bsquared photography

the sylv family & the baun family

Going to be short on narrative this evening...back (WAY back) in the editing weeds. So far back that maybe it's jungle instead of weeds. Someone loan me a machette?

Love this family- they are so nice! I brought Jack along to help out with the baby smiles and they were so good to him- they even fed him! He made fast friends with their oldest and coaxed some smiles out of all the boys with some good starwars moves/imitations. You know I had to have a soft spot for the three boys thing!

Another family that you've seen before on the blog (last time was at the beach with the whole extended family) and mom was Jack's assistant teacher a few years back. She's awesome! Her son is usually a very smiley happy boy...but the day of the shoot? Not so much! He wasn't having it at all. None of my tricks, nor mom's or dad's, or even grandma's could get this kid to crack a smile. He was so upset and I felt terrible. Mom said he had a rough night the night before, so maybe something was brewing or teething. Who knows?? But we did get a few regardless- just not so smiley.

 

LAST bsquared photoshoot openings for 2008 {ONLY 1 SPOT LEFT}

Thank you for your ongoing patience! I am opening up my final few spots for photoshoots in 2008.

All the remaining dates are over Thanksgiving weekend. They will be for mini sessions only and must be local to rockville centre. If for any reason we need to cancel, unfortunately there will not be another date in 2008 to reschedule to. I would be happy to fit you in in 2009 if you'd like.

I'm offering them on a first come, first served basis so please let me know if you are interested as soon as possible.

Thanks again for your patience! Here's whats available:

Friday 11/28 at 10am

Friday 11/28 at 2pm

Sunday 11/30 at 9am

Sunday 11/30 at 11am

Sunday 11/30 at 12pm

Sunday 11/30 at 1pm

Sunday 11/30 at 2pm

Please let your non-blog-stalker friends know too, if they are interested! Thanks!!

More pictures to come late tonight.

the davi family

well, most of the family. Dad was away on business but we did the shoot because mom's mother and grandmother were both in town at the same time (which I understand is a rare occurrance) and they really, really wanted a mulit-generational shot of all the family "girls". They showed me a picture of a previous multi-generational shoot where mom was the baby and it was her mom, grandma, and great grandma. So this was a very important session to try to capture that very special moment and bond. I think we got it.

 

When they first contacted me and told me they had newborn twin girls, I knew I was in for a good time. Their big brother was FANTASTIC with them and for me and let me get some fabulous pictures of them together. While he was definitely a busy 6 year old boy, bouncing around, when he held the babies he was so careful and gentle. He's going to be the best big brother as they grow.

The babies were so delicious and sweet. They were sooo good for the whole shoot and were just so easy both awake and sleeping. And you know I wouldn't be me if I didn't do some wacky shots of them in odd places.

 

With this last group, when I showed mom one of the shots in the camera, she started crying. (I am blogging this with permission). There is absolutley no greater compliment than seeing that. Knowing that I moment I captured was so moving that it could make a parent cry!? Have I mentioned that I love what I do??!

the zam & murp families

Traveled over to Staten Island on the oddest weather day for a shoot for this family (actually two families but they are related). It was sunny, it was raining, it was doing both. We snuck outside for a few shots of the bigger kids, but it was still a bit chilly for the babies. Lots of fun outfit changes for everyone and a few doggy friends joined us too.

 

the kolu family & the wals little boy

Two shoots on two different days (sorry for having to share a post. Trying to keep up!) of some very cute little ones. One who really liked me, one who wasn't sure, and one who was sure that he didn't!

First, the kolu family.

The older of the two girls goes to school with Timmy. Sadly, the aren't in the same class this year (they were last year) but still are friends. Mom (follow along everyone. here comes the convoluted story of how we are all connected.) used to work with John down at some of the bars on the water and I knew her a little from the bar back when I was pregnant with Jack and Patrick. No, I wasn't hanging out at the bar while pregnant, but did often drive John to work and said hi for a minute. She is also a teacher at Jack & Patrick's elementary school who we never had but there's still a chance with Timmy! And now we are friends. She is one of those super nice people that you just can't believe are truly THAT NICE. But she really is. One of those people who are genuinely interested in what you have to say. She's awesome! Her husband is also a great guy, and the kids are so cute. Little miss E (the older girl) is definitely my friend and we had a good time playing hide and seek and taking pictures. Littler miss K, not as much. She wasn't so sure if she should like me or not, but I think we became friends by the end.

Hope the jellybeans were delish and that the slurpee hit the spot, E. You earned them for sure!

Now on to the wals little boy. Who was deathly afraid of my camera! Here's what he looked like for the majority of our shoot:

He was pretty okay with me, he would let me talk to him, play peekaboo, tickle a little, and even took my hand to hold on to once when we were walking. But the SECOND I put the camera to my face he would flip out. Therefore, most of the pictures are him not looking at me or from far away so he didn't really see the camera. It was interesting! But mom has a great sense of humor and we (meaning she and I)spent a good deal of the shoot laughing. I think my favorite is when he yells "OW' at the top of his lungs whenever she would pick him up. Gotta love that age! When I photographed him last year, the kid was nothing but smiles! Well, we did get a few anyway!

And my most favorite, favorite picture from the shoot? This one. Gorgeousness.

 

the bart girls

My "nieces" who just get more and more gorgeous. We had a great time hanging out with "aunt beth" and getting lots of great shots. Mom always has them dressed so great for our shoots- lots of bright colors.

 

The oldest is John's goddaughter (and it was our 13th anniversary today so we watched our wedding video which was freakin hilarious!.) I digress...she was our little 2 year old flower girl and so stinkin cute and tiny. Now she's gorgeous and grown up. Craziness, I tell you.

 

The middle one is SO her father and usually loathes me taking pictures of her. But I don't know exactly what happened this year as she was actually asking me to take her picture. There's hope for you yet, miss K!

And the little one is the biggest mush. Always ready with a big hug for me even if I just saw her the day before.

 

Love these girls. Love that they love eachother (or that they can fake it enough to look good in the pictures!) We ended the day with a little dancing. And it isn't really a bsquared shoot till someone jumps...

   

the sile kids

Again, gonna be short on narrative tonight. Still swamped and no end in sight! Thanks for bearing with me. Hey, at least I'm posting pictures.

Mom and I had some really good laughs during the shoot as usual- she's so awesome. I love making friends from clients! Great kids who (after some coaxing and some dancing by mom) gave me some non-fake smiles. Dontcha love the hair on the little girl!!??

the picc girls

Have to be short on narrative again tonight (sorry!) but back in the editing weeds.

New clients- Like two little babydolls these girls! Super cute and so good. The little one wasn't terribly smiley but I was able to get one out of her every once in a while. And once the discussion turned to princesses, the older of the two was my new BFF. The girls were brought by their fantastic babysitter, so this will be mom's first look at the pictures. Hope you like them!

some additional openings & the malo family

Already sent out an email to those families on my waiting list, but wanted to post it here as well. If you or anyone you know is interested in a bsquared session, I have opened up another date and am filling appointments. The shoot has to be local to Rockville Centre and a mini-session. I'm filling them on a first come, first served basis. And if we end up with rain that day (and you don't have an indoor location in RVC to shoot in) I can't promise that we will have time for a makeup in time for holiday cards/photos to be ready. Here's the schedule:

Saturday 11/22 at 9am, 11am, 2pm and 3pm.

Please email me at bbeyrer1@optonline.net if you would like to book one of those times. I might be able to open up a few more slots over Thanksgiving weekend. Keep checking back for more availability.

And now the malo family. Have done a few shoots now for this gorgeous bunch and they are all great, great kids. The girls were along on the recent "powe" shoot as little miss M is their cousin. They have a new addition to their family this year, and no, not a baby. A puppy! She was very cute and very photogenic. She fits right in!

Love how the siblings are all so good to eachother.

My favorite from the shoot:

the lync boys

This was my first of 5 shoots over at Tanglewood for the day. Two adorable, personable, photogenic blondie boys who I loved from the start. They were so good and fun and such good listeners. So easy to shoot- a great way to start off the day!

And a few silly ones, just for fun.

 

the bur family IV & the mor family III

Since I posted early (well, right before midnight) last night and that post was marked as November 13th, and I know how anxiously these two families are waiting to see their photos, I figured I'd throw in a post this morning. These two good looking groups are both growing up squared families so you have seen them in multiple blog appearances.

The bur family was last shot at the beach (poor dad was NOT happy on that shoot) and this time we headed back to Tanglewood (where he was much happier). My first shoot with this family was there about a year ago. Makes me realize how much their little girl has grown. Mom, remember how I said I wasn't sure how much I was getting? (the little girl was very unhappy and spent a lot of time crying with a scrunched up face). Well, somehow we got these. The "how" is still a mystery to me but who really cares when you get a cute face like this:

Then on to the mor family- good friends of ours and one of Timmy's best friends. A trip to Hempstead Lake State Park for their shoot. The kids were so fantastically great and we still managed to get a few of the baby looking even though he was completely obsessed with the leaves. Apparently, even up until the day of our shoot the baby hated sitting on the grass and would cry the second he was put on the grass (cement, fine. driveway, fine. floor, fine. grass, bad.) I guess the covering of leaves did the trick as he was happy as a clam. We had our usual good time running around the park and finding just the right spot to stop at to take some pictures. And minus a pair of boots left behind...it was a great shoot overall.

the crow family & the mcdo family

Again, please excuse the short narrative this evening. Still bogged down in editing world and trying to get to bed before 2 tonight. I'm just so tired! And my mother informed me that I am NOT allowed to leave my camera at home over Christmas in Florida. Maybe I can get away with just the point n shoot??

Brand new clients the crow family were so super nice and accommodating. We tried a number of times to fit them in to the crazy bsquared schedule and we finally found a spot. Granted, it was a last second spot and they rallied like crazy (the oldest son was sick and feverish but he was awesome. You can't even tell, right!?) and we pulled it off. Their newest little one was only about two weeks old so we had to get that family portrait and "magic shot" of the three kids. Holiday card, anyone?? I think we did it!

Then my second visit with the mcdo family who are my mom's neighbors. Another super nice, sweet, welcoming family. I have mentioned that I love my clients, right?? I do have to say that I loved walking into their apartment and seeing all the newborn shots I did for them a while back!! Now their baby is getting so big and is still SO CUTE!! I could eat that one right up. Seriously. It was rainy and dark so most of the shots were done inside, but I think we did okay anyway.

 

the rega girls & the cost family

Back to posting two a night for a little bit (or maybe until Christmas!) so everyone gets their pictures as quickly as possible.

The rega girls....Our beach friends came out for our annual christmas shoot at Dee's Nursery. They had just started setting up for Christmas so we took full advantage. They had some of the Santa area together a little, and when I saw the sled I had the girls jump right in. We ended up getting in a little trouble for that, but hey, we got the shot!! My photography motto is do what you have to do to get the shot, and apologize after!

The cost family.... I swear (and I know I mentioned this before on the blog), mom and dad ARE Ken and Barbie (but smart). We had a great time playing around their beautiful home. We just missed out on the rain (it was misting a bit for most of the shoot but we worked thru it) and thankfully they had a great porch to shoot on when it started to get a little more rainy. Aren't they magazine-perfect?? And the little girl-- she cracks me up every time I see her. The funniest things (so mature beyond her years) come out of her little mouth in a little pipsqueak voice. Love hanging out with her.

1,117 pictures later...& the rina kids

So I had 5 families to shoot today over at Tanglewood for mini sessions. And I took one thousand, one hundred and seventeen pictures today. Yikes, thats a TON of editing I have to do. But everything went great and I'm looking forward to getting into editing them as they were so good! You know how I've been up til 2am every night for weeks. With 1117 pictures to edit, 2am is going to seem early compared to what I'll be doing now! Only 6 weeks til Christmas and we leave for Florida. I don't think I'm even bringing the camera with me!

On to the rina kids. Love these little redheads. I can't believe how grown up they both got since I saw them last year. We had a lot of fun on this shoot- just running around the park and being goofy. And it was so nice to see mom- she's just the nicest. Did I mention before I have the best clients? Ever!

the pow (not so much a) baby

I have been this little one's personal paparazzi since before she was even born. Mom called me the day of the shoot asking to see a sneak peek. I am so mean and said no- that she would have to wait for the blog. Well, Mrs. P, here it is at long last (and before 2 weeks!! so you don't have to stalk me). Hope you think it was worth the wait.

 

You'll remember her and her giant blue eyes from a recent 1st birthday session we did. Now she's back for her holiday pictures. Everything went so smoothly for the shoot and we banged it out in no time which I think was a big relief for mom! Her big cousins came along to help (thank you girls for carrying all my stuff and making miss M smiley) and were very appreciated by both mom and me! I will be photographing them with their family tommorrow so be on the lookout for them on the blog soonish.

Don't you LOVE the pose?

S  

the bloo family & the culle family

Please excuse the lack of narrative tonight. It's late and I'm waaaaaaay in the weeds with editing. So many shoots still left to do and so many still to be edited and posted. So I might be a little short on words for the next few posts. I can let the pictures do the talking for me, right? Just for a little while.

The bloo family...

The culle family...

last minute openings available

Hello blog stalkers readers. I opened up the day on Tuesday 11/11 for some shoots and have some spots still available. The shoots will be mini-sessions only and will be at Tanglewood Preserve in Rockville Centre. The fee is $115 (usually $100 but Tanglewood now requires me to get a $50 permit to shoot there). I have 1pm and 2pm still open.

So if you are interested or any of your friends might be interested, please let them know. You can email me at bbeyrer1@optonline.net . First come, first served.

lunching and leaves

Fall's pretty. The view today from our backyard. 

Been a busy week for Timmy with some adventure.

Some of the kids in his class at school stay for lunch, but he is one of the ones that leave to come home for lunch. Until this week. He asked me if he could stay for lunch too. We could only do it for two days out of his four day week, as the other two he has PT and OT and we eat lunch in the car on the way. So now he's like a super big boy with his lunchbox and his tons of excitement. This kid LOVES school. Really loves it. When he asks me at night if he has school tommorrow and I say yes, I hear "thank you, Mommy!!!". He really is enjoying lunch at school and bringing his lunchbox. And it makes me just a little sad seeing him go off like such a big kid. Just a little. Cause that extra hour is golden!

Then a little playtime outside where I raked the whole backyard into a HUGE pile of leaves. Ready? Set. Go!!!

the wed family III

My third shoot with this beautiful growing up squared family. And boy, are they growing! The twins are now 5 months old and I see so many changes in them. And the little girl is just as delish as always. Loved her gold dress.

 

I brought Patrick with me on the shoot to help run interference with the three little ones. Get them to look, laugh. I think Patrick had a great time and really made the dad laugh more than the kids! But he did squeak a few smiles out of the babies which is exactly what we needed.

It was quite challenging getting all three kids in one shot. The babies aren't sitting by themselves yet and their big sister can't really hold both of them. So we had to come up with some interesting angles to fit all three of them in there together. I think we got a few.

 

the ragu family

I first did some newborn photos for this family almost 2 years ago and was so happy that they called again for a new shoot. I couldn't believe that this little girl was the teeny tiny newborn I met long ago. She's beautiful and sweet and so smart. And fast! This one had me on my toes the whole shoot. Well, until we found the bush. She loved picking the red leaves and she stood on the chair, plucking away for a good 15 minutes. Worked for me- especially with the beautiful backlighting. We had a great time running around Tanglewood taking lots of pictures and playing.

The poor thing was teething (molars) and we had a lot of pictures with a tongue hanging out, or a weird scrunched mouth, or a finger in there. But we did somehow manage to get a bunch of smiley ones too.

 

Good to see you again, ragu family!

the schw family

 

Had a super fun time photographing this super fun family for the second time. I did a family party for them over the summer, and it was great seeing them again. Mom and Dad were in on the action the whole time, having a great time with their kids. And the girls- oh my- gorgeous, sweet, good kids! And the HAIR! Love the hair.

   

Did I mention the hair?

A little sweet and a little sass. Perfect combo!

the ambr kids

My second year photographing these lovelies and I enjoyed every minute. Not only are the kids gorgeous but mom and dad are super nice- so the whole thing is nothing but pleasant. The little girl is packed with personality and listening to her talk, she sounds like a 30 year old! She seriously had me cracking up. The little boy is still pretty shy of me but I can see that glimmer of mischief in his eye when I get him giggling.

weekend recap & the barr family

First, weekend recap.

Saturday was SO busy with 3 shoots which took all day and took me all around Nassau County. Saturday night I went out to dinner with my friend Beth and we had a great ridiculous time. Her husband also recently had surgery so we both needed a night off (with no working, no errands, no carpooling, no kids, no recuperating husbands). Had some sushi (duh!) and went to see Brian play at a local bar. He was great as always and it was nice to see him. Then on the way home we were listening to my ipod in the car and Beth was saying how much she loved the songs on it- it's probably 90% of 80's music. So we ended up driving around town (just like highschool in the 80s) blasting the music and singing at the top of our lungs and dancing in the car. It was so stupid and immature and SO FUN! You gotta love friends that you can be stupid with like that. Beth said that I should post my playlist on here, but it's so long that it would take forever. Suffice it to say that it's tons of Cure, Depeche Mode, Beastie Boys, Erasure, Yaz, English Beat, The Call, and some Nitzer Ebb and other crazy stuff. But there is some newer stuff too so I'm not totally stuck in the 80s- some Dave Matthews, David Gray, U2, some dance stuff too. I'm all over the place when it comes to music.

On a more somber note...Patrick's crayfish met an early demise on Saturday night. It was very sad when I went into his room to put away some laundry and saw the little lobster floating upside down. Patrick was crushed and spent a lot of the weekend quite upset. We will not however, be getting a replacement. Timmy was concerned that his fish, Lewis and Goo, were going to die too. Let's hope not. I can only handle one pet death and one hysterical kid at a time. Oh, and Timmy accidentially called them Gewis and Loo the other night and that just might be their new names. It goes back and forth.

Patrick also came along with me on a photoshoot on Saturday as my assistant and did a great job! I had 5 month old twins and a 2 year old, so I really needed the extra entertainment factor. Jack gets to go next weekend. They are both so great with babies and little kids and anything that keeps the little ones smiley and focused works for me. And it was really fun for me to have him along (he had a great time too he said. And of course loved the $20 he made!)

More shoots today and a quick trip to the park for our family. Timmy got his first subway sub (the teeny tiny one) with apple slices and actually ate both! Now editing like crazy for the forseeable future.

Now on to the Barr family. I donated a bsquared gift certificate for a raffle prize for a fundraiser for a friend's sister who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. The winner of the bsquared gift certificate made it into a whole extended family shoot so everyone could be included and have their christmas photos done. Loved their whole coordinated green and red (you will be seeing a ton of red & green here on the blog over the next few weeks). Hope you love the pictures "aunt chicken" and thanks for the family insider info to make the kids laugh! (all of the pictures are in an album on the left).

Happy Halloween (man, this is one exhausting holiday for parents!)

We had a great Halloween here but there sure was a lot to do.

We got a late start this year with everything that is going on around here so we only carved our pumpkins last night. But at least it was in time for Halloween. Grandpa Jack and Grandma Inez came by to help out as tradition dictates. I'm happy to report that I made another cannibal pumpkin this year but it actually made it all the way to the porch for display (last year Jack decided he was going to carry it and dropped it between the table and the doorway. It was a total goner.) So now the "we eat our own" pumpkin is glowing bright on the front porch.

Surprising to see John smiling, I know. Its only because he was torturing the heck outta the boys pretending to vomit pumpkin goop. I think this is the first year since they were old enough to sit at the table for carving that they didn't gag over the goop. Progress after 9 years.

Then this morning I had Patrick's class Halloween Party where (of course) I took a ton of pictures. Timmy came along in his costume and all the kids made a huge fuss over him. He didn't like the fuss part but he had a great time sitting with his big brother and helping him with his cookie project and for story time. The kids had a great time with the Halloween cookie/cupcake project and it looked sorta yum. (all the pictures from the party are in an album on the left so check em out if you'd like. too many to post here).

Jack as a mad scientist. (the wig and google glasses didn't last long. they were itchy and he couldn't see anything)

Patrick as a convict. (originally, he was going to be Stanley Yelnatz from the book Holes, but decided not enough people knew who he was so he was just going with convict Beyrer).

Timmy as batman. (he has worn this costume almost every single day for a month since we got it. But then decided this week that he didn't want to be batman anymore. Too late. but he liked it anyway in the end.)

After the party, John and I took the boys out to lunch for some pizza and then back to school for the Halloween Parade. (again, too many pictures to post, so check out the rest of the parade in the album on the left). You can see my "costume" in one picture's shadow. I wore my mickey dream ears from disney. We even saw one of Timmy's teachers- Miss Donna. Timmy adores her!

Then out for some trick or treating with Olivia and family. Ran into lots of friends on the route. Couldn't believe how totally CROWDED it was. Tons of kids trick or treating.

Met the boys friend Zach on the way as well and took him along with us too. All the big boys had fun playing some version of football with Patrick's ball and chain.

So after celebrating from about 10am until about 7pm, I think I am done with Halloween til next year. Now we just gotta get rid of the rest of the candy...

the chi family

Please excuse the shortness on words tonight. Trying to catch up before the weekend and getting ready for Halloween tommorrrow.

Adorable and lovely family. Some beach, some park, some under the boardwalk, and some in grandma & grandpa's backyard. Just nice all around people with good looks to match.

the cog family

This family was gifted a bsquared photography photoshoot by mom's sister who is one of my growing up squared families. Got that?

It was a pleasure meeting and photographing all of them. The baby was just so squeezable and cute. I know mom & dad thought we didn't get many smiles...but the pictures prove differently. We originally scheduled the shoot over at the planting fields but the weather was so iffy that we decided just to do the shoot at home (the house is actually not the 'shoot family's'. it belongs to the growing up squared family. I said it before and I still stand by it- that house has the BEST lighting. I want to rent it out for my studio!) Found some great little spots in the backyard with more fabulous light.

 

Got out the old standby metal tub. Love this whole series.

 

Besides letting us use her house, Aunt H supplied plenty of great props. She knows what I like!

We even shot a few in her halloween costume.

Sad flower, happy flower, planted flower.

 

an update & the dunn family

First an update from around here:

John's doing pretty well. We went to see the surgeon in NYC yesterday (Timmy came with us and was sooooo good) and John is now allowed to drive, but only very short distances. So now the coffee/newspaper crisis is over. The doctor was pleased with what he saw and took out the staples. John saw the xray of the metal mesh cage that is now in place of his disc and the HUGE 3-4 inch screws that are holding it in. Pleasant, huh? Two more weeks and he can go back to work a little bit. Not that he understands what "little bit" means.

In other news, our medicine cabinet fell off the wall in the downstairs bathroom, crashing into the sink and cracking it a LOT. So we have to get the cabinet put back up and now I get to go out and find a new sink. Cause I have the time and money for that.

And now on a happier note, on to the dunn family. Again, a repeat family who is just a pleasure to be around. The girls are adorable and so sweet and actually WANTED me to take their pictures this year (a great change for me!). Well, at least until they had enough! We had a great time and the girls were happy to make a game out of almost everything which elicited tons of smiles and giggles. I love a fun shoot!

the pear family

I'm sure that if you are a blog follower that you will recognize this good looking family from last year. The girls grew up so much over the last year and although they are still pretty shy, they were more at ease with me. I don't know if it was the year older, the fact that I see them at both the boys schools occassionally, or the fact that I started talking about High School Musical. MInd you, I know next to nothing about the whole HSM thing since the boys are not the slightest bit interested but I must've faked it okay.

 

Mom had the girls hair blown out- it looked super. And they worked the camera like real models! Check em out!

 

the leo family

Before meeting this family, I figured I would really have my work cut out for me just based on the fact that there were two boys- both under 6. But I can report that they were absolutely wonderful. They were so great and fun and well behaved and I think we had a great time together. Mom (who is like model-gorgeous by the way) and dad were both super nice and welcoming and up for all my crazy requests.

Mom showed me some pictures displayed in their home that another photographer has taken of the boys over the past few years so I could get a good idea of the style she likes. Luckily, I didn't have to work very hard to 'match' the style as it is very similar to mine. They are big on b/w so you will see a more than usual amount of those below and in the album.

 

Had a great time with all of you. You boys rocked it!!! You were the best subjects- and so handsome. A family with the complete package.

the huss family @ central park

This whole day ended up working out so well. John was still in the hospital so after my morning shoot out here I went into the city to visit with him for a bit and then jumped into a taxi up to central park. The weather was perfect and the park was gorgeous. I really hope some of my other clients want to go in to central park for a shoot. There are endless possibilites there and one location is better than the next. (hint, hint people)!

This is my second shoot for the huss family and we had a great time. I last photographed them at their adorable daughter's 1st birthday in December 2007 (and I will be there for her 2nd birthday party this December as well). She's really just so cute and animated. The smiles were a little hard to coax out of her but when I got one- it was like magic!

 

Looking forward to seeing you guys again soon to catch more of Miss K in action!

new bcause i said so items

A quick post tonight cause its so late and I'm so tired and have a full weekend of shoots in front of me. More big shoots resume posting tommorrow so stay tuned.

Did some more work for my friends at www.bcauseisaidso.com on their new stuff. So super cute. Even branching out to underwear now. Take a peek.

 

new friends

We have some new friends living here at our house.

Patrick and Jack's classes did a big unit on crayfish last month. Now that it's over they are offering the crayfish for adoption. Being that Patrick is completely and utterly obsessed with the crayfish, how could I say no? While the boys were at school Timmy and I went to the pet store to pick up some crayfish supplies so our new friend would be happy living here. I got out cheap at $26 for the whole set up...however Timmy decided he wanted some fish for him so I had to promise that we would go back the next day for him.

Since coming home the crayfish has been "boring" according to Patrick. He spends all his time in his cave. I guess he must come out to play at night (they like the dark) cause things in the tank look rearranged the next morning. These things have a life span of 3-5 years. That's a long time for a boring pet.

 

Back to the "fish store" the next day as promised and Timmy picked out two fish which he named ahead of time. They are Lewis (goldfish) and Goo (spotted fish). We aren't entirely sure where he got the names from (he did mention something about the movie Meet the Robinsons but I'm not exactly sure) but they sure are cute!! He's digging them a lot. I keep waiting to walk in and see Timmy IN the tank.

 

The PhotoPlus show at Javits was so fun today and it was great getting out for the day. Spent a lot of time just walking around and checking out all the goodies in person that I usually only see online. Have some great ideas for bsquared 2009. Gonna be offering all kinds of albums and other fun stuff!! I even got a great present from Mr. Mark at Rockville Camera- a new funky lens. It's not in yet so when it is, I'll be sure to post some new cool shots with it. Thanks Mr. Mark! And a big thanks to my mom for ALL the babysitting she's been doing for me- and believe me, theres been a LOT.

the deni family/baby

Really short on words tonight. I am just DONE (not with photography, just with life). But, in reality I am so far from done so nothing to do but keep on going. This is just exhausting. All of it.

On a happier note, I am off to NYC to the PhotoPlus Expo at Javits tommorrow for the day. Looking forward to that. And hoping hard that the weather forecast improves drastically for the weekend as I have 6 shoots that are on the books for Saturday and Sunday. Keep sunny thoughts for that.

The deni family are repeat clients who I had the pleasure of meeting for the first time in 2007. Can't even tell you how many people have commented on their gorgeous daughters since they were first featured here on the blog. And now they have added a third beauty to the mix. I had a great time seeing the girls again and finally got to meet dad this year as well. Thanks for sticking around a little dad- hope you weren't too late for work! Mom is looking fantastic especially considering the baby is less than 2weeks old in the pictures.

 

You know how I love sticking babies in odd-ish places for that perfect shot. Don't worry, mom is right there, just out of the frame just in case.

 

teachers sessions: the alt family & the pas family

Both these wonderful ladies are teachers over at Jack and Patrick's school (soon to be Timmy's too). Jack had mrs. pas in 2nd grade and we just adored her. We were never lucky enough to get mrs. alt but there's always the chance with Timmy. Mrs. Alt's daughter is in Timmy's preschool class which is also nice so I am getting to know her that way.

I think all the teachers kids from the school are required to be good looking or something. Cause they are REALLY are.

First the alt family. Isn't she stunning?? She's a tiny little thing but packed with personality.

Next the pas family. The little boy didn't really want too much to do with me, but he came around in the end. But as good looking as he is- that's how fast the kid is. Zip. Zip. Zipzipzip. All over. And even though his eyes are teary, I promise I didn't make him cry- he's just coming off a cold and was leaky all over his little face.

 

a homecoming & out trip out east

John's home! They kicked him out today. It was a crazy morning- phone calls to the doctor from me cause I didn't think he was ready to be released. Why? Because he had a fever yesterday (which is now gone) and because they never tried him out on the steps. You can't get into our house from outside without going up some steps. Well, after a loooong morning, they finally did and he did fine. So now he's home. He seems so, so much better and he even said that he feels in even less pain than before the surgery. So that's pretty huge. He's starting to get feeling back in his leg/foot that had been gone because of the nerve impingement by the disc. He took a fat nap all afternoon. The boys have all been great about being careful around Daddy as not to bump or bug him.

A big, huge, giant thanks to Mr. Incredible himself, our friend George who went into the city to pick John up. Timmy had an orthopedist appt that I couldn't reschedule and I was nervous about who could physically help John should the need arise. George, you are truly Mr. Incredible. And other important thank you's for today...to Kevin (John's "work wife") for making sure that John was advocating for himself and that he was really actually okay to come home. To my friend Sue and her husband John for the delicious dinners for the upcoming days- any time I don't have to cook is a good thing. Really good. To my mother in law for the venting ear, offers of and actual help, and the dinner that we will have tommorrow night. And to all my friends who called to make sure I'm okay. I'm okay. Pretty much. This is all just exhausting.

Ok, and now stay tuned for some scenes from our trip out east over Columbus Day weekend. There are SO MANY awesome pictures so I put them all in an album on the left if you want to see them. The lighting was so beautiful all weekend and I got some amazing shots. Some of my favorites below.

First we went to the park across the street from the 'easthouse'. Working on my panning skills while the boys were whirling around on the merry-go-round. Delish light shining thru the tree (and the boys actually made it up into the tree!!). And just some goofiness at the park.

 

Next day was the trip to Greenport- on the agenda: the duck store, the Coronet for lunch and the best chocolate milk shakes. Ever., the carousel, and the Horton lighthouse on the way back including the zillion stairs down to the beach. We even climbed all the way to the top of the lighthouse. John was not particularly happy about that.

 

Then later that day, a new 'event' that I think will be on the schedule every year as it was John and mine favorite part! We went to Duck Walk Vineyard and just sat around the 'yard', drinking wine, eating cheese and crakers, and watching the boys play. Of course, the lighting was fantabulous and I took a zillion pictures there. Timmy does "cheers" with Daddy even. We didn't want to leave but it was getting cold once the sun went down.

 

Last day, the pumpkin patch (tried a new one this year. it was good.) and the pie farm to pick up some yummy fruit and pies. Tried the corn maze-John got tired of walking around so he stopped in one place and sent one boy one way and the other boy the other way to find the exit. Jack made it out and went back to collect Daddy and his brother. Timmy loved the bouncy pumpkin. And this was the first year that I couldn't take my customary boys in the wheelbarrow sitting on pumpkins picture. The big boys are too big. :( So we did the best we could to fake it. And couldn't leave out mr. happy with his wheelbarrow o pumpkins (for $80).

 

It was a great weekend. A nice way to spend our last pre-surgery time together. 

drowning & the doy family

Think I'm drowning just a little. In over my head. But plugging along cause that's just how it is.

John is doing a little better today- or rather he was until later in the night. He was able to get out of bed himself and do a little more walking today (still with the walker though) but had a lot of pain again tonight which was due in part to the fact that the nurse was 2hrs late with his pain meds. And he now also has a lowgrade fever and they don't know why. His surgeon had said he may come home tommorrow but I just don't see how thats going to work. 1. he has a fever. 2. he can't really get around by himself and god knows I can't lift him! So I'm not sure what's going to happen. His surgeon hasn't seen him since Friday but he's supposed to see him in the morning. I'll keep you posted.

And now, the doy family. This is my second year doing pictures for this family and the big boys were even less happy about me being there than they were last year- but they do take a great picture!! The baby grew up so much and the little girl is just as adorable and photogenic as ever. Had some fun running around at Tanglewood and taking some pictures to get something for their holiday card. Hope we succeded, D.

the arle family

(Looks like I am having to resort to using 4 letters for the last name- too many shoots with too alike names!)

LOVED doing this shoot. Mom and I discussed locations beforehand and it was between these alleys back behind the childrens museum and the Planting Fields. While Planting Fields is beautiful and everything, it dosen't scream boy to me. This place is all boy. This is the same location where I did the shoot for the Turn a few months back and I liked it so much I recently brought my boys there for a few pictures.

 

Anyway, we had a great time and the boys were so happy with all the stuff there (especially after I "let" them do the jumping pictures they wanted. I think the jumping was their favorite part of last year's shoot!) Mom is always a more than willing subject (so you know I love her) and Dad is a very good sport, going along with whatever crazy ideas we come up with.

 

And when I saw the shopping cart, mom and I came up with the same idea at the same time. Awesomeness!

the basi family, the mcgu family & a john update

Ok, trying hard to get back into the swing of things today. It's only half working out. I am so tired and spent that after getting the boys all off to school today, I went back to bed for a 2hr nap. It was nice but I still feel like a wrung out washcloth (and looking in the mirror, I look pretty much the same).

First, a John update. I was at the hospital til after 10pm last night (the staff is very nice and even though visiting hours are over at 8pm, they let me stay) until they got John out of recovery and into the step down unit. He was in a TON of pain last night and was pushing on his morphine drip button like...well, like he just had holes drilled in his spine and titanium screws and rods put in. His breathing wasn't great but that is due to his throat being dry and swollen from being under and intubated for almost 5 hrs for the surgery, plus the fact that the morphine's side effect is a depression of respiration. But he made it thru the night. I spoke to him this morning and he sounded way drugged up and still in a lot of pain. As of this afternoon (after another phone call) he was still in stepdown but they planned on moving him to his own room today at some point- you know how quickly things work in hospitals! They took away his morphine pump (perhaps from overuse?) and he sounds just as drugged on whatever kinds of pills they are popping into him. The boys asked me if I would stay home today (so I did), so John's parents were heading into Manhattan to sit with him today. A big thank you again to Kevin for driving all the way in just to visit at the hospital, and to Nelson for visiting and driving home with me and being a good friend. And thanks to everyone who called, texted, and emailed to check on John and on me. You guys are great!  I'll post tommorrow with another update on Mr. Happy. I can't wait to go to sleep again- I feel like I'm never going to catch up on sleep.

Next, two families who's kids go to school with the big boys and are repeat clients, not to mention friends. It was nice that it worked out that one was right after the next over at Tanglewood. We got some great and fun shots of each family.

The Basi family- I love the towhead kids. They are like a magazine ad, no?

The mcgu family- their boys are so different from eachother, but so alike in not wanting to smile for me. Toward the end I managed to get them to smile a bit against their wishes! The older the boys get, the harder it is to coax out those smiles!

 

live from new york...

and the hospital for joint diseases. john is doing fine. the surgeon said everythig went really well. (although they scared the crap outta me cause they said 3 hrs for the whole thing. but it was more like 4.5). he is in recovery right now waiting to be brought up to a room. hes in a lot of pain but lucid (not to mention his usual cheerful self). hes got a nice morphine pump so its not all bad. i would like one too after the14 hr day so far and not even close to driving home yet. more tommorrow. thanks to everyone for your prayers and good wishes.

the fre family & the hoi family and an important note

First, the note. John is going in tommorrow to the Hospital for Joint Diseases in NYC for his back surgery (discectomy). He will be having one disc removed and the spot filled back in with a mesh cage with bone from him and cadaver bone (ewwww), and then the cage will be secured with rods and screws. Sounds fun, huh? Due to these festivities I will be "out of the office" all day Thursday and possibly Friday as well. He'll be in the hospital for at least 5 days and I will be running back and forth and doing shoots in between with lots of help with the boys and home stuff from my parents and my in-laws (THANK YOU SO MUCH in advance!). So if you email me and/or are waiting to see your pictures or have me upload your pictures to Rockville Camera, please be patient and I will get to it as soon as possible. I will be checking my email and messages throughout the day both days, and will try my best to respond as soon as I can. Thanks for your understanding and patience. I'm anticipating that it's going to be nuts around here for quite a while.

Moving right along....The fre family is next up. This is the mom who owns www.uncommonlycute.com kids clothes and accessories. So I did a family shoot along with a product shoot the same day (the product shoot is about 4 down below on the blog, so you can scroll down to check it out). They have a tradition of sending out a family picture holiday card every year so the pressure was ON for me to capture a good family photo. Which was a little challenging since the little girl really didn't want to do it! I think we managed to squeak a few out though.

The hoi family was gifted a bsquared photoshoot by the lef family (the lef family is featured back on the blog on september 18th if you want to take a peek) as the new mom is one of the teachers at music together. So I got to meet their newest family member at about 2.5 weeks old and what a cutie pie. With that strawberry hair and unrelenting gaze, I couldn't stop taking pictures of her (which is probably good since that was what I was hired to do!). This baby however, did not want to sleep. At all. But she made up for the cute squishy sleeping shots with amazing eyecontact and some smiles. So it was all good.