Jack’s First Christmas
How cool is it to have awesome lifestyle pictures of the day you got your first Christmas tree?
Christmas Pictures in Holmdel Park
A couple of photogenic kids, a beautiful park, the perfect wardrobe and voila! Christmas pictures!
Another Beautiful Saturday
A typical Saturday with Claudia and Anthony. Pizza, a walk to the duck pond, playing in the park.
Jack’s Baptism
I had just come from a farm, was covered in dirt, but was welcomed at Jack’s baptism anyway.
Sunny Days
Nicholas is 3.Click the picture — or click here — to jump straight to the slide show.Nicholas is good at being 3.See?Peek-a-boo!Still, I managed to get in a few family shots, some with Nicholas, Pat and Tracy all looking at the camera at the same time!Yay me!What gorgeous eyes he has.This is Tykina, probably the [...]
For My Birthday, a Photo Caption Contest!
Today’s my birthday! Ahem. Those candles in the cute little cake Mike made for me (isn’t he SO sweet?) do not represent my age in actual numbers nor in decades. Still, as Gregory put it this morning, “Mom, you’re old.” Help! I need to laugh today. So, since it makes me feel WONDERFUL to give [...]
Sunset Tour of the Cafeteria
The employee cafeteria on the 14th floor of the new Times building is simply stunning. STUNNING, I tell you! This is the view from over by the grill: Eighth Avenue looking toward Central Park.Salad bar in the foreground, stir fry by the window. How many chefs get a view like that?Drinks. I can’t decide. If [...]
Since You Asked
The moving truck parked on Eighth Avenue by 39th Street was my first hint that I was approaching the new Times building.See previous post about moving out of the 43rd Street Times building.Notice the Port Authority building in the background. The Times is directly across the street. Bus riders from Jersey are pretty stoked about [...]
Goodbye 43rd Street (and another contest)
The New York Times (where I’m the night manager of news graphics) is moving into the brand new 52-story Times Tower at 620 Eighth Ave between 40th and 41st Streets.The scheduled move time for the graphics desk was Friday night after the paper closed. Eager to get started, the movers swarmed the graphics department around [...]
Sophie at Eight Weeks
It’s been a month already since I took Sophie’s 8-week-old pictures. It was just a quick session one morning while her big sister was at school. Her mom came by the next day and looked at the images, so I didn’t really feel a rush to get her images up on the blog, and then [...]
Another Guessing Game
Here’s the second contest in the June anniversary special series, another teaser photo from our trip to visit Aunt Pat and the extended Shaver family in Pennsylvania. Any client scheduled for a photo shoot in the month of June is eligible to win this one. Leave a single word comment that specifically describes my role [...]
Where Is Bradley?
Mike’s Aunt Pat celebrated a big number birthday this year. To celebrate, the extended family gathered in Pennsylvania for a little reunion. Our trip resulted in lots of nice pictures of the Shaver clan. So, to kick off the June anniversary specials, I thought I’d start by posting some teaser photos from our trip. The [...]
We Offer Gift Cards Too!
Just a reminder that I offer gift certificates. Here’s a sample of a customized card. If you are a former client of mine, I’ll use a photo from your session, and we’ll work together to get the wording just right. Then I’ll print it out and put it in a 5×7 scroll frame, all wrapped [...]
IT’S ALIVE!!
First of all, everybody say hi to Laci (the beautiful little girl in the new home page picture). She’ll be making her appearance in a slide show in a few days, so be sure to check back to see her, her mom, her grandmother and her great grandmother at Bradley Beach! I can’t wait to [...]
WE’RE MOVING!
I’ve been working hard on a new Web site for the last week or so. Actually, new everything! New images in the galleries, bigger display, lots more information. Oh and a new logo too, inspired by love: my love for family lifestyle photography and my love for trees! Free 8×10 to the first former client [...]
You Get LIFELINES Too!
To help generate interest in my blog and reward my regular readers (who quite often forward my slide shows to people who then end up booking me! Woo hoo!), I thought I’d start a fun quiz contest! I’ll come up with the questions and Bradley and Gregory have agreed to serve as lifelines for you. [...]
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My family calls me "the mamarazzi."