Jennifer Shore Photography

The fabulous and beautiful Young family

I have been waiting to do this session for about a year and a half.  About that long ago the amazing and talented Kristina Young of Kristina Young Photography was kind enough to photograph my little family.  She is a local photographer in Topsfield and I loved her work as soon as I saw it.  I knew I had to get myself in front of the camera and asked if she would do a trade.  Without hesitating she said yes and I am forever grateful.  If you are a photographer you probably are rarely in any of your own family photos.   I know it is hard to have a camera pointed at you but I am so happy that I just bit the bullet and made it to the other side.  Now I have beautiful memories captured forever that you can see HERE. Don’t ever wait to take photos of yourself and your family!

Well, to make a long story a little shorter, Kristina has been so busy photographing that I sort of forced her to find a time for us to get together.  Finally we had a time and she showed up dressed in a wardrobe that I really want.  I need to shop where she does.  She has this gorgeous family that belongs in a magazine.  Owen is movie star handsome, Kristina is completely beautiful (yes Kristina!  you ARE!) and their 2 kids Christofer and Janey have these eyes that you could swim in and perfect, little kid smiles that make your heart melt.  We didn’t have much time as we are losing light so I am going to make sure to gather their gang together again and spend more time with them in front of my camera.  In the meantime, I am so happy to have a few images for her and will make sure to hire her in the future for our family photos.

Posted January 26, 2011 (20:48) in boston, family, massachusetts, natural light, north shore, photography

2 Comments

  • Nicole says:
    January 28, 2011 at 5:47 pm

    Beautiful photos! I particularly love the b&w of the family and the one of her and Cristofer giving Eskimo kisses. Super sweet!

  • shey says:
    February 2, 2011 at 11:37 am

    Oh how I love these!!! Kristina is STUNNINGLY gorgeous and her family looks amazing and so happy together in all of these. Jennifer this is one of my favorite sessions from you! Amazing color and energy in these – love love love! Kristina you need to get that one of you and Owen somewhere in your house ASAP!! Love!!

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  • About Jennifer Shore Photography

  • As long as I can remember, I have loved being connected to kids. I always knew that I would have a life working with children in some form. Since my other big interest has been human behavior, I ended up with a formal education in Child Development / Family Relations and a master's degree in clinical social work. As a school therapist for children with emotional and behavioral special needs, it was still possible for me to see beauty in even the most difficult and disturbed child. Luckily right around the time I was doing this work, I was also exploring my other favorite interest, photography.

    One day I decided to bring a camera into work. The results were amazing. The children loved to see themselves in photographs and I LOVED to take pictures of them. With the help of my photography teacher and best friend, photographer Andrew Xenios, I ended up having an exhibition of the kids I worked with. The pictures seemed to capture the essence of each person; even the most troubled child was still beautiful. From there, it was just a natural progression to become a portrait photographer.

    The fact that I am just a big kid myself has helped me gain a wonderful perspective on children and their families. Photographing children provides me with the opportunity to show others the joy I see inside every one of them. This is what I want for my clients, to capture the moments when they feel most childlike, most at ease; as these are the moments when our true beauty is revealed.