One of the first things that struck me within minutes of meeting her was how much she laughed and enjoyed her wonderful family. Our session was full of laughs as you may see in the photos. I caught a lot of natural smiles without much effort on my part. Her two handsome boys (specially the four year old) kept me on my toes. Who needs the gym when you can chase four year olds? He was pretty symbolic of his age not being able to stay still for more than a few minutes (oh, wait seconds) and that was pretty much how I captured him on camera.

I had such a wonderful time with Carolyn’s amazing family and couldn’t have been happier to gift this custom photography session to her family. Hope you love the photos, Carolyn as much as I do!

I will be leaving for India shortly and while going through my things I found a few items I had collected through my travels. I thought it would be fun to give those away to those of you that are able to make donations to your favorite charity. The rules are simple…donate $15 or more to your favorite charity and email me a receipt from your donation. You can pick any of the items below and I will ship them out to you once I confirm your donation. Please be sure to email me to verify if the item is still available.

I am leaving for India in a week so the latest I will be able to ship out will be by Wed, 17th so please be sure to email me soon. If you are unable to make the donation please visit Care2 where you can make free clicks to donate!

You probably have your own favorite charities but I wanted to mention a few. A plug for my brother Abodh’s charity The Welfare of Stray Dogs, a non-profit that he runs in India. A few others I have supported are Doctors without Borders, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Idex, Susan G Komen for the Cure, Akanksha, and local orgs: Project OpenHand, Davis Street Shelter. On a side note, when I first started my business, I did a photo shoot for Davis Street Shelter. One of the patrons, I photographed was an older gentleman called Dale that I got to talk to during our session. Recently, Dawn my contact there got in touch with me to see if I could make prints of his photos for his grandkids. Dale is seriously ill with cancer and had a recent heart attack and not doing too well. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts.

Here are some of the products…

Tantra T-Shirt. 100% Cotton, Large

Fab India Kid’s Shirts worn on Jeans. I adore their clothes and have to get some on every trip. 100% cotton, soft and comfy. There is one photo to show the open shirt and the rest look exactly the same. Please check sizes on the shirt labels.

Anokhi Cushion Covers. These were from my 2006 travels to Jaipur, a city in Northern India known for the wonderful art of hand-block printing. These cushion covers are block printed on a tissue material backed with a cotton material. Size approx 17.5 x 17.5″. No inserts.

Can’t remember where I got these but it was most likely at a little shop in Delhi. Silk Cushion covers with cotton backing. 16 x 16″ with open back in a set of two. No inserts