Category: Portraits

Outdoor Family Photographs on a Beautiful Vermont Morning

Post author By Benjamin Bloom
Post date August 26, 2010
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This past Saturday, I spent the morning at Oakledge Park in Burlington with Courtney, Kinsley, Andrew, and Connor . We had a great time wandering around the park, taking a combination of posed and candid photos. When you have an almost four year old involved, you never know what you’re going to get, but both kids were in good moods, very well behaved, and we had a great time making some photos.

We started on the swings, spidering, which turns out to be one of Kinsley’s favorites things to do. It was a good way to relax and get into the swing of taking some photos.

Then we settled into some posed photographs for a little while

Totally unprompted, and they struck almost exactly the same pose.

If you go to Oakledge, you can’t miss out on the giant treehouse, so we headed up there next.

What’s Cody drawing in the sand?

“I love you, Dad” of course. What a great kid!

I think this is my favorite series from the whole day!

It’s hard to argue with a quote like this, “The pics are SOOO great THANK YOU!!!! It really was fun shooting pics! The best part was the kids thought so too!” I had a great time, too, Courtney! Thanks for the opportunity to hang out with you and make some great photos.

Tags Burlington, Essex, Family, Lake Champlain, Oakledge, Outdoor, Outside, park, Photo, Photograph, Photography, pic, picture, Portrait, Vermont, VT

Music Photograph Portraits

Portraits for a San Francisco based, but Vermont bred, musician

Post author By Benjamin Bloom
Post date August 4, 2010
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Early last month — you remember, then the temperatures were in the mid 90’s and the humidity matched — I connected up with Miranda Ferriss Jones to take some photos for her upcoming album. She was back in town visiting her family and had a vision for some photos contrasting the vintage dresses she performs in with the rustic farmhouse, barn, and tractor she grew up with. So, Tawny & I hopped in the car and drove down to Monkton from Burlington. It was a welcome road trip because it meant we had a brief reprieve from the heat in the car’s AC! We spent a couple of hours walking around using a few locations, one of which included the upper floor of the old barn which had to be well over 100° and filled with bat guano. Despite the heat, we had a lot of fun and came up with a variety of looks.

If you haven’t heard of Miranda before, I recommend visiting her site. She described herself as a singer-songwriter when she contacted me, but it’s a bit of a misnomer. While she writes and performs her own material, she’s got a heavy Jazz influence which is quite refreshing in today’s world of mediocre pop. Give her a listen!

It was nice to meet & work with you, Miranda. Best of luck with the new album; I’m looking forward to hearing it!

Tags Headshot, Music, Photo, Photograph, Photography, pic, picture, Portrait, Vermont, VT

Engagement Portraits

A Burlington Engagement Session with Peter & Emily

Post author By Benjamin Bloom
Post date May 26, 2010
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I had the great honor of taking some engagement photos (I guess all the cool kids are calling them E-Sessions now) for a wonderful couple and some good friends of mine, Peter & Emily. We tromped around Burlington shooting in a couple of alleys on our way down to One Main St. and the Lake Champlain waterfront to enjoy a beautiful sunset.

Peter is a musician and he’s a frequent guest in front of my camera, but most of the time that I’m taking photos of him, Emily is in the audience listening to his melodies. Not this time! We had a great time laughing with each other while we made these photos. Near the end of the night, Peter said, “This is great! How often do I get to spend a few hours focused on being in love with Emily?” I can’t wait for their wedding this fall!

Peter & Emily's Burlington Vermont Engagement (E-Session) photos