Little Lady Fairy…

July 19, 2010 – 2:25 am

It has been a couple of years since the last time I have seen little Miss “M.”  In fact the last time we met, I was pregnant then too.  Since I saw her last, she has shot up a foot and grew a long head of hair.  What has stayed the same  is those beautiful blue eyes and her sense of style.  We have to give grandma props for this garb, after seeing Mom’s call for wardrobe assistance on Facebook, she went and bought this sweet and fun outfit.  It has also been a while since I shot at this location, you don’t want to overuse a good thing.  This site includes several of my favorite features in a shooting location, lots of brick and stone texture, shade and old doors.  Add sunglasses and wings into the mix, and we have ourselves a little fairy diva.

How do you know when your little fairy is done for the day, when she walks off the set :)

Trash The Dress, Part 2…

July 16, 2010 – 4:51 pm

Two brides+two looks= a lot of photos.  I had to split up the blog post due to the huge amount of photos I took, and the fact that I had some much fun going through them all.   My 2nd bride was so sweet and just a blast to work with.  She actually came in on top with the most votes on my blog.  I didn’t realize this until after the fact, but she drove up from Hartford, CT to come be apart of this shoot.  She heard about the contest from Best Hudson Valley Weddings Ever, but I have also photographed her nephew in the past.

Behind the scene stories:  When out shooting with two brides, we got a lot of attention.  Many of the people driving by thought they actually married each other.   Out on the beach,  we again gained much attention from the locals hanging in the sand.  Many of them were nice enough to point out that she was going to get her dress dirty in the sand.  Yeah, we know that.  Kind of the point :)   You can image the looks on their faces when they see her dip down, full dress into the water.  After a long day in the sun, it felt good but did add about 20 lbs to the dress.  Thanks again Laura, you rocked it!!

Trash The Dress, Part 1…

July 14, 2010 – 4:05 pm

So this was the big weekend in which we “Trashed The Dress.”  I can’t tell you how much fun this was.  Things moved so smoothly and some of the things that happened while shooting, only made the day even better.  I worked with a GREAT GREAT team this weekend and I can’t thank them enough for the time and energy they put into the day.  Because there were 2 brides and there were so many great pictures from the day, I have to split the blog post up over the next couple days.  Today we will start with our avant garde bride.  Being that she is no longer married, she was will to do “whatever”  to her dress.  Scissors and paint did come out.  At the last minute, a husband and wife team from I DO MOVIES came and filmed this bride during our shoot.  You must check out their work, you might see a couple familiar/famous faces on their site.  I can’t wait to see what they come up with!

The Details

Hair:  Sarah Schappach

Make-Up: Karen Schrowang

Accessories: Tracy Williams

Videography: I DO MOVIES

Extras

Ice Cream Truck:   Mr. Ding-A-Ling Ice Cream Truck

The Hot Red Car:  Fred Burger “Trailers”

While shooting, this hot red car just happened to drive by. I was across the street but yelled to stop that car.  Who wouldn’t stop to a bride running down the street chasing you!  The owner, Fred Burger, was kind enough to let us enjoy  his car for a little while.  What a prop!!

When I heard the ice cream truck, my pregnant belly though, “ICE CREAM, YUMMY!”  The 2nd thing that came to my mind was this too would make a fantastic background for a couple of photos.  Lucky for me, I had a couple of bucks in my pocket.

Hello rockin’ hair!!!!

Gone Fishing…

July 12, 2010 – 4:15 pm

Many of my clients call and book me out months in advance, just  like this family.  So when the day finally comes to meet, it is like meeting an old email pen pal.  When we talked back in February,  mom wanted to do a special shoot for dad that included one of his favorite past times, fishing with his kids.  The brought me to a great new location, and although the fish were not plentiful, the ducks sure were.  Needless to say, there was a lot of duck feeding and chasing going on.  A couple brave ducks walked straight up to us.   Lucky for us we did our shoot pretty early in the morning, because it soon got hot.  And of coarse, who can resist photographing a little red head!

Balloon Festival…

July 10, 2010 – 8:24 pm

Last weekend I got up nice and early, on a Saturday morning no less,  to head over to the Walkway to catch a glimpse of the annual Dutchess County Balloon Festival.  It is always a question on whether or not they will launch and this morning, all of them did.  I would have loved it if the actually flew over the Walkway itself, but not with this launch.  Otherwise, it was a wonderful morning and worth the early wake up.

My New Gallery…

July 9, 2010 – 3:25 pm

I love helping my clients put together print and canvas galleries for their home.  I have some great tools and layouts that help my clients visualize how their images could look hanging on their walls, even before they are sent to the printer.   Well, hubby and I just celebrated our seven year itch anniversary so I wanted to give him a nice gift.  He is constantly seeing these fabulous canvases coming in and out of our house all the time, just non of them are ever for us.  Isn’t that always the way :)   So on a random free day I took the boys out for a mini photoshoot and surprised hubby with our new canvas pieces.  I opted to only go with 2 images rather than a multi image layout since baby #3 is due in just a few short weeks and I plan on doing a canvas display that includes him.

Here is how I started, I pull up my favorite photos and my 30ish canvas layouts on my projector.  I played with the pictures to figure out what 2 images looked best together, as well as what sizes worked best. I made sure to measure my space first so I didn’t have something too small in too big of a space or something to big in to small of a space.   Here is the layout I picked out:

And here is the final product:

Needless to say, hubby was over joyed and I have 2 beautiful new Gallery Wrap Canvases hanging in my home :)

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