Andrea & Cory | Married | Boothbay, Maine | Part 1

I felt so lucky to be invited along to this wedding by my fellow wedding photographer friend Debbie!  The location- wow, the couple- wow, the whole day... Perfect!  We started the day over at the private house where the boys were getting ready.  It was a beautiful day.

Perhaps a little on the warm side for some.

I'm not exactly sure why but this next one is one of my favorite images of the day.

After spending a little time with the boys we headed back across the street to the beautiful Hodgdon Inn to find the girls.

I am telling you Andrea was the most relaxed, happy bride I've ever seen.

I couldn't get enough of her smile... it was completely contagious- every time she smiled everyone else around her couldn't help but smile too.

Isn't she just STUNNING?

Two of her lovely bridesmaid's hanging out.

Don't worry, I'm quite aware that this next photo is a little different... it's maybe not the most beautiful or exciting image but for some reason I totally love it.

This church is amazing.  Small, intimate, beautiful stone and RIGHT across the street from the ocean- does it get any better? I think not.

The ceremony was a mix of Andrea's Catholic faith and Cory's Jewish faith.

On their way back down the isle as husband and wife Cory stopped just inside the door to ring the bell.

There is plenty more gorgeousness where these came from so stay tuned for part 2.

Boothbay Maine | Wedding | Just a taste

This past weekend I was lucky enough to be invited along to second shoot for the always fabulous Deborah Zoe.  There are so many amaizing photos from this wedding I can't wait to share them!   But for now here is something to tease you...

Gallery Wrapped Canvas

I am in love.  I just can't help it.  A beautiful image printed on canvas wrapped over a frame ready to hang no muss no fuss is just one of my favorite things. I ordered a few sample canvases last week and upon arriving home from my weekend trip to VA I found a box just full of love for me.  I think the simplicity of canvas wraps with no fancy frame, no mat and best of all no additional cost for those things makes them such a great way to enjoy photographs.  You get your print you hang it up.  Done.

I picked a few of my favorite pictures from some recent session including an Engagement of Suzie and Andrew at the beach, a wedding image from Emily and Anthony's awesome wedding and a slightly older image but still one of my all time favorites from Vanessa & Marty's Engagement shoot in Boston.

This image of Vanessa & Marty is one of my favorites!!!  It is printed as a 16X20 and is 1.5 inches deep .  It's amazing how small it looks on a medium sized wall.  You'd be surpassed how small images, that you think are huge when you first hear the dimensions, are once they are on a wall in your home.

The texture of the canvas gives such depth to the image.

Here is Andrew & Suzie on the beach.  This print is a 24X24 square canvas.  Not sure this image really goes on a red wall but you know what, I love my red wall and I love this picture, so it works for me.

Last but not least is the 20X30 of Emily, Anthony and the really cool old truck!  To give you a little size reference my family photos on the shelves below the canvas are 5X7's and smaller.

***Hey Clients... if you are interested in a gallery wrap canvas let me know!!!!  I am offering 20% off gallery wraps for clients who mention this blog post through the end of July- Just shoot me an email.  It doesn't have to be for a session we have already shot- you can pre-order a canvas for an upcoming wedding or portrait session***

Suzie & Andrew | Engaged | Scituate, MA

When I first sat down to chat with Suzie last year at a Starbucks in the South End of Boston I knew we had a lot in common.  She had found me because one of her best friends in college is one of my oldest friends from summer camp.  Come to find out shortly after, my college roommate and another one of my 2010 brides were also her teammates from her club swim team growing up.  Small world! Suzie and Andrew are getting married in late May 2011.  We got together in late June to shoot their engagements on the beach near Andrew's parents house in Scituate, MA.   Talk about a beautiful spot- there is a private beach for this small neighborhood of houses and it's just stunning!!!!!!  With rain in the forecast we were a little nervous and although we heard lots of thunder it turned out to be a perfect evening for a photo shoot... so perfect, in fact, there was another photographer on the beach shooting some engagements just as we were leaving.

Andrew is not exactly thrilled about having his photo taken... I promised him it wouldn't hurt and that I didn't bite and I think we even managed to get a few real smiles out of him.  I also found out he can totally rock the camera... just look at these next two.

Love the romantic feel of this one.

The colors of the beach were stunning!!!!!  The sky, the water all that beautiful blue.

On the walk back up to the car I had them stop and sit on the boardwalk so we could play with some of the grassland marsh as well.  More pretty colors and beautiful light... Yes please!

Suzie wanted to do a few more pictures out at the light house just up the coast with the bay and some boats.

This one might my by favorite of the day.

I had a great time hanging out on the coast with Suzie and Andrew.  I also had a kick butt dinner at a restaurant right in town that they suggested... BEST FRIED SHIMP EVER!  Thanks guys for a great day-  can't wait for May :)

Engaged | Newport, RI

A few weeks ago Debbie of Deborah Zoe Photo and I spent a stormy afternoon in Newport RI.  We met this happy couple at Salve Regina where Erika had gone to school and where they are getting married in September. We started out at the campus's beautiful administrative building and then worked out way down to Ocean drive.

Love the architecture!!!!  What a fabulous place... can't wait for wedding photos here in a few months!!!

These two are the perfect combo of sweet and silly.

Even though we couldn't see much of the ocean due to the impending storm the rocks along the coast still made for a great setting... not to mention the beautiful, soft light.

I can't help it... I just love the bird I caught in this last one!