When four year old Sami’s mom showed her the princess portraits I took of my nieces, she told her about my magic camera that photographs fairies and fairy dust. Obviously, Sami wanted princess fairy dust portraits of her own. So this Saturday we headed to the truly magical Borderland State Park for our...
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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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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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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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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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