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Look who is already 3 years old!!

October 19, 2008 – 6:55 pm

And now we dedicate this space to one of our favorite little stars of this blog. Surely by now our regular readers will recognize Claire - who somehow turned 3 years old when we weren’t looking!

We’ve been photographing Claire since she was a baby and we so look forward to her session every year. Claire and her mom and dad live right in Boston and she is definitely a city girl. At three years old since is so articulate, so stylish and SO much fun.

A session with Claire means a lot of running around and just having a ball. Claire is one of the funniest little girls we’ve met and we all spend most of the session laughing and joking around with one another. Claire showed up for our session in her very best princess outfit complete with a tiara, magic wand and - my favorite! - pink sparkly Mary Jane’s!

And here is that fabulous little personality that we love:

And looking like the perfect princess that she is:

After all these years, Claire knows us very well which makes each session even more fun than the last. That also means that when I come up with an idea that might not make sense, Claire doesn’t have to humor me, either. I nearly died laughing after she looked to Rene for help with this one:

Then we had an outfit change right there in the park and Claire, without missing a beat, kept right on having fun!

What’s one of the very best things about having a session in the fall in Boston? The leaves!! And the very best thing about photographing kids at this age is that they are really discovering how much fun the different seasons can be. There is just nothing better than the pure joy and the belly laughs that result from tossing a big armful of leaves right into the air:

Then we took a little break so that we could make sure we photographed Claire together with her mom and dad. What a super close and beautiful family:

Claire wanted a few special portraits together with her mom, too and I just loved these so much…Can’t you just feel the love?

And this next candid image just tugged at my heart strings. Claire always subconsciously plays with her mom’s hair when they’re cuddling together. It’s one of those adorable little habits that she’s had since she was a baby and I just love it!

We love Claire and her family so much and truly look forward to their session every year! We can’t wait to see you again soon!!

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Audrey’s portrait session in the Boston Public Garden

October 19, 2008 – 6:11 pm

We had an amazing first session with nine month old Audrey recently at the Public Gardens! Audrey’s mom and dad came to us as a referral and after hearing so much about her, we just could not wait to finally meet Audrey in person! She has so much personality already and even though it’s too early to be walking, she’s definitely pulling herself up and holding on to things already. She’s going to be running around very soon! But for now, we had an easy time keeping up with her at our session - a crawling baby is no match for us! :)

Audrey’s mom and dad decided they wanted to have their session right in the Boston Public Garden and we are so happy that they did - it was such a perfect autumn day and the leaves were just starting to turn beautiful colors all around us. It doesn’t get any more perfect! So here are some of our favorites from their session…

Look at this personality already!

We even had an outfit change right in the middle of the park! Oooh to be a kid again, huh?

We completely fell in love with Audrey’s striking blue eyes and her very stylish haircut (fresh just for our session!)

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An intimate dinner party at Les Zygomates - to celebrate a wedding!

June 26, 2008 – 8:12 pm

If you’ve chatted with us at any point over the past week, then chances are good that you also heard about our fabulous wedding this past weekend. As hard as we tried, we just couldn’t stop talking about Christine and Richard. This is a couple that has it all going for them - they’re beautiful, fun, have the an amazing group of close knit friends and family and after ten years together they decided to exchange beautiful weddings vows that they each wrote for each other.

If you know anything about Christine and Richard, you’ll know that they are not going to do anything just because tradition dictates it to be so. They have an amazing sense of style and a fabulous independent streak. So every detail of their wedding was planned to perfectly reflect their personalities and we were beyond excited about being there with them!

Here are some of our favorites!

They celebrated their wedding ceremony in the beautiful Public Gardens in Boston under a perfectly blue sky (puffy white clouds and all!) And what made it even more special was that they asked their very close friend - and the person who introduced them to each other 10 years ago - to marry them. The scene was absolutely perfect.

One of my favorite moments was just as Christine, her sister (and matron of honor) and her close friend Jane were walking through the Public Gardens just before the start of the ceremony. We had literally just entered into the Public Gardens and it’s so hard to explain the excitement and anticipation that we were all feeling. We were literally seconds away from one of the happiest moments in their lives. And at that very exact moment, Christine turned back to look at me and *click*. I think this next image really describes all of those emotions perfectly:

After the ceremony, we got to spend a lot of time with Christine and Richard as they had their own portrait session in so many amazing locations including the Public Gardens, Chinatown and sometimes right in the middle of the street. We talked about their portraits having a dramatic, cinematic feel to it which suits their personalities perfectly and we had so much fun coming up with some unique ideas together! Here are some of our favorites:

Christine and Richard had scheduled enough time in between the ceremony and the reception so that even after visiting all of those different locations, we were still able to make it back for their cocktail hour and that they were able to mingle with all of their friends and family.

They had their reception at the coolest wine bar in the city, Les Zygomates. If you’ve never been here, you MUST go soon. It is undoubtedly one of the coolest spots in the city. The food is fabulous and the ambiance makes you feel as though you’re in a cozy little jazz bar in Paris. There’s even live jazz every evening (except Sundays) with no cover charge. Christine and Richard told us that they didn’t want their reception to feel like a formal event. Instead, they wanted their guests to feel as though they had been invited to a small private dinner at their home. And that was exactly how it felt! And everyone picked up on the vibe immediately as the entire evening was filled with so much laughter, mingling and fun. Here was the moment that Christine and Richard first entered the front door during their cocktail hour to a LOT of cheering:

We didn’t just have a great time with Christine and Richard, either. We decided to have some fun with some of their guests as well including “the smokers” that met at regular intervals just outside the front door.

That’s Richard’s dad right in the center! Everyone loved our idea for that photo and they really had a lot of fun making it all work. You guys were great!

Christine and Richard had mentioned to us a few week ago that they would love to be able to do some “night shots” since we were going to be in downtown Boston and in such a great wine bar. Once they said that, Rene and I couldn’t stop thinking about the possibilities. And by the time their wedding day arrived, we decided to stay until the end of the reception and steal Christine and Richard for another mini-session. These guys are so fabulous that we just couldn’t take no for an answer. But fortunately for us - they were just as excited as we were and here is a tiny peek at the results:

Thank you again so much, Christine and Richard…for being YOU!

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