A Battery Park City Vignette

Peek-a-boo!

This was our third “year-in-the-life” shoot with Kirsten and her son. If you know this family, send them an e-mail to see their slide show. I love it!

Peek-a-boo AGAIN! Isn’t he SO cute?!

We spent the afternoon in Battery Park City, a gorgeous place to shoot! I hope I get to shoot him again here when he’s old enough to explore a little bit.

The big sunflower, the city in the background, the soft, sweet light on the baby’s cheeks — I LOVE this picture!

Aren’t they so cute together?

Kirsten’s sister, Lesley, lives in Manhattan, so we spent the day with her.

Battery Park City has lots of cool things to do…

…such as exploring this duck pond at Nelson A. Rockefeller Park…

…and the fountains at Teardrop Park.

We got some fantastic pictures at Teardrop Park…

…most of which would embarrass our young man some day when he’s 12. The fountains were so cool, and we hadn’t packed a bathing suit, so birthday suit it was! (Kirsten is going to LOVE those bare bottom pictures of her baby!)

The light at Teardrop Park was just stunning. The picture above is straight out of the camera. The low afternoon sun is behind Kirsten, reflecting off the windows of the tall Wall Street area buildings behind me, and the rock wall behind her is in full shade. Wow. Amazing light!

I call that kind of light, “YUMMY!”

It was also very windy that day. Look at the baby’s hair!

This one was taken before the wind set in.

This one cracks me up. Mom stole his pacifier!

I love the angle of this one. Little ones are always looking up at us. So cute!

Those are the cutest Crocs I’ve ever seen!

The bronze statues of “The Real World” by Tim Otterness provided an interesting place for us to explore.

I bet this park is gorgeous in the fall! I was loving the sunflare through the trees on this one.

Speaking of sunflare, check this one out! (Can you tell I love sunflare pictures?) We had made our way north to Hudson River Park’s Pier 66. There, it was REALLY windy!

I didn’t include many black and white conversions in the blog post, but here’s one I really love. The baby insisted on driving the stroller everywhere we went. In this case, the conversion simplified the picture so that we can focus in on the driving.

This is Kirsten’s brother-in-law, Lesley’s husband, Tom. Love that picture!

Uncle and nephew LOVE playing together! That water wheel is a piece of art called “Long Time” by Paul Ramirez Jonas. It’s connected to an odometer which will count for, probably, a long time. You can read about it here.

Here’s the full group shot, taken in the courtyard at Lesley and Tom’s apartment building. Courtyards are great for photo shoots, especially in the late afternoon, because we get full shade, interesting shadows and contrast, and no bright spots in the background from the sun.

You might remember that pug from our last shoot.

Until next time, Kirsten, enjoy your slide show! It is SO much fun hanging out with you and your family!

Peace,
–jules