Beach Portrait Event - (2)-Twins & their families!

As stated in my previous post...here are some favorites from another family at my beach event. Well...2 families actually, the Orloffs and the Currans! These guys are so awesome...Tracy and Steph are twins (and best friends) who married best friends, Mark and Scott - and now they live right across the street from one another...Add that amazing closeness with four gorgeous kids who all get along and the combo is the ultimate in close family fun in the sun!

Marblehead Beach Portrait Event - (1)-On the rocks

Over Labor Day weekend, many of you might be aware that I hosted a "Beach Portrait" event up in Marblehead, MA. The weather was beautiful and I got the opportunity to photograph 7 very fun and photogenic families! I am going to be uploading a few favorites from each of the families I had the pleasure to work with. Here are the Cronins...I tried out a few "high saturation filters" with the girls and I love the way they came out!

Little Leo..and family, at long last!

I was so happy to FINALLY get to meet this little man...one of my wedidng clients, Jen, called me 6months ago to let me know she was having a baby--and booked me to do a family portrait for her mom's 70th at the same time. Though everyone is healthy and happy now--it's been a rough 6 months for this family and after many reschedules--Jen and little Leo (accompanied by her mother, sister-in-law Lynn and Lynn's two adorable kids) made it to my studio for Leo's first portrait session. As we never got a chance to do a "family portrait" for Donna (Jen's mom) - I snapped a few of her with her grandkids - hope they love these like I do!

Here are a few of my favorites.

Sweet Sophia

Lynn and her kids, Sophia and Adam (I haven't seen Adam since I did HIS baby photos almost 3 years ago!)

Adam--getting so big!

Adam's baby collage---see what I mean--oh how quickly they grow!

Could a grandmother be prouder? So impressed she got down on the ground with them all too!

Mother and child...on the other side of the camera

One of the biggest challenges and joys a photographer has is to take photos of a fellow photographer! My friend Amy Lewis has a child portrait business called "Sitting Pretty Portraits" and recently just had her 2nd child...baby girl Ella. I offered to do a session with her so she got some photos of herself with her girls (such a rarity for us photographers) - and I am so happy with how they came out! Amy is such a beautiful woman...and her girls are equally adorable. Here are a few favorites from our session.

3 Generations of beautiful women...Amy, her mom and Amy's girls Lilly and Ella.

The photo Amy wanted most...sweet sisters. With a VERY active 2year old, this one was a tough one to get--but you'd never know it from this photo...so loving.

I love shooting outdoors--so though we did most of our shoot in the studio, per Amy's request--I had to snap this one of little Ella outside in my garden...Mother Nature's gift.

Sisters...Family...and AuPairs like Family

Family...is there anything closer? Well at the fun-filled family portrait shoot I did in Marblehead last weekend, I had the pleasure to not only photograph a close family...but one who consider their au pairs family too. So much so that 3 of their past au pairs flew in to visit and were asked to be a part of the family photo! Meryl and her sister Marcie are such great women - and their boys...well--just look at some of the highlights from our shoot and see for yourself. Not only was the Thompson home a gorgeous venue, but it's family members (and their au pairs) are gorgeous too! Gotta love their fun energy too...it's sessions like this that make me love my job!