I arrived at their house greeted by the baby of the family, all of 7 years old. She slipped her arms around my pregnant belly in a gentle hug. I hadn’t seen her since she was a toddler but she gave me a hint of what I’d get to photograph that day. (Lots of hand-holding,…
The Kelly {Family} Brick, NJ August 2012
The Kelly’s & us Dolan’s go way back. Jim was a bandmate with my hubs. They smoked stogies together on my porch in Ocean Grove the day I brought my newborn son home. We’ve all attended the weddings of friends over the years. Exchanged Christmas cards. Run into each other’s families when we hit the…
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Ammar-Khodja {Family Portrait} Picture Rocks, Pa August 2012
If we were in a room, with four walls, it would have been buzzing. This family of three sisters and their loving parents met with me for a shoot in the park brimming, bubbling, twitchy with excitement. Smiles were all over the place – even as dad got used to a camera aimed in his…
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Cake Smash! {Child Portraits} Michael Farm, Hughesville, Pa June 2012
You now its been a good day of shooting one-year-old twins when you can smell the sugar in the birthday cake because its so close, its in your hair. It was a good day. 🙂 About that … Dessert first: Boys. This is very important. Its your 1st birthday and since your mom &…
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The Rustarado, 2012
The Rustarado is a bad-ass little piece of machinery masterminded by my father-in-law, Craig Dolan. This is what I know: Its a 1954 Chevrolet Pick-up Truck. It is loud and built to be that way. There are “air bags” in the wheel wells that lift the body for driving purposes only. They hiss like the…
Jen&Brad {Maternity} Spring Lake, NJ July 2012
Lucky duck that I am, I got to work with a friend on this shoot. Make-up artist Yvonne Moss (her blog here) called me up for this maternity session. We had just worked together in the delivery room a few nights before where she served as doula and I shot my first amazing birth – more on…
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