I spent a chunk of my childhood living outside Washington, D.C.; where my father grew up and where his family still lived. My grandparents were there and my father’s two brothers and all my first cousins–and in the middle of that line up was me, my sister, and K. There was only one boy–older–not so…
That is what M told me, “I don’t know how to smile!” But of course, he knows how to–and how to make funny faces and “crazy eyes” and a million other charming mannerisms. Especially when his parents were nearby to hug. Those were the really special facial expressions. His little sister A, she was everything…
Since I have a sister who just got married, I recognized the lilt in this mom’s voice when she called. Engagement photos for her daughter is what she was after, and the expectancy and excitement in her voice was familiar. J, A and I decided to meet early one morning at the Arboretum. We wanted…
A called, it was time, Coco was about to be one, she needed “puppy” photos while they were still official–and since the adoption of their fur-child she and D had gotten engaged, so maybe a couple of them too. Coco was a good model as long as the treats kept coming, obviously in love with…
Teens are not often the focus of my work. Many of us look back of the photos of this time in our lives and feel gratitude that there is not too much photographic evidence of our teen years. But A’s family wanted a photo for their dining room wall–a photo of their family as they…
