Milton, MA Yoga Photo Shoot at Houghton's Pond {w/ Theresa Laham}

One of my favorite parts of my job is that I am privileged to meet and connect with so many wonderful people. My community of yoga teachers and friends grows and grows each year and includes the kindest, most endearing, beautiful people. And featured in this blog post, Theresa Laham, is one of those amazing people. She is so incredibly kind and has the most infectious beautiful smile. I absolutely love photographing her! You may remember Theresa from my blog post last year highlighting some of the Universal Power Yoga Teacher Trainees at their Bird Park mini sessions. Theresa reached out to have a full shoot and this time we chose one of my favorite hidden gems, Houghton's Pond in Milton, MA, so that we could capture the beautiful water and fall foliage. I had such a great time and I am so excited to share these previews with you!

Join me in congratulating Theresa on completing her 200 hour teacher training this weekend!

To learn more about Theresa and find her latest teaching schedule, you can follow her blog, join her Facebook group, follow her on Instagram or email her!

If you're interested in setting up a yoga photo shoot, please contact me today.

Dedham, MA Yoga Photo Shoot at MIT Endicott House {w/ Ciara Clark}

Looking at the forecast for my yoga photo shoot with Ciara Clark earlier this week left me with my jaw dropped! I just couldn't believe that we could be so lucky as to be shooting in late October in the near 80's! To have all of this warmth with the perfect mix of beautiful fall foliage was almost too good to be true.

Ciara and I shot at the beautiful MIT Endicott House in Dedham, MA, capturing tons of outdoor beauty in all of its unique spaces. We shot a variety of poses from super challenging arm balances {shout out to ashtavakrasana - eight angle pose - that balance is something fierce!} to warriors and standing balances to simple seated meditative poses. Ciara rocked them all with beauty and grace and I now can't wait to share some previews with you.

Ciara currently teaches at Acorn Yoga in Brighton and Gold's Gym in South Boston. She also teaches special events and classes at MoveWith.com and at the Hands to Heart Center, a local non-profit organization that provides free yoga classes for people living with poverty and trauma in Boston.

Make sure to give her page a like on Facebook and follow her on Instagram to learn more about her and her classes and to see more images from our photo shoot!

If you're interested in setting up a yoga photo shoot, please contact me today.

Westwood, MA Yoga Photo Shoot at the Center at Westwoods {w/ Tracy Affonso}

These last two weeks have been filled with beautiful yogis, amazing new locations, and all things fall. And let me tell you, this makes for one amazingly happy yoga photographer. Yes, it's true that October in my field is usually a crazy happy mix of loveliness and mayhem as all photographers in New England look to get in as many shoots in this gorgeous time of year as possible all the while finalizing the season's weddings. So, if you happen to see me running to the Whole Foods Coffee Bar in my sweats, a bit disheveled, just know in return your facebook feeds will soon be filled with all things lovely, and all clients, as always, will be getting on time photo deliveries. That said, I truly hate how our generation still glorifies being busy so let's also remember that photographers pretty much hibernate from November to April. {ha!} It balances out in a way that's just right. But, enough about me.

I had the pleasure of photographing the gorgeous Tracy Affonso last week and I could not be more excited to share some previews with you. After hosting a workshop for breast cancer survivors at The Center at Westwoods, Tracy suggested hosting our yoga photo shoot at this truly remarkable location. It's not only a meditation center and yoga studio, but also has some incrediblly beautiful grounds with a koi pond, statue garden, labyrinth, and breath taking foliage. Add in a beautiful - inside and out - yoga teacher like Tracy at golden hour, and I'd call that the perfect yoga photo shoot.

I was first introduce to Tracy at her class at Stil Studio in Dedham, MA and am happy to share that she also teaches at Chakra Power Yoga, Waltham Yoga, Artemis Yoga, STARR Life Studios, and Life Time Fitness' Life Power Yoga. She is also the Regional Director for the Massachusetts branch of bodhi & mind yoga, which offers physical, mental, and emotional support to women in every stage of breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.  Now this is one incredible yogi!

You can follow Tracy on Facebook and Instagram to learn more about her and find her latest teaching schedule! And now, enjoy some previews from our yoga photo shoot!

If you're interested in booking a yoga photo shoot, contact me today!

Yoga Reaches Out Benefit Events

I want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who came out to support Yoga Reaches Out this weekend. I was thrilled to offer Pick a Pose at the Endicott Estate benefit class held by Danny Dywer, Lauren DAngelo, Joanna Losty and Sarah Gardner. Before the class started, yogis were invited to pose for moi to support Yoga Reaches Out. We had a ton of fun as you can see below!

And, I am so excited that we will be offering Pick a Pose again on April 22nd at Universal Power Yoga in Norwood. You can get more information and sign up for the class led by Jacqui Bonwell and Jen Merola Palmer on the UPY website. I hope to see you there!

We held this Pick at Pose in the beautiful library at Endicott Estate in Dedham, MA.

I also grabbed a few shots at the Equinox benefit class led by Dan Steel the next day. I have to say, I mainly practiced at this class, but it was so beautiful, I had to jump up to snap a few! Enjoy!

Did you know that I provide photographs from all Yoga Reaches Out events to the attendees? You can download, print, share, etc. any images I take from the events. View them all here {link below} to get started! {Note, you can click the drop down menu on the left to access different events and categories including photographs from last year's yogathon!}

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