MP wanted new family photos for holiday gifts this year, but she needed a photographer with a certain je ne sais quoi. And then, like in a dream, Scarborough-based mom and photographer Cathy Davis appeared. Well, not really, but when MP discovered Cathy’s work, she had a feeling her wish had come true.
The team arranged for Cathy to do a photo shoot at one of our favorite family parks. We instantly liked her easygoing style—she knew when to give direction, but Cathy was also great at observing and shooting the spontaneous moments.
The session definitely had its challenges. It was cold. Windy. CP#2 was feeling a little ornery. But Cathy managed our duo with ease—never appearing ruffled for a minute. She brought helium balloons in the kids’ favorite colors. And she even had a bag of small toys for CP #1 and #2 to select when our session was over. This is a woman who knows her clients.
With all that blustery cold, MP wasn’t sure how the photos would look once they were ready, but Cathy didn’t disappoint. She sent at least a dozen teasers to view in just two days. The photos were everything the team could have hoped for and more:
Anyone who can make a family of four look like they’re having a blast on a chilly, November day is aces in our book. We can’t wait to share the pictures with our relatives and friends.
Like what you see? Win a photo session with Cathy for your family. Tell us: what’s the most memorable family photo you’ve ever taken? We’ll select a winner Friday, November 26.
For more on Cathy Clicks, visit her site or call 749.0907. Mention Cute Potato and get 25% off your family photo session.
The most memorable would have to be with my birth family in Korea after just meeting them,
Our most memorable experience was last November when my sister and I decided to plan a 4 generation picture. The photographer told us to dress all in the same color (which was a disaster…we decided on blue and my grandmother came complete with blue eyeshadow!) We went to a great place and it was a beautiful day, but the photographer bunched us all up and faced us towards the sun. So we got $500 worth of pictures of a group of squinting Smurfs. It was terrible!
I took a picture of my then almost 5 year old daughter the moment she met her newborn brother. That photo so perfectly captured the love between the two of them. I used it for his birth announcements and keep a large copy of it in my office.
At this point, we don’t have a family photo, we are a foster family and I love the way our family is always changing, but it’s hard to keep up with family photos! I’m trying to figure out how we’re going to get one for our Christmas card, since everyone is so busy!
Our most memorable photo was our first family Christmas card photo. We also have some wonderful photos/memories from family reunions over the the past few years.
My sister came for a visit from away, knowing that my grandfather wasn’t doing well. We have a photo of four generations of that side of the family; it ended up being the last photo ever taken of my grandfather. It wasn’t a great photo, but I love it, because we are all in it. Too bad my own children were not in it, too, but I was a late bloomer, and they would not be born for several years. My grandparents would have loved them.
Our favorite family photo was when our 5 year old son held his new baby brother for the first time. He was looking directly into his brothers eyes and you could see how much he loved him.
My daughter just turned one and I am now realizing that we have only ever taken a couple of family photos that have both my husband and I in them. It seems that all of our photos (4,000 or so) have just one of us or the other, and we have lots of photos of just the baby or the baby with other relatives. The most memorable family photo we have is of the three of us on Thanksgiving last year, when our daughter was just a couple of weeks old. We had not ended up getting professional photos done in the hospital due to an unexpected NICU stay, so we have very few photos from the very early days. This photo is so “memorable” because it has become our token family photo, despite the fact that it was taken in poor light and I basically look like I just rolled out of bed. In hindsight I wish I had bothered to do my hair and makeup, but who knew it would be one of only a couple photos of all three of us taken in the first year! That said, we do have some beautiful photos of our daughter with her grandparents and great-grandparents, including one four-generation photo, and we are thrilled to have those.
My children are now grown up and I still cherish those first few photographs taken while they were in NICU.. brings back memories.
My most memorable family photo is one of my two boys and my nephew. My sister and I tried so hard to get all three boys to smile for the camera, but the youngest two were eighteen and twenty months old and weren’t having any part of sitting still! The pictures were hilarious, and the best one was where all three boys were in various stages of escaping and all looking in different directions!
The best family photo was taken as our daughter cleared customs, bringing our newest grandson home from Ethiopia.
I’m not entirely certain we have any pictures of our family – one parent is always behind the camera and we don’t have very good luck with timers! But we have one great picture with myself, my boys, my brother and his family. They moved to England this fall and came to visit before they left. We took a picture in the castle in gloucester, mass – he used a timer and all the kids were laughing at him and it turns out that all of us were looking at the camera AND smiling! A minor miracle. My boys still talk about chasing their cousin thru that castle.
Our most memorable family photo was in Camden, ME on our way to Bar Harbor to camp. We had a picnic lunch in the town’s outdoor amphitheater and then played around in the park (overlooking the ocean) before getting back in the car. We were not planning to take a family photo, but a gentleman offered as our kids (a 3.5 year old and twin 1 year olds) were playing on a bench. Somehow… and I still don’t know how… we’re all looking towards the camera and smiling naturally, with the view of the harbor in the background. I love that the impromptu moment was captured so beautifully and unexpectedly.
We hardly have any pictures with all four of us, either! In a futile attempt to capture perfect-happy-family-surrounded-by-beautiful-New England-fall-foliage, we spent about 30 minutes one day last month running to set the timer on the camera propped on our car hood, my husband holding our one year old daughter and me our two year old son. Our son looked so grumpy in every picture–I decided we needed a kid/parent switch and was so happy when the next picture showed a smiling little boy! Unfortunately, the smiling boy had chosen that moment to pinch my husband’s neck–my husband is grimacing and my daughter is looking to see where the muffled yelp of pain is coming from!