at the houses and then taking Ocean Drive out around the water is truly one of the most breathtaking, awe-inspiring things you can do. Stunningly beautiful. That whole area of Rhode Island, in fact, is beautiful. So when my client contacted me and asked about doing a family session where they had their wedding photos done on the grounds of one of the Newport mansions, I was not going to say no. And I am so so glad I didn’t!!!! Heather had been following my work for a while and had recently moved to Rhode Island which made having a family session much easier to coordinate. Over Columbus Day weekend I headed down to Newport and we met up to do some photos on the grounds of The Waves where she and her husband had done their wedding photos 16 years prior. The owner of the property is an old family friend of Heather’s husband, who was so very, VERY gracious enough to let us use the property for photos once again and I cannot thank her enough. Heather and her family were AWESOME. Her kids are the same ages as mine almost, a 9 year old boy and a 7 year old girl. And just as outgoing and social as mine too, which was SO. Much. Fun. We discussed many important things like flag football, their dad’s hockey scars, their mom’s singing voice, and how much fun photo bombing can be when done at the right times 😉 As during any family session we did a bunch of different photos and one thing I loved is that mom brought along a nosegay made of yellow roses, like the one she carried the day of her wedding – I love the fact that we could incorporate that into the session with her daughter. Here are a few favorites from our session together – enjoy!