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Hey There! Happy New Year! I am still Alive! I know I have been very lazy in my blogging, but I think I needed a break from things for a little bit to get myself grounded, organized and ready for the upcoming year! I had an extremely busy year with lots of changes, both business and personal, and I am a very strong believer that with rough patches in life you gain strength and courage that you  may not have realized existed within you. I am lucky to have photography as a creative outlet and feel it is one of the things, next to the people in my life, that helps me to keep chugging along! I find great pleasure in getting lost in it and I love sharing it with all of you out there!

I did this Trash-the-Dress shoot a long, long time ago with Shannon and finally have had the chance to blog them for you all (and her ;o) It was cold and I was covered in burrs by the end of the day! In fact there were so many burrs that it was pointed out by the man behind the counter in the Dunkin Donuts we made a pit stop at while shooting! ;o)

I hope you enjoy!

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Shan has these striking blue eyes! LOVE them!

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 I hope you all have a happy healthy new year!

Happy Friday!

~MEG

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Tina - Love these pics and Shannon's blue eyes are absolutely stunning. The angles are great and love the sillouette too!
Shannon - HAHAHA Love Carrie's comment and she is correct lol! But it was worth the wait, these look awesome! Thanks again Meg, that was a blast and a half. Maybe we could do it again some time... when its above freezing outside!
Carrie Walter - When Megan says a long, long time ago, she means Saturday February 23rd, 2008 to be exact ... I know because my engagement shoot was the day after. Beautiful pics Meg and great modeling Shannon!
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Just a little teaser shot from Shan’s TTD session yesterday! This was the last shot Shan and I got. We froze are buts off for three solid hours and trampled through snow to get to all of our locations. The light was falling on us and we got this one just in time! It was probably the most fun shot we created. I simply told her to toss up her boquet and be like HURRAY!!!! We are done shooting and freezing our you-know-whatsee’s-off!

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Off to an E-shoot with Carrie and Gregg!

Can’t wait!

Happy Sunday!

Meg

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Talia - Awesome shot Meg! Can't wait to see more!
creativeimagecollections - shan...you did fabulous in this shot! Great work!!! you're a true model in deed, I just have the lucky job of pressing the shutter button!
creativeimagecollections - eric...your on point...fisheye it was! you know I love my wide angles!!! Looking forward to seeing you at my lunch. Meg
Carrie - Nice shot Meg! You're such a tease - we can't wait to see more, more, more! I am one of those people who check your blog and get excited when you post new pictures. Don't get me wrong, I love to read your entries but love them even more when there's a picture or two or three to go with your story! :)
Lesley - Great shot - can't wait to see some more
Eric - Gorgeous...with your fisheye I presume?
shannon - I am also glad we survived! Im still shivering a little bit... but it was so worth it! I cant wait to see the rest of the pictures!
Stephanie - Love it! :) Great shot and I'm glad you survived the cold.
Jake - haha, great story, great shot.
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Tonight I made the trip to Norwalk to meet up with Shannon, who is a fan of my work (blush blush) and she is going to be my next model for a Trash the Dress shoot. We are going all out for this and I am soooo excited to be working with her. She is a real cutie — She is going to be one HOT Bride! Yippeeeee!

So Shannon will be getting her make-up done , on me of course, and a day she will never forget! I know this will be a fun shoot to do since she is just as excited as me! I am so happy to have finally met her as we have corresponded from time to time via email and my blog…so it was really great to put a face with the name! I can’t wait to share the pics with you all!

Have a fun night…

meg

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creativeimagecollections - your too darn cute! ;o)
SHANNON - Im blog famous now! haha. It was so great meeting you tonight! I dont know if its possible but I think I'm even more excited now!!! :) I CANT WAIT!
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Twenty decades ago (not really ;o) I shot a Trash the Dress session with the infamous Talia from Sixpence For Your Shoe . As Jack Black would say, Talia’s in the BIZ. She is the co-owner of the wedding co-ordinating business and I really loved working with her and her husband, Ed! I knew this shoot would go well the second I met Talia. She is a real smart business woman, down to earth, very likeable and also absolutely beautiful inside and out.

I gave her an extra big blog entry because she has been teased badly and waited very patiently to see her pics…

You may recognize her, as she was the pair of eyes on my blog header through the month of Novemeber and December!!!

So here is the lovely Talia… 

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We shot at Castle Hill Farm in Newtown CT with permission from the Paproski’s, who own the farm! It was so generous of them to allow us to shoot right next to their home!

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we were blessed with some serious afternoon glow for some awesome flair shots…

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This is Ed…he reminds me of John Cusak.

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Talia was envisioning some bales of hay. I love hay! ;o)

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I love this shot…I get a very angelic feel from it.

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I was going to make my own boquet but then realized I am better off sticking to photography! So I swung by the Flower Corner in Bethel and they did a great job on the flowers! I loved them!

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I always love to capture a little body language…

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We got cut short of light real fast so I broke out my tiny itty bitty video light for some night shots…

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Thanks again Talia and Ed! Now lets go get some dinner and have fun! ;o)

Oh yeah…and by the way…I realized her dress stayed too darn clean for a trash the dress shoot so we are headed out for a PART 2 in some mud!!! Can’t wait!

P.S. you can check out Talia’s blog here. She has posted a little bit about our shoot!

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creativeimagecollections - hey Talia, my mom said you are soooo pretty...she likes your looks! You one Hot chickie!;o)
Eric - Wow, you've definitely taken Creative Image Collections to the next level. Looks like 2008 is going to be your year. Those backlit corn field shots are HOT!
creativeimagecollections - thanks nikki...looking forward to your PUG PROM this wednesday! Can't wait!
nikki nicole - dammmmm! your lighting is absoultely beautiful keep it up meg!
Robin Dini - HOTNESS!!! great job Talia and Meg. LOVE the black and white with the silo in the background but the colors on all of the other ones are sooooo amazing!
Talia@Sixpence - oh my GAWD! meg, YAY! they totally rock... you totally rock! i'm giddy with excitement.
Lorrie - Great pics!! Talia's Mom and Ed's Mother-in-law!
jacob - LOVE THEM... wow, it really looks like you had fun. Show us more, please!!!!
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okay…I am winding down with the last of my editing for my 2007 season and will be working on my album designs for the next two months.

I would love to do another Trash the Dress shoot to keep my creative juices flowing and have a location picked out in my mind…it involves some really old, junked up cars in the middle of the woods! I also already have the dress. So if you are about a size 10 or 12 then give me a buzz or leave an email and we can set it up.

Anyone who does a shoot with me, as usual, gets to have their makeup done by the one and only Kristen from MAC. I would love to incorporate some snow in the picture too! so if you are up for some fun in the not so warm sun…then give me a buzz and we can set up the shoot really soon!

meg

 By the way…the only requirement for this shoot is to be willing to do just about anything. I always have lots of fun with clients that give me free reign. That is a dream come true for photographers. The sky is the limit when you hang out with me for the day!!! ;o)

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shannon - oooh better idea I just thought of... There is a play ground and a nature center that you could let the kids play in instead of locking them in the tennis court haha... Wow, hopefully when I'm trying to become a teacher people don't come look at this blog... I really am great with kids!!! :)
shannon - So hey if your ever looking for a new location to shoot and don’t mind driving a little ways I have a cool place for you. It’s called cove island park and its about half a mile from my house in Stamford. Me and the fiancé walk there all of the time when its nice out (NOT like it is today!!!) It’s got roller blade trails, picnic benches with grills, volleyball nets, lots of walking trails, a beach, a beautiful rocky area that you can walk onto and look out at the ocean, lots of trees, its very pretty. Its got two bridges with boats docked on one side. There are huge houses on the other side of the park and theses huge… smoke stack/lighthouse things out in the water on the other side. It has a beautiful stonewall that goes around part of the beach separating it from the grass. Across from the parking lot for the park there is a big grassy hill with trees that would be great for taking pictures and some tennis courts and basketball courts across the way. You could lock the kids in the tennis court, give them a few balls to roll around, and then go take pictures lol. (I’m totally kind of kidding lol) It would be fun to do a trash the dress shoot there because you have the grass, the beach, the water, life guard chairs, etc. Or really any kind of shoot would be nice there! If we end up having you do our wedding we thought of having our engagement shoot there  So yeah I’m a big dork and thought I would share my fun spot with you. If you’re ever in the Stamford area you should swing on by and check it out.
creativeimagecollections - Hey Stephanie...good to hear from you! Yes we had a very rainy day huh??? I will keep that in mind as I like to do projects every now and then and we could always do something in woodstock perhaps!!!! ;o) keep ya posted!
Stephanie - If you ever need another 10/12, I'd love it! i'm still sad about our rainy wedding in june...
creativeimagecollections - your on shannon! ;o) Can't wait! It will be A LOT of FUN! woohoo!
Shannon - Let me know if you still need someone to do the shoot. Im a size 12ish so I might fit :) Let me know :)
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