Archive for the ‘portraits’ Category

Lauren Burns, viola

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Lauren Burns viola
Lauren Burns viola
Lauren Burns viola

Images from a headshot portrait session with violist Lauren Burns.

baby taking a bath in the sink

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

baby bath in the sink



Regular readers might recognize my rock star baby friend from other portrait sessions we’ve done together. She’s my muse! I got the photo I wanted (above) but also loved the in-between moments (below).

baby bath in the sink

baby bath in the sink

Isn’t giving baby a bath in the kitchen sink one of those classic childhood photo moments? Her little bum was too slippery so we had to put her in the bumbo :) heehee.



(Can’t wait to see you in September, N!)

Gisele, by Patrick Demarchelier

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Did anyone see Boston’s Gisele Bündchen in Vogue?

The April 2010 VOGUE had a story on Boston’s local fashion celebrity Gisele Bündchen (married to the Patriots’ Tom Brady). She was photographed by celebrated fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier. GORGEOUS photos. I am particularly stunned by his maternity portrait:

Gisele Bündchen by Patrick Demarchelier

I’m also loving the baby portrait of Gisele with her son Benjamin Rein Brady:

Gisele Bündchen and Benjamin Rein Brady by Patrick Demarchelier

“Where [Gisele] is going now is towards the reality of life and not its appearance.” – interviewer Joan Juliet Buck

I love this supermodel.

Check out the story and check out some photo shoot footage here: www.vogue.com/feature/2010_April_Gisele_Bundchen/

one more snuggle

Friday, July 30th, 2010

There’s just something about this image. I keep coming back to it.

baby portrait campbell ca

family portraits | Campbell, CA

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

family portraits Campbell CA

I loved my time with Danielle and Matt and their sons. Naughty little Noah really wanted to be dancing instead of being photographed, and tiny Micah was pretty content to be snuggled and held and the center of attention. It was a hilarious hour of fun to photograph them together at their homestead in Campbell, California.

family portraits Campbell CA

family portraits Campbell CA

Here’s little Micah in the plum tree that was bursting in fruit!! In fact, my payment for the photos was partially in the bounty of this harvest, as well as some fresh eggs from the chickens and veggies from the garden.

family portraits Campbell CA

family portraits Campbell CA

What a great little family! I love how they have invested the effort to make their backyard into a mini farm and the boys are growing up watching their own food lifecycle.

a girl, a beach, and a gigantic flower

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Some outtakes from a recent family portrait session at Cowell Ranch Beach, near Half Moon Bay.

Admire my pretty little model! I asked them to bring some giant flower hairpieces, and look what mom found at Nordstroms. Fabulous! I’m fascinated by the look on her face here – it’s clearly a posed portrait, and I told her to sit like that… but the expression is such an interesting mix of serious, maybe a little perturbed, and at the same time innocent. Only girls at that age can be such a contradiction of terms.

flower headband from nordstrom

My just-graduated-from-elementary-school model was a little bit embarrassed to be walking around with a giant flower on her head, but luckily there weren’t any cute boys around so she soon forgot all about it and did what kids do best… play! Wheeeeee! This girl loves the ocean.

family portrait session half moon bay ca

I’m trying to do everything in black and white from now on, but the softness of the colors in this little running outtake just doesn’t translate in black and white.

family portraits cowell ranch beach

The beach we chose was a lovely, secluded little cove (Cowell Ranch Beach). We had to walk through some artichoke fields to get there!





family session on the beach san francisco

The 1/2 mile walk back to the car after a few hours at the beach…. can’t you just feel how well she’s going to sleep that night? I love this image because it tells such a story. The end of a long day for a working model… or a girl who just spent some time chasing waves in the sun.

Thank you so much for sharing that afternoon with me pretty lady!! And we’ll make sure none of the boys at your school see the outtakes from our photo shoot!

Svetli

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

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Svetli is a 7-year old boy who lives in Bulgaria. He was my little buddy when we went to Bulgaria to photograph Anna and Ali’s wedding last year. His grin makes me feel like a million bucks!

Bala Brass, 2008

Friday, May 21st, 2010

bala brass ensemble boston ma

I just love the Bala Brass. Each one of these talented musicians is full of life and personality. I hope to photograph them again on subsequent visits to Boston.

photographer Miriam Meerfeld

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

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November 11, 2007.
I am absolutely delighted with many of my international friends. German photographer Miriam Meerfeld is one of those persons whose sparkling personality wins over even the coldest of hearts. Back in 2007 she was living in NYC, and came to visit me in Boston to help out with some weddings. I am so glad we spent this cold Sunday morning together making portraits.

I had forgotten the photo shoot I did with Miriam, but when I looked back into my photo archives these images bring back the warmth of her smile and her mischievous but loving personality. Portraits have such an important function: to help us remember the good times and special people in our life. It makes me happy that my job is to help document personalities.
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formal family portraits

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

The Rizi Family asked me to make some formal family portraits of them together before their youngest son Bijan headed out to college. Both Anita and Suzy were married this year, a few months apart, so it was the perfect opportunity to document them all together one last time before all of the kids head off in different directions. The family home in Palos Verdes, California made a fantastic backdrop.

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