On Monday I had a session with the talented Emma Beaton and Nic Gareiss. I met Emma a few months ago while I was in Boston shooting her group the Folk Arts Quartet. Nic is a fantastic musician and dancer (video here) from Michigan and together the two are playing some shows together on the Island. One additional image from the session is posted over on the Photographer Network blog!

Jess contacted me for an engagement session for herself and Dusty. They got engaged on Christmas Day and are in the process of planning their wedding for next year. We started out on top of Mt. Doug and then made our way to a quiet little beach that they like to visit with their dog. Jess and Dusty were completely laid-back and were willing to do absolutely anything asked of them….even heading into the chilly ocean while looking fabulous the whole time.

My wonderful pal/fabulous fiddler Ivonne Hernandez was back in town for a bit in between graduating from Berklee College of Music and heading out on the road. We spent a whole day gabbing at the new Caffe Fantastico location at Dockside Green a few days ago. On the drive back to my place, I directed us to a slight detour so I could take a few photos of her before we parted ways. There’s one more from this series over at Photographer Network!

My cousin Bethany contacted me in the early spring to see if I’d like to come to Boston to shoot her wedding at Newton Presbyterian Church on May 30, 2009. Bethany recently graduated from photography school, has since started up her own business in the Boston area, and trusted me to document her day. It was a trip I couldn’t resist! Like many Maritimers, my grandmother’s sister Anna moved to Boston to work when she was young, married my Uncle Lester, and ever since my family in the ‘Boston States’ has been growing in size. I stayed the week with my cousin Rob and his wife Becky and was treated like gold the entire time. On the wedding day I was reunited with cousins I hadn’t seen for 20+ years and had a great time catching up on the years between frames.

Bethany and Jeff were entirely laid back. Bethany arrived back from having her hair done and fired up her espresso machine and began to make lattes for all the girls at her home as if it was any other day! They planned a ceilidh for the evening festivities and after I was finished shooting, my cousin Don and myself hopped in the square set and tore up the floor! A wonderful day full of wonderful people and I can’t wait to return. Congratulations Bethany and Jeff….thanks for including me in your day.

I was in Boston at the end of May for my cousin Bethany’s wedding. On the Thursday afternoon before the big day, we went to cousin Dottie’s to make 200 cupcakes for the wedding ceilidh. Did I mention Bethany’s ambition? I brought along my camera since my baking skills are slim to none…in fact, the one bit of batter mixing I did, I managed to burn out the motor in the mixer (smoke and all) and shortly after, I was put on frosting duty. After many hours, 200 cupcakes were made and packed up for the wedding…and I was just about crashing from all the sugar. If you can’t bake, the least you can do is taste test!

I haven’t seem many of my Boston family members in years and years, so I was meeting some new wee cousins for the first time. They were super cute and entertaining and all on hand to help.

Photos from Bethany and Jeff’s big day coming shortly…