Merry Christmas!

Sending wishes of Love, Laughter and Peace this holiday season.


One of my favorite angelic bridal portraits from 2007.

The Story of Christmas Pageant

Every year our church celebrates Christmas with a pageant put on by the Sunday School children. This was the first year that my son took part in it. He was wise man #3. He had one line and stage fright. We were so proud that he went through it all flawlessly and with a smile. One little boy (The Donkey) couldn't figure out what the fuss was all about and made no mistake of showing it. It was actually adorable. At one point he literally just walked down from the alter, until his parents reminded him of how important his role was.

Tis the Season

To be harried? Rhymes with married! Aha! Yes there are a lot of beautiful women out there who just might be secretly hoping for an engagement ring this Christmas. Be sure to bookmark this blog so that I can keep you posted as to when our new site launches (hopefully very early in January). I have tons of work to do in order to create this web page, and am pouring my heart into it. It's very exciting but I have to be patient to stay true to my vision and convey that to the rest of the world. No easy task, but thought provoking , which is exactly what I want my images to do.

Meanwhile, as Christmas is fast approaching, I am doing the usual house decorating. Most importantly, THE TREE. It's an on going joke that it takes this photographer days just to put lights on our tree. I have to constantly step back and squint to make sure that it is evenly lit. I suspect my years of doing still life and food photography have contributed to this attention to detail.

This years' tree is gorgeous. A 12' Blue Spruce that has a huge girth and bows right to the floor. We cut it down ourselves at Jones Family Farms in Shelton, Ct. They have great prices and gorgeous rolling hills, all planted with trees of many varieties. So many that it's hard to choose.

My Canon 5D is at the factory for repair , so I'm getting to know my back up camera again. Here are some picks of the day. The light was quite mysterious and it was so windy that I'm amazed that I managed to take any pictures, let alone pick out a tree. My husbands humor and quick sawing techniques is all that got us out of there before frostbite set in, but we all left smiling.