My mother-in-law reminded me — just a couple of hundred times — that I hadn't taken a family photo of my own kids in years. Well, the cobblers kids don't have shoes, either… My children balk and battle me when I want to photograph them. With all the resistance, I wasn't in a hurry to [...]
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Take Heart… I love photo shoots with the creative women in my neighborhood who are busy making new products and developing their businesses. Laurie Gonyea, founder of Knit Outta the Box, is a dynamo, always bringing out new products she has designed. This afternoon we spent two hours shooting her mittens. She made one pair [...]
Bat Mitzvah Portraits
Posted: December 9, 2009 by judylichtphotography in GeneralTags: Bimah, Mitzvah, Synagogue
I don't know what it is about Bar/Bat Mitzvahs that I love so much…but I'm thinking it is the sweet shift toward maturity I see in these kids as they stand at the pulpit reading from the Torah. The sense of accomplishment is fun and exciting to document.
Visit Urinetown to see a great play directed by Harriet Bronstein. Please excuse any technical glitches.
A couple of weeks ago, a neighbor, Anne Barton, sent an email out on our local listserve looking for a photographer to shoot some of her paintings. I answered her offline and we set up a shoot. It was a great experience for me, because I had a chance to meet a neighbor, and [...]
Photographing kids acting is so much fun! Our high school is putting on Urinetown (what a yukky name) and there is a rich mean dude — here he is… and the poor young handsome one… Stay tuned for photographs of the performance. Opening night is hours away.
It's raining today, so I won't be shooting outside…no problem. there's always something to do indoors. I walk three miles in the woods, almost every day, with a group of great women. It's never boring, because we talk talk talk as we walk walk walk. What really keeps us going back every day is how [...]
A lot of us who know Meryl think she was born a teenager. Like the perennial bridesmaid, Meryl has been waiting in the wings a long time for her Bat Mitzvah day to arrive. Here's a preview of the movie we showed at her party!
Check out this movie of the bands…they raised a lot of money for their school. Yeah!!!!
The great outdoors — Rock Creek Park — is a wonderful place for family photos, especially in the fall. Trees to climb, leaves to jump in, creeks for throwing rocks. Check out this beautiful family…we had a great time getting to know each other.
