wild in the streets

my biggest, Jack has a best friend, Sophie. Sophie lives in the neighborhood where my in-laws live. the kind of neighborhood where kids run in the streets until sundown, bike to the playground and play endlessly, bouncing back and forth like ping pong balls from yard to yard. eventually to be dragged apart, covered in dirt, or each other's clothes. i wish i could leave Jack in this neighborhood. it's everything i want for my kids. to grow up like this. like i did in my smaller than a spec of dust hometown. my want for it is all consuming at the moment. but i am glad for Jack. that frequently he gets to be in this type of neighborhood, with his best friend. that he gets a taste of the freedom, the pure innocence of childhood, of playing in the dirt and swinging from trees and just having fun with what you have. of feeling that safe.

i love this light. spring is so damn close, it hurts.

isabel

world famous miss Mary

every once in a while my sister in law and i swap kids. this morning, miss Mary was with us. i arrived at the playground and freed the children. the first thing someone asked me was "is this THE famous Mary??" she gets a lot of time on the blog i guess...sorry other nieces and nephews! i swear i love you all equally! these were shot in the span of maybe 20-25 minutes. i had just returned home from assisting on a food shoot and was fairly exhausted. but when Mary ran up to me in this outfit, i could not hold myself back. she gets it too. totally gets it. auntie whips out the camera and she knows what's up. she has energy unlike any other child i've known her age, which adds to up a lot of blurry pics. but when you love Mary, you start to find a way to love the blurry, and make it work to your advantage.

and this is what i actually look like most of the time : ridiculous and dangling a dog toy, in this case, a tennis ball.

make sure you check out new happenings up in that top post!

isabel

Baylen and his new brother Grier : at home | boston photographer

on a dark and rainy day, i slipped into a wee little house. i was greeted by Baylen, you bounced about at my feet, eager to drag me upstairs. i shed my damp layers and crept quietly through the creaky house, up the stairs and into a room. a room with the soft glow of a lamp. where mom and dad sleep. a beautiful, homey little room, with diapers tucked into nooks and muslin wraps strewn about. and then, in the middle of the bed was a sweet, warm bundle. a tiny babe. littlest Grier.

isabel

fresh start, new page, new view.

oh, what is that, sunshine? is that spring knocking on the door? gently swirling through my curtains, warming my shoulders in the light? this is my favorite season change, as i suffer from some major seasonal depression. it feels like a complete rebirth, a fresh start, and the smell of fresh buds on the first warm breeze of spring never gets old and always makes me feel alive. i breath it in deep, to fill every corner of my lungs, and hold onto it. and with all the changes, it seems appropriate to go through a bit of a change myself. when i first did all this, i picked up my first dSLR and said "let's see what happens" and somewhere along this road i've learned a lot about myself. about what i like to shoot, about how i spend the time away from my family working, about the photographer i want to be and the client i hope to meet. a rebirth was inevitable. there have been growing pains, there have been days that i haven't touched a camera. because the truth is, of being an artist, is that you're just always changing. constantly. guess what i learned this week? that i'd love to be assisting on food shoots. that's right. the lady who said she'd never shoot anything but kids and families felt completely alive assisting on a food styling shoot. i have learned things about myself, and about the way my craft fits into my life. about the images i want to put out there, to speak for me.

so here i am. an open book about where photography takes me, or where i take photography.

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you may also notice a new icon, with an adorable little "t" on it. and wonder, what is that? well. it's another blog. i'm so obsessed with capturing all the in between moments of my life with my kids, and anyone else, that i've started an iPhone only blog. you can head over there and subscribe by clicking said adorable "t" or by following this link right...here.

more blogging! more printing pics of my own kids! more fun with clients!

isabel