The Gifts of a Matriarch
I’m in Spring Lake with Frances and her awesome family for her 90th birthday.
Walk Through Holy Week With Me: Promises
This is pretty much my entire Easter day, sunrise to sunset.
Available Soon! Metuchen Musings, Volume 4
A new edition of Metuchen Musings is coming out! Click the book cover above — or click here —and turn up the sound for a little slide show of the writers doing what they do best — writing!This will be the fourth anthology created by the Writers of Metuchen. It includes extraordinary poems by Marcia [...]
New York City Marathon Debut
I shot a team of New York City Marathon runners from Finland. So cool to be a part of the marathon again!
Jack’s Baptism
I had just come from a farm, was covered in dirt, but was welcomed at Jack’s baptism anyway.
Carol and Jim’s 25th Anniversary: I Love This Slide Show!
Click the picture to jump to Carol and Jim’s slide show. Be sure to turn up the sound and watch the whole thing because I LOVE the ending! Above, that’s one of my favorites from the vow-renewal ceremony. Same church, same pastor, same bride and groom!I love this picture. It had been pouring rain during [...]
Coming Soon: Carol and Jim’s Slide Show!
Carol and Jim celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last night. (That’s Uncle Eddie in the background. Hi Uncle Eddie!)We started the day at the boardwalk in Avon-by-the-Sea. Jim is the grandson of one of my dearest friends, Sid. Sid couldn’t be part of yesterday’s events, so we took lots of pictures! Can’t wait to show [...]
Destination: West Cornwall
Click the picture to jump to the slide show of the 2007 Tishe Conference. Above — the famous West Cornwall Bridge, built in 1864. That’s one old bridge.Why was I in rural Western Connecticut?So glad you asked!I was at the Trinity Conference Center, a beautiful little retreat in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains……photographing the [...]
Answer Breakfast
Answer is a program based at Rutgers University that provides age-appropriate, balanced, comprehensive sexuality education. The program held a fundraiser at Jasna Polana in Princeton.They asked me to come along and photograph the event. Lucky for me, I also got to have some fantastic quiche!Danene’s speech was really impressive!While I was there, I shot new [...]
A Walk in Their Shoes
We fast for 30 hours and realize one important thing: it’ll soon be over for us.
Bound Brook Memorial Library Reopening Ceremony
The Bound Brook Memorial Library’s reopening ceremony celebrated two years’ worth of renovtions, including replacing the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, the installation of an external water drainage system and the demolition and complete renovation of the children’s department.I love red doors!We took the opportunity to take some group shots of the library staff.Hannah [...]
Warning: These Smiles are Contagious
Jessica turned 16 last week. She invited some friends over and they had a great time modeling for me!
Jessica looks gorgeous!
I love this shot. The hands complete the circle of friends.
I would love to have pictures like this of my friends when I was in high school!
Ok, I love this one too! The girls are [...]
Yo Frankie!
Frank is actually WAY beyond 40, having missed his original birthday party due to an unfortunate, uh, “infection.”But his family (that’s “family” with a small f of course) came from all over the Soprano state to poke fun — I mean celebrate — just the same.Frankie was having a very difficult time seeing the menu [...]
Good News for My Church Family!
At long last, “Be Thou My Vision,” the video program I presented during worship last March, is now available on my Web site for you to view in its entirety on your computer.
Click here for my First Presbyterian Church page. Leave a comment here, or send me e-mail at julie@juliewaltonshaver.com, or call me at [...]
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