Brown Eyed Photography » Vermont Family Photography

Warm-Happy-Snow-filled Holidays to you!

sarah — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:10:00 +0000

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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Baby Emma’s smile

sarah — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:11:05 +0000

Baby Emma invited me to her house again. She’s so adorable with her big grin – but even cuter? Her parents! They are so so so in love with their tiny baby. Shaye makes up Emma-specific jingles on the fly and Sal can hardly be distracted from interacting with his daughter. See? Cute, cute!

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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The not so secret announcement x’s 2

sarah — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:03:46 +0000

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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Rhode Island Family Photography in Providence, RI

sarah — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:08:54 +0000

I was thrilled to discover that Erin’s family won the family session at Child’s Play silent auction last spring. Erin and Justin have an adorable 4 year old daughter who is full of life and an equally fun-loving 1 year old son. When Erin saw Sarah and Joe’s rainy session they fell in love with the colors of Prospect Park in Providence. We decided to skip the torrential rain part so postponed our session for a week – well worth it!

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Adoring family for Baby Tatum

sarah — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:21:44 +0000

… and what’s not to adore?!?

So exciting for Desiree and Josh, big sister Khylear and Big Brother Rowan!! And exciting for baby Tatum to be part of this love-filled family with enamored siblings and parents.

Baby Tatum was just 4 days old and she was so adept at holding her head up!

Congratulations on your newest addition! She’s lucky to have all of you!!

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Baby Jaxten and family in Franklin County, Vermont

sarah — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:45:04 +0000

Baby Jaxten was kind enough to arrive within two weeks of our trip to Vermont for Laura and Brian’s wedding. I was honored that Courtney contacted me asking when I’d be up to Vermont next as she wanted newborn pictures for the expected Jaxten… just like we’d done pictures when Taven was a newborn.

Well things were a little more hectic with the now 18 month old Taven but we managed to get a few of Jaxten…

…some Taven and Jaxten brotherly love….

….and even a family picture.

We definitely had to do a repeat of Taven’s picture… it’s still one of my favorites. So here’s a comparison (Jaxten on top).

I love seeing your family grow, Will and Courtney. Amazing to think Taven was this little just 18mos ago and even more amazing to think that Jaxten will be walking, giggling, and pointing out trains in 18mos!

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Baby Morgan in snowy Vermont

sarah — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:18:01 +0000

The adorable Morgan with her big eyes made the trek up to Vermont to see her mama’s family for the holidays and was so very kind to take some time out to come and do her 9 month pictures, inviting her parents to join the photo shoot this time. I’m so glad she did!

I should confess- her parents, particularly her mom, who claim to be not so photogenic… well, they were having such a good time that I couldn’t resist capturing some family action. In fact, there are way fewer Morgan proofs than family proofs. Morgan is moving and grooving and very into hanging out with her parents (unless an older kid is around to distract…) so why not include the family love?

… and some family fun too!

Love having the ongoing excuse to get together with you Morgan. Next time I see you you’ll be a year!! Hard to believe.

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When the guests all leave

sarah — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:43:42 +0000

The day after Josh and Desiree’s party I met back up with them when it was a little less busy to do some family pictures.

Maybe my favorite from the whole session:

Congratulations again, Josh and Dez, and thanks so much for meeting up with me during your crazy busy weekend to do family pictures.

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Kyrstyn at home in Enosburg, Vermont

sarah — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:28:12 +0000

When Kyrstyn mentioned at the Portrait Party that she wanted me to do her senior pictures I was thrilled! She’s easy going, smart, and easy to hang out with.
When it was time for her senior shoot, I met Kyrstyn sooooo early in the morning on (I think) the first frost day in Vermont for the season. It was cold. And Kyrstyn wore flip flops. Love it.

She sat on a cold swing, cold guard rail, cold ground, and laid on cold rocks… in a gutter!

And just for fun… Kyrstyn is the second of five children and I thought it would be fun to capture something that shows what life is like at their house. Kyrstyn told me some pretty great stories about her younger siblings:)

From the approximately 13 seconds I spent with Kyrstyn’s three younger siblings- they seem as mellow as she is- I so appreciated them running bare foot in the cold (did I mention that it was cold?) to get this shot.

Thank you Kyrstyn- so much!- for having me do your senior portraits. It was fun to have an excuse to hang out with you!

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