kml photography - Kate Murphy Lowenstein

Just about two weeks ago I photographed this senior and her two sisters. I actually used to babysit her and her sister when they were babies. I can't believe that she is a senior in high school this year! Am I really that old?!

Anyway, she looks EXACTLY like her mother. I think she must be a clone.

We started out at Amrita Island - a place I've never done a portrait, but have always wanted to. Amrita has this cool stone bridge which I've always thought was neat. While I was taking pictures her mother told me that her senior pictures were done at St. Barnabas in Falmouth - a cool stone church. I bet they look exactly alike! I was going to post one of her on the bridge, but I thought she looked so pretty in this one and it was really more about her than the scenery!

Next we headed down to Chappy Beach. Here's her younger sister. All three girls have gorgeous brown eyes. This one was just so genuinely her.

And last but not least, here's the youngest. She LOVED having her picture taken!


The girls.


This one looks like it should be an ad for Vineyard Vines! I love the colors, her pretty skirt, the green grass and the cool sky behind her. And of course she looks great too!


Thanks, girls! I had a fun time photographing you and spending some time with you (out of diapers)!

I don't get much studio work this time of year, but I was happy to have this pretty senior come to the studio for her senior portrait! She has really beautiful porcelain skin, a gorgeous heart-shaped face, and awesome eyes which seemed to change color depending on the background. In some poses she reminded me of a young Brooke Shields. Just stunning!

Her green eyes just seemed to "pop" with the purple sweater.

Hey, wait a minute! Look at her beautiful blue eyes.

And this was my favorite. So pretty and so her!

It was my first time this summer back to Scusset Beach to meet this family that traveled from Halifax. I was very nervous that the wind would be unbearable because even at my house inland the wind was strong. Thankfully when I arrived at Scusset, the wind was moving toward the water and not off it, and it wasn't as bad as I had imagined.

The sun was still pretty high when I met the family and so it was best to take some casual shots and let the kids play. How cute!

A walk with Mom (while Dad offered to carry shoes and the rest of my equipment :))

Well, the wind wasn't as bad as I had imagined, but it was still pretty windy. In the end we had to put this little girl's hair up. She looks so cute (and a little like my Jackie's girlfriend, Makena - see below)! What a little model!

It was a little tougher to get a genuine smile out of her little brother, but once I knew he was as big of a fan of Pokemon as my kids, it was a lot easier! Great smile!

Cute family.

At the end of our session I took a few shots of the kids on the lifeguard chair and Mom and Dad sat and watched the kids play.


Thanks to this family for a great shoot. I'm glad after a few scheduling conflicts we could get it in!

So, now that the kids are starting school and so is my nanny, my hours will be changing! As of 9/8, I will be working Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9-5:30pm in the studio. I am available 6 nights a week (Mon-Sat) for evening on-location photo shoots, however I am booked on Saturdays until November 1. I will no longer be shooting on Sundays so I can spend more time with my family.

I will also be taking this Sunday and Monday (Labor Day) off to spend the last days of summer with my husband and kids. Yahoo!

But, It's not too late to get a family or senior portrait. Please call to schedule as I still have available dates and fall is a great time for a portrait on the beach, in your backyard, or park setting.

Thanks for a great summer 2008! I hope to see all my summer people again next year!

On Saturday the 16th as I was gearing up for my photo shoot, I heard the rumble of thunder. But when I looked out the window all I saw was clear blue skies. Another rumble - this time even louder! I sent my husband out to the cranberry bog to see if maybe the workers were doing something back there that was making all that noise. He came back reporting that off in the distance was a large black mass of clouds. Yikes! So, off to my photo shoot I scurried trying to beat the storm.

When I arrived at their house on the water overlooking Buzzards Bay in my parent's neighborhood of Wenaumet Bluffs, the sun was bright! But the clouds off in the distance clearly said that rain was coming. Luckily it never did. But the light was tricky - one minute full bright sun, the next cloudy. During one pose I could even see lightning behind the family off in the distance. I was hoping I caught that in my images, but nope. Then as we were wrapping things up, the wind was whipping. Thankfully we never got rained on.

Here are my friend Dan's kids with his grandparents.


And Dan and his family. They told me they don't have any pics of the kids smiling (not sure if I believe that or not), but I'm glad I got them!


This happy couple just bought a house the day of the photo shoot. Congratulations!





This little boy who wasn't too interested in getting his picture taken at first, was begging me to take his picture at the end of our session. Cute!


As we wrapped up, this is what the sky looked like over Wenaumet Bluffs. Unreal!

A quick post this morning of Quinn getting on the bus on his first day of school. 1st grade! This will be his first time in a full day of school.

Here he is excitedly (and probably a little nervously) swinging his backpack around waiting for the bus.


Lainey awaits with blanky (of course).


Quinn and his Dad.


Ahh! The bus is here! It caught me a little of guard as it came from the opposite direction this year!


At least Jack was happier this year to see his brother get on.


Here's last year's 1st day of school. Jack is wearing the same shirt. Look at him!

I am feeling so lame for not blogging any of my shoots in the past two weeks. I've just been so busy shooting and editing, meeting with clients or potential clients, that I haven't had a chance! I've had a great time photographing some really cool seniors, great families and some beautiful weddings.

Today I had a bride-to-be tell me that a stranger in the coffee shop recognized her from my blog. I hope she was flattered and not too freaked out by that (I know I am - flattered that is that someone is reading my blog)!

So, anyway, I hope to catch up on all the shoots that I haven't blogged yet as family shoots slow down a bit now that summer is coming to a close (my 1st grader starts tomorrow!).

Here's a senior and her family I photographed on Town Neck Beach in Sandwich almost two weeks ago.

I had such a tough time selecting a few to post as I just think she is so pretty and photographs beautifully. I spent a lot of time photographing her for the same reason - I just couldn't put the camera down! She and her family come tonight to purchase their prints - I hope they don't have as hard a time as I did choosing!

Beautiful girl.




Not only does she look great, but check out that scenery! Love it!

And here's her family. They were great to photograph as well. Lots of fun and lots of smiles!

Was it really almost two weeks ago that I photographed these kids? Yikes!! Sorry for the lapse on my blog - I'm busy and trying to keep up with all the work, 3 kids, a birthday party, 2 weddings this week and life in general. And I can't believe the kids start school next week! In the blink of an eye, summer is ending. Some parents have expressed to me how ready they are for the kids to go back to school. I'm not ready. Perhaps because I am working 50+ hours a week and haven't spent nearly enough time with them. I'm sad to see the summer end...but I do love fall here on the Cape!

These cuties are my friends kids. They are all similar in age to my own kids and Quinn considers her two boys his best friends. Jack and the older of the girls are bf/gf - we think someday they will marry as they already act like an old married couple. More likely she will break my little Jackie's heart, but I still like to think that someday they will marry and I will spend lots of my friends money on the wedding (hee, hee)!

The whole gang

Here's the youngest. Very shy and happiest in Mommies arms with her blanky. I chased her all around the beach and finally got her smiling when I gave her a Twizzler.

Here's Jackie's girlfriend. She is drama queen! Pictured here she was sitting on the rocks pretending to be Ariel from The Little Mermaid and singing a song to me. She knows all the words. I think someday she'll be an actress/singer. And look how cute she is - no wonder my little boy has a crush on her!


Looks like this one has a bit of the devil in him!


I don't think the oldest was too thrilled to have his picture taken! But look at how cool his eyes are!

I realized that I never posted images of this fun family after their session on July 28th. This is my friend, Erik. He is owner of the Mashnee Island Grill (click here for more info) and one of the nicest people I know. He always has a smile on his face (as shown below), is always happy to see you, and likes my kids (even when they run amok in his restaurant)!



This is his family - they were lots of fun to photograph and had a big smile on their faces just like Erik. It was great to meet them and I hope his sister and her family had a safe trip back to Texas!
Cool sunset!


Did you notice they are all wearing some cool Quahog Republic gear?


Incidentally, the Mashnee Island Grill is one of my favorite summer spots. Great views, great food and great music! Come down on Sunday afternoons from 4-7pm, have some cocktails, let the kids play, listen to some great music (my husband Andrew plays every other Sunday) and eat some food! Hope to see you there!

I'm just back from a brief hiatus to spend time with my family before summer disappears. I have a lot of catching up to do and so here are a few quick posts of what I was up to last week...

On Monday I photographed little G. in the studio with his Mom and Dad. At only a week and a half old, he was wide awake the whole time! I was so happy to meet him after photographing his Mom's gorgeous pregnant belly a couple of times in the last few months (see below). He is a gorgeous and happy baby!




Tiny little toes!




Monday evening I photographed this beautiful family at Chappy Beach. The Dad in this family was one of my sister's best friends and he lived down the street from us in Pocasset. I spent lots of time with him and our "gang" hanging out on the beach, working together at the Chart Room and enjoying many "late nights" at his house or ours. I haven't seen him in many, many years but he looks exactly the same and I was thrilled to be able to meet and photograph his gorgeous family while he visited his parents who now live in Monument Beach.

I love the colors they chose to wear. These pretty pastels not only look great at the beach, but on them as well.










My computer is running PAINFULLY slow...so I am going to spend some time trying to remedy the problem. Back to posting more later...

Hello and greetings from NH! I am vacationing with my family and will be back in the studio on Friday. If you are awaiting a response, I am now able to check my email however the responses I have written are staying in my outbox and not being sent (not sure why). If you need to reach me before Friday, please call me at 508-274-2598 and leave a message and I will respond when I can. Thank you!

I am admittedly a little behind on editing and fulfilling orders and other requests. My clients are very important to me and I am trying my best to keep up with the workload and my busiest season yet. I'm sure you are anxiously awaiting your images on my blog, to be posted on the internet, or awaiting the prints you have ordered of you and your family. My family is also very important to me and even though I am swamped I needed a little time to spend with my husband and kids where my nose was not buried in the computer editing someone's images. I'm sure you all understand the importance of family which is why you've hired me to capture yours. I will be back to the studio later this week feverishly trying to catch up and I appreciate your patience. Thanks to all the wonderful families I have been able to photograph so far this summer and I look forward to an equally busy fall season!

With thunderstorms expected Sunday evening, I met Ellie and Brian in the afternoon rather than our scheduled 7pm session time. It was mostly cloudy as we got to the beach and quite windy, but the overcast sky provided good light and by the end of our session thunder could be heard in the distance. I was glad we were able to get our session in before the rain came.

We started out at Dowses Beach in Osterville. The wind was whipping, and in spite of the overcast sky, the sun was bright and the sand reflection even brighter. I still think we got some great shots even though we were all having trouble keeping our eyes open!





When I saw this bench I just had to get a picture of them on it! It reminded me of Seinfeld, "SERENITY NOW!" I hope Ellie and Brian remember serenity now when they get into an argument and look back to this time in their lives so in love...




From the beach we headed over to the Wianno Yacht Club.

Ellie was loving being in front of the camera (and clearly the camera loves her too).

I love how Ellie looks at Brian in this one. And I think Brian was warming up to the camera too!


Next stop, the Osterville Historical Museum. I could have shot here for hours! I think this was my favorite shot of the day. Ellie looks gorgeous and Brian is hugging her so lovingly. Of course I love the barn as the backdrop too. This one should be in a magazine.


Another of my faves.




They weren't too sure about this one when I directed them to pose this way. I love it! And I hope now that they see it, they love it too.




Last stop, the Wianno Golf Course. And then the rumble of thunder...




Thanks Ellie and Brian for trying a little of everything! I had lots of fun getting to know you two and discovering these great places in Osterville. Thanks to Brian's mom for being our driver! Can't wait for your wedding in October. You guys rock!

I just wanted to let you know that my hours in the studio are Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 9am-6pm and weekends by appointment. I shoot 7 days a week in the evening about an hour before sundown for a beach portrait and a little earlier in the evening for a non-beach location. Shoots can also be arranged for other times during the day if needed.

Next week (8/5) I will be out of the studio all day on Tuesday and also unavailable for an evening portrait session.

The following week (8/9-8/12) I will be shooting an event in NH and taking some time to be with my family. Yahoo! Summer vacation!

I still have scattered dates available for portrait sessions, so please call if you are thinking about scheduling something. Dates are booking fast and before we know it, summer will be ending (oh no)! I've had many people mention waiting until the fall when I am less busy. Actually I am busier and days are shorter!

Here's little miss M. She's the sister of the other two blondies I photographed in the studio last month (see below). On Sunday she came with her grandparents to my tiny, little studio for her turn. She was very photogenic and has gotten so big and mature since I photographed her family last summer.

What a pretty little girl!









I am so happy to announce that Mrs. M. pictured below with pregnant belly had a baby boy! Congratulations and I can't wait to photograph little Grady next week at only 1.5 weeks old!