Megan & Gary UMaine Engagement Session (GO BLACK BEARS)

Hang on to your hats - this one is a long one!

Can I just say I have been waiting for YEARS to do this shoot!!

We met Megan and Gary at the University of Maine in Orono for their engagement shoot. They will be graduating this spring and getting married this spring and after this shoot, we can't wait to photograph the wedding!!

Ok, so the reason I am so excited is that Brandi and I are also alums of UMaine (GO BLACK BEARS). I love the University and the community. I wish now I went all four years there!! It was soooo nice to be back on campus - it was just like the old days when Brandi and I were first dating -- she lived on campus and I lived off campus. The late nights studying in the library. The long days of classes. AHHHHH i miss it!!

Anyway -- onto the shoot!

The steps of the library - recently re-done since we left. It was a little chilly in the shade, but Megan and Gary shed the jackets and posed on!

How Great?

Yah, did I mention its FALL on campus?

The symbol of UMaine: Stevens Hall. Look at them - how cute!!!

And next --- my old friend LENS FLAIR - LOVE IT!

Love the Symmetry of the next one.

HELLO SWEETNESS!! I absolutely love this one - the lens flair, the emotion, the arch way --- so In love. This one may become a canvas print for the office.

While I was off scouting our next shooting spot Brandi grabbed this one.

LOOOOOOVE IT!!!

OMG - I had never been on the football field before, but I knew it would make an amazing photo!! Look at them in the M.

Love anyone?

Brandi got this one.

Ok, I wanted to have a little fun with this. I told them to stand with their feet only in the white - and lean in to kiss. When we were finished Megan told us that they were holding each other up with their faces. What troopers....but what a shot!!

Ok, this was a little fun!!

Gotta love the football poses.

We ended at the gardens at the back of campus. It is beautiful in there. I will be bringing others to this spot (who wants to be next?)

Um yup - there was a PERFECT tree for sitting....so with a little help we got them both up in the tree.

I wanted to end with this shot. They are so in love, it was so great to work with them and I think this next picture says it all.

Megan and Gary, we are so excited to photograph your wedding!! We wish you the best of luck in finishing school and planning for your wedding!! Thank you so much for working with us, and letting us capture your love!!

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First Look - Megan & Gary Engagement Session - University of Maine Orono

SOOOOO Excited for this post.

Both Brandi and I are PROUD UMAINE Grads and we were SOOOO excited to get to photograph Megan and Gary at the University. LOVE IT! We got so many great shots and so many great locations --- It was so hard to pick my favorite picture to share. Many more coming....stay tuned!

We met Megan at the 2nd Annual Morgan Hill Event Center Bridal show this spring...we will be at the 3rd as well on November 15. Come Meet us!!!

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I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!

First off - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL!!

Now onto the topic of the blog - I graduated from Husson University on Saturday with my MBA. I am so glad to be done. The ceremony was great - it was an excellent end to a chapter in my life. No longer am I going to have to rush from Belfast to Bangor one or two nights a week for class, that will be a nice break for a while.

I also know I haven't blogged or posted a studio photo shoot for a while. So what a better occasion to get into the studio - try on the cap and gown again and take some photos of myself.

I was trying a different technique today, which was inspired by one of my guilty pleasure television shows: Make Me a Supermodel

Now, I am NOT a supermodel - but whenever I watch the show I would like to be the photographers that get to photograph the supermodels - I could care less about the runway part...who cares about walking...pfft...

Anyway - on the last episode of Make Me a Supermodel the models were photographed against dark backgrounds with a rim light - basically a light shined behind them so they stood out from the background. I think I was pretty successful in my attempt.


The next thing I need to figure out is how to make my black background look black, not purple. Either way I think it works.

I have to share - I was expecting Saturday to be a little on the chilly side - and when I got to campus at 8:45 in the morning, it was chilly so I put on the sweater I brought just in case. That was a BAD decision, by the time we took the field it was probably close to 60, and then by high noon, I think we were into the 70's and I, in a black polyester robe, was sweltering. Next time I need to NOT listen to myself and suck it up!

I couldn't help but compare this graduation against my UMaine graduation. UMaine was all about efficiency, and when you are graduating probably close to 1000 students efficiency counts, there isn't a lot of time for Pomp and Circumstance. At Husson though, there was a lot of Pomp and Circumstance. The ceremony was complete with the marching baton and a Bagpipe band. Very nice.

A funny thing about the ceremony, the three photographers, myself, Brandi and my mom, all forgot our cameras, which is why I was inspired to dress up today and take some photos. Oh well, I will have the gown forever and the memories too.

I hope you enjoyed me sharing these photos with you, and also you enjoyed my new technique I am trying out. If you are a supermodel give me a call - my readers may enjoy looking at the pictures of you, rather then me!!

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