Fall Minis 2024

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I was driving around my neighborhood a while back when I spotted a park I’d driven by countless times before but never really noticed. Greenwood Park. Stone walls, big trees, lots of grass. MINI SESSION SPOT!!!

Behold, the results of this year’s mini sessions in Stoneham. I had some returning clients and new faces both. The weather was our dearest friends this year and all my clients came ready to kill it. I’d say it was a successful couple of events!

Texts and FB posts following the releasing of the galleries included “We are SQUEALING! They are SO GOOD. Thank you thank you thank you!” and “Couldn’t love our photos with Cydney Scott Photography more! Local friends, if you’re looking for an amazing photographer who can capture each family member in the most beautiful, authentic way, get in touch with Cydney!”

So I feel like we did great work together!

2023 Fall Minis!

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The fall weather in the Boston area really did a number on my shoot scheule this season. I am so thankful to my wonderful clients, who patiently hung on through two, sometimes THREE rescheduling attempts. Thankfully, I was able to connect with everyone, which made me so happy!

As always, it was so fun to see my returning clients and meet some new lovely people too! Arlington Reservoir didn’t disappoint with its variety of scenes and backdrops. Want sand? You got it! Want leaves? It has those too!
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Another Year Another Fall

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Here’s a glance at my fall season. Bright colors, fun leaves, shining faces!

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Maeve is Here!

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I had the great pleasure of doing a maternity shoot with Veronica a while back. Well, now the wait has ended and Maeve is here! Healthy and content and, I can tell, extremely smart.

The G Family

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The G family has expanded, so they gave me a call! I’m so glad they did. What a bright space and a bright family!


The W Fam!

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I’ve been photographing the Ws for a few years now and this year we decided to do something a bit different. It was cold when we scheduled their shoot (not much warmer now!), and we thought inside would be best.

I asked them to think about things they like to do together, or things the kids enjoying doing, and I came over and shot a variety of posed and posed-candids. I think it’s a fun collection!

Fall Minis Round Two!

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Obviously a ridiculously delayed post, but just the same!…

My fall season is winding down and it’s been a busy one. While I love spending time with my clients which my full length sessions allow, mini sessions are a great way to fit in a lot of people, which I like because I want everyone to have some nice family photos if they want them! And fall gets so booked up that it becomes tricky to accommodate everyone. Mini sessions help me do that.

These are some of my favorites from my second mini session event which took place in early November at Menotomy Rocks Park

Summer Wrap Up

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How did I manage to let the entire summer go by without sharing with you? I truly have no idea. Literally, I am sitting here wondering how I didn’t show off a few of the families I met with before autumn hit (has it hit yet?).

Well, better late than never?

Here’s a small collection from a few sessions I had over the summer…
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Fall Mini Sessions

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This year’s mini session event was supposed to take place at Horn Pond because the it was such a great location for Linda and MIke’s Family Session a while back. Prior to leaving for a trip recently though, I visited the pond to be sure it looked right and well, it did NOT! The water had risen so high that while it’s a beautiful place to visit and walk, I knew it wasn’t going to offer us much by way of environment to work with for mini sessions.

I drove around until it got dark that day trying to find a new spot. I decided to go with Menotomy Rocks Park and it worked great! We had beautiful weather too which certainly didn’t hurt. And it was also very nice to see everyone’s faces out from behind their masks in the fresh open air!

I’ll be doing another mini session day on November 6, so if you’d like to get in the mailing list for info, subscribe at the bottom of the homepage and I’ll make sure you get the details.

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Lyla is Here, Folks!

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Something exciting happened recently; it was safe enough for me to have a full photo shoot inside a home that was not mine or my parents! I only realized this after the fact, and it was then that I thought Oh, that’s why it felt a bit weird.

The family was not weird. They’re wonderful. In fact, I have worked with Mom’s sister quite a few times before, including photographing Lyla’s cousin Alexander a few years back.

When I arrive at the home of a newborn, I ask the parents if there are any special blankets they’d like incorporated into their photos. They received so many beautiful blankets! What to do?

We solved that challenge, I think!

Happy Birthday!

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When Noldcie got in touch for a photo shoot as a gift to herself for her birthday, I was fully on board. It was a bit chilly at the time, but she was pretty unfazed, and I had a great time wandering downtown Stoneham shooting portraits of this stunning woman (and her husband sometimes too)!

Happy Birthday, Noldcie!!

Please, Wear a Mask

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When someone books a session with me, they receive a booking confirmation email with paperwork and details about what to expect from a session with me.

For the first time, (and hopefully the last), I added a paragraph;

“One more thing about your session - Please come to your session wearing your masks so I can take a few photos of you as a family wearing them. I know this may seem like a strange request, but I feel compelled to record this weird time in our history, with hopes that a year from now it will be a thing of the past. If later on you do not want that photo of your family all wearing masks, you don't have to look a them. But if it strikes you as telling part of your family's story, your experience, you'll have it! (I will email your mask portrait to you for free after your session).”

I wondered if there would be push-back on this. Would my clients not want this horrific experience documented? Would they prefer I simply photograph their family, or outdoor bar mitzvah, or couples session as though it was any other year? I can’t say I would blame them if so. I thought for sure that some people would ask that I not photograph them wearing their masks, or they would ask that the images not be shared.

There was not one objection. They all seemed to understand the importance of taking such a photo. In fact, many expressed how important they thought it was to document it. Some have even mentioned including it in their annual holiday card this year! Documentarians after my own heart!

I find the children especially interesting in these photos. Some have eyes that shine bright while they smile beneath the fabric, many wear their masks with comfortable acceptance, and some have the body language of pure fed-upness. I hear you, kid.

I am often expressing gratitude for my clients on this blog and today is no different. They helped me do something unusual during a most bizarre and unsettling year. They connected with me for family photos, and every last one graciously accepted a request from me and the result is this collection.

For my clients, and many other reasons, I am so thankful!

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Mini Sessions, Round Two!

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I usually only host one mini session event in the fall. I invite clients new and returning to pick a time slot on one specific date and meet me at a predetermined location for a quick twenty minute shoot. It’s a great way to get family photos and for me it helps me provide photography for multiple clients during the busiest time of the year for me.

After my annual mini session day took place, my sisterfriend Maureen got in touch with me and said that she and a few friends would love to have mini sessions too. Typically I would let my sisterfriendclient know that mini sessions are a one day thing, unless multiple families want them. But in this instance, Maureen simply brought me clients, which was so amazing! I was able to provide photos for her family, her friends’ family, and a third family who signed up after I promoted the event.

We shots these photos out in Sudbury. It was a blast, the weather cooperated, and we met for the best light - in the late afternoon!


Linda and Mike's Family

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Linda got in touch with me after high school friends and clients Alison and Beth kindly recommended me to her for a session with her blended family.

I arrived early at our meeting place, Horn Pond in Woburn. I hadn’t been there before and wanted to scope it out before starting around with the family for their session. Our meeting time came and I didn’t see the family - I knew there was Mike and Linda, their golden retriever Jax, and four nearly adult kids with a fifteen year old being the youngest.

I spotted such a family, but they were being photographed already. Something seemed weird to me. Was that my family and had they brought a friend to take photos during our session? Or maybe they’re just playing around before I find them? I was so confused! Perhaps it was just a coincidence that another family with grown kids were having a session at the same time.

I kept side-eyeing the group with that other photographer though. That dog! Along with sending the names and ages of everyone as I’d requested, Linda also sent me a photo of her dog, Jax. Golden and white-faced. That was the dog!

Then as I milled around awkward and confused, I heard some of them say “Summer!” which is Linda’s daughter’s name. That’s when I knew for sure, THIS WAS MY FAMILY!

I approached them and we discovered that the photographer who was working with them had also been waiting for a client named Linda. Apparently the photographer had not really introduced herself or asked for everyone’s names before jumping in and starting a session with the wrong family.

“Well, thanks for warming them up for me!” I joked with the photographer and we had a good laugh.

The family and I marveled at the bizarreness of the situation as we made our way to the first spot for a photo, and Linda said “Somehow it didn’t seem right!” She felt the personality of the imposter photographer didn’t match up with what she expected from someone recommended by Alison and Beth, two of the funniest women you’ll meet. Linda also noted that the other photographer was posing them in a way that didn’t seem to match with my style of shooting.

As we stood pond-side for our first shots, I said or did something goofy or funny and Linda said, with some relief “OK, yes, this makes much more sense!”

We had a delightful time, and I discovered beautiful Horn Pond in the process!

Mini Sessions, Round One!

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Dig, if you will, a picture; You’ve booked your time slot for your annual mini-session with me. You’ve gotten your kids into their best outfits and made it from your home to Maudslay State Park in Newburyport for your session without anyone asking if you’re there yet or saying they’re thirsty.

You drive along the road where you can view a vast field in the park. And in that field…art installations, along with many many people enjoying said art installations. Interesting.

Not sure where we’re going to take pictures then.

You pull into the parking lot, which is overflowing, navigate your way around the myriad of masked visitors, and just as you pull into your spot with time to spare for your session, you get a text from me, your photographer.

“When you arrive, come to the back of the lot to that big, white clabbered house. Those are the bathrooms! We’re going to take photos back here. See you soon!”

Um, I paid good money for this?

My clients are the best. After their initial Uh…what? wore off, they all went with the flow. I think the results were delightful, and we managed to avoid the crowds as well.