And just like that another amazing weekend has flown by – hope everyone was able to catch at least a taste of it!  We were busy at the annual Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival in Florence/Northampton, MA on Saturday.  It’s an all day event held every year at Look Park  (which is a place I love to hold photo sessions!) filled with men in kilts, piping bands, Highland dancing, athletic competitions and Celtic music.  There’s also a Celtic Pub where I volunteered for the second year to pour for a local brewery.  Oh and there’s also haggis – the band Enter the Haggis – as well as the dish of unknown/unmentionable ingredients.  I don’t suggest you eat either.

Don’t Google it.  Trust me on this.  You’ll thank me later.  But *do* Google the band.  They are like Celtic Rock gods.  And they’ve been on Regis and Kelly.  So they’re kinda awesome rock stars in general.  I’ll stop fawning over them now, lest they think I am some creepy stalker girl.  Which I totally am.

The weather was great (and HOT!) up here in the Northeast, so we spent the last part of the weekend hanging with our family around the pool.  I even introduced my aunt to her first s’more.  My munchkin man, Adam, had a blast swimming and even more hamming it up for the camera!

Here’s to more s’mores, swimming and sunny weekends!!!  What did you do this past weekend?

Back in May I had the opportunity to take an amazing workshop in CT with the incredible Carla Ten Eyck.  I first saw Carla’s lovely work when a high school friend posted some engagement photos she had done.  I started blog stalking her after that, finding myself only slightly this side of creeper status.  When I saw that Carla was offering a workshop I jumped all over it like a trampoline.

The workshop itself was all about posing – and believe me Carla knows her stuff!  I came out of there with so many tools and tricks that I am using every time I shoot.  Our models were Tori and Jared – who are outrageously gorgeous and belong in magazines.  Seriously though they were superstars for all of us, and I really felt like I won the lottery being able to shoot them.  With my camera.  And not a gun.

Catie Bane of Dana Bartone and Company did a fantabulous job with hair and makeup…I am so envious of her incredible job on Tori’s eye makeup.  I need to go see her at some point I think.

Big props to Carla and the crew at Carla Ten Eyck Photography for making us all feel so welcome (and Carla’s husband Dave for the insanely amazing food that I still have dreams about!).  And a huge shout out to the other ladies who took the workshop – Meg, Abbey, Mattie and Marge!  It was a pleasure to shoot alongside you all!!!

 

A few weeks ago I had the awesome privilege of photographing Paula, an amazing mama-to-be!  She wanted to surprise this lucky little guy’s father with some images of this special time in their lives.  Paula just emitted this luminance and I can tell she was very excited to meet her little one.  Max was born June 23^rd and is just the light of his parent’s lives!

 

 

Congratulations Paula and Alex!!!

I wasn’t quite sure how to start off the refresh of the blog, so I thought I’d rope in some assistance, because I have this deep seated fear that, left to my own devices, I will be charged with manslaughter for boring people to death.

 

I asked my loving and adoring husband how to start.  He told me to “just write words”.

 

Gee.  Thanks Batman.

 

So then I went and asked my toddler how mommy should start her blog.  He looked quizzically at me and said “a box”.

 

This is getting painful.

 

My best friend Amber was slightly more helpful, and told me, to tell you, my dear readers, what to expect.  Brilliant.  Someone remind me to buy her a pony or maybe a Diet Coke or something.

 

So what are you going to find here?  Information?  For sure.  Pictures of recent sessions?  Of course.  A healthy dose of quirky?  Most definitely.  Free puppies?  Probably not.  Well…maybe.

 

And inevitably you’ll get a glimpse of my life too, but I’ll try to keep that to a minimum.  To protect the innocent.  And to protect against that manslaughter thing.  I’m really not that interesting.

 

But really, if you like what you see and would like to spend an hour or two with me I’d love to work with you to create some amazing images.  Hit me up on the contact form.

 

Quirkiness optional.  But highly recommended.

 

Ooh look – a puppy!!!