This session was full of firsts for me: It was the first time shooting a session with my beautiful new full frame camera, my first time visiting the spectacular sculpture park at the DeCordova Museum, and pretty much my first time shooting an engagement session. I thought I wouldn’t love it as much as shooting...
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Tags: decordova, engagement, kara stokes, lincoln, love, massachusetts, museum, new england, photography, Portraits, ring, save the date, sculptures, wedding
One of the greatest things about social networking sites like facebook is that it allows us to reconnect with old friends. Even though our families still live across the street from each other, I hadn’t seen Kelly in over 15 years. Thankfully, facebook changed that. We reconnected, and once I saw that...
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For obvious reasons, my own nieces are my all time favorite subjects to photograph. Because they live out in the Berkshires, our chances for photoshoots are few and far between, so I do what I can to make them special. So this Saturday I had them don their best princess dresses and conjure up some...
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Tags: fairies, fairy dust, Kara Stokes Photography, Kids, marshfield, massachusetts, outdoors, photography, Portraits, princesses, summer, sunshine
I headed back to photograph Nina Rose again this week, catching the family on a quiet morning when it was just the three of them. We were able to get some really sweet details, thanks to the collaboration. That’s one thing I’m learning, in terms of newborns. Whereas toddlers and older kids...
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Tags: arlington, baby, details, hands, infant, Kara Stokes Photography, massachusetts, newborn, photography, Portraits, smiling
This is a particularly exciting post for me because this little pea is the then three day old, now six day old daughter of one of the coolest couples I’ve met in the past few years. I was so happy that Liz and Jay were open to a photo shoot on day three, despite the...
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Kershaw not only has one of the most unique and cool name I’ve come across, but also the most expressive eyes I could have ever imagined. The first half of our shoot was in their current house, not too far from my home. For the majority of those shots, Kershaw did his best...
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