Diane Arbus put her love for photography into the perfect words: "Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies”. I say bring on the cookies and while I am stuffing my face with sugary goodness I am also striving to capture the emotion, moments and love that is happening right in front of my lens.
I am a wife (newly wed!!!), a doggy momma and 6 feet tall. I'm most comfortable in jeans and a t-shirt but have found myself warming up to the new trend of leggings- almost as comfortable as yoga pants yet acceptable to be seen in public wearing. I love to travel and can't wait to get back to Scotland where my husband, Silas, and I spent our honeymoon. I love people and I love to talk. I hate to write, I'm a terrible speller (thank goodness for spell check). I am a wanna-be foodie and wineo.
I'm a pretty easy going person and I think that aspect of my personality really comes through in my style of photography. I'm not a photographer who poses you by coming up and moving your left arm here, your right arm like that, twist your head this way and that... I'm a little more hands off and a little more about you being you in front of the camera. When it comes down to it you are hiring me to capture YOU. Your life, your family, your wedding. The more I can do to make you comfortable and feel like yourself the better. You'll often hear me say things like "snuggle" to my couples or tell the kids to go kick a soccer ball in the yard for family photos.
I want to know you, we can grab a drink or have dinner at a local pub or just walk down the street to my favorite coffee shop but my goal is to get to know you just a little bit better so that when I'm capturing your life, be it your wedding day, engagement photos or family pictures that you are comfortable with me and I'm comfortable with you so that this camera in my hand isn't the main focus of the day. Capturing you and your life is.
So, hears to a joyous life full of love and beautiful art.As a relatively new member of Pictage (a wonderful viewing website for professional photographers) I’ve just recently discovered their slideshow feature. Now that I know kind of how to use it I’m going to share one with all of you! I hope to include these very cool slideshows is many more posts to come. So…
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Sitting here with cold feet and cold fingers looking out at the fresh 8 inches of snow we just had fall from the sky- I thought I’d post some photos from a warmer time. These images are from a wedding I second shot for with Shawn Tomkinson Photography back in September of 2009. I was…
A week after their beautiful snowy day wedding on the slopes of Jordan Bowl, Sunday River, I’m finally making a full post with their images. I was so lucky to have Meg of Meg Simone Videography along with me for this wedding. She has loads of shooting on skis experience- which came in quite handy….
2010 has started with some snow in northern new england. While my first wedding of the year was in a snow storm and on skis, Michael and Amy’s wedding was a bit more traditional – but had falling snow just the same. The happy couple cxchanged vows at the BEAUTIFUL Wentworth Inn in Jackson NH….
Admits the snow and wind yesterday at Sunday River Nick and Mel were married slope side. Here is a quick preview
