Hampton Beach, NH

My very best friend, Patty, lives in Merrimack, NH and recommended me to her friend whose daughter is a senior at Merrimack High School. Beth wanted to be photographed at Hampton Beach on the rocks. I just happened to be 'in the area' and welcomed the 'change of beach'!
Beth is well on her way to owning her own dog-grooming business! Dog-grooming is what she loves to do. Here she is with her dog, Charlotte.
The drawbridge is behind Beth in this image - I got 'stuck' on it for about 10 minutes while some boats came in and out on my way to the session.

By the dawn's early light....

Now that afternoon sessions are no longer available, I'm going to morning sessions. I had my first one of the season this morning - started at 6:30AM. It was absolutely gorgeous weather...warm, no wind, and a slight haze which softens the light a bit. As we walked onto the beach, a flock of seagulls (no, not the 80's band :) were hanging out at the water's edge. As we got closer, most of them took flight...and I caught this image:
Now who would NOT want to be photographed at this time of day? Sunrise sessions are easy...you're probably getting up early to get to school anyway...and you get to go into school a little bit late. Maybe even stop at the Blueberry Muffin in Cedarville for some breakfast after the session. Sounds good to me!

More of Meghan

Wow, it's been busy! I haven't been able to keep up this blog as much as I'd like, but I've got a few minutes now so I wanted to post more of Meghan like I promised.
She was a lot of fun to photograph - willing to try anything! She runs on the PSHS track team and her favorite class is Latin!

Happy Birthday Meghan!

Who says the session's over when the sun goes down?
Last evening I photographed Meghan, a senior from Plymouth South. She told me that she's turning 18 today. So here's a birthday 'surprise' for her! I'll post more of her images when I'm done proofing, but I wanted to get one up for her today. Though I'm not going to tell her. Hehe.
Anyway I made her jump like 50 times (or so she'd say, but really it was only 10). And we even got her boyfriend Louie to jump a few times, too.
So Happy 18th Birthday Meghan!

A Wedding, Convention, Football & Spaghetti

I'm just getting back into proofing and doing orders after a really busy weekend. I assisted another local photographer at a wedding on Saturday - we started at 11AM in Carver, and ended at midnight at the Venus de Milo in Swansea. Then on Sunday morning I drove to Sturbridge to attend the Professional Photographers Association of New England convention, which ended yesterday.

Brad is a PSHS Panther football player. The night of his session was also the night of the traditional Spaghetti dinner for the football team. We got the session in and finished at just about the time dinner was starting. I hope there was some spaghetti left for him!
I happened to just 'find' this football laying on the beach. It actually belonged to a couple that was hanging out and enjoying a nice evening. Thanks to them for letting us borrow it!

Kacey from 'South'

We had absolutely beautiful weather and light for this session. And Kacey was a natural in front of the camera. I had a hard time narrowing her images down to a somewhat reasonable amount. Here's just a tiny sample of them:

Took time out on Labor Day Weekend...

To photograph PSHS seniors Jay and Travis. They hang out together all the time and had a great time making fun of each other while in front of the camera. Here's Jay:

Travis plays football (an offensive lineman) so its difficult to get out of practice on time to make it in time for outdoor images...which is why we scheduled for the holiday weekend. The sun is setting so quickly now, it seems. But we can still make some cool images even after the sun goes down!

Christina...

Christina is a senior at Plymouth South, too. Her favorite subject is History, and she's hoping to have a career as a Guidance Counselor. She has such pretty hazel eyes - and she did a lot of smiling for her images - which is good because she has a great smile! These are some of my favorites:

All the way from Holbrook...

Meet Samantha, a senior at Cardinal Spellman High School in Brockton. She's hoping to attend the University of Miami after high school. She, like me, thinks that summers are just too short around here.
I did learn an important lesson during this session: Just because the dunes and beach grass areas no longer have the fencing, ropes, and "Keep Out" signs around them, does NOT mean it's okay to go in them. Thank you to the nice park ranger lady who informed me, very nicely and politely, to stay out of the dunes/beach grass for now on. :)

Sarah from South

Sarah's a senior at Plymouth South in the Cosmo program. I had so much fun photographing her. I had a really hard time narrowing down her images to a manageable amount, too. Here's just a small sample of her images!

I get a Marilyn Monroe vibe from this one!

A Plymouth South Panther

Ben is the running back on the PSHS football team. He also happens to share that position with his little brother. There ought to be some interesting sibling rivalry going on at the games this season!