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This weekend, DJ, Kira and I headed out to take advantage of the GORGEOUS November weather and capture some stellar engagement shots in the South End in Boston. Stay tuned for my full blog of our adventures and for even more fun images! Congratulations you two!!
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It has sure been a busy fall season for Kiera Slye Photography! It is hard to believe that this is now my second fall season in business! How exciting is that?! I know I am excited! I’ve fallen a bit behind in my blogging of late, but hope to get back on track soon! Check out this shoot from a few weeks ago. This is my beautiful friend Kristin, whom I met in law school.
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Kristin’s mom, Sue, celebrated a milestone birthday recently and Kristin chose to invest in a fabulous gift: family photography! We had a gorgeous day for our fall portrait session, however, as one bitter crowd go-er described it: we couldn’t have chosen a busier day. Yes, that’s right, we scheduled our portrait session along the Charles River, during the Head of the Charles Regatta! Woopsie! Here’s a shot where one of the rowing teams passed through! Luckily most of our shooting locations were farther down from the main action and I was working with a very cool family!
We had a ton of fun scoping out different places to capture fun images. Mikayla demonstrated her acrobatics and climbed up a tree for this shot:
I hope Kristin and Sue don’t kill me, but this shot still makes me laugh. I love the matching expressions that they have on their faces as they watch Eric help hoist Mikayla up into the tree! Too funny!
Ok, so now that I got that fun picture out of the way. Sit back and enjoy some of the rest of my favorite family portraits from the day!
This is one of my new favorite views of the city! Taken near the BU bridge.
We captured these shots on our walk to Max Brenners on Boylston Street for some delicious brunch!
This location was so cool! It was on our way down to the Commonwealth Mall. I’ve walked past here a million times and have never seen this view! So fun!
Gorgeous sisters! Makes me miss my little sis!
Note to self and all of my readers: this family coordinated their outfits beautifully! I definitely want to add Kristin and Mikayla’s dresses to my wardrobe and totally want to steal Sue’s pants and boots! What a fun and fashionable family! (Eric- you looked great too, I’m just not interested in wearing your clothes!). Happy Birthday Sue! It was a blast hanging out with your family!
I loooooooooove these pictures. I am so in awe of what you can do with a camera! Love you and thanks for these gorgeous pics!
Thanks Kiera for sharing, loved spending time with you…it was a fabulous day. The pictures came out awesome.. Luv them
It was a spectacular day spent with my favorite people in the world and a spectacular photographer
Thanks so much Sue! What a great day for sure! Hope you enjoy these images for many many years to come!
Thanks sweet girl! So great seeing you guys! Can’t wait to see you again soon!
Last month I had the privilege of photographing a sweet and perfect little two year old for her second year portraits! Meet Peyton. She loves smiling, dancing, tutus, reading and bubbles!
Steph and Tim are good friends of mine from back home in Rochester, NY. I was delighted when they called me to a portrait session along the Erie Canal in Pittsford, NY, for Peyton, who turned 2 less than one week earlier.
These pictures were so much fun to capture. We had perfect weather and were able to capture these images just before sunset at Shoen Place in Pittsford, NY. A local musician set up an impromptu concert just in time to provide for a perfect ambiance and a great distraction for Peyton. She rocked her brand new pink tutu and taught me some fabulous new dance moves that I will be implementing into my repertoire immediately!
These images of P and her daddy make me want to cry. How cute is it going to be to see these in a wedding slideshow when she gets to that age! Oh dear… please don’t kill me Steph and Tim!
Here are the rest of my favorite images from our day.
Peyton sharing her birthday cake with the pigeons.
Peyton exploring.
P takes her daddy shopping... she's starting early!
Playing with some bubbles and sneaking her binky!
I cannot wait to come home for Christmas and get to see this sweetheart again soon!
This sweet little boy made his grand entrance into the world on July 30, 2012. I had the privilege of meeting him right after he turned one week old! He was welcomed into the loving arms of some pretty fantastic parents. His mama is a super talented design star, who I would love to have over to re-decorate my house and pick out my outfits! His daddy is a stand up guy who has the cutest bond with his little boy.
Alex wore the sweetest little outfit for the beginning of our portrait session. He was born with a full head of thick dark hair that was combed into an adorable side part.
Alex was such a good sport during our session, despite going through some growing pains. He loved to be held, eat, and to hear the sound of his daddy’s voice.
The nursery that Alex’s mama and grandma designed was the perfect setting for a large part of our newborn session. Not a detail was spared and I had a blast discovering each of them.
Here are some more of my favorite images from our day! I can’t wait to get back and see this little guy again soon!
This is my friend Karoline. She was recently diagnosed with Stage II/III breast cancer. She is a wife and mother to 2 beautiful little girls, Kamilla and Tamsen, and a sweet and snuggley Puggle, Polie.
Karoline has been courageously battling her cancer in a fearless manner! When Karoline found out that she would need to go through chemo therapy as one of her treatments, she contacted me to schedule 2 very important portrait sessions. The first one would be a portrait session with her family before she lost her hair. The second would be a session where her girls and husband helped her to shave her head in preparation for the hair loss.
I was blown away by Karoline’s positive attitude and ability to tackle this enormous milestone with grace and integrity. We had such a fantastic time together during our family portrait session. We walked through our neighborhood in the South End, snagged a few cute shots and then headed out for ice cream to finish the night.
Later the next week, Karoline called me. We needed to reschedule our session for when Karoline would shave her head to an earlier date because the chemo was starting to take effect quicker than anticipated. By the time we had our session (just 2 days later), Karoline’s hair was already falling out by the handful.
Karoline wanted to have her daughters help her through this phase of her battle by having them cut and shave her hair. She knew that by having them be a part of this experience, it would help them make the adjustment to a mom with no hair. I don’t have the words to describe the power of this family experience. All I can say is that you could feel the strength and love pouring from each and every one of the family members present on that balcony that day!
The girls were initially excited to dig in and play barber with their mommy.
However as we went further along through the process, they began to see just how delicate their mommy’s hair was. These little girls happen to be even braver than I would have ever expected. They were caring, kind, and delicate as they helped their mom gracefully enter her new stage—defeating cancer!
Here are some of the powerful images I captured during our session. This first image is when the girls took a picture of the back of Karoline’s head. With so much hair already falling out, she had large bald spots in back already.
Karoline’s husband, Todd, has signed up for 2 marathons in support of Karoline, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, the Jimmy Fund and the Baystate Marathon. Please consider checking out his support page and offer your support towards his fundraising goal. Here is a link to his support page: Todd’s Support Page.
Finally, since it is Words to Live By Wednesday, I thought I would share one final powerful quote for the day:
“Cancer is so limited. It cannot cripple love; it cannot corrode faith; it cannot shatter hope; it cannot eat away peace; it cannot destroy confidence; it cannot kill friendship; it cannot shutout memories; it cannot silence courage; it cannot invade the soul; it cannot reduce eternal life; it cannot quench the spirit.“- Author unknown
For all you who either are going through cancer now, or have friends and family who are, hang in there and keep on fighting the good fight! Hopefully soon we will have the answer and cure for this horrible disease!
