I met little Ruth when she was 6 months old during Christmas season. Her mom Deia found me through orkutand scheduled for holiday prints with her sister. It was a fun session and Deia was as sweet as can be. 4 months later, Deia contacted me wanting me to photograph little Ruth’s first birthday party. Let me feel you in on Brazilian 1 year old parties. They are major events, carefully planned and consist of major decorations around a chosen theme, many many balloon artwork, I mean like 2000 balloons or more,, tables of candies, lots of food, entertainment for the kids. It is the third major event in a Brazilian’s life. Mom’s dream of this party while they are expecting and plan and plan, some get to do their dream event and others settle.  Before this big parties we do a session for the entrance portrait and Deia and Gu decided to do a beach session at Ocean Grove, NJ and here are some of my favs from the beach session and a sneak peak from the party.