Lara Kimmerer | photographer

South End Open Studios | visit in person or online

This weekend is Open Studios in the South End of Boston.  It's supposed to be a beautiful weekend - and what better way to celebrate the beginning of fall than walking around looking at art!  

I'll be shooting a wedding on Saturday, but I'll definitely be there on Sunday.  Come and visit me at 46 Waltham Street - Studio 109.  If you can't visit...I've posted some of my favorite images in an online gallery.  You can order prints online - and they'll arrive at your door just a few days later.  Check out the link to the online gallery.

 

visit my online gallery:  http://larakimmerer.zenfolio.com/p1013303659 

 

Kate & Sean | engaged

Kate & Sean are absolutely perfect for each other.  Kate is so funny - and Sean matches her exuberance with his own brand of calm and quiet humor. 

They live on the South Shore, so we decided to spend the evening walking around the city - finding little nooks and fun places to photograph.  We finished up at a baseball diamond.  Kate & Sean play softball on the same team.  What's funny about that is Kate strongly dislikes playing, but does it for Sean.  We had fun playing around on the field - and the city!

And we'll end with a few images of Kate & Sean hammin' it up for the camera.  Seriously one of the funniest shoots I've had in a long while.

This shoot was so much fun!  And not just because Peter & I were treated to a dinner out in Boston afterwards.  Thank you again, Kate & Sean!  See you very soon!

and the winner is...

Last week I asked you to tell me your favorite moment of the summer.  I really enjoyed reading all of them.  Some of them brought tears to my eyes...they were all wonderful. 

Eight of you commented, so I gave each of you a number from 1-8...first commenter to the last.  I used a random number generator from random.org - and the winner is...Tom!!

Congratulations!  You'll be receiving a bag of wonderful tasty goodness from one of my favorite places on this earth...Clear Flour!  Yay!!

Happy Monday Everyone!

Bonnie & Burton | sneak peek

It's Sunday! - and I'm not going to be getting in a car and driving anywhere.  For the last month or more I've been traveling on Sundays to and from - from and to - and this Sunday I get to stay put.  We'll be going over to our friends' home just to be - just to chat - what a lovely and perfect day ahead.

Yesterday was an extra lovely day...especially for Bonnie & Burton.  I have so many thoughts, so many things to say about this wedding, but those will wait for another day.  Sitting here writing this I'm getting a little emotional actually...the entire day was wonderful and calm, and very much them.

I have a good deal of wedding clients waiting incredibly patiently for their beautiful weddings to appear on here, so it will be a bit before Bonnie & Burton's, but a sneak peek for now...these were taken following the ceremony - just a few moments with just each other to take it all in.  I love these.

(I usually only show one photo in a sneak peek, but I couldn't decide, so you get two.)

enjoy your Sunday! 

thoughts in the mid-afternoon...with a snack

While it is still technically summer, and I don't have school to remind me of what this time of year is supposed to feel like, I still can sense the change of the seasons.  I do enjoy autumn...I do, but summer is where my heart belongs, where it feels the most at home.  Even on those overpoweringly hot, muggy days - I'm happy.  

With a very eventful summer on the verge of moving behind me, I sit at my desk editing images, upon images, upon even more images (enjoying it, of course) - and take in the slightly (very slightly) chilly breeze coming through my window.  The groove of work and life is starting to set in, ever so hesitantly.  I'm ready - and not really ready all at the same time.  

So, to jump start my afternoon of working at my desk I've made myself a cup of french press Equal Exchange coffee - Love Buzz, with a side of chocolate walnut biscotti from Clear Flour - honestly one of my favorite places in this world.  I wouldn't be surprised if their business hinged on my purchases - kidding, sort of.  

In honor of the upcoming fall season, I would love it if each of you left a comment in the 'comments' section of this post with one thing that brightened your Summer season.  What one moment really stands out in your memory from the past few months?  And, one lucky, lucky poster will receive a bag of tasty goodness from Clear Flour!!  I invite all of you to write something...strangers, clients, friends, fellow photographers, family...everyone!  I'll be choosing someone, at random, on Monday morning.

my one moment:  This summer was filled with so many great experiences...spending time with friends, my best friend's wedding, our amazing party, and just standing on my rock in the lake.  But, my moment is the seconds before Peter proposed...knowing what was happening...but it hadn't happened yet - taking it all in...the lake, the sky, the breeze, Peter sitting next to me.  That's my moment.