Photography by Susan White and Mark OConnell

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Susan wins first place blue ribbon award at Professional Photographers competition

2011-03-30T15:23:00.000-04:00

I just came back from a wonderful convention put on by Professional Photographers of Mass. with lots of new ideas and inspirations for this upcoming season! I also entered the print competition and came home with one blue ribbon and three red ones! The two highest scoring prints of mine were of two little red sox fans that posed with an attitude all their own! The other prize winning portrait was one I took during my pet promotion. The little girl came in with her grandfather to be photographed with his beloved St. Bernard, but when I saw her beautiful little face, I decided to photograph her alone also! So glad I did!

Introducing Miss Savannah Rose of Plymouth,Ma.

2011-03-15T21:24:00.001-04:00

After completing her mom's maternity session just a mere three weeks ago, we were surprised to get a call so soon to photograph the debut of Savannah Rose, who arrived a bit earlier than expected! We love that peaceful, sleepy look for newborn sessions, so we waited a while for her to finally fall asleep. Once she did, we captured these images, along with ones of her mom and her, and a three generation image of mom, grandmom ( who came from Georgia) and the baby. __Susan

Help pets in Need this Holiday Season!

2010-12-18T20:55:00.003-05:00

Please help us raise funds for Fairy DogParents.org. This is an organization that helps people that have fallen on hard times that can no longer afford food and medical expenses for their beloved pets. All those pet lovers out there that can help us raise money should go to our furryfaceportraits website and vote for your favorite pet portrait. You can vote as many times as you like for only $1 per vote (consider at least a $5 donation). Visit www.furryfaceportraits.com/benefit today. Contest ends December 31. So far we have raised over $500, but more is needed as there are so many animals in need this time of year.

Italian Art Exhibit at Cafe Eleganza in Pembroke

2010-10-17T18:07:00.001-04:00

The Doughty family session

2010-09-20T20:35:00.001-04:00

The Doughty family are one of my favorite clients to work with! We photographed the newest member of the family, Alexis, then added her brother and sister for a group shot in our antique baby carriage.

I couldn't resist also including their beautiful Mom in a window light image.

2010-06-13T13:58:00.006-04:00

This past week was full of wonderful baby shoots, of which I have posted some of my favorites here. The little boy on the beach is Cole, who I have been photographing since he was a little bump in his mom's belly. It's fun to see how fast they grow and change! Our little ballerina is the newest sister of two other little girls I have loved photographing over the years. One image I took of her older sister Natalie received a national award, so I'm hoping I'll have the same luck with this shoot! We took all three girls outside in our gazebo for their newest family portrait!

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My favorite images this week

This past week was full of wonderful baby shoots, of which I have posted some of my favorites here. The little boy on the beach is Cole, and I have been photographing him since he was a little bump in his mom's belly. It's fun to see how fast they grow and change! Our little ballerina is the newest sister of two other little girls I have loved photographing over the years. One image of took of her older sister Natalie wonme a national award at the Professional Photographers of America! I'm hoping I'll have the same luck with this shoot! We took all three girls outside in our gazebo for their newest family portrait!

Kaylee and Victoria's First Communion Portraits

2010-05-02T17:25:00.001-04:00

I've been photographing cousins Kaylee and Victoria since they were both infants. Having photographed their parent's wedding, I have had the pleasure of becoming their family photographer. Both girls are gorgeous in their own individual way, and were great to work with. One of the advantages of photographing subjects since they were babies, is that they seem to feel at home here and are very comfortable in front of my camera. Even though it was early April, we had a beautiful day, and captured both indoor and outdoor images.

Nicole and Jim's maternity portrait session

2010-04-26T18:53:00.001-04:00

We had a great time with Nicole and her husband Jim. This is their first baby, and they are so excited to meet their little girl !

The Magic of Italy art exhibit opening night

2010-03-26T19:10:00.002-04:00

Susan White is pictured here in front of her canvas photographs of Italy on opening night at South Shore art center in Cohasset,Ma. Show continues through May

Susan to Exhibit Photos from Italy at the South Shore Art Ctr March 19-May 2

2010-03-16T12:40:00.001-04:00

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Norwell Artist to Exhibit Photos at South Shore Art. Ctr.

Emily's Many Hats!

2010-03-15T18:22:00.008-04:00

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of photographing Ms. Emily D. of Whitman,Ma. Emily is a total ham in front of the camera, and has a great spirit that comes through in the images. I have enjoyed a long history with Emily's family, starting with her mother's senior high school portraits! Followed by her engagement, wedding, family then finally baby portraits! I am lucky to have so many clients that have stayed with me for decades so I can record their family's history as it changes and grows. As you can see we have Emily wearing a variety of hats and headbands. I just found a well known designer that makes these, and bought a cartonful of them for my subjects to use! As you can see, they come in all sizes, even puppy size!!

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At the 2009 PPANE convention, Susan White was presented with the
“George Hastings Memorial Award” in recognition of her years of
dedication to the craft of photography.
“It took me six years to get it!”, said Sue. “I printed all the images with my
Epson 2200 printer. I wanted to join the ranks of other photographers who
have won it in the past, who look at photography not only as their profession
but as their passion!”
The Hastings Awards is named after the very first President of Professional
Photographers of New England, and is designed to test all the skills a
photographer should have: proper composition, exposure, processing,
printing (including print controls), retouching, mounting and finishing. In
order to receive the award, the photographer submits prints for judging and
accumulates points within a certain time period. When they’ve reached the
required number of points, they are awarded a trophy.

Susan White at Professional Photographers of Mass. convention displaying her four blue ribbon entries

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The prints that were awarded were of Aurora Doughty, one of my favorite subjects ( little girl on swing) which was titled "The Reluctant Princess" The one of the dogs titled "The Odd couple" was from an absolutely hilarious photo shoot I did this past spring for realtor Melanie Anderson. The dogs would do anything she asked them to do, including the little dog sitting in a baby carriage and the larger one standing on his hind legs behind it, with front paws up on the handlebars, pushing it! We made awesome Christmas cards of both images for her ! The photo on the right was taken in Florence , Italy and was recently displayed at the Duxbury Juried art show. And last but not least is the folio on the table of recent Silver Lake High School student Patrice O'Sullivan, titled "Blonde and Beautiful". All prints received top, blue ribbon awards in a competition of photographers all over the state of Massachusetts.