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Connecticut Children’s Photographers – Holiday Card Photos
It’s been an insanely amazing month filled with more holiday card photo shoots than I have been able to share. (major blog updating must happen!) For now, one quick shot of sweet little lady M! She was an absolute joy to work with and giggled a lot during her shoot. (I think most of the giggling was at me!) xoxo
ONE Year / Connecticut Wedding Photographers
It’s been one year. ONE crazy, insane, amazing, exhausting, scary, exciting, emotional, fantastic year. One year ago I decided to quit my job in corporate america and take the plunge into being a full-time photographer. I remember sitting down with J and telling him I was at a point where I couldn’t do both jobs anymore … the workload was too much and my calendar seemed to indicate it was time to make the jump. He looked me straight in the eyes and told me to go for it. His unwavering confidence in me is something that I carried with me that day and continue to carry in my heart every single day.
The past few weeks have brought about some awesome opportunities for the future … and I continue to sit in awe and seriously debate whether this is really my life. It seems like there has to be a day when this big bubble of amazingness will just burst, and I will wake up and realize this isn’t really my life. But until then, I plan to enjoy the whirlwind roller coaster I am on.
To say that I have amazing clients would be an understatement. I hope I make it really clear that they are the main reason I continue to love what I do. Most importantly in this post is for me to publicly acknowledge how grateful I am for my friends and family who have stood by me through what has not been an easy past year; missed birthday parties, gatherings I can’t make, random hanging out that just doesn’t exist anymore, times I promise to call and forget, voicemails that don’t get listened to and constant requests on my end to just bear with me and my crazy schedule. I know I am not easy to be friends with as I am Queen MIA but I am so grateful for the support they give me each and every day. The FB messages, emails, texts and voicemails make me smile and often times, make me cry. I am so loved and so undeserving … but so appreciate for it! Most importantly, my husband … who deals with a wife who is never home, checks emails in bed, texts clients under the dinner table, goes to weddings dateless, attends family and friend parties without me, lets me show him every little photo from every shoot and who is my sounding board for everything – I adore you. Thank you for being my biggest cheerleader; I couldn’t get through any day without you.
I’ve been working on this video with John from Boston Entertainment since March … and in a crazy turn of events, it was ready and uploaded today. I am really excited to share behind the scenes video and photo footage of the fun I have while working with my clients. Click on the photo below to be taken to the video! xoxo
Finally Friday…
The days have just been jam packed. Summer wedding season is here and that means final meetings with brides and the start of a lot of shooting! 2011 brides have been busy too and I’ve had some really special meetings the past few weeks. Sometimes I just lay in bed at night and can’t believe how lucky I am — and what wonderful clients I get to work with. I had a fantastic bride-to-be tell me such sweet things about my work (thank you C!) and I can’t wait to shoot her wedding next year.
Through my travels (ahem, freakish purchasing online, especially etsy!) I’ve come across some amazing vendors. And some of those amazing vendors have offered me items to give away to — YOU, my faithful readers and clients. So be looking for some of that this summer as well. Most important, it’s Friday — which in our house means chinese food take-out tonight and some relaxing. This weekend there are TWO brides who I get to spend the days with. And I just can’t wait.
Kristen – Senior Portraits
I recently was contacted by Kristen, a sweet senior that goes to one of the nearby colleges. She had “school portraits” done that came out horrible and really wanted to surprise her mom at graduation with a nice senior portrait. We met up at a local beach and were bombarded with wind. (A light stand might have taken out the lip of a certain photographer that was with me!) So we quickly improvised and ran for cover in a little field of sorts.
I am so happy we left the beach because I LOVE what we came up with. I’m sharing a little sneak peak so Kristen can see — and more to come soon. (I’m realizing I am VERY good at sneak peak posts but VERY bad at full peak posts!)
Love a little black and white every now and then….
Stacey in New Haven
Love the haven. As mentioned in my last post, these shots were taken a block away from Kim’s. They look completely different! We walked through Yale’s campus and couldn’t resist this spot. And Stacey? Yeah, she’s gorgeous. I’m constantly working with gorgeous people — inside and out.
Remember the tip I shared about being fierce? Well here is another one; wear eye-catching colors. She had on aqua kicks from Old Navy and a great scarf. You don’t need to wear a prom dress to look faaaantastic!
Kim in New Haven
If anyone wonders where an amazing place to shoot is — consider New Haven. The architecture is amazing and every other corner presents a new backdrop. We shot two completely different looks this weekend in NH and they happened about a block away from each other.
Love this shot….
Hellllllo, green eyes! And let me tell you, I covet that hat.
Here’s my advice to people for portrait shoots or engagement shoots: Consider going a little fierce in a few photos! Sometimes its fun to be bold and beautiful even if inside it makes you nervous!
What I love about these two shots is that they were in a parking garage and on first glance, people would have thought we were nuts to shoot there! I love the light bouncing off the metal fence.
Kim, thanks for rocking it OUT this weekend!
Happy Friday
Ah, it’s Friday. Yay! It’s been a long week and I am excited to relax tomorrow. I’ve got a really fun weekend ahead of shooting. More on that next week.
I’m still recovering from yesterday where I cried at work after reading this. Big, wet tears at my desk that I could not get to stop. Then the tears turned into hysterical giggling when I realized I was sobbing like a baby. But my heart was touched yesterday and I was so inspired to always remember how lucky I am every.single.day.
This week a few of us gathered at the beach for a sunset shoot. Just a few photos to share. Isn’t she so pretty?! She was so bubbly and full of life.
I ran off for a bit and shot a few things before the light dropped. Everyone has their “place” where they love to go and that they can finally just chill out and get away from life. The beach is that for me (specifically Cape Cod). We shot for about 2 hours and I didn’t think about one spec of laundry, the list of to-do’s or the bills I had to pay — not even once.
Happy Friday!
A Fairytale French Vanilla Flavored Life
It smells like spring. Does anyone else ever notice that? There is this gloriously amazing smell that happens when spring breaks winter’s barrier and comes out to tempt us all. Yesterday I woke up and let Madi outside… and didn’t have to close the back door because the air was warm and smelt so good. I didn’t wear a jacket to work and had short sleeves on. I walked at lunch to get my first french vanilla iced coffee of the season and when I took my first sip, I swore I was in heaven. Delicious. I spent last night shooting at the beach during sunset with a great group of people. And I thought to myself how life is absolutely perfect. I read a fantastic blog – Vivid Living – and she had a quote (Thoreau) in her last entry that really struck me -
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.” I’m happy because of spring’s sweet smells, iced coffee, amazing sunsets but most importantly – I am finally living the life I imagined. Thank you to family, my ladies, the amazinggggg people who have hired me and thank you to J… who has always told me I will succeed even when I doubted myself. I smile this morning because I am soooo living the life I’ve always imagined.
You Oughta Know…
I mentioned this little series of “You Oughta Know” posts; just random tidbits about cameras and stuff that I have found useful. This post is short and sweet but I am shocked at how many people don’t do it — BACK UP YOUR WORK! Save all your raw images on your computer and an external device. As you edit, save a folder on your external hard drive of all the photoshop files and jpegs. I’m the queen of tossing things onto my desktop. Not smart at all.
75% of all digital photos taken are saved or stored. (PP, Feb 2010) Don’t be in the 25%!
And now, because no post can be without a photo… my little love pup Madi. Isn’t it the best profile shot ever?
Connecticut at night
Had some fun the other night in the center of town… played around with light a bit. Now I’m trying to figure out where I want to hang one of these in my house!
