Mark & Aimee {brookline, ma}

Sometimes you are just looking for a nice picture to hang on the wall.  Something that captures how happy you are at that very moment and that doesn't have half of your arm in it because you took it yourself!  This is exactly what Mark and Aimee wanted...and luckily they knew a photographer who lived three blocks away!  So...the rest of the story goes like this: Mark and I are friends.  We went to college together here in Boston...five years of studio, Pigs Pizza and silly chit chat...and there was even a moment when we were Resident Assistants together.  Oh the memories :)  Now Mark lives a few blocks away, but we only get to see each other a few times a year.  But seriously...those few days are the best days ever.  No one makes me laugh like Mark does!  And his girlfriend, Aimee, is so kind and so sweet, I can't get enough of her!  I am so happy that the two of them found each other and I am so honored that I got to eternally capture an amazing afternoon spent together!  Mark and Aimee, I had such a great time and I miss you already...enjoy the photographs :) 

Jessica & Ben {engagement : brookline, ma}

This post is a BIG DEAL!  This is the first engagement shoot I'm posting AND the smiling faces are members of my family!!  Jessica is my husband's cousin and Ben is the lucky man who gets to marry her!  This shoot could not have gone any better...Jessica and Ben were tons of fun, the sun was shining and the location was perfect.  We did the shoot at Larz Anderson Park in Brookline.  They chose this spot because this is where Ben proposed to Jessica...too cute!!   The park is beautiful and offers so many different shooting opportunities which I took full advantage of ;)  I had a great time and I can't wait for their wedding in June...which I will be photographing as well :)  Here are a few of my favorite shots!

This is the tree that Ben proposed to Jessica under!

And just for fun :)

Flying Puggle {brookline : ma}

After two days of rain, the sun decided to show its beautiful face today.  I grabbed my husband, Rupert and the camera and we all headed out to Larz Anderson Park.  When we got there, we realized it was just a tad breezy and freezing cold so we came back home.  While it was a day better viewed through a window, I did get this shot of Rupert sitting by the water.  He didn't seem to mind the wind :)

Monty {shiba inu}

Today it's raining and I am wearing two shirts and a sweater and feeling lazy...but I don't want to focus on that.  I want to go back to the beginning of last week, when Spring stopped by for a visit.  Last week when I opened my windows wide, when I heard the dogs barking from miles away and when I got out to photograph Monty on a warm and sunny afternoon.  I think he may have been the only one more excited than me.  The fragrant buds were appearing, the squirrels had an extra hop in their step and the light breeze adjusted his ears just slightly.  So much delicious stimulation would bring a smile to anyone's face...or in Monty's case, a big howl!

Also, Monty's mommy makes fantastic jewelry!  Check out her blog here :)

 

Nicole {portrait : boston, ma}

Nicole is one of my best friends from college.  Back then, we stayed up all night in studio together and ate Thai food at all hours together and we also traveled to a little town named Heidelberg together.  Nowadays we travel between Boston and Brooklyn to visit each other a couple times a year.  We still eat Thai food and stay up late, but it is much more meaningful as our lives have changed so much.  We both lost our jobs within weeks of each other last year and since then, we have gone on to find what really makes us happy.  For Nicole it was web design and a two bedroom apartment in Brooklyn.  For me it was sleeping later and taking photographs of my Puggle, Rupert.  It is hard to believe that so much has changed, but I am so grateful for people like Nicole who have helped me through it.  People who pick up the phone, make you smile and remind you of you.  Here are a couple photos of Nicole that I took on our way to the train station.

and of course, Nicole with Rupert!