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The fabulous Anna Dwyer, musician

Those of you who know me know that I have a fairly artsy-fartsy background, and did a lot with dance and theater (as a performer!).

It's a special, special treat for me to work with artists; and I was thrilled to work with Anna Dwyer, a local conductor, pianist, singer, and more--and also a heck of a great gal. If you have a few minutes, take a look at her work.

 

So, for me to spend the day taking pictures while listening to live (and amazing) music... Well, it doesn't get much better than that.

 


I had a wonderful time with Anna--she's a true sweetheart, and genuinely lovely. And her grand piano is pretty lovely, too.

Thank you, Anna, for your time, and for sharing your amazing talent.

For more information on Anna and her amazing work, please visit www.annamariadwyer.com

Hope everyone's having a great summer!

-Alicia

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Little Z. at Elm Bank in Wellesley, Massachusetts

I need to be better about blogging regularly because I LOVE sharing some of these gorgeous families with everyone. This little girl is stunning, and has a personality to match.

Yes!

 

 

 She was such a good girl the whole time--so much fun!

And lots of laughs with her lovely moms, too. I watched them dote on her, and commented on how nice it must be to have two moms. They responded, "Yes, but some day someone's going to wind up with two mothers-in-law!" Ha!

So big!

This next image is one of my all-time favorites. Gorgeous family. Such love!
Thank you to C. and Y. for sharing your day with me, and for driving all the way up from Connecticut! Hope to see you all again soon!

-Alicia
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Twins! (And, I'm back!)

Long time no blog. Yikes!

Long story short: pneumonia. Finally starting to get back to normal. I've still been plugging away in the background, but have let my blog and Facebook lapse. I am *so* glad spring is finally here!

Anyway, I'd like to share some images from a session I did awhile back.... For those of you who know me, you'll understand why I *love* sessions with twins; and these baby girls couldn't have been any cuter or sweeter. And their parents are absolutely wonderful, too!

You might remember them from waaayyyy back when I posted this:

So, so sweet; and it's so apparent *already* that they absolutely adore each other.


Insanely cute, right? Can you say Gerber baby?

 

They are both so precious!

Their little faces just kill me. Such sweet little girls!

I am very much looking forward to getting back to normal, and to sharing some of what I've been working on lately. 

*THANK YOU* to the beautiful C. family--you were an absolute joy!

Hope everyone is enjoying this gorgeous weather,

Alicia

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Published: Beantown Bride

How fun! Jenn and Paul's gorgeous wedding at the Colonnade was picked up by Beantown Bride!

Falling in Love (Or: Why I probably shouldn't photograph newborns)

This little guy couldn't have been much better during our session.

 

Newborn sessions usually take about 2-4 hours, and the heat needs to be cranked to about 90 (babies love it; mommies, daddies, and photographers, not so much). In the three hours or so I was there, he did this for all of about twenty seconds:

 

The rest of the time, he was an absolute angel. 

Honestly, he couldn't have been better. Makes me almost forget the tougher aspects of having a newborn. Almost.

But the soft skin, warm little body, perfect little fingers and toes and ears.... I just adore this little guy.

Poor kid must be tired of hearing me gush.

(Yawn!)


And Mom and Dad were an absolute joy, too. So loving and kind.

A sincere thank you for trusting me with such important images. Can't wait to see the little guy again!

With much love,
Alicia

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The Lewis Family

You may recognize some of these faces from last year. To be the one to record these children's growth... It's very humbling and gives me the warm and fuzzies.

Now, the truth about this session: it went wrong. Sometimes, things just don't work out. As I was driving to meet them, I glanced at the external temperature lit up on the dashboard: 31. Uh oh. Kids don't do too well when it's too cold. We arrived at the same time, and decided to give it a shot, anyway.

Such gorgeous kids:

We tried to get them running around to keep them warm, which worked for a little while.

But, eventually, they got too cold, and we had to make the call. This pretty much sums up their feelings about being outside at that point:

(To be fair, this was a *completely* unintentional gesture--this kiddo is actually quite polite. But this picture still makes me laugh.)

So, we rescheduled, and hoped for a warmer day--which we got!

But I'm still going to share a couple of outtakes--I love catching stuff like this. The boys were actually fighting over their baby sister. How cute is that?

We got what we needed, though.

Thank you to the Lewis family for their flexibility, and for all the fun we had. And thank you for trusting me to help record your children's lives. It means more to me than I can express.

-Alicia

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