I Walked Her Home & She Held My Hand

A & F are natural models! I met them out at Lars Anderson Park for some maternity photos. They were not deterred by the dreary weather, which ended up being gorgeous throughout our session. They're going to be leaving New England before next fall, so capturing the autumn environment was important to them. Lucky for me, between them and the landscape, the photos are naturally beautiful! Take a look for yourselves.









And one of the glowing mama-to-be!

Turkey For Me, Turkey For You

What I am most thankful for on Thanksgiving is actually a whole bunch of "whos."





These were taken at a Memorial Day BBQ at my brother's house and I love them! These photos make me so happy, but not nearly as happy as spending time with my family in person. We are all up early on this lovely Thanksgiving to go to the high school football game. None of us care about football at all but my sister is marching in the band - it's her last year. And I hear they're doing the choreography from Thriller. I'm in!

I hope you all get to spend time with the people you love most today!
Happy Thanksgiving!

I Don't Want To Be Anything But Your Everything

Holly and Pete will be one of my first weddings of the 2011 season! We photographed their engagement session around Boston, starting at the Public Garden and ending at the Boston Harbor Hotel. It was a gorgeous fall day! Doug and I had a blast walking around with Holly & Pete. It's awesome when hanging out with your clients makes you that much more excited to photograph their wedding! I can't wait!





I love Holly laughing in this one!

I Just Can't Live Without You

Joanna & Charles have waited so long for their blog post! I have been so busy editing and shooting and then editing again that blogging has been low man on the totem pole. But I'm back!

Joanna & Charles got married this past September on a gorgeous fall day. It was such a fun wedding - everyone was awesome. There was even a groom's cake disguised as a pepperoni pizza. In a pizza box & everything! To make the night more interesting, the groom made a wager with his sister that he would eat ALL his food, since that tends to be something most brides & grooms miss out on. We were charged with collecting the photographic evidence - making sure we got every full plate and every empty plate. Needless to say, Charles emerged victorious! So, here are some fun photos from their wedding day...

The groomsmen made a side trip to Sonic for some burgers before the wedding. They had one rule to follow - no condiments!


The bride getting ready.


I love this photo! There was no full-length mirror in the room where Joanna was getting ready, so her sister brought her one. So, there's the bride, flanked by her sisters, her sister-in-law, and her mom.


Awesome colors!


The happy couple.


Bubbles during the last dance.




To view their slideshow, all you have to do is click here.

Joanna & Charles, thank you so much for your patience and congratulations!

I'm Living For Givin' the Devil His Due

You're probably wondering where I've been the past few weeks. Well, I've either been in front of my computer or out photographing. There was a minor head injury that had me laid up for a week, but other than that, I swear I haven't been lounging around watching television! I finally feel like I have a handle on my editing (thank you, patient clients) and I can make a (triumphant?) return to blogging.

As you know from previous food posts, I've been working on a book entitled Boston Homegrown. It profiles Boston-area restaurants/chefs who rely on locally-sourced foods - produce, meats, and fish. I am not in charge of the text, but I am in charge of the photographs. It has been an awesome inspiring experience. I have loved every minute of getting to know the chefs and the farmers. I thought photographers were a passionate bunch! The dedication and love that these men & women infuse into their days astounds me. I can't wait to share other food posts with you, and eventually the book, of course!

This summer, I visited a chef at his house and was greeted with an enthusiastic, "I hope you're hungry!" It was amazing! Now, I should preface this by saying, I'm no fish eater. My general rule is that if it swims/breathes underwater, I'm avoiding it. So what do I do when I am faced with a multi-course fish meal? Smile and eat it! For the purposes of this post, I'm just highlighting the clams!

These clams came straight from Pat Woodbury's and were super-fresh!


So fresh, in fact, that when I squeezed a little lemon juice on to this guy, he recoiled (in my head, it screamed, too, like a cartoon yelp). Yup. That's right. Still alive. And my lovely cheffing companion said, "Did it move? It's still alive! That's how fresh they are!" What a treat! Well, live clam, down the hatch you go!


Clams in a pan. Sort of like snakes on a plane, but less dangerous.


Cooked clams. These guys went on to garnish the main dish, but that's for another post.


It was a pretty amazing day! This is only a fraction of the photos I took. I imagine that you weren't expecting clams as my first post back, but rest assured there will be people pictures coming up, too!

(Re: post title - the song is by Blue Oyster Cult - both clams and oysters are a class of mollusks called bivalves, so that's pretty close. Plus, I have to save "Pulling Mussels" in case I get an actual mussel dish.)

And The Painted Ponies Go Up and Down

There is a lot of kissing in this post! That's what happens when you photograph people in love. I knew Michelle & Matt were going to be fun when I suggested meeting up in the city at 8a and they were totally game. Since the Boston Common teems with people on fall weekends, shooting in the early morning was the perfect solution!

Michelle & Matt climbed trees, broke into carousels, danced, and pretty much did everything I asked. I'd like to think the end result was totally worth it!













Thanks, Michelle & Matt, for being so awesome! I can't wait to photograph your wedding next spring! Hooray!

Close Your Eyes and Trust It

I'm trying something new today - a blog collage! Woo hoo! I learn something new every day. Doug and I traveled out to San Diego in September to photograph Adriane & Dave's awesome wedding. They got married at the beach on Coronado, with the Hotel del Coronado (and, of course, the Southern California landscape) in the background. The hotel holds a special place in my heart because they filmed Some Like It Hot there. If you haven't seen it, get to it.

Our base of operations in SD was the W Hotel and Adriane & Dave found themselves occupying the "Extreme Wow" suite, which was pretty amazing. Rumor has it that Tiger Woods shacked up there for a few weeks and the ladies just went in and out. Thank goodness for talkative hotel staff, huh?

This collage represents just a small fraction of the hotness that was their wedding. These two people are so much in love - it was an honor to be there to photograph their wedding day.



To see more, and set to music, you can always watch the slideshow! I highly recommend it.

Stay tuned for some of the photos from their non-traditional Day After Session!