Nora + Kevin — Coolidge Corner Engagement – xo, CoCo

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

This was one of those nights that didn’t go exactly to plan, but that turned out better than any of us could have planned! (And included way more beer than should have been allowed…)

When I think of Nora and Kevin the first word that comes to mind is genuine. That is exactly how they are: sweet, genuine, silly, sarcastic, wonderful  people. We got along from the very start, and I love them because they were adventurous enough to 1) Suggest we shoot in their favorite bar, and thus be embarrassed to ever go back there again ;) and 2) Drink enough beer to survive shooting outside in the freezing cold because I wanted to experiment! So, while it wasn’t the original plan, we ended up hanging out at Otto Pizza in Coolidge Corner, then wandering around the theater across the street. It was great fun and these two faces make me so happy. (Side-note: I’m not the only one who was obsessed, there was a collective “Aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwww…” in the office for DAYS and these pictures circulated from Pam to Krista and I). See for yourself!

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

In my opinion, ALL engagement sessions should start with beer. :)

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

It was SUPER cold by this point in the night, but these two were such troopers! So we wandered over to the Coolidge Corner Theater, and I made them snuggle in an alleyway, so romantic right? ;)

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

My trusty assistant Pam helped me light the fire escape out behind the theater. How fun!

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

Then we walked a little more to get warmed up.

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

Adorable Engagement Portrait Session in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA

Can you even handle the cuteness?? I can’t wait to see these guys again at the Epicenter in June! Nora, thank you for rolling with the punches and being so lovely! Kevin thank you for being so late and “forcing” us to drink so much delicious beer, I could not be happier with the results! :) Find more on Facebook!

Molly + Eli — Summer Engagement Session in Brookline

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

So, you may have noticed that most of the blog posts lately have been from CoCo… Man, she makes me look like a slacker! ;)  Seriously, I’ve been sick almost all winter and haven’t made much time for blogging the last few months.  I think it’s high time I get back to it!!  What better way to start than with these love birds?!

I met up with Molly & Eli at their home in Brookline on a warm summer evening.  We took a walk through their neighborhood to a local park and enjoyed a little time hanging out, climbing trees, and definitely laughing!  Check out my favorites from our engagement shoot!

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

See how cute they are together?!

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

Gotta love a couple who’s not afraid to climb a tree :)

Summer Engagement Session in Brookline, MA

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

She thinks he’s crazy, and he loves it

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

It’s moments after this shot that I stepped into a hole in the ground and totally fell on my face!  Don’t worry, I saved the camera though!  I am so graceful ;)

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

 Ah!  I love the light!

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

Summer Engagement Session in Brookline, MA

Adorable.

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

Summer Engagement Portrait Session in Brookline, MA

I had a blast hanging out & laughing with you, Molly & Eli!  Come back tomorrow to see my favorites from their gorgeous wedding at the Seaport Hotel!  And you can see more of my favorites in their album on Facebook here.

Ziva + Jonah — Spring Valley Country Club Wedding

Ziva and Jonah were married on a strangely warm November day, just as they had predicted. And just as WE predicted their day was filled with some wonderful emotional moments. Ziva and Jonah were both surrounded by a ton of friends and family who all seemed so incredibly honored to be a part of their special day. It was wonderful to witness, from the traditional and emotional bedekken and tisch ceremonies to the CRAZY dance party, it was such an amazing day! It was exactly their style: simple, heartfelt, classic, and emotional. Love them!

Krista and I started out with Ziva at her parents beautiful old house in Brookline.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

I grabbed this downstairs while the girls were busy…

Spring Valley Country Club Wedding

Ziva reading the sweetest note from Jonah.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Then we all headed over to the country club to finish getting dressed

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

I can’t get enough of her beautiful sister and mother! They are so sweet!

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Some of my favorite family formals. Ever.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

A little toast before the Bedekken started!

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

And here’s the wonderful Ben Schaefer’s shot of Jonah during his Tisch.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Love this graphic shot from Ben as well.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

The girls were having a lot of fun at Ziva’s Bedekken, I love having all the generations together like that!

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club Wedding

Three more from Ben at the Tisch.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

This is my favorite part! Ben’s shot of Jonah approaching the bride.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

And another from Ben of the boys celebrating.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Ziva’s moment with her dad is so precious.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

The next two are mine, first Ziva with her soon to be mother-in-law.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

The light was so cool!

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

And then onto the ceremony! Absolutely LOVE this moment!

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club Wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Here’s mine of Jonah, all smiles.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

The new Mr. and Mrs.!

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club Wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

She is just RADIANT!

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Here’s my view.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

I grabbed this as they walked back to join their guests.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club Wedding

Spring Valley Country Club Wedding

Spring Valley Country Club Wedding

Not soon afterwards, it was a serious dance party ya’ll!

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Haha! I love Ben’s face in the back!!

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Here’s mine of Ziva and her mom, so fun!

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Ben, genius.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Jonah did the best rap/toast for Ziva.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Awwww sisters.

Spring Valley Country Club wedding

Ziva and Jonah, we were incredibly honored to document this very special day for you. What an emotional roller coaster it was!! In the best way :) Thank you for letting us be a part of it!

Pop on over to facebook for more, and we’ll see ya Monday for the next lovely couple!

Venue: Spring Valley Country Club

Caterer: Catering by Andrew

Rings: Grono and Christie Jewelers

Flowers: New Leaf Flores

Dress: Monique L’hullier from Kleinfeld’s Bridal, with Keisha from “Say Yes to the Dress” :)

Custom made bolero (with bride’s grandmother’s lace): Anne Nieman Bridal

Hair stylist: Jennifer Tawa, HC Studio

Men’s Attire: Frank’s Custom Tailoring

Ketubah: Kolbo Fine Judaica Gallery

Favors:  Jewish prayer books  – Custom Siddur

Photography: Krista Photography

Second Shooter: Ben Schaefer

Assistant: CoCo Boardman

Ziva + Jonah — Brookline Engagement Session

Krista calls her engagement sessions “Day-in-the-life” engagement sessions for a reason, she wants to express what your real life is like! Where you live, where you got engaged, things you do, how you act around each other, or the stupid stuff you laugh about… all the things that make your relationship REAL.

Well Ziva & Jonah’s engagement session was just that, a snapshot of their lives. Krista and these two adorable people started at Ziva’s parents’ house, they went for a walk around the nearby reservoir, had a quick outfit change, then stopped by Jonah’s parents’ house, and checked out the pond down the street. SO simple. SO perfect. All you really need are two people in love and BOOM. Real. Pictures.

Here they are in Ziva’s parents’ beautiful old house in Brookline, where she later got ready for her wedding :)

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

We love random strangers in our pictures :)

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

And then for a quick costume change!

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

SOOOOOO cute!

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Summer Engagement Session by the pond

Aren’t they adorable?? Get on over to Facebook to see some more of these two cuties, and we’ll see you Friday for their wedding!

Mary & Gerard’s Engagement Session – Brookline, MA

Springtime and summer in New England can be a bit, um, rainy – as you saw in the last post.  This can make scheduling engagement sessions a little tricky.  Mary & Gerard were having the worst luck finding a time for their shoot and we ended up doing it just this past week.  There are a bunch of shoots waiting in the queue, but I bumped this one up since they’re getting married one week from today!  I like to make sure clients see their engagement images before the wedding so I can get feedback from them on what they like & what they don’t particularly love.  Plus, if they love them (which clearly I hope they do!), they feel that much more comfortable on the wedding day!  So, in light of that, here are a few of my favorites from Maria & Gerard’s session at Larz Anderson Park!

The sunlight was just perfect that evening!

Anderson Park Engagement Session

It’s a beautiful park, and we only walked around a small part of it!  I can’t wait to explore some more :)

Anderson Park Engagement Session

Anderson Park Engagement Session

You wouldn’t know that Gerard hates having his picture taken ;)

Anderson Park Engagement Session

I was loving the checkered floor, and the columns, and the light coming in!

Anderson Park Engagement Session

Anderson Park Engagement Session

And then I looked up, and had to shoot the ceiling too!  How cute are these two, by the way?!

Anderson Park Engagement Session

feet :)

Anderson Park Engagement Session

Anderson Park Engagement Session

Anderson Park Engagement Session

Mary & Gerard – thanks for a fun evening!  It was great to see you, and to meet Gerard at last.  I’m super excited for your wedding – 7 more days!!  Have a GREAT week with your families and I’ll see you sooooon!  :D

If you’d like to view more of my favorites from this shoot, please check out the album on Facebook!

Noah’s Bar Mitzvah

A few weeks ago, I photographed Noah’s Bar Mitzvah in Brookline. This fabulous event was planned by the talented Nathalya Mamane, and took place at Veronique Boston. Noah and his family had recently returned from a trip to China and the whole party had a Chinese theme. It was beautifully done, and the party was so much fun! Here’s a look…

Some of the gorgeous details… Flowers courtesy of Carol Silverston of The Original Touch, Cake by John at Party Favors.


Noah reading Torah



Noah’s grandparents. What can I say? I’m a sucker for a cute little old man!


Noah’s aunt holding his very shy, but very cute little sister


I’m always so entertained by the games at Bar Mitzvahs! The light coming into the ballroom was just about perfect, and mix that with a bunch of girls hoola-hooping, and I was having a blast!




I wasn’t the only one fascinated by the hoola-hoops…


The Hora is one of my FAVORITE Jewish traditions! It makes me want to have a Jewish wedding someday. Though I doubt my Irish-Catholic family would quite know what to do… ;) Noah was loving it!


His Mom was a little scared at first


Dad was getting into it though


As was Noah’s little brother


Even his little sister had fun with it!



More games… Coke & Pepsi, anyone?


Fun on the dance floor



One of the things I love about Bar Mitzvahs is when the adults get in on the fun and let themselves be kids for a little bit


Noah’s birthday cake was AMAZING! One of the coolest cakes I’ve ever seen, for sure! (check out the detail collage at the top to see some more of the front of the cake)


this is what a 13-year-old looks like when he’s making a wish


All in all, I think Noah and his friends had an awesome time!


Congratulations Noah! Thanks so much for having me as part of your day!