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.I know what you’ve all been thinking… “Contests are awesome and I want some free stuff”. Well you are in for a treat!!!! Here is the skinny- I have uploaded one image from each of the wonderful weddings that I’ve shot this year and posted them in a contest folder on my NEW facebook…
Monthly Archives: December 2010
I’ve always been at home with my parents of visiting family this time of year. Even when I had my own house in Tennessee I still came back to Maine for Christmas so we never got a tree of our own. Finally- this year we have our very own tree! I really enjoyed spending some…
It has been a long time commin’ but we are in the final stages of the website/branding remodeling craziness. Big things are happening around here and I can not wait to share all the wonderfulness coming your way. New business name, new logo, new website, new blog look and all kinds of other awesome things…
To round out this “best of 2010″ I’m sharing my favorite engagement images that I’ve taken this year. My favorite thing about engagement sessions is getting to know the couple. I love getting a chance to chat and often times laugh through a session. I’m so excited for 2011 and all the fun engagement shoots…
Justin & Mary are awesome in pretty much every sence of the word. Not only are they kick ass photogrpahers they are also two of the nicest, sweetest, most fun people ever. I met them for the first time at Spread The Love Maine. Recently I signed up for a mentoring session with J&M…
