Today I had a nice little photo shoot with the kids of a close friend of mine. We grew-up together and it's been fun watching her be a mom. A very good one at that! I photographed Ava last year, and this year, she was joined by her twin sisters, Sam and Addison, now five months old. They were troopers and Ava is always good for some comic relief (not that it was needed) with her hilarious facial expressions!
Ava sang an Usher song while jumping around on her mom's bed.
Sweet little Rosibel and her parents.
This is my good friend Amanda's, son. My, how a year flies!
Sweet as can be. And I'm not just saying that because she's the daughter of a woman who is basically my sister!
This is a cutie I photographed just the other day along with her older siblings, ages 2-and-a-half and four.
I photographed this cutie and her family one day before the surgery to have my collar bone properly attached with the help of some metal and a skilled surgeon. Back in January I broke my collar bone while learning to ski. Four months later, it still hurt and a second opinion confirmed that something was wrong. My bones were experiencing "non-union". So, now, four days after surgery, I am slowly on the mend. As I am incapable of sitting still, I just finished editing and color-correcting the collection for this little one's parents.
Waiting for the onslaught. I love the frog boots and the lower lip.
Chaos reigns
My neighbor and friend, Amy, with her son, Alexander!
Bunny winner!My friend Amanda just had a baby, as you can see from the blog entry below this one. As a favor, I designed some simple baby announcements for her. They came out quite nicely, I think, so now I'm considering doing this for a small fee for folks.
Here's are some samples (for the purpose of samples, I change the names on these a bit) ...
Leyea gave me the OK to share these photos with you so here they are! There are more on my website, listed under "BIRTH: The Arrival of Rumi" under PORTFOLIOS.
I got a call this morning around 6:30. One of my mom's was in labor. We had some snow over night and into the morning, but the roads weren't too bad. Despite being trapped behind a caravan of snowplows on the highway, and then getting lost trying to find my way on the Babson College Campus, I made it in time.
I'll be posting more on the site once Ben and Leyea OK them.
Linda was kind enough to let me share some more pictures from the birth of her son!
You can see the whole collection by going to cydneyscott.com and selecting "Birth; The Arrival of Jeremiah" under the Portfolio drop-down at the top of the homepage.
This morning I came home at 3:30 from attending an at-home birth! Linda and her husband allowed me in their home to photograph the arrival of their son, Jeremiah, in return for copies of the pictures.
I am hoping to start photographing at-home births (I will stay with at-home births because most hospitals won't allow photographers in). It's a great way to document an important event for a client, and for me it's more of what I love to do - be a fly on the wall and document life. In this case, the arrival of one.
I received a call from the midwife's student at 5:20 on Christmas Eve morning and headed to Linda's home. About twenty long hours later, after many stops and starts, Jeremiah arrived after just fifteen minutes of pushing. Linda was incredible! Despite there being at least six people in her home at any given time throughout her labor, and despite the slow progression of her labor, she was impressively patient. I never heard her complain once. She never gave-up, either.
Here are a few pictures from the event. I intend to post more once I edit the shoot and clear them with Linda and her husband.
Breathing through the surges (aka contractions)
Meeting big brother.
Little man of the hour. Born on Christmas!
This past week-end, I was off to Marblehead to photograph Wendy along with her two little ones and her husband. It went well, especially considering the little ones were three and a newborn. A newborn is tough because, well, they're newborns. Three year olds are tricky because they have the kind of energy we all wish we had and it's tough for them to sit still. This three year old, Evan, did just fine!
