One of my friends, Alletta, asked me to photograph her father’s surprise 70th birthday party. It was held at Three Rivers Cafe in Warren, Rhode Island. Having a professional photographer cover your party or an event is a great idea! It takes the stress off the family-shutterbug so they can just enjoy themselves! Family and friends don’t have to hassle each other to get all their photos together. You receive a CD from me of all the photographs taken at your event, all in one place within a week of your event. It’s so easy. After all the event planning, don’t you just want to enjoy yourself?

I love these kind of jobs! With family and friends enjoying each other–it’s just such a nice atmosphere!

Three Rivers Cafe-Water Street, Warren, Rhode Island. (Really adorable shops and resturants on Water Street!! It makes for a lovely Sunday afternoon trip!)

Signing the matte to go around an 8×10 from the party.

That is Bill’s photo on a tin of custom printed M&Ms!

Here’s a macro-photo of the custom printed M&Ms! The beige ones say “BILL IS 70!” and the blue ones say “5/15/07″, the date of Bill’s 70th birthday. (Wicked cute idea, Alletta!)

The kids were so excited to see grandpa.

The guests hiding right as Bill arrived. (He thought he was trying a new resturant he’d read about.)

SURPRISE!

The man of the hour!

Champagne toast.

Sisters

All the guests.

We had a great view of the harbor!

Slideshow!! (I ALWAYS tear up watching other people’s old-photo slideshows!!)

I love it whenever there’s a slideshow at an event. I have the opportunity to capture so much emotion.

You’ll be seeing more of this family. I’m also photographing their family portrait this Sunday at their home!

Sunday, May 27rd, baby Rylan was baptised at First Parish Church, in Taunton, Massachusetts. Elizabeth & Jonathan (Mom & dad) had quite the time before the ceremony on Sunday! They endured overbookings at the airport, a decorative angel falling through the cake and even having their rental car hit by another vehicle! But….they still made it and had a beautiful ceremony! You all were so fun! I loved having a great dinner with all of you!

First Parish Church, Taunton, MA.

Elizabeth, Jonathan & Rylan

Grandpa and Rylan. Look at that adorable outfit!

Here’s dad signed the Certificate of Baptism.

Rylan was not a happy baby when Rev. Gibney poured the water on her! Awww!! He sprinkled her three times, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He laughed and said “Thank goodness there’s only Three up there!!”

Congratulations!

I recently sold my back-up camera and replaced it with an identical model of my lead camera. (Switching back and forth between two different camera models can get confusing in the fast pace of the action!) So I was just testing it and I came up with this shot of my awesome and supportive boyfriend, James. James really hates having his picture taken–guess he better get used to it!! He usually just ignores me! This is with a little bit of window light and laptop-light.

…you can differentiate between a FedEx or UPS truck just by the sound alone.

The Lasky’s came in for the studio’s Limited Edition: Spring Portrait Sessions. (LE: Spring Portrait Sessions are with the daffodils on Farewell Street or the cherry blossom trees in Morton Park.) The 6 of us had a great time! We had a beautiful day with just a little bit of bearable wind! What a fun family!

Here are a few of my favorites. Look at those gorgeous pink blooms! I just adore these trees!

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