Busy Busy

I'm sitting here drilling away, trying to get my editing caught up! It looks like rain tomorrow, which will be alright...gives me some time to catch up! I'll just share a couple recents, then I'm back to work!

This little girl was a gem to photograph, look at her...the camera loves her!



And this is another shot of my little thing!

What TO Wear

I've been silly busy the past week, and this coming week looks even moreso...so bear with me if I haven't posted your entire session yet. I promise I'm getting to it, I'm almost done with most sessions (except the last couple). However, I do have this little OCD moment after every session. I have to run inside, download them all, and edit 3-4 shots right then and there. So I'm sharing a couple of those tonight before I go back to this mountain of editing.

Also, today ended up being "What TO Wear" day. I had 2 families that just really rocked the coordination of clothing! And since I often have questions about this, I thought sharing one shot from each session would be good, so others can get ideas. I am always willing to help with clothing choices, so please ask away! Better clothing = better photos.

Clothing Tips:

1. White. Usually NOT a good idea. I know you all see the photos (not on my site, but elsewhere) of the families all wearing white shirts and khakis. It makes me cringe a little when I see that. Not only is it waaaay overused, but white pales people, it makes the average person looks sickly. Unless you're, oh let's see...the Salma Hayek type with olive skin and dark hair, then white is probably not your best choice for a family shot. Some white is manageable, definitely, just use it sparingly.

2. Matching. Don't go crazy with the matching...coordinating is better! You could find a print in one person's outfit and work off of that. Or have some shades that are similar, but not exact. Or just keep it simple, with not too many patterns, and not even worry about the color shades. Unless you have a lot of patterns, it really should be alright. Although, obviously if you have little girls with matching dresses, and then the parents just match some simple colors up...that of course totally works too!

The clothing choices here totally work, even though you can't see the older one's dress well on here. She had on this awesome polka dot dress (see 2nd picture) that ties everyone in together...love this!

How ridiculous is this little girl, and her dress? Cute was not even the word for her.


And everyone's clothing matches her pretty little dress!


This one WOWED me! No, we were not on location in the Caribbean...good Ol' Westerly RI! The three little girls had on matching dresses, and Mom & Dad coordinated off that.


And this one I just LOVE as well! This may not be everyone's style, but I think it completely rocks...simple, but unique.

Catching Up!

I'm finally catching up, after the setback of figuring out the new proofing setup last week! How about this weather, geez?!!! I have to admit, I'm ready for the nice cozy Fall sweater photos! I realized I hadn't posted in a while, so figured I'd quickly share a couple today!

I'm not necessarily a fan of the traditional "cheese" shot. Look at this little one, is she not silly cute?!! The biggest eyes, cheeks galore, such pretty eyelashes! She's not smiling, but I love that all those features just pop out at you in this shot!

The wonderful age of 2...where we often contemplate using duct tape in order to get them to sit and take a decent photo! But this shot wows me, I love that she's holding her favorite blanket tightly, and her hair looks so perfect with the little tousles falling down! She had on a little ballet tutu (which you can't see, and it was the point of the photo)...but this is still my favorite!

Editing Mania

I needed a little breather from editing photos. For those waiting for their proofs to be rehosted, or to see their session from the past week...I promise I'm working on it! I had to find a new way to host client proofs after my old site closed its doors on Thursday, and now I'm attempting to link it to my site. Over my head. Totally. But I'm all over it! Here's a couple from the past few days of my editing madness!!!

This is actually not MY daughter, although they do look similar in ways, don't they? Either way, super CUTE!



This is a family who had a session with me for the third year in a row. The twins are my daughter's age, and they added a new one in there this year! It's always SO fun for me to see how much kids have grown, since I usually only see them 1-2 times per year!



Okay, (deep breath) I'm back off to edit and play with some more "web stuff".

Maternity...Wow!

I had the first grabber for my "Maternity Session Special", and boy was she NOT messing around! This was some of the most fun I've had during a session in a while! She showed up more prepared than I ever imagined and we had a blast, despite the heat!

And not that I wanted to slap her or anything, but can you believe she only has 6 weeks left?!

A, If you're reading this, all kidding aside, look at yourself...you ROCK! This was such a successful session, I can't get over how many awesome shots we got! Thank you!

Happy Allergy Season

Is it even Allergy season? I have just been wiped out the past few days with allergy-type "stuff", it's actually pretty annoying.

Things are getting busy in my little world. Lots of calls and emails for appointments in response to the new site, which is encouraging! Thanks for all of the kind words about the new site, and to those of you who obviously forwarded it off to your friends and family..."You rock!"

This is a little guy who I took newborn photos of earlier this year, and again now at 9 months. I just LOVE this photo, it's so classic and simple to me! The little outfit couldn't have been better for this shot! On that note, I'm off to finish up editing his session!

Hello...Is This Thing On?

Well, if someone besides myself is reading this, it looks as if I've entered the world of blogging! How I think I'm going to have time for this on top of the hectic season that in coming at me...beyond me. But lots of photographers are doing it, so I figured "What the heck, let's give it a whirl!" New website, new ideas, I even bought some nifty new packaging, so hey, new blog too, why not?!!! I'm thinking it will be kind of fun...and it'll give me a way to keep my clients updated, to share a couple of shots from recent sessions, and to completely overwhelm everyone with photos of my own children (because I REALLY did try to limit how many of those I put on my actual website). It's tough, ya know, they're really pretty darned cute (even the little one with the attitude).


Okay, here's where I'm supposed to share some photos with you, let's see...

This is my baby boy, who started Kindergarten 2 weeks ago. I was sure that I would either hyperventilate or curl into the fetal position on Day 1, but I'm happy to report I did pretty good! Notice how proud of himself he looks here on his way to the bus. He spent the first week thinking he was "Joe Kindergarten", but things got a little emotional on Friday...he had his first "I want to stay home " episode.


This is a friends' wedding that we went to last weekend, which was so so beautiful! I've hit her up to let me practice with some less traditional bridal shots, so you may see more of her on her soon! But doesn't she look like she's having the time of her life here? I just love this photo!

And this is my "little one with an attitude", need I say more, look at the little hellion. Believe it or not, she's the same one who is on the opening splash page of my website (LOOKS cute, right?)