Lowell, MA - I’m pretty sure this happens to everyone, or I should say I hope this happens to everyone. You know how there are those special people in your lives that you cannot  live without? Well these four ladies certainly fit that category and we miss them terribly. It’s been a busy year so we haven’t seen them as much as we’d like.

This was Rosslyn’s 3 month session from August (we’re so behind in blogging). The end of the Summer and Fall kind of flew by and with the Christmas and Holiday rush we really haven’t had time to hang out much. So we are very much looking forward to having a bit more time to spend with our friends and family. However, we are so excited for this weekend because we get to hang out with these wonderful ladies, take some pictures and make holiday cookies! Fun!

Andover, MA - Here’s one of our children’s portrait sessions from this past summer. We had photographed Jackson about a year before this particular session so it was great to see how much he had grown. This was definitely a high energy day as any child between 1 and 3 turns a portrait session into a track meet, but we wouldn’t have it any other way because it really fits our style of photography. For example, in order to get things going we had him just play with his favorite truck and the big red wagon. After all we have to make the session enjoyable for younger kids, so this usually means toys and lots of snack breaks.

The day was a bit cloudy and we did get some rain at the end of the shoot, but we pushed through it. Our sessions usually last between one and half to two hours, so by the time the rain really started to come down we had already got a ton of great stuff. With children’s portraits on location, we will encounter rain and uncooperative weather, but you just have to work with it when you live in New England.

Princeton, MA – So we, Ash, I and the Jones family, are all at the top of Wachusett Mountain on a beautiful summer day for a family portrait session. There had been a corporate event on the mountain that day so there were a lot of people around, who unfortunately were not cool enough to be in the backgrounds of our photos.  In order to get away we decided it would be a good idea to ignore the signs that read, “No One Allowed on Ski Trail,” and walk down the a little bit into the tall grass. The teenage kid running the ski lift disagreed with our plans. However, in the spirit of every “we’re with the band” scenario, Mike turns around and says, “it’s fine we cleared it with…” and proceded to name about 7 names, including the owners;  I wouldn’t be surprised if he named the kid’s dad, because he just looked at us and said “uh… ok.” Turns out that Mike and Kristina used to work there and the know everyone up there. This was a great moment because as photographers we are always trying to talk ourselves into restricted spots, so it was nice not to have to do it this time. And the images we made on that trail turned out to be some of the best out of the whole portrait session.

Thanks to the entire Jones family for a great family session, hope to see you all soon!

Dracut, MA – Kerry + Henry could not have asked for a more beautiful August wedding day. Of course in August, beautiful means hot and hot means “I hope the church is air conditioned.” Thankfully it was and the rest of the wedding was just as perfect. Their ceremony was held at St. Francis Church, a gorgeous church in Dracut, MA. It’s right on a hill, which means that on a sunny day the place just fills up with some pretty light. We weren’t allowed to use flash during the ceremony, so the combination of the weather and the availability of natural light turned a normally daunting task into an opportunity to grow and learn as photographers. Without that perfect August day,and its abundance of sunshine, we would have a hard time capturing some of these important images. So as it turns out, it was us as well as the bride and groom, that could not have asked for a better day, and we got it.

Congratulations to Kerry and Henry!!!

Seems like forever since we posted a First Birthday, cake destruction shoot. So at long last we present this session, which took place in Stockton, CA, with the Stryker family who are near and dear to our hearts. We had the opportunity to use some of that beautiful California light and got to shoot the cake on location and outdoors. Usually we have the high-key, white seamless but we had to improvise on this day and I think we did alright. Sometimes 50% of a photographers time is spent problem solving.  Salome didn’t mind the location at all as she tore into that cake pretty good!

Thank you to the Stryker family for the great evening, we hope to see you all soon!

Knights Ferry, CA – During our fabulous California adventure we had the pleasure of photographing Kari and Dean’s beautiful family at this really great location. Don’t get me wrong, we love living in New England and being outside of Boston we have the opportunity to shoot at some magnificent locations, but the power and quality of the California light is unparalleled. However, it didn’t take much to make these guys look good.

An old mining town  during the gold rush, Knights Ferry is now a museum and recreation area, and it is home to the longest covered bridge in California. Overall it was a perfect backdrop for these family portraits, and we hope to be back in the future.

Here’s a look at a custom photo box with 5×7 prints. This box makes a perfect compliment to your wedding photography album. In fact, it was designed for a mother of the bride  to match her parent album. Although albums and books are a great presentation piece, some people really love to hold and flip through prints. How are you going to store them and present them to your guests? This photo box is perfect for showing off your favorite images.

Each box is hand made and wrapped in a photo printed silk cover.  Just add loose or mounted prints to fill it up and you’ve got yourself an instant conversation piece. Designs are limitless so choose colors from the wedding or colors to match your living room, its all up to you. Give us a call to learn more about our custom designed photo boxes, albums and products. 978.516.0370.

As you can imagine we had a great time photographing this wedding, and we’d like to thank Kendra + Justin and their families, and the Carvalho family as well for allowing us to work unobtrusively throughout the day.

Great people, Great Venue, Great Wedding!

Congrats to Kendra and Justin! And we hope to see you soon!