Happy Father's Day! | Boston & Saratoga Springs Family Photographer

Happy Father's Day weekend!

This weekend, I want to give a shout out to all of the dads who are absolutely rocking this whole parenthood thing.  I meet so many amazing families every single week, and I love being able to capture these sweet moments between dads and their little ones.  These little babies are going to grow up and have such a special bond with you, unique from every other relationship in their lives.  Enjoy every second of it, because they won't be this tiny to curl up in your arms forever!

For today's post, enjoy a peek at a collection of some of our favorite images from dads celebrating their first (or second, or third!) Father's Day this year.  Happy Father's Day to all of these amazing men.  Enjoy the weekend!

Shutter Session: Sophia and Violet

Last weekend I got together with two little girls in pink and purple dresses to shoot some photos for a Fathers' Day surprise.

We went to the Grist Mill at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, and the girls turned the grassy fields into their playground.  The oldest one, Sophia, told me all about how they were taking photos for "Daddy's Day" and that it was a secret.  Amazingly, they kept the secret all week long and didn't let it slip!  So Happy Fathers' Day to all the fathers out there, but especially to the ones of little girls who keep photo secrets to surprise their dads.

Sophia is the oldest, and she came up with all sorts of interesting games for us to play during the session.  I loved catching her staring into my lens (she was searching for unicorns!), and her eyes really sparkled in these pictures.  I used my new 50mm lens, and I absolutely love the results.

I pulled out some more of my new photo props (check out these chairs I bought for $5 and repainted!).  I LOVE LOVE LOVE the chairs and they really made the shots.  I happened to leave the chairs off in a field while we wandered off to take some more photos in a different part of the park, and I came back to find someone setting them up taking a picture of just the chairs.

Plus, the light in these photos is gorgeous and it just worked wonderfully with the girls.  This next photo is my absolute favorite.  Violet put her head down on the chair when she was getting tired, so Sophia stood up and copied her.  Their mother and I were joking, "What are they doing?", but this turned out to be one of my all-time favorite photos.

Violet, at 22 months, was an absolute doll and such a sweetheart.  She spent some time running around chasing after her mom, so when  I finally gave her a chair, down she went.

We came across a beautiful run-down barn, which was a nice backdrop for a few photos of Violet.

And Sophia was game for playing on the fence posts.  Such a cute shot!

After our fun in the fields, we wandered off in search of some ducks.  "Patos, patos!" the girls exclaimed as we drew near them.  I love the story that this next picture tells -- you can see Sophia up ahead on the path to see the ducks, and Violet turning around to make sure we were coming behind them.

Such a fun day, and such adorable little girls to be able to spend the day with!

Happy Fathers' Day, everyone!