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i have this thing i love to do with my kids, i record mini-interviews with them, i ask random questions that they, with their little, fascinating minds respond to in such cute ways, every time .

their answers fill my heart with joy.

so i thought it’d be a great thing to do with my clients and post it on my blog

The Barwick’s are one of the sweetest families i have ever met and one of the most popular on this blog (you can see them here, here, here & here).

Here’s the mini interview with Devin, their handsome boy. enjoy

Hanna is happy, she is happy ALL the time, she is comfortable in any situation and with everyone , she looks right into your eyes and smiles. during our session she was just learning how to walk and fell, hurt herself and cried, but just for a moment because she had to get back to her “happy mode”.

there is no interview with hanna, yet, so i’ll tell you few random things about her:

she is 1

has a brother that loves her and shows it.

she can stand on her big toe better than any professional ballerina.

her grace has made the Barwick home a perfect place.

she can be bribed with little fruit puffs.

she is absolutely adorable

Shay and Josh, meeting you and working with you throughout these years has been a GREAT pleasure, you better keep having babies, so i keep capturing these beautiful memories for you.

love

aris

i love these two.

we love these two here in “wellsville”

i love to photograph them.

their mother  is one of my dearest friends, one of the best i’ve ever had.

they are my kids bff’s, with just a few months apart in age and a few blocks from our place, the 4 have grown up together since they were babies.

she is super sporty, he can claim trees like a pro

they spend every summer in spain in this gorgeous place that their grandparents own.

they are also half-latin half- anglo, that makes a special bond betwen us.

meet the cook’s, CLARA & ALEC in one of our studio sessions

this sweet family is the gerhkens, i had the absolute pleasure to work with them and loved it, chelsea is a doula here in greensboro, she mentioned that over the phone and when i met her in person i was quite impressed, excuse my ignorance in the field, but i always thought doulas were ladies with white, long hair that help deliver your baby at home, but i was obviously wrong, you’ll see when you see chelsea in the images below.

these are few of my favorites from our photo-session, they truly are a reflection of their laid-back, loving spirit.  thank you chelsea and emmett for all of your kindness.

hope you enjoy them!

dharma was great with both, her baby brother cohen and with my camera

hands full anyone?

lovely….

gorgeous details of the baby boy

she is so adorable

and very playful

love this one

beautiful family… what a pleasure to work with you 4.

see you guys soon.

love

aris

Finley could be easily be working for crewcuts, he has the face, the hair and the energy (and the photographer of course, hello crewcuts). in the meanwhile i’m enjoying that he is working exclusively with me …

here is the proof of what we can do together.

thank you my dear friends for trusting me once again,  can’t wait to see some of these hanging up in your walls

little jedi

this red stool was such a hit with the kids!

… one of my favorite images of the day

mini-me

this was such a candid moment i couldn’t resist capturing…

… gorgeous family

les, martin and finn you rock.

love

aris

for those who visit my blog often, you know that these little faces (well, 2 are not so little anymore) are regulars around here, and around our house too … this time we introduce a new little one, who came unexpectedly and has delighted us all, his name is alex, he is 5-months old and like his big brother, he hit the lottery with those fantastic blue eyes…

rachel and jose and their party of 5 joined us for the StudioMini sessions event we threw 2 weeks ago as part of our new “Studio-PhotoShoot” offering, these sessions take place at this AMAZING photo studio near downtown greensboro, and the kids seem to love it as much as the adults! you’ll see why.

dear villalbas thank you all for making it so easy and so fun for me. working with you is ALWAYS a pleasure.

princess celia. the one on the right is SO her.

… those eyes! (sigh) those eyes…

here he is, mr. alex . welcome to my blog baby boy.

jacob and celia are so full of energy. jacob might have the most contagious laugh i’ve heard.

p.r.e.t.t.y.

this candid laughs are coming to you thanks to the help of my dear friend martin, i can’t imagine what was he doing behind my back, i don’t want to know it, but it worked

thanks once again guys, you make such beautiful and happy kids.

love

aris

a couple of years ago i heard the story of a photographer from NYC, Scott Harrison, who went to west africa as a photojournalist volunteer.  the project changed his life (and the lives of many others)…. watching the video and reading the stories on the web had a great impact on me.  like the fact that almost a billion people live without clean water.  and that women and children in places like  sub-saharan africa walk up to four hours each day to get water – and that every 19 seconds a mother loses one of her children because of this same contaminated water.  this breaks my heart in pieces.  it makes me immensely grateful for the life i get to live, but also creates a profound feeling of responsibility, and, since i believe that the worst of sins is indifference, i’ve decided to use my modest ways (photography work, blogging, donations, etc) to help.

CHARITY: WATER is one of my favorite charity foundations. please open you hearts and give just 10 minutes of your time to watch this video or visit their website. i’m sure, like me, you would love to be part of such a great movement.

every tuesday, during the spring and summer, luca’s class works for an hour in their vegetable garden (isn’t that so cool?) anyways, today he pulled out of his jacket, with lot of pride and excitement, these 3 mini carrots, their were so so cute i thought they deserved a post …they are the size of baby carrots but with the look of regular “bugs bunny” carrots, i’ve never seen that before, am i wrong? or just excited because luca was part of growing them and they are just regular carrots, maybe that’s it, but i still wanted to share them with you

you can tell by my son’s fingernails that either he has been working in the garden or sticking his hands in the chocolate cookie jar…

have a wonderful tuesday!!!…and thank you greensboro montessori school!!!

i’m so pleased to start my year posting my session with the “super cool” dunlops. lola is one of sophie’s bff’s from the guilford school and lori (her mom) is also one of my fav moms from her class,
so i was so happy to have the chance to work with them, well really it was not work, for me it was more like having a drink with friends while photographing them around, the girls play so well together and are both such fun kids, they weren’t shy with me for one second, especially josie who LOVES to pose for the camera, lori and joe have a great chemistry which is always so refreshing to witness,  plus they have the 2 most beautiful dogs i have ever seen… i really like this family, i want to hug them every time i see them.

josie and lola in maybe my 3 favorites of them 2 together. ADORABLE
sweet Lola (i want to change my name to Lola)… these 2 have a magical OBSESSION with their dad… ( i have to say he is very lovable) they truly enjoy each other… sweet josie… the gorgeous dogs lola’s face, just priceless. joe and lori, i enjoyed every minute of our session together, thanks for your trust, your kindness, for making me feel at home and for that great wine too . You have a absolutely awesome family  i know love too. i’m so glad you moved to greensboro and that i have the chance to be your photographer and friend. see you around and sorry for the delay on this post. love aris