2011 Holiday Sessions and Engagement Session

Here are some from holiday card sessions this year.

 

 A late autumn sunset engagement session for Roodly and Luz at Jamaica Pond.  These 2 will tie the knot next September.

A 90th Birthday Celebration!

This is Bill O'Brien who celebrated his 90th birthday this weekend.

Dozens of friends and family members came to help Bill celebrate his special day!

Bill with his wife of 65 years, Mary.
Here they are with their 5 grandchildren.

Here is their extended family.

This shot was taken towards the end of this milestone celebration so we missed a few guests who left earlier but most of them remained for this final photograph.

It was a wonderful tribute.

Majella's Garden

My friend Majella got what is most likely the final outdoor photo session of 2010 last Friday afternoon at Millennium Park. We got there just as the sum was beginning to set and took some lovely family shots of her with the 2 children.

She wanted some single poses of Aidan

and then some of Aiden with sister Erin who has been photographed by me a few times for dance photos, First Communion photos and in a before and after session when she donated her hair to Locks of Love last year as well as her family session last year around this time.

A final family pose in front of an evergreen which Erin thought would be a good pose for Christmas Cards. I think she may be right.

Weekend sessions - Beach Family Session - HS Senior - Quinceneara

Here's Katie and her crew on Saturday afternoon at Black Rock Beach in Cohasett.

Here's Class of 2011's Elizabeth who plans to follow in her mom's footsteps and

go into a career in nursing when she finishes high school.

A few indoor poses

and because Elizabeth is a dancer, she indulged her mom and I with a few shots in her tutu
Sunday evening was a Sweet 15 celebration for this lovely lady.

We started out at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain for some formal shots of the birthday girl and her attendants

I've noticed that traditions at these Quinceneara's differ with each culture and even within a culture. During this event the traditional changing of the shoes by the father signifies the young girl passing into young adulthood.

After her mom proceeded with the traditional crowning she presented her daughter with a promise ring. I had never seen this done before.

The birthday girl with her mom, dad, and siblings.

Birthday Girl and a Family Session

Two year old Ella celebrated her birthday last weekend with a trip to Chuck E Cheese's

Here she is with her brother and sister

Later in the day I went to my son's home wher my daughter in law's family had a family session at the request of her mother, Reyna.

Here is my grand daughter Layla with a fine assortment of facial expressions.

Here's her little brother David who loves to laugh.

Here is Reyna with her 4 daughters

and again with her grandchildren

The grandchildren