Chef James.

Meet Chef James.  James is the chef at Wine Thyme in North Conway, NH, my co-worker and my friend.  A few months ago, while I was tasting some of his incredible homemade soups, James and I started talking about taking some photos of him in front of the restaurant.  He wanted one where he looked angry/pissed off- you know Anthony Bourdain style.  Well last week on a slow afternoon we decided to try a few photos.  Of course my favorites is not the angry chef one... but thats just me.

Waiting tables is a really nice complement to my photo business.  With photography If I'm not shooting, most of the time, I am sitting at my computer where my dog and two cats are the most social interaction I get all day long.  (Of course unless you count facebook).   Waiting tables gives me a chance to run around like a chicken with my head cut off, strike up random conversations with customers and work with some cool people and it's kind of fun!  This shot is of our mini dining room looking out at the patio.  Most of the summer that patio if PACKED with people.  This time of year we are all, as patiently as possibly, waiting for the snow and skiers.

bad blogger... very bad.

I've been so bad about blogging the past week or so and I am very sorry!  Life is crazy!!! My boyfriend Silas and I hosted Thanksgiving on Thursday and it was great!  We had some friends come over and ate so much food... plus we still have at least 3 meals left over.  We played some rock band, sang some karaoke and drank some wine.  Sadly because I was cooking for a chef and another cook I was so wrapped up in not messing anything up that I totally forgot to take some photos of the wonderful food. I am however putting up some of the book layouts that I've been working on for a wedding I did (with help from Miss Deborah Parker) back in April.  The wedding was in Bay St. Louis Mississippi- and it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!  The first page are photos we took at their rehearsal dinner which was a crawfish boil- and the crazy dudes in the pants are the grooms best friends!

I love....

I love where I live.... I love my car...

The river/covered bridge is so pretty...

and of course I love my puppy...

It's a Connell Christmas.

Yesterday i happened across one of my best clients facebook page and her self proclaimed "best attempts at a Christmas card photos".  She was unhappy with all of them do to the dog or her daughter not looking at the camera etc.  So i offered to lend a hand. We met up today for 10mins to just snap a few photos- They got half way to town and realized they  had left the dog at home... which probobly made my job 10x easier!  We had a hard time getting Cam to look at the camera and smile but we did get a few good ones where at least there is eye contact!

Vanessa | Marty

A few weeks ago I had the best excuse in the world to visit my favorite city of Beantown. Vanessa and Marty are getting married in Aug on the coast of Maine.  Vanessa & Marty live in Boston and jumped my suggestion to do their engagement shoot there (like I said any excuse to spend a weekend in the city).  So I traveled down to Boston and met up with Debbie (Deborah Zoe Photo) on a perfect afternoon.  Debbie is 2nd shooting the wedding with me and I figured it would be a great chance to have her meet the couple and have them get to know her.

Well, we had a blast!  We started in the public gardens and worked our way into beacon hill- finishing in front of the state house.  I'm so lucky to have such good looking and fun clients!  Marty even admitted he was excited for the shoot.  Are these guys models or what?  For this first photo I told Vanessa to "drape herself on Marty".  She gave me a slightly confused look but went for it anyway.... I knew she'd a natural.