Afew weeks ago I did a One on One workshop with a lovely gal and My past client/now friend Kelly modeled for us! We had a glorious day, nice and warm for February and it provided some golden light for us to work with. Just what I was hoping for! I love being able to teach others about the light and how not to be afraid of it. Even in mid-day sun!
If interested in attending a One on One workshop with me just contact the studio by phone/email and we will set up a day that works for us both! I can do weekends as long as I am not booked already for a commissioned wedding/portrait! One on One workshops are from 9am to about 6pm and are $550, which includes lunch on me and a TON of information and a TON of shooting. We hit up Tarrywile Park but also hit up the downtown area for some urban stuff / and all sorts of lighting. Lighting with off camera and controlling natural light are key points of discussion in the workshop, however, the day is tailored to your specific needs mainly. So bring your struggles and questions to the table!
Here is what I got from the day! I am LOVIN’ Kelly’s new red hair!
Thanks SO much Kelly and I can’t wait to meet up to give you the rest! (hint…calling a girl’s night out!)
Happy Tuesday to you all!
MEG
So today was a snow day for us! Actually…school wasn’t officially cancelled or even delayed when it was time to drive to school this morning. I guess you could say I broke the rules a bit by letting my kids stay home. No…I wasn’t trying to be a “cool” mom. That honestly won’t ever happen anyhow. In fact, it was a bit selfish in the sense that I knew the school’s would end up having an early dismissal and I knew I would get NOTHING done if I had to drive them both to school only to go back in a couple hours to pick them up. So we had a snow day in our house! It was well deserved by all three of us! ;o)
So what did we do with our time? Take pics of course! In fact, Peyton and Nina helped me in my office today gathering information for good ol’e tax season that has already begun to approach us! We worked hard. So to relax a bit I wanted to do a mini portrait session with my little guy, since I posted one of Nina a month or so ago and promised one of Peyton soon after. Peyton recently turned 5 years old and we celebrated with Batman themed Duck-pin Bowling Party. It doesn’t get cooler than that folks. Have you ever been Duck-pin Bowling? If not you’re striking out. ;o) Sorry had to say it!
I found Peyt’s Dad’s old Batman costume (hand-stiched might I add) back from when he was younger.Since coincidentally I found it at the time I was planning Peyton’s Batman Party and since he loves his Dad so much, I wanted to grab some shots of him in it. I figured it was appropriate in more ways than one.
So here’s to the return of Batman!
Peyton is a VERY talented artist…
I wasn’t sure how the mini portrait session would go with the way things started out…
but that quickly faded with a little bribery and the mention of something about M&M’s (I KNOW…not what you want to teach your kids. I swear it works for pics though)
Peyton has the cutest pork chop feet. I could eat them up. Hopefully I grow out of this when he gets older!
Check out the stitching on the Batman symbol. Classic.
Complete with a cape!
Since the big brother had the opportunity so must the little munchkie, Nina. She NEVER stops with that thumb!
Hope you all enjoyed your own snow day one way or another!
Happy Thursday!
MEG
I shot Emily & Jeremy’s engagement shoot back in December. They wanted to do something at Central Park in New York City in December, since that is when and where Jeremy proposed to Emily! I thought that was very appropriate! So off we went tromping through the park and New York City streets, amongst the hustle and bustle that the city manifests during the Christmas season! We tried for the tree, but it was a tamer version of a mosh pit! So it was just not going to happen. Some night photography was especially requested by the couple so we had to make up for the lack of the Rockefeller Center image that she envisioned!
Here are a few of my favs from the day!
And I didn’t forget anyone’s post for their weddings…I have quite a few shoots to blog about from the end of my wedding season! They will all be posted so you can keep checkin’ back!
Hope you all have a Happy Tuesday!
MEG
A couple weekends ago I photographed a maternity session for Nicole and Duncan! Just to give you a little background information, I met them at Andrea and Nick’s wedding back in May! Duncan is Andrea’s brother! So they are expecting. We had very little time to plan this shoot since she is due any day now (if the little munchkin didn’t arrive already!) I had a blast with Nicole and Duncan and learned of all the good restaurants to eat at in Fairfield, CT. (I tried Wild Rice…yummmmm! and soon to find out how Archie Moore’s wings are!
So we started off indoors in the nursery!
Nicole had this adorable top, that I have to say isn’t even a maternity shirt. Yeah. I know. NOT FAIR! She looks amazing and glows!
They have the cutest backyard with a fence, green grass and some cute dogs too!
The one thing Duncan said during the shoot that sticks out in my mind is that him and Nicole like each other! They really share a special bond with each other. This will be one lucky kid!
If this is Nicole’s “I mean business” face then she has to work on it a bit…much too cute!
We headed down to the beach, which was a hop, skip, and a jump away!
Some golden sunset light…
Coinky-dink has it that I happened to be ready to post this on Father’s Day! Don’t know if that applies to Duncan yet! If it does…Happy Father’s Day!
Have a Happy Father’s Day and a Happy Sunday!
MEG
Good Afternoon! I have a ton of upcoming shoots/weddings to post but have a bit to go before they are ready to be posted! Going from 0 to 100 has definitely whipped my butt back into shape for the ‘09 Wedding season!
It is on my to-do-list to take more personal photos (such as pictures of my children for once) through out the year so I can have the memories to cherish when I am older and want to look back and remember all the wonderful moments in life. This post is about a gown. A special gown. It is my Grandpa’s christening gown that is exactly 96 years old this year! Which means my Grandpa himself is also 96! That’s right…He is still alive and tickin’! At 96, he still tunes pianos on occasion (his lively-hood) and he still drives, and he still likes to tinker around fixing anything he possibly can!
This gown is special to me because it is my Grandpa’s 96 year old Christening gown (which his mother had hand sewn for him) that both of my children were blessed enough to wear for their own baptisms! I am so proud that my Grandpa was around to see them baptized in it. It hangs on a door in our home and every time I glance at it I think to myself that I really need to photograph it to preserve the great memory I have of my children being baptized in it. I always forget to do this. So today, because it is on my to-do-list in life, I photographed it. I am sure it will be passed on in the family to whomever has a child next and has them baptized, so it won’t be in our possession forever. I think it is such a special gown and has provided me with a real sense of the important things in life…family and enjoying the important moments in life with them while they are still here! I actually had made a hand-sewn bonnet that went with it for my children but I can’t seem to find it. So bummed about that. I hope it pops up some day!
So here it is…
Have a happy Wednesday!
~MEG
