“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get back up”
I already had more opportunities to take some snapshots of Elena’s kids. She is a friend of us and she has had 5 boys over the years! They are all good natured, entertain themselves pretty well and for sure they keep the family environment running at full throttle! Enjoy these summer memories dated 2018! We love you, Elena, and you really are a wise and relaxed mom!!
In the spring 2018, Annasole had a baby brother, Martin. His birth was a good occasion to organise a little photographic catch-up in order to take some portraits of both of the kids. This indoor session was smooth: Annasole was kind of an “habituée” of the studio and honestly, there was no outcry from the side of the little one! Thank you Elisa & George for trusting my capabilities! Enjoy these lovely memories!
Ella, Milly & Pippa are the Fyfe sisters. I had the pleasure to meet them with their parents, Lynsey and Ross, in May 2018. They are friends of friends and we spent a couple of hours together at their place. I was touched by their warm welcome and to observe the mutual love and deep respect that the members of this lovely family had one for another. The girls were simply great, the 2 oldest were really sociable and pleasantly lively. I am delighted by the outcome of this session that and warmed my heart and was uncomplicated! Thank you Lynsey & Ross and for trusting my photographic skills!
These sisters had both BIG personalities! One couldn’t stay still without not watching what the other was up to without being cheekily involved in it! I loved interacting with them and with their super-hearted momma and these few pictures do not really honor them!! Enjoy these lively, lovely memories dated January 2018!
I had the pleasure to spend a couple of hours at Kristjana’s home with her boys. The family’s environment was warm and relaxed and this could well be noticed in her kids attitude! Enjoy these photo memories dated January 2018!
Elisa, Mattia’s mum, is one of my best friends. It was something for me to see reflected in her 3 years old son some of her personality’s traits. Mattia was a young lively boy, very determined, extremely focused and perceptive. Whilst playing with the ball he was over the moon, as well as being at the presence of his adoring mum! Enjoy these loving memories dated October 2017!
Francesco and Viola were both…lively! She was a cheerful cutie pie, all action and with a strong character, whilst he seemed to be more composed, reserved and thoughtful. However, the level of energy they spread around when they were playing together was unique, you can tell! Enjoy these lovely photo memories dates August 2017 and Thanks to Valentina and her young family for posing in front of my lens!
Simone showed this clever, adult and funny personality’s side and was brilliant and quick with the ball, whilst his little brother Samuele seemed to fully enjoy a few hours of freedom in the park! This little one was all giggles and smiles, and intentionally trying to get all of his parents attention! Enjoy these lovely memories dated July 2017. THANK you, Mora family, for posing in front of my camera!
I find that a black & white editing often gives to children’s pictures something more than just an extra vibrancy. It seems to me that it allows them “to shine” more, fixing them in time, in a more powerful way than colour photos. I was delighted to observe and to capture Diletta’s family deep bond and their mutual, strong love one for the other. After all, little princess Arianna was the glowy star of the shooting, as expected! Enjoy these lovely photo memories dated July 2017!
“All the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow” – Leo Tolstoy
During my career as children’s photographer, I have rarely met a 1 year old baby being S O expressive! Francene was really one a kind! She was not only pretty, funny, cuddled and incredibly loved by her proud parents, but also she became like a young actress on stage, the moment after I took out my camera from the bag! Enjoy these cut and lovely photo memories! And Thanks to the Arellano family for posing in front of my lens!
During the dry summer season, it was a pleasure to take the camera in my hands to witness Adele & Cloe’s playful beauty and complicity. These girls ARE stunners, like their beautiful momma! A big Thanks to this family for braving July’s heat!
“Summertime is always the best of what might be” – Charles Bowden
“Play is the highest form of research” – Albert Einstein
It was a pleasure to witness Zoe & Zeno’s busy activities in the garden! Enjoy these lovely shots, taken in June 2017!
Not having brothers of my own, I was never familiar with the world of young boys however, I was positively impressed when I went at Elena’s (a family friend) compound and had a full immersion in her world! Elena has 5 boys who, back in 2017, when these pictures were taken, were between 17 and 4 years old. I observed a few hours of their rough games “en plein air”, whilst we were having a chat and coffee and I reckon that it was very physical, it could be intense as the boys would bicker easily, but at the same time it was quicker, more immediate and less complicated than young girls play sessions! Enjoy these lovely photo memories! P.S. Some of their snapshots were featured on PhotoVogue, well done, boys!
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies” – Aristotle
Analog shots
A portrait dated 2017 of a dear friend, Marianne (1938-2021), who was my German teacher. She is now in heaven, however her unwavering sense of helpfulness, her mental strength, intellectual honesty and industriousness remains amongst us as her legacy.
Elena Arvasi Portrait Photographer 