We’ve had an awesome year as we made the transition to Vermont. We continue to feel honored with every wedding we’re part of, every new baby we have the pleasure of capturing in their newness, and every senior who shines with the anticipation of an unknown future. We love this life and we’re so thankful to all of you for your love and support as we pursue our photography passion daily.

We hope you all have a wonderfully warm and happy family filled holiday!

We can’t wait for the year to come – continuing to document the lives we’ve already touched and meeting new friends all year long through our work.

Thank you!

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Thanks Emma for a wonderful session and thanks Shaye and Sal for another awesome excuse to hang out with you both! I’m already counting the days until Emma’s session in June!

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Putting this together made my heart go all soft inside. We’re so appreciative to all of you for a spectacular year! A lot of changes coming in the next year with our transition to Vermont and we’re excited about all that it will bring – getting to know you all better and forming new friendships in our new home state!
Thanks for a great year! Looking forward to capturing more memories with you in 2011!

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Karen and Jerry are back stateside – for a few weeks for the holidays. I was thrilled to be a priority in their schedule and to figure out a time to get together and get some pictures of the adorable Micah and Malik who have grown oh.so.much!
And here’s a fun bonus: Jerry had never seen snow! This isn’t really crazy when you’re from Africa but it seemed crazy to this New Englander. It was then pointed out that it’s just as crazy to him that I’d be amazed to see a zebra on the side of the road. So we tr3ked outside where we tried to convince Jerry that snow was fun. He didn’t seem convinced. We told him kids love snow and run out and play in it for hours on end. I don’t think he believed us. He said it was too cold and seemed shocked that people would choose to go out in the snow – never mind play in it!! After all, how could you possibly play in the cold?!?! Karen showed him a snow angel. Still not convinced.
So inside for some warming up with Momma:

And if anyone comments on the Brown Eyed Photography website they always mention Jerry with the twins when they were one month old – you know? That picture with this guy holding two babies with his back to the camera? So we recreated that – here are the two side by side:

They were a little trickier to wrangle but their enthusiasm made it all worth it

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Holiday mini sessions are being offered again this year for one day only.

Date:          November 6, 2010
Where:         Squantum Woods Park in East Providence, RI

Included:
30 minute session
password protected online proof gallery
1 set of (24) holiday cards

Holiday Mini Sessions are $70. Space is limited so book early!

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Announcement 1: In Spring 2011 Brown Eyed Photography is moving to Northern Vermont! We’re very excited. We’re moving to the family farm and I’ve been having so much fun discovering endless opportunities for portrait shoots at the farm.
There will be a transition period over the next year and we’re very much looking forward to our Vermont weddings AND our Southern New England weddings next year!

Announcement 2: Speaking of Vermont weddings: we’ve picked the “winners” for the free Vermont wedding we were offering.  So fun reading the responses!
On July 9, 2011 we will be shooting Arik and Mike’s wedding and reception aboard the Spirit of Ethan Allen on Lake Champlain! These two are pretty amazing. We are excited to work with them and I’m sure their 5,782* friends and family members will be excited too! We received overwhelming response about these two. We said that it didn’t matter how many nominations each couple got, but we didn’t count on one couple being nominated by sooo many people! Each note featuring Arik and Mike gave us a better picture of just how wonderful these men are.

We read things like:

“The two of them together are absolutely hilarious, and I can’t imagine them not together, ever. Both of them would give the shirt of their back to help a friend in need, and anyone else for that matter…”
-John H.

“Arik is so sweet, caring and compassionate and extremely funny … Michael is Arik’s partner who is sweet, sensitive, extremely funny and an amazing artist.  The two of them together make a fabulous couple …”
-Carolyn W.

“I’m getting to be a part of the happiest day of my best friends life with the man he loves with all his heart and I want this day to be perfect for both of them and getting this opportunity would mean the world to them.”
-Chris A.

“A quick story about them…a couple years ago a number of people from Essex Middle School (where Arik and I work) ran in the Vermont City Marathon.  Michael was out there cheering for all of us!  You could tell that they would support each other through anything…even a grueling…and slow…6 hour race.  Michael even gave me his headphones when mine died!”
-Lindsay M.

“They are so nice to me and so devoted to each other.”
-Sally S.

“I was actually with them the night they started dating, and have been a big part of their lives since. I am really eager to see them finally get married!”
-Heidi K.

“Mike and Arik are really great friends of mine and have always made me feel loved and included.”
-Sarah B.

“what I’d really like to share is my thoughts about them as a “good people” couple. They respect each other, make each other laugh, support each other, maintain individuality,  encourage each other and generally enjoy life together. Great traits to find in couples, married or dating, and something you unfortunately don’t see that often. This bind is for life and I look foward to the day when they make it official!”
-Kim M.

“He was the one I wanted to date.  No joke, he was super cute and well you can see how far that went haha.”
-Christine H.

“In all of the years that Michael and Arik have been together, I can officially say that they are still in the “honeymoon phase.”
-Krystal W.

See? Exciting! And when I talked briefly with Mike about their wedding plans …. eee!!

*educated guess

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I think the kids had their moments too – but mostly they were on the go. Lots to do to prepare the perfect “flying race car” complete with seaweed horn in the steering wheel and superb comfort in the seat area thanks again to seaweed – oh and it is essential that all seaweed be wet. To achieve wet seaweed simply retrieve the greenery thrown into the water by your sister as she attempts to rid the beach of all seaweed left by the high tide.

View from our back deck at the beginning of the day and at the end of the day:

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