family portraits

Corinne, age 8 {Child Portrait} Sugar Run, Hughesville, Pa April 2011

This little girl belongs to me.  On her 8th birthday this past spring she picked out her dress and said, “Hey, Maaa.  We’re taking pictures today, right?”  So, since it was sunny and only a little brisk, we headed outside to play.  This is all my daughter: her monkey ways in the trees, her silliness,…

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Stetts Family {Family Portrait} Hughesville, Pa November 2011

There is no doubt: this family loves each other.  On a cozy cloudy day, we got together in front of the Christmas Barn for our shoot.  They snuggled up on a blanket, curled up for hugs in their fuzzy sweaters, and bumped foreheads and noses while I stood back, gave little direction, and failed miserably with…

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The Tripet Family {Family Portrait} Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ October 2011

It all fell together over a game of Words with Friends.  I’m back-and-forth between Jersey and Pennsie quite often and sometimes that makes it hard to coordinate.  Finally, Kim and I finnagled our schedules to meet for a walk in the park at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey.  Her golden-haired son is a moving…

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Friends like family {Family Portrait} Ocean Gate, NJ October 2011

My friend Kristin and I have been friends for so long now the term only applies as a technicality.  She and I are like sisters.  My husband always knows who I’m on the phone with because we gab and laugh like we’re still 16.   Recently I stayed for a weekend at her house.  This past year has been one…

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The Jarmers

On a golden fall afternoon we shot on the sand and on the boardwalk in Ocean Grove, NJ.  There was wind, there were smiles, it was a good day …. See the full gallery at: nicoledolan.smugmug.com