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August 21, 2012
West Hartford Children’s Photography: Caroline’s Family, Elizabeth Park
I’ve moved around a lot so I’m used to having my close friends spread all over the country. I realized this April how it feels to be the one left behind when my wonderful friend Caroline moved away to Minneapolis. She’s back visiting this month and it’s been great seeing her although too short! We made a big canvas out of the top picture from her family shoot from last summer which is now hanging in their new home. I really miss our weekly adventures Caroline! See more images from our shoot here….
August 16, 2012
West Hartford Family Photography: Marcella’s Family, Elizabeth Park
Catching up on family portrait blogging! We do a lot of family portrait shoots at Elizabeth Park, Westmoor Park, Hill-Stead, Hammonasett, and people’s homes and I feel it’s so important to capture children as they grow. We’ve actually just hired a favorite photographer to shoot our family and now I’m the one trying to figure out what to wear!
I’ve known Marcella since our kid’s preschool days and was thrilled to be asked to photograph them last summer and get to know her extended family! Elizabeth Park is a perfect setting for big family portraits because of the space and variety of backgrounds…I still have my favorite nooks for individual shots where the light makes everything glowy! To see more photos from the shoot click here…
May 21, 2012
Just Cate Cover Photo!
Looking for a great story this summer…check out the new book, Just Cate, which as co-authors Angela Martin and Noelle Alix note, “is a dual memoir and story of lifelong friendship, of being there for each other through it all. When Noelle’s daughter Cate was born with Down Syndrome, we unknowingly began our second stage of growing up. Discovering little by little that it’s the simple things that matter most. And so life continues, the road behind us and the road ahead of us. Forever friends, forever changed.”
Last year I photographed Cate in her blue robe holding her favorite fruit for the cover shot of Just Cate and it’s been great getting to know their families! I love how the cover came out with it’s beautiful design from Liz Panke. I recently spent a day traveling with Noelle and Angela to Angela’s parents’ home in the Hudson Valley to be videotaped and interviewed about the project. In fact, that videotape was for B.I.G., an organization of women who are working on the next stage of the careers, going back to work after kids, completely changing what they want to do in life, growing their businesses…or like Angela and Noelle, driving a 10-year writing project to completion.
A huge congratulations to Noelle and Angela and Cate!! You can order Just Cate at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble or direct from their website: justcate.com.
