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8|52 Three Hundred and Sixty Four

February 27, 2010

This one. This little smiling, impish, playful one below? She turns one year old tomorrow. A YEAR. I just can’t believe we’re already here.

All day long, I’ve been saying to her, “last year at this time, I was…”. It’s been such an emotionally filled day. It’s so wild to think that at last year right now, we didn’t know who we were about to meet. Who was about to steal our hearts, and bring us incredible happiness. And now, it’s impossible to think of our lives without her.

Tomorrow we are having a party for her. To celebrate the past year, and to just enjoy this crazy little girl who changed our world. We’re also going to the NICU in the morning. To say thank you to the amazing people there, without who we may be telling a different story right now.

Happy Birthday, Peanut! Get ready for your first taste of cake tomorrow! If you’re anything like me, there’s no turning back. Your dad & I love, love, love you.

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7|52 Foreshadowing

February 18, 2010

This week’s photo cracked me up the minute I snapped it. I had to act quickly, as she is FAST, but I was able to capture this image of Lila on her plastic play phone. She loves holding it up to her ear anytime I say “hello!” to her. I have a feeling this image is very telling of days to come…

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I can’t believe she’ll be one next weekend. SIGH.

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6|52 Generations

February 11, 2010

We were away last weekend, visiting family in VA.

Oh, yes, you read that right. We flew into the biggest storm the DC/VA/MD area HAS EVER SEEN.

We were staying in Northern VA with my husband’s mother & step-father, and they got 28″ of snow over the weekend. Over TWO FEET. We weren’t sure we would make it out in time for our flight home–I’m still not quite sure how we did it. They live up on a hill on a quiet country road, and it took 2 tractors, a lot of shoveling, and some finger crossing, but we made it to our flight home, with a whole 13 minutes to spare.

This week’s photo immediately jumped out at me when I took it. In this photo, Lila and her grandpa are listening to music on his phone. It was such a sweet thing to watch them together.

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I also HAVE to post one additional image. I would have used this for the project, but it was technically taken last week, on Friday, when we first got to VA. This is Lila with her great-grandmother, and they’re playing peekaboo. I can’t get over how much I love this photo.

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That’s about all for now! I have a couple of shoots coming up this week, I’m so excited. I took a bit of a break during and after the holidays, and can’t wait to start up again. So you will be seeing some new work shortly!

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5|52 Better Late Than Never

February 9, 2010

I know, I didn’t post last week! It was a crazy week, and we were away for a few days with no internet (I know, can you imagine??). But I’m back now, and need to post last week’s image!

I didn’t shoot much last week, because I was busy preparing for our trip. So this is a quick shot I grabbed of my daughter while we were playing one day. Her head is definitely distorted from the lens (for you non-photogs, she was super close to the lens, so I zoomed way out to fit her in the frame–she’s not normally bobble-headed!), but I still love the way she’s looking at me.

I will have this week’s post up within the next day or two also, because I already have some great images to choose from, taken while we were away this weekend.

I’d say Happy Monday, but you may throw things at me. Instead, I’ll just keep this short, and post!

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January 28, 2010

When I first started doing this project, I wasn’t sure how personal I would end up making it. I didn’t know how much of me I wanted “out there”. But I’m finding as I shoot every week, I NEED this to be personal. I shoot from the heart. I love capturing moments, emotions, those little pieces of time that are gone before you even realize they were there.

This week’s photo is one of my all-time favorites. It is not technically perfect, in any way–in fact, it’s quite imperfect. But the story it tells, is perfect.

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This is an image of my daughter, with my parents. She’s turning one next month. She had a rough start in this world, and to see her, playing with her grandparents almost a year later brings me such joy. She’s never been what people call an “easy baby”. But she is coming into her own these days, and couldn’t be more amazing.

(My mom will probably kill me for posting a photo of her in her slippers, haha!)

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January 22, 2010

We are still sick over here, so this will be short and sweet. She’s getting better, slowly but surely.

This photo was taken of Lila doing one of her favorite pastimes–throwing herself on the couch. She loves to stand up and look out the window, and then throw herself on the cushions. Never fear–I’m always sitting on the couch with her, barricading her in. This is a good example of why I love wide angle lenses! And of shooting from the hip. Big fan.

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Happy Weekend!!

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January 14, 2010

I can’t believe it’s been a week! I also have other things to post on here, but I’m just getting all caught up.

The theme of this week is Sick. Sick, sick, siiiiiiick. The daughter is sick, and the husband is also sick. I’m hoping I’m spared this round, because I’ve already had 2 or 3 colds this fall/winter. Fingers crossed!

Here’s the little peanut, lying on the floor in the living room. She’s watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (her favorite), and snuggling with her giraffe lovey/blanket thing, thumb in mouth and all. I absolutely love that I caught this moment, even though I see her do it all the time. Just usually, if I lie on the floor to attempt to take this shot, she sees it as me trying to play with her, and comes speed-crawling over to me.

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Hopefully we’ll have a healthy house by the weekend! The weather is going to climb into the 40s, and I, for one, can’t wait! A little taste of spring in the air is just what we need.

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1|52

January 6, 2010

New project number one, for 2010.

I have decided to do a more personal project this year, as a new goal to get out and shoot for ME more. I wasn’t sure where I would keep track of this at first–flickr? Facebook? A personal blog? Or here, on my business blog? Ultimately, I decided this would be the perfect place for my new project, for a few reasons. First, and most obvious, it is a photography project, so the photography blog made the most sense. I also thought it would be fun to give all my readers (hi, Cait!) a little glimpse into my world–I know you’re all she’s thrilled.They won’t all be people pictures, I have no idea what each week’s photo will end up being until I see it. But I’m so excited to be embarking on this, I can’t wait to see what’s in store!

Oh, one more little bit about this project: I’m doing it in black & white (well, I’m 90% sure I am). I don’t do nearly enough of this type of work, and I LOVE it, so this is my attempt at getting comfortable with it, and perfecting my conversion methods. My pics may look a little different from week to week, as I figure that out, but they will all be colorless!

On to the all important image for Week One: The Beginning. I just had to start off with an image of my daughter! I took this a couple of days ago, just us, hanging out in the morning. And yes, she’s chewing on a sock.

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If there are any other photographers reading who are doing their own project this year, let me know, so I can follow along! And if anyone has a challenge for me (take a picture of –something strange/fun/exciting/new– and post it!), I’d LOVE to hear it.

(I still have an amazing session to post, I haven’t forgotten! I’m just having a hard time narrowing down which images to show, there are so many I just love.)

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Personal: Views from Home

November 11, 2009

Taking a quick break from all of these gorgeous kiddos and families to bring you a burst of color.

Foliage is past its peak here, but the last few days have been nothing short of gorgeous. High 60s, low 70s, sunny, dry, just amazing. I wish every day was like this!

I realized while crunching through the leaves on our morning walk today, that I never posted these images I took last time I was home at my parents’ house. I was there while the foliage was still in peak season, so my husband, daughter, and her Nana (my mom) went for a drive around sunset one afternoon. While Nana preoccupied the baby in the backseat, I kept making my husband pull over to snap these:

A couple of shots from the high school up there–can you imagine if this was your view??

Last shot, taken from a moving car!

Dorothy had it right, didn’t she?? There’s just no place like home.

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Fall Love | MetroWest Engagement Photographer

November 4, 2009

My little brother and his fiancee are getting married next summer on the Cape, and they were over a couple of weekends ago to hang out. We don’t get to see each other nearly as much as we want to, with our crazy schedules the way that they are, so it was so awesome to see them.

While they were here, I dragged them out into our yard to take a couple quick engagement photos, while we still had the gorgeous fall colors. And luckily, we’ve been lazy about getting the yard cleaned up for the winter, so there were plenty of leaves around to provide a vibrant backdrop.