Tristian Robert

About a month and a half ago, I did Katie's belly photos. A couple weeks after that she and Chris welcomed Tristian Robert into the world. Today was the first time I met him, and he is so handsome! It is quite a change to be photographing a little guy too now instead just of girls.

The first couple of the photos are him in his crib, which was apparently the first time he had been in it. He seemed to like it a lot.
I had to get a piggy-toe shot. They are just so small, I want to nibble them up!
Because babies love being nakey, and babies are so cute being nakey, I had Katie undress him to just his diaper. He seemed to really love it!
He isn't even a month old yet and he is already trying to hold his head up.
Tristian is a Daddy's boy already. He just loves cuddling with Chris.
Same little guy who before he was born had his first pair of Air Jordans also has his first pair of Timberland boots and hat. He is such a stud already!

And of course I had to do a photo of the whole family. They are a great couple and I can't wait to see Tristian get older looking through the lens.

Ayers Island Dam Tour

Last Monday for training with the station we got a tour of Ayers Island Dam on the Pemigewausset River in Bristol and New Hampton. It was really cool being able to walk through it. I wasn't able to get any photos while we were inside the tunnel because it was a little too dark, and I didn't want to risk getting the camera damp. But there was plenty to be taken outside. This first one is one of the waterways, I couldn't believe I was standing right over the water like that!

Here is a photo looking over the length of the dam.
Here is one of the turbines that power the electricity. This thing was so tall. I believe it was one of the originals, but I'm not sure.
On the other side of the dam waiting to go to the top. Those stairs were WAY too high for my liking, so I just took the trolley up the side of the hill.
Over the top of the dam looking over the "lake" in the river. Those lines out there are to help boaters if they become stranded until rescue arrives.
This had got to be one of the coolest things at the dam, an osprey nest. They have a webcam on the PSNH website so you can take a look at them. When we got there the parents were flying around yelling at us. I don't think they were happy we disturbed dinner time.

York Beach

After I got home from the horse show, Jamie and I decided that we wanted to go on a little road trip. We took the pups and went to Kittery Trading Post to check some things down there. Since we were down there and had the puppies we wanted to go to Ellis Park in York Beach to let them stretch their legs out. One of the guys from the station was staying down there with his wife, so we met them at the beach and walked around a little bit. Jennifer said we should go to Nubble Lighthouse so I could take some photos.

Here is a couple photos of the lighthouse. It really is pretty, and apparently the most photographed lighthouse.

And of course we had to do the typical photo in front of it. So we had Jennifer take the photo. Even though it is not the best one of us, I really like it.

Horse Show

I've been wanting to try some portraits with horses lately and my younger brother's girlfriend rides horses. She had a horse show this past Sunday, so it was a perfect time to get some photos done.

Melody is such a beautiful horse!

In the middle of a canter in the ring. The judges were really good about helping the girls out.

Walking back to the ring with one of her friends that she competed against.
Won first place for one of her classes. Melody displaying the ribbon.
Taking the tack off at the end of the day. I can't wait to do more portraits with her and Melody.

Storm Coming through Valley

This past Thursday there was quite the storm coming through the Pemi Valley. I love going onto Peaked Hill Road behind my house. This time it was light enough out so I could take some photos. There are fields on the hill, which makes photos much easier, with a beautiful farmhouse. Being a traditional New England farmhouse, they have a big red barn, so I had to take a photo of it!
Shortly after I got there the storm was blowing through and finishing up. That is how summer storms go. The wind was still blowing quite hard, so the clouds were flying through.

The wind also made the grass move violently. I love that you can see the river in the bottom of the valley.

Pageau Family

In May I got an email from a lady saying she came upon my website and was really interested in booking me for a family session in July. She and her family were going to be traveling from Australia to have a small family gathering at Newfound Lake. At first I was a little weary that she was a scam or something, but I just got a feeling about her. After we spoke on the phone for a bit, she decided to book me. They were such a really nice family. She was doing the photos for her mother's birthday present. The main focus was to get Memere and the three grandchildren. The day was absolutely gorgeous out. I do thank God for the wind coming off the lake otherwise it would have been way to humid.

The kids were all very well behaved. They were a little silly, but that totally comes with the ages. I really got some personality shots with them.

Since I had the entire families there, we had to do them as well. They were both excited to get their Holiday portraits done in July. I mean, what better photos to take and put on Holiday cards.Joe is such a Mama's boy!

These kids were just naturals in front of the camera. I didn't ask them to pose in any way, they all did it by themselves.

Again, naturals. They both just ran to the sundial and sat like that. It made my job so much easier!

Memere and her grandkids all cuddled up!

Daddy and his little girl after all the photos were done. I wanted to get some "real life" shots.

Everyone in front of the "General Store." The moms used to play at this camp all the time when they were growing up. They had such fond memories of the place. And now they have more to share with their growing families.

Fireworks

I got a little spoiled this year. I got to go to two different sets of fireworks. The first set was in Ashland, NH. I go there just about every year, but I think this was one of the best years. The fireworks lasted longer than a half hour. It was quite humid so the smoke hung in the air and made for some really nice photos.


The other place I went was Meredith Bay. We walked quite a ways from the car, but it made for some great photos overlooking the bay. The fireworks here were really pretty, but didn't last quite as long. In Meredith they had a small barge where the fireworks were lite off of.
The lake was full of people sitting on their boats watching the fireworks as well. I didn't take as many photos in Meredith because I wanted to just sit back and really enjoy them without looking through the lens. This photo was one of the last ones I took, and I like it a lot.