lucas is two!

here are some shots from the latest photo shoot at ft. williams with one of my favorite families! emily and shawn were a bride and groom from one of my weddings a few years ago and they have become close friends. just how i like it! they live about a ten minute walk from my house. in fact this morning we went to feed the ducks together....but, i digress. emily is pregnant with a little girl! yah!! and lucas just turned two a few months ago. so here are some of my favs (though it was hard to choose). they are just all so cute! look how beautiful miss pregnant em is!

i love that i caught lucas walking by and looking lovingly at mama...




something about this moment i am just in love with....


and this long shadow of lucas is wonderful.






he's just got a great smile.




stunning as always!




there is nothing better then the feeling captured here. it makes me smile every time i look at it.

kim & garrett, engagement shots

kim & garrett are getting married next may. the wedding will be in auburn, maine with the reception being outside at his parents home. i love weddings at the family home. it just makes the day that much more special...to be surrounded by all that is personal and close to the family is comforting. i am hoping their 3 dogs will be there as well. the told me they started with a little one, added a spaniel, and then adopted a dobermen. small, medium, and large! i can't wait for the wedding. until then....

kim's bridal-trash the dress day

i wanted to go out and play with my camera and sunlight and flash. try some new things and relearn some old tricks. just shoot. essential work to any photographer. my dear friend kim agreed to get all fancy for me. i did her hair and make-up myself (not too shabby huh?) and we headed out on a sunny afternoon. not though without first stopping at subway since we were starving, but needed to be quick. i know, it's all there was nearby though! that stop has been quite funny to us since the shoot..."beautiful bride stops at subway for pre-wedding sandwich"...."jared has taught her to watch her figure"...ok enough.

we went to the new train station in portland, maine and then drove behind it to a bunch of buildings and the bay. there was all kinds of business' back there from a taxi cab company to the building we used as our backdrop which was 'barnstormers', where they make flooring from re-sawn vintage lumber. very cool! john, the owner, came out and chatted with us. he wondered if we were a couple of students from the maine college of art. nope just a crazy wedding photographer looking for a cool spot and some nice light. we found both.

well thanks for your patience and the laughs kim. you were great just like i knew you would be!

ps i am so excited to have figured out the way to get large photos on my blog...it only took me half a day! sigh. oh well. they look much more they way i want them to! yah for photos!

then downtown near the porthole restaurant, and the comedy connection, for the great shock of color that is on the walls outside. it's one of my favorite spots to add some color and have some fun!



this is SO kim...


took awhile to get her to laugh out loud. she was so nervous. not that i blame her, i don't like my photo taken either!

jim & connie's ocean side wedding, boothbay harbor, maine

jim & connie had an amazingly beautiful day to renew their love and vows. the sun was big on the ocean that day and big in their hearts. they were a perfectly sweet and kind couple that i loved spending the day with. we spent time at his parents home in boothbay harbor getting ready and then everyone returned after the ceremony for a break before dinner so that we could get those great beach shots! yah for the rocky maine coast! the ceremony was at 'our lady queen of peace' right downtown. so perfectly picturesque. and her father was able to be the officiant for the ceremony. such a wonderfully family oriented day. the couple decided they wanted to arrive at 'the chowder house' in style so we went by boat...of course! i loved that they just sat back and enjoyed the ride, talking to each other and waving to other folks out on the water. they were so relaxed. they had a good old fashioned maine lobster bake to finish off the night and blueberry pies to complete the experience. a wonderful maine themed day. cheers to many years of happiness! -jen