Sarah + Mike- Engaged!

Sarah and Mike were so much fun to work with.  We did their engagement photos in their neighborhood in Hampden, Baltimore.  Such a great place for photos, so much variety! They met each other after both moving to the area and now, living there together, it only seemed appropriate for their photos to take place there.  Heck, their cats, Plato and Henry, were even kind enough to let me snap a quick photo of them (even one of the neighborhood stray kitties posed for us!) 

Right across from their house is a Doggie Day Care center painted bright yellow and purple.  The colors screamed "take pictures in front of me" so of course I had to.  Luckily the building wasn't opened for business that day or we would have had lots of pups barking at us while we frolicked around the front.  Complimentary, bright colors...oh yes please! 

Lots of laughter was shared and I know their wedding in March is going to be tons of fun photograph!  Can we say Lord of the Rings themed?!  So excited to capture their day! 

Favorites of 2011!

Hi everyone!  We're moving into a new year yet again.  This year has been pretty awesome, lots of new learning experiences and photographic growth!  I've been able to travel and meet some amazing people through my photography.  I can only hope 2012 is as good a year as 2011.  It was truly a pleasure meeting and working with everyone this year and I'm so thankful I was your choice of photographer!   So here's wishing a prosperous and happy New Year to you all!  Take lots of photos and if at first they don't turn out, just keep on trying!

I've decided to take a little look back at 2011 through some photos, so here are a handful (a very small handful, I won't overload you) of my personal favorites from the year.

I said YES!!!

I'm so excited to announce that yesterday I got engaged!  Marshall completely surprised me and the day was just perfect.  

The Lead Up...

Okay, I need to start this story off by giving a little background, because if I don't it will seem silly that I was actually surprised.  Well, you'll see.  So, a while back I was talking to Marshall telling him how I thought we should go for a picnic, but that I really didn't want to plan it.  I just wanted to go somewhere, bring sandwiches and sit by the water.  He agreed and said that the next time I was in RI we should do so and that he would just get some stuff so we could go one day after work for dinner.  

Towards the beginning of the week, he told me not to make any plans for Thursday, so I agreed and didn't ask any questions because I just figured we'd be going for our picnic dinner.  He also informed me he'd be taking a half day at work.  Okay, that's normal, he takes half days a lot while I'm in RI visiting, so that wasn't anything out of the ordinary.  He never said what we were doing Thursday, I just assumed it would be our picnic, didn't ask any more questions and left it at that.  

The Proposal!

Kristin + Jeff: Engaged!

A few photos from the engagement session with Kristin and Jeff in Havre de Grace.  For the first half of the session we shot at her father's historic 1835 home.  The house was gorgeous and there were quite a few lovely spots to choose from.  Their dog, Dublin, even accompanied them and cooperated for a few of the shots with the help of one of his favorite snacks... pretzels!  For the second half of the session, we made a quick drive over to Tidings Park and the promenade next to the water.  The boats were such a pretty back drop for their shoot.  I felt like being next to the water was a bit of foreshadowing since I'll be shooting their wedding this summer in Jamaica!  I know the wedding will be a blast because they were such a fun couple to work with :-)