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Senior Heather

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The warm colors, the smells, the crisp cool air – Late Fall is one of my favorite times of year for senior sessions. This October, Heather and I met up at one of my local favorites, Riverbend Farm.

I love how senior sessions lend themselves to featuring your hobbies and interests. As an artist, Heather has a love for and appreciation of her camera as one of her creative tools, so we had to make sure we could incorporate that into her session.

This upcoming year, Heather is looking forward to “hopping across the pond” as they say and studying art in London!

Paterson Family

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The Paterson family was my last family session of the 2022 season, and what a show-stopper it turned out to be. As is typical in November, weather forced us to reschedule a few times but we finally ended up with the perfect afternoon. A little chilly, but oh that sunset – just what Erika envisioned!

Even when there’s a beautiful sunset and a bright red barn (two of my favorite things!) I love converting images to black and white. I feel like it really allows the story to come through – focuses your attention on the interactions, the textures, the emotions. I was excited to hear Erika also shares a love for black and white images too, so we mixed in a lot of those options as well.




Once the boys had had enough, we sent them off and took a moment to capture just Erika and Rob together.

As I was wrapping up editing, I recalled having similar images from their wedding I captured, just about 9 years previously. I had to share…

Tewksbury Country Club Wedding – The Dexter’s

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I have known Lauren for a VERY long time. We grew up in the same small town, and when we were older she used to take amazing care of my oldest daughter in preschool. Lauren reached out last February and asked if I could photograph her wedding in September, and at first my heart sank, because I had just found out I was expecting my second baby and that it would be too close to the due date. I had to spill the beans that I was pregnant (before we had announced it yet) so I wouldn’t be available. Then she told me it was September 2017, and I was A – so excited that I would available to capture their special day and B – so impressed with how ahead of the game Lauren was with planning 🙂

Lauren and Bryan are just the sweetest couple, it was such a pleasure working with them in the planning stages and on the actual wedding day. Even with the rain, nothing was stopping them from making the most of this big day. Their celebration filled with so much love and laughter, and their guests were up rocking it out on the dance floor all night! I have to admit I was actually disappointed when the night was over!

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VENUE: Tewksbury Country Club

FLOWERS: Katydid Flowers   •   A Whole Bunch Flower Market

BEAUTY: Michelle Levitre, Salon XO

ENTERTAINMENT: Beauty and the Beats

Baby A is 6 months

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As a busy mom, wife, teacher, photographer, dog mom, girl scout troop leader (anything else?!) I always find myself so behind on taking pictures of my own children. My goal this year is to be better at staying on top of it this year (as I write this, I’m reminded that I STILL have yet to take my oldest daughter’s yearly portrait now that she just turned 8 so I’m already behind)!

The weekend Addison turned 6 months, I found myself with a quick half hour of time to snap some pictures of her in all her cuteness 🙂 Enjoy!

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2017 Senior Ellie

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Last summer I was excited to FINALLY photograph this wonderful class of 2017 Blackstone Valley Tech senior, Ellie. I met Ellie back when she was a Freshman in high school, when she grabbed one of my senior portrait flyers for her mom insisting “I’m going to have you do my senior portraits!” Fast forward three years (and how quickly THEY went) and sure enough here we were, planning out her senior portrait session!

Ellie is quite a unique individual, and wanted to make sure we captured that in her portraits. I love when my seniors bring unique props to showcase their favorite activities and hobbies! An Edgar Allen Poe fanatic, we got photos of Ellie her with her collection of favorite books, her sketchbook, and of course her camera.

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Ellie will be attending Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) pursuing a degree in Production.

I recently had the pleasure of photographing this Blackstone Valley Tech senior, Meaghan! I have to say this is one of my favorite families to work with – we always have so much fun with their shoots! This time we explored the BEAUTIFUL Moore State Park and I have to say, I now have a new favorite spot! (well, with the exception of those water snakes we had to dodge – eek!) Some places are just so beautiful, it’s worth the risk 😉

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I also love photographing dancers, and have a special love for Pointe – I still can’t imagine the strength and training (and pain!) must go into being able to do that!

After graduation, Meaghan plans on attending Umass and majoring in Communication Disorders.

MORE OF THIS FAMILY: Lauren Senior | Extended Family

Holiday Mini Sessions

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This year, my mini sessions took place at Heritage Park in Upton, MA. Although it was a battle against the cold and wind for this one, these girls were not even phased and we ended up with some beautiful images of some equally beautiful girls.

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Ashley & Tom Engagement

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This past weekend I had the pleasure of shooting some engagement photos for Ashley and Tom at the Hopedale Pond and Parklands in Hopedale, MA. There was still plenty of Fall foliage lingering for November, which provided the perfectly quintessential New England backdrop for our session. Ashley told me about all the unique, custom details she has been working on for her wedding, including a custom card box her and her dad were making together (p.s. if you haven’t seen the work by Old New England Restoration, owned by Ashley’s dad, you should check them out – BEAUTIFUL!).

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Ashley and Tom are getting married next June at the beautiful Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, MA. I am very disappointed that I had to turn down photographing their wedding there, however, it is my daughter’s birthday that weekend and as beautiful as that location is, my pookie comes first <3

I wish you two a perfect wedding day, and a wonderful, long and happy marriage!

Cataldo Family

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Shortly after my photo shoot with the DeMauro family, I had the pleasure of shooting the family of Dan’s sister, Emily. I met up with her and her husband Will and their three boys at Riverbend Farm. What a fun shoot! Her boys are just so silly and adorable, and their oldest was such a good big brother.
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Shortly after their photo shoot, I learned that Emily and Will were expecting yet another little boy to add to their family! We just might have to update this photo next year 😉

Karakeian Family

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This sweet family came to me with a pretty common request – to take updated family photos for them. We got around to talking, and when I asked how long it had been since their last photo shoot, I was floored – they hadn’t had a formal family portrait taken since Jillian was 2 and Kyle was 4! Since fifteen years was entirely too long and Jillian would soon be graduating high school, I knew I had to get these scheduled for them ASAP. We headed out to one of my favorite places, Riverbend Farm, to capture their photos. They were so cute with their coordinating outfits, and they did such a great job you would never have guessed they didn’t do this more often 😉

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