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no, not more of them for myself (two seems to be plenty for manhattan) but our new website: briandorseykids.com

we get asked all the time if we do children’s portraiture since our original wedding focused website doesn’t show any.  well of course we do!

be sure to check our our city kids, hamptons kids, and studio kids sections and let us know what you think!

thanks!

 

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Category: children's portraits , portraiture

This Halloween, come join us at our fourth annual tribeca costume collection for great photographs of your kids in costume - all while helping to support our local public school art and photography programs!

have your kids don their most creative costumse and bring them down to tribeca to trick or treat in the neighborhood.  then swing by our sidewalk studio for a portrait in costume.

October 31st between 3:30 and 6:30 pm on west broadway between duane and reade streets.  a ten dollar suggested donation goes to benefit the art and photography programs at PS 234 and PS 89.

For inspiration, check out some of the best costumes from the past three years:

 
for even more ideas, check out our soon to be launched children’s website at www.briandorseykids.com

hope to see you there!

We’ve been having a wonderful time out here in the Hamptons – not only have we been lucky enough to avoid the 100+ degree days in Manhattan but we’re had the chance to work with some wonderful people out here on more temperate tip of New York.

Our Summer Sessions are really about just capturing those beautiful “Day in the Life” moments -  fleeting tastes of childhood summers that pass before you know it.

There’s still one opening available so be sure to contact the studio as soon as possible if you’re interested in having us preserve a slice of your child’s summer for you.

the only thing that whizzes by faster than your kids’ childhood is your summer in the Hamptons.  preserve them both in one shot with our Hamptons’ Summer Sessions.

we have two options available – the basic one hour portrait session or our really special “Day in the Life” sessions.  For our Day in the Life sessions, we’ll spend an entire day with your family documenting the things you do as you do them.  then we assemble our one of a kind folio albums as the perfect keepsake for your summer memories.

our sessions are available now through July 31.  Give us a call at the studio at 212-227-6772 or email us at info@briandorseystudios.com to reserve your session now before they’re all gone.

we all realize that the photographs we have of our loved ones become worth more to us as time passes on.  this past weekend a 300 year old European Beech reminded me of just how quickly our photographs can sometimes appreciate in value…

The Climbing Tree held forth in a Frederick Law Olmstead designed park near the house in which I grew up.  Of course she predated Olmstead’s work.  She even predated George Washington’s work.  This old tree had seen some history.

“…Her impossibly long and knotted arms twisted out and about every which way – each completely covered with what seemed to be a hundred of years of tattoos – carved scars bearing names and dates and mathematical formulas of lover’s initials circumscribed by hearts.  She was an entire illustrated tree filled with evidence of those who stayed and enjoyed her at least long enough to make their mark.  Those gravity and logic defying branches stretched long and low – perfect for climbing.  She slowly waved them back and forth in the breeze begging passers to hop on one of her bark covered tendrils.    For those climbing aboard she provided a ready-made Indiana Jones fantasy complete with a tangled sea of writhing snake roots waiting to snap at your ankles should you swing too low…”

Occasionally I would stop by with my kids and let them climb aboard as I had done when I was their age and of course, I’d take a few pictures.

but i didn’t give the photographs much thought or place any exceptional value on them – they were just cool snapshots of my kids.

That is until this weekend.  On Sunday I was in the area again and went for a walk in the park and was stunned to find her gone.

My third thought (after, “who the heck would do such a thing”, and “why didn’t someone come up with a creative way to avoid this”) was “Oh man. I’m so glad I have those photographs!”

Sad fact that time eventually robs of us our youth, our beauty, our memories and ultimately, our existence – but the more of that we lose the more our photographs become worth to us.

And there you have it – the climbing tree reminded me of how quickly our photographs can appreciate in value.  Quite simply, before this weekend, I had a few pretty cool pictures of my kids playing in a tree.  I realize now I have irreplaceable treasures.

Well folks, the totals are in.  Between the funds collected on Halloween and the prints that were subsequently ordered, brian dorsey studios’ second annual tribeca costume collection raised over $1100 for UNICEF.

Thank you to everyone in our Tribeca neighborhood, parents and kids alike, who helped participate in making this year’s efforts so successful.  And a special shout out to Lance Lapin for hosting us in front of his Salon on West Broadway, and to Kim,  Lindsay and Celeste who freely gave of their time to help us pull this off.

Funds raised will be going to help eliminate childhood hunger, thirst, disease and illiteracy around the world.

Well our 2nd Annual Tribeca Costume Collection was a blazing success once again.  This year we were raising money for UNICEF and we had a ginormous turnout.  Halloween in Tribeca is a wonderful thing.  The street throngs with people dressed up – kids with their little candy bags.  People were lined up for us before we were even finished setting up.

We took just over 900 images during the 3 hour shoot (averaging a shot every 20 seconds) and a number of times people were lined up 12 and 16 deep.  Many thanks to Lance Lappin who provided us with sidewalk space in front of his salon as well as power and wine.  A special thanks to Lindsey and Kim and Celeste for donating their Saturday afternoon for a good cause – and to my kids – who trick or treated without their mother and father so we could do this for the neighborhood and for UNICEF.

Here’s a few highlights – leading off with Cole as Link from the Zelda series of games in a costume his mother and I made.

Dot and Toto.

A lion who can really roar.

This amazingly brilliant “American Gothic”.

Another wonderful costume – the marionette.

A group of friends traveling together – I personally was quite fond of the witch in her pink glasses.

A very cool William Wallace.

And I have to throw in this shot of both my boys with Kim, our studio manager, who makes just the cutest damn kitten.

Parents can download images of their kids free of charge from the Client Area of our website or order prints from Pictage.  All proceeds go to UNICEF to help children in need worldwide.

Thanks again everyone!

more clients having babies…

why is it that we ultimately need to find more complex joys than stuffed ducks?

the end ^

seems to be the season for my past wedding clients to be having children…

lauren and emile had their beautiful daughter min just about 100 days ago (the significance of which I’ll come to in a moment) so it was time for me to meet her and do some portraits at home.

for those interested, (parents and future parents – remember this – this is you) 3 months is about the perfect time to do portraits of your children. they have filled out from that and really begun to look like themselves and they have real expressions. and they’re still immobile!!

just because you have been going without sleep for 3 months and feel you look like a wreck is no reason to let this window pass for great portraits of the little ones…

there’s something special about being able to shoot portraits of the children of the couples whose weddings you have photographed.

Gena and John had a beautiful daughter, Madeline, just about a year ago and this year, they wanted us to shoot their holiday card featuring Maddy.

It was a bitter cold day but we managed to work quickly and keep everyone happy.

The new family.

And here’s the shot they selected for the front of their card.

Never overlook the photo ops presented by plomping an infant down on a manhole cover.
Maddy could sit anywhere and be adorable.