Happy Holidays to all!
Thank you for a fantastic 2011 full of smiles, fun and laughter.
Fall Portraits
September 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Fall is my favorite time to photograph. Seriously.
Don’t get me wrong, I love summer beach photos and splashing in the ocean, holiday photos with christmas hats and decorations, but something about the fall crisp air and autumn sunlight just makes it feel special. Enjoying those last few days of warmth before the winter sets in when we are covered from head to toe in layers of clothes… Okay, I’m getting ahead of myself. It’s only early fall, so let’s hang onto it for as long as we can. While we are at it, let’s capture it too!
HAL Photography is filling up quickly for our fall portrait sessions. We have a few openings left for Columbus Day Weekend (Oct 8 – Oct 10). Leave us a comment below or email HAL photography to find out more info about booking your family fun portrait session today!
Somma Family
September 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Somma Family | 2011
Meet the Somma Family!
We had a fantastic day at Ft. Williams / Portland Headlight in Cape Elizabeth, Maine recently with the Somma Family. They were a fun and laid-back family who were heading out on the road to move away soon and wanted to grab some portraits of their new addition to the family in one of their favorite Maine locations.
The weather was perfect, their baby girl was adorable and such a beautiful ‘tiny human’. We couldn’t have asked for a better day or setting before they began their journey to their new home.
Congrats again Somma Family. Thank you for choosing HAL Photography as your maine family portrait photographer!
Check out my Photographer’s Favorites – Slideshow to view some of my top pics of our day:
elliot | two years
September 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Meet Elliot! He is a fun little man with a head full of curly hair! As in the past, many families want to get photos of their little boys before they need to chop off their hair for one reason or another. (For many, it’s a few too many lollipops getting stuck…) Of course, the hair grows back, but that first batch of beautiful hair is always the best.
Elliot was so much fun to photograph. It took him a bit to warm up to me, which allowed me to get some fantastic candid/serious shots of him. However, once his mom told me that he loves chasing her around the park and cracks up hysterically, I knew it had to be done. Word to the wise, when running backwards in flip flops on uneven grassy terrain, keep a very solid hold of the camera when you’ve got it down at knee level and firing off shots! Ha.
Elliot’s birthday is coming up in a couple weeks and he’s going to be, you guessed it, two years old! He’s learning to tie his own shoes (see below), put on his own pants, and of course, dress up like a fireman!
Happy 2nd birthday Elliot!
trevor | 18 mos
July 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
One of the many advantages to being an on-location maine photographer is that the studio is wherever you want it to be, including your very own backyard!
One of my favorite clients to photograph is Trevor, who is now already 18 months old. I’ve been photographing this little guy since the beginning and it is amazing how much he has grown. Check out that hair!
Your home can become a studio with as many different “locations” as you’d like. Trevor’s mom is a fan of outfit changes as needed, and like a good mom, knows that he may get bored by a certain area after a bit, so she had a few places in her yard pre-planned for him to play in while I snapped the pics.
The result of photographing on the location of your choice is a much happier and comfortable child, and much calmer and less-stressed parents. We grabbed some great candids of him playing in the pool with his bubbles blowing, getting some friendly puppy-kisses from the family dog, and a planned photo of Trevor with his favorite cousin on the hammock in their yard.
