Here was something amusing we saw at one of the brownstones in honor of the Boston Marathon. In their window boxes they had running shoes filled with the flowers. Take a look:
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Boston In The Spring Time!!!
On the weekend of the Boston Marathon I went in to view the historic sites of Boston via one of those funny "Duck Tours". Well it turns out, its a great way to travel. You have an excellent view, you can easily take photos, you have a knowledgeable tour guide, and its easy on your feet. You just sit back and they take you to see everything. I highly recommend it, especially if you have relatives visiting and you want to show them around Beantown. You can view the slide show below for an armchair view...
Here was something amusing we saw at one of the brownstones in honor of the Boston Marathon. In their window boxes they had running shoes filled with the flowers. Take a look:
Here was something amusing we saw at one of the brownstones in honor of the Boston Marathon. In their window boxes they had running shoes filled with the flowers. Take a look:
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Maternity Portraits
My own son Zack and his wife Sarah are expecting my first grandchild in July, and we are all very excited about this new addition coming into our family of course. It is poignant to see how much this child is already loved by all of us, and she isn't even born yet. Maybe that is why I love doing Maternity Portraits for my clients. It gives you a chance to capture this amazing, beautiful, tender, and fleeting moment in time.
It is a time when the couple becomes so close, a calm before the storm, and when the mother's beauty is unbounded. It is so important to capture all those emotions in a portrait! Here are some examples of some recent maternity portraits for couples. Sometimes they are couples who I have had the honor of photographing their wedding, or even their high school senior portraits years ago. Now they have returned to capture this delightful time, as well as when the baby is born. There is a special quiet beauty in these moments, and as artists have captured the Madonna portraits for generations, I too adore this subject.
If you know someone expecting a baby, encourage them to capture their beauty in a photograph today!
A Week of Creativity
My Painting Class at NEIPP 09
I recently went away for a divine week of learning and networking with photographers from all around New England at The New England Institute of Professional Photography. I have attended this yearly event for nearly twenty years now. This year I studied with world-renowned artist, author and painting instructor Jeremy Sutton, perfecting my portrait painting skills. It was a week to totally immerse in creativity and push myself in new directions in going to a more abstract style. Here are a couple of "before and afters" from the week.
This one is a photo I took of a man in Ireland, who was standing in an alley smoking a cigarette. It is titled "Irish Gypsy". Since he was not a "client" I felt the freedom to go for it with expressive color. What do you think???
Photo Before Painting After 
This was done in the style of the Fauve Artists, such as Matisse, who used extremely bold colors, in fact their name actually means "wild beasts". I enjoyed being "unleashed" to paint in this looser more expressionistic way.
Here is another, more Impressionistic image, in the style of another of my favorite artists Renoir, called "Mother's Kiss":
Photo Before Painting After 
Let me know if you have a loved one that you would like to have a painting made of. Makes a cherished Mother's Day or Father's Day gift. Or you can just give them the gift certificate for now, and we can do the session in the future. I can do it in any style you prefer, realistic or more abstract. They can be done on canvas or watercolor giclee.
I recently went away for a divine week of learning and networking with photographers from all around New England at The New England Institute of Professional Photography. I have attended this yearly event for nearly twenty years now. This year I studied with world-renowned artist, author and painting instructor Jeremy Sutton, perfecting my portrait painting skills. It was a week to totally immerse in creativity and push myself in new directions in going to a more abstract style. Here are a couple of "before and afters" from the week.
This one is a photo I took of a man in Ireland, who was standing in an alley smoking a cigarette. It is titled "Irish Gypsy". Since he was not a "client" I felt the freedom to go for it with expressive color. What do you think???
Photo Before Painting After 
This was done in the style of the Fauve Artists, such as Matisse, who used extremely bold colors, in fact their name actually means "wild beasts". I enjoyed being "unleashed" to paint in this looser more expressionistic way.
Here is another, more Impressionistic image, in the style of another of my favorite artists Renoir, called "Mother's Kiss":
Photo Before Painting After 
Let me know if you have a loved one that you would like to have a painting made of. Makes a cherished Mother's Day or Father's Day gift. Or you can just give them the gift certificate for now, and we can do the session in the future. I can do it in any style you prefer, realistic or more abstract. They can be done on canvas or watercolor giclee.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Actual Snowflakes Photos
Winter 09
Hey, I found this to be so interesting that I must tell you about another photographer other than me. :)
These snowflake photos were taken by Kenneth Libbrecht of CalTech, using a specially-designed snowflake photomicroscope. They show real snow crystals that fell to earth in northern Ontario, Alaska, Vermont, the Michigan Upper Peninsula, and the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. . See the link below for a fascinating look:
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16170-snowflakes/6
The above photos were taken recently. But the man who invented a way to take photos of snowflakes was a farmer and self-taught scientist named Wilson Bentley. He developed a technique of photo-micrography to reveal to the world the grandeur and mystery of the infinite number of lovely designs and universal hexagon shape of the snowflake. He photographed them and cataloged them for over fifty years. Here are some of the images he took. He is now known as "Snowflake Bentley", and there are children's books written about him. Check him out, and share it with someone you know who loves snowflakes!
Hey, I found this to be so interesting that I must tell you about another photographer other than me. :)
These snowflake photos were taken by Kenneth Libbrecht of CalTech, using a specially-designed snowflake photomicroscope. They show real snow crystals that fell to earth in northern Ontario, Alaska, Vermont, the Michigan Upper Peninsula, and the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. . See the link below for a fascinating look:
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16170-snowflakes/6
The above photos were taken recently. But the man who invented a way to take photos of snowflakes was a farmer and self-taught scientist named Wilson Bentley. He developed a technique of photo-micrography to reveal to the world the grandeur and mystery of the infinite number of lovely designs and universal hexagon shape of the snowflake. He photographed them and cataloged them for over fifty years. Here are some of the images he took. He is now known as "Snowflake Bentley", and there are children's books written about him. Check him out, and share it with someone you know who loves snowflakes!
Monday, February 2, 2009
2009 High School Seniors
Here is a music video of many of the high school seniors I photographed last summer and fall. They are going to be graduating before you know it. Best of luck to them all as they go off to various colleges and careers. These photos will help them remember the beaches on the Cape they love. Take a look and see who you might know!
2009 High School Seniors by Mrs.T
2009 High School Seniors by Mrs.T
January on The Cape
Well, Cape Cod usually gets away with less snow than the rest of the state, since we stick out over the ocean. However, this year we have had quite a bit of snow, ice, and cold. Here are a couple of shots of the snow just after I woke up after the most recent blast. I just took these thru the window though, still wearing my jammies.
Happy Valentines Day
You can see love everywhere, if you look.........!
This heart was in the potatoes I was making for dinner the other night. :)
December Cookie Swaps & Holiday Treats
Hey, one of the fun things about December, is all the holiday foods that are special to us. One thing I enjoyed was attending two cookie swaps this year. One was with a group of women photographer friends, and we had a lot of laughs over our cooking horror stories. Here is a photo of the cookies I made- Peanut Butter Rudolph cookies. I thought they looked really cute on the pan.It was a lot of work to break all the pretzels for the antlers!
It is also my daughter's birthday month, so we had a tea party for the little girls. Here are the teapot holiday cookies we made, and the ultimate chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter icing. Yum! Let me know if you want the recipe!
An Autumn Hike in The Woods
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