FAMILY AFFAIR

More "What I did on my Summer Vacation" included taking lots of family portraits.  A host of local families have taken advantage of the relaxed vacation schedules and great weather in order to get those long overdue family portraits.  I did the usual beach sessions but also went aboard the Ross family's sailboat in Hingham Harbor for a totally different setting.  It's not too late for a late summer or fall portrait so call me to make an appointment!

SUMMER SHACK

WAY behind on posting "What I did on my Summer Vacation."  Back in June I took a workshop in Gloucester with Kathy Tarantola from the Digital Photo Academy.  Our goal was to photograph the super moon.  Some bad luck kept that from happening but we made the best of it and still had a great time, culminating in a sunset shoot at Annisquam Light.  

SENIOR MOMENT

The Class of 2013 has just hung up their caps and gowns but that means that a new senior class is ready to step up and fill the void.  Believe it or not, if you have a rising senior, it's time to think about booking that all important senior photo.  After taking your senior's photo, I'll edit it to your personal taste and then make sure it gets directly to your school yearbook staff.  Senior photo package, pricing information and samples are available on my website, Snapshots by Susan.  Call me at 617-827-2422 to reserve your photo session.

OOH, BABY BABY

Heading into a busy summer portrait and wedding season but will always make time to photograph a beautiful baby.  Baby Will flashed his baby blues and the rest was history.  This guy smiled, kept his eyes open and then slept on command, giving me some great opportunities to capture him at 4 months.

IF THEY COULD SPEAK

Just days before the Boston Marathon bombing, I traveled to NYC with the South Shore Camera Club to see the 9-11 Memorial for the first time.  It was both beautiful and devastating.  The poem below by Roseanne Pellicane was chosen as the keynote for the permanent 9/11 exhibit at the NYC Fire Museum to honor the 343 firefighters who were lost at the World Trade Center.    

If They Could Speak

    Please don’t be afraid.  Yes, life is different now but remember when it was beautiful?  Well, it will be again, though not the same.

     The wounds will heal, your tears will dry and though scars remain, I know you are strong enough to live through the pain.

     Do not grieve and linger in the shadows of graves.
Go out into the sunshine and tell everyone that I was here.
Let our enemy know that when we were together we lived, and worked and loved. And though I am gone, you will carry on for me because you must.

     Tell my family how much I loved them and still do.  Remember the good we shared, the life we created, and
walk forward with noble dreams. God can’t fill a shattered heart or a clenched fist.
    Let fear die and let love flow again like a river.

     So as the smoke rises high above the ash, gather all your strength and rebuild something new, something better.
 It’s not impossible.  It’s essential.  It’s what I would do for you.

     Just one last thing, surely you must know, I never wanted to leave you. I was captured by fate, escorted by angels.
And though you might feel you are alone, you are not and neither am I.......

Love always

99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall

I had the bar all to myself, giving me a chance to get up close and personal at the New World Tavern in downtown Plymouth.  They have 32 types of draft beers and over 100 bottled specimens.  The owner had to create several pours for the shoot but you know what they say; if you wanna bake a cake, you have to break a few eggs.  The things I do for my art.

THE SPACE BETWEEN

Last week I had the opportunity to shoot Setting the Space, a staging company and interior design store in downtown Plymouth.  I was like a kid in a candy store; everywhere I looked there was something interesting and unusual to photograph!  It's days like this that I love my job!