It pays to be flexible...

When I first met Max (very soon to be 1) and his parents his usual nap didn't pay off and despite a few keepers we decided it would be best for me to come back the week after. His true colours came out and we got the little man's cheeky personality captured to mark his first year. While I was there it was great to take a few stories and tips on board for our own future child!

Meet the Nelsons...

So I've been a blogging slacker recently; been a little preoccupied with our new addition to the family... so here goes - I will be posting a few shoots that I've accumulated over the last four or five months....

Around a month ago I had the pleasure of meeting up with Lindsey and Adam for their engagement shoot. We headed up to the Minuteman national park to make use of the leaves (alas there wasn't much!), but we had some great light and made use of the cool historic buildings.

Now these two are definitely my jokers for 2010! They just couldn't stop making fun of each other, so we rolled with that and came out with some fun images of the two that hopefully seal their personalities. We headed into Boston to the common, walked around the streets, I lay in oncoming traffic while they laughed at me and then we walked back to the common to watch the sun set.

Lovely sunset it was too!

Last Wednesday night we had a little surprise come visit us a week and a day early. Meet Oliver Fox Brown, now just a week and a half, but growing fast and becoming completely attached to his mother.

It was an incredible experience becoming a dad for the first time. Seeing that little human being look up at you for the first time is overwhelming. I was there of course and managed to take some photos and video of his first few moments, which family and close friends have been lucky enough to see. I'm so very proud of my wife Nicole who had quite and ordeal to go through and trying my best to look after her and the house while she tends to Oliver.

Of course I'm going nuts with the photos and so glad I invested in an incredible little camera that has taken the majority of his first photos with. There'll be more to come on Oliver, but for now there's a few photos of the little guy here for you to see:

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Back in June I had shot Leah and Angus in the North End and I was very much looking forward to shooting their wedding at the Harvard Club. This was a couple very much at ease with each other and with Angus' deep Scottish roots I was looking forward to some different culture and of course the grilling speeches!

It was one of those days where the forecasters were predicting the very worst as a rather wintery nor'easter was headed our way (not so typical for October). However, as luck would have it we got through the day without a drop, but it wasn't exactly warm! The Harvard Club certainly made it all feel cosy with its roaring fireplaces.

I covered Leah's preparations with her friends and close family upstairs, while Doug headed over to Angus. Leah was drinking mimosas and Angus looked like he was tucking into the Scotch and ensuring there was a good supply in the hip flasks! We all proceeded through the maze of the old corridors to their brief ceremony before the guests peeled away and we sneaked them out for some photos on Commonwealth Avenue among the beautiful statues.  Back at the club, their extended reception went down a storm. Some perfect speeches were aimed at the newlyweds - suitable amounts of embarrassment were unleashed, along with some very touching tributes to Angus' parents. They then surprised Angus with traditional Highland dancing that really set the tone for the evening and then his friends took to the stage to rock them through the night.

Congrats to both of them and I wish them both the very best on their own journey! I remarked to one of their friends (who's boat we had borrowed for their engagement shoot) during the evening about how incredibly genuine and approachable their entire family and friends were. We both agreed they were in very safe company that night and definitely had a good foundation for their future together.

Don't forget to leave your comments on the bottom of this blog post and watch the slideshow!



Here's their slideshow (with music so turn up the volume!). Make sure that you hit the full screen button in the bottom right to view it in HD! Password = Leah's maiden name. AFTER YOU'VE VIEWED THE SLIDESHOW BELOW, YOU CAN VIEW ALL OF THE PHOTOS OF THEIR WEDDING BY CLICKING HERE

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