Wintery White Wedding

It may have been snowy and cold outside, but it was warm and cozy at the Quonset Club in North Kingstown, RI where Heather and Derek said their vows on Saturday. Helping out fellow photographer Mike from MKD Photography, here is a sampling from the day.


Getting Ready....





Watch out for the hairspray in the eyes!



Walking down the aisle...






The Stunning Cake...




...and rings!

Biting the Bullet

Anyone who knows me is very aware of my fear of being in front of the camera. Behind the camera taking the photographs is where I belong. It was time though to finally overcome my fear, dive in and just have my stupid picture taken! After all, I need something for my website (I think I've had "image coming soon" for about 4 months now!)

So I finally did it...and I am SO thrilled! My fabulous friend and fellow photographer Paulette of Say Pickles could not have done a more fantastic job. I am so happy (and damn! She made me look good!). Thank you thank you thank you Paulette!

Here is a small sampling, all images courtesy of Say Pickles:

Inspiration

Blah...Winter! It is cold, cold, cold here in New England and it is catching up with me. I was "under the weather' all weak and was just too worn down from being sick to blog! But I am feeling better now.

Today's post is less about my photography, more about something I just wanted to share with everyone as a sign of inspiration and hope.

During my last engagement session, I noticed that Kate, the bride to be, had the most beautiful bracelet on. When I asked her about it, she explained that it is part of this wonderful, local organization that was created in honor of a woman named Mel, whom during her 5 year battle against breast cancer, gave away these exact same bracelets to friends, fellow patients, nurses and doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital. After her passing, the organization, Friends of Mel Foundation, was formed to raise cancer awareness in such a unique, and wonderful way - through these bracelets. By making a donation to the organization (which funds cancer research at Massachusetts General Hospital), they in return send you one of Mel's bracelets.

If you want to learn more about the organization or even donate (hey a pretty bracelet comes with it!), you can click on the link above.

Cheers!

Quarter of a Century

This past Wednesday I celebrated my birthday, leaving behind my early twenties and entering into my quarter-life crisis stage (just kidding). When I came home Wednesday evening, Ian had the most beautiful surprise waiting for me - I'm the luckiest girl ever :)

Happy New Year

...and perhaps this year I won't allow myself to go over a month without posting something new on my blog! Sincerest apologies to those who faithfully check for my updates...

My first post for 2008 is an engagement session for a couple that I am so excited to be working with. Prior to our engagement session, I had never met Matt and Kate, who are planning a Cape wedding all the way from Virginia! I tried to convince them that I could use the vacation down to Virginia, but alas they had their hearts set on having the photos done close to home :) I guess I'll have to find another excuse to escape down south this Spring!

Enjoy!

Laughter and Smiles

Lately my work has been focused on weddings and engagements, so today was a nice break and a good chance for me to be goofy and act silly with a 18 month old. Gabriel was super smiley, so easy to photograph and just overall a pure bundle of joy - he had so much energy! I had such a great time and wanted to share a few of my favorites so far...

And while you might want to resist the fact that the holidays are coming, they are in fact already here! So why not celebrate with some snow!!!

City Love

About 1 month ago I had the pleasure of photographing this couple's first engagement session up in New Hampshire with the beautiful fall foliage as our backdrop. For their second session, they really wanted to capture Boston and what better way to do that then on the Mass Ave bridge with the skyline in the background.

It was pretty windy that day, and I think Ian (who was so graciously standing in as my assistant) almost blew away with my reflector right into the Charles River! Always a good time in downtown Boston...

This next shot reminds me of a old school postcard photo...I LOVE it!

Thanks Emily and Emily for having so much fun with me on your engagement shoots!