Bye Bye Summer

All I've been doing this week is taking pics for holiday cards and no one will let me post any of the shots until after their cards go out! So I'm posting some images from the summer because I am beginning to realize that this cold weather is going to be here for quite some time and I'm not happy about it.


I would love to fall asleep in the sun right now.

The Atlantic Ocean on Long Island glistening the sun.

Lulu laughing in the warm sun

Compo at sunset in summer

Thought I'd add a cool pic of my mom under the blue summer sky. Don't tell her. She'll probably make me delete it.

The Neighbor's House

Our neighbors moved to London and asked me to check on their house the other day. I thought if I took some pics it might make them miss the old place and want rush back for a visit.

                                     

  

Goodbye Autumn

Just a few leftover images of the foliage in Westport before the storms.

Before Hurricane Sandy and the Nor'easter

 After

Waiting For Baby

A client wanted a cute pic for her baby shower invitation. Here's what we came up with.

Jennings Beach, Fairfield, CT

I had no idea this beautiful beach was 15 minutes from my house.

I was on my way to a shoot and saw this path.

Look what was at the end of it!

Can you believe how pretty this is in October?

Look carefully- horses on the beach!

Enjoy the Beach

Three's A Charm

This post from last November received the most comments over all and is a personal favorite.

http://katherinehooperphotography.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-favorite-person.html

The #2 Spot

Another very popular blog post was the one below about teenagers. I'm not sure if it got such high ratings because you loved it so much or because all the teenagers in town had a look to see if they were in it!

(By the way, that's one of my teenagers in the pic above, trying to ignore me on the train last year)


http://katherinehooperphotography.blogspot.com/2011/12/teenagers-they-walk-away-with-my-heart.html

Happy Birthday Blog!

I happen to notice that yesterday was this little blog's first birthday. So all week I will be sharing your favorite posts of the past year. Below is the link to the most popular posting by far. It's not the post I would have guessed to be #1 but I do love it and it totally embarrassed my daughter.

If you have any ideas to help make the blog more fabulous this year or know of any cool spots to photograph please email me at katherinehooperphotography@gmail.com

Thanks for reading and your support. I can't tell you how much it means to me.
-katherine



http://katherinehooperphotography.blogspot.com/2011/10/gotcha.html

A City Hall Wedding

Contrary to popular belief you don't actually get married at City Hall in NYC.

Signing in...

 The bride waiting for their number to be called...

Still waiting...

It's time!

A short but sweet ceremony...

Married!

 Planning their future...

Look Who's Walking...

Ahh Compo...

I took these shots of the clouds at sunset last week at Compo Beach and I noticed that all three pics were taken in the same minute just by turning around and facing another direction.  I love Compo.

Boating On The Sound

Today was my first day on the Sound all summer. You would think going to the beach, gazing at the blue water and feeling the coolness between your toes would be a similar sensation, but for some reason being out on a boat, on the water is a whole other world and it's tremendous.

Local Artist

Elizabeth Juliver is an artist. Her work is modern and thought provoking. I photographed her most recent collection the other day. Here are a few of my favorite pieces.



Poppies
Elizabeth used newspaper articles from May 2, 2011, the day Osama Bin Laden was killed for this piece. It symbolizes nature rising above the destruction of man.

Twisted Moon

Elizabeth manipulated folded newspaper to create movement through the painting as if floating through the night sky.

Orange Rise

A knife was dragged through many layers of paint in this piece to obtain the dramatic sensations of the African landscape.

Stripped

The signature piece of the collection. Elizabeth used empowering newspaper headlines and phrases with a double image of a woman floating above. You are meant to feel the stripping and freeing of herself through these words.

If you would like a private viewing of Elizabeth's collection or are interested in purchasing one of her pieces, you can contact her via email at  emjuviler@gmail.com

Bar Mitzvah Boy

I shot a bar mitzvah last weekend and there were some beautiful moments and great photos but one photograph stood out from the rest.  It was during the service while the bar mitzvah and the rabbi were reading a prayer among the Torah. It was a quiet moment but it must have caught the interest of a young guest because as we were all engrossed in the moment, a little boy in a red bow tie walked on stage to check out what was going on. The photo (to me) can either be be taken as of a boy looking at his future or an impish child planning his next move.