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First Look: Engagement | A Marine & His Lady | Jason & Alicia | Bar Harbor, Maine

>> Saturday, November 6, 2010 – engagement, first look

Again - shame on us. The blog has been neglected.

How could we have waited this long to get a first look of this AH-MAZING couple out?

We got to meet them in late October for a quick engagement shoot right before Jason had to get on a plane for Virgina. We are so grateful for such wonderful clients that want to spend one of their only weekends together this year with US!!

So we hope you enjoy your first look into this engagement session. There are so many more that will just knock your socks off. Keep coming back!!

Engagement | A Family Field | Josh & Heather | Stetson, Maine

>> Tuesday, November 2, 2010 – engagement

It seems like forever since we have posted a blog.

There have been so many things going on - working on a new image, new website, new everything.

Plus catching up from the fantastic season we had.

Plus still holding sessions - in studio and even outside still.

Brave the cold - book a winter session with us! You know you want to!

So, I was hoping that the next blog since our business update blog would be on our NEW blog - but we are still working on it and working through some communication issues ----- yah... we'll leave it at that.

BUT when it's done, its going to be wonderful.

Speaking of WONDERFUL - we love sharing WONDERFUL couples who are ENGAGED and hired us for their wedding in 2011.

That is just what Josh & Heather did.

So if you remember from the first look (a long time ago) we met them at a family camp, and got to see and share what made that special to them.

They are such a great couple. And FUN!

Totally love her look. She is going to be a fierce bride!

Yes - I used the F word --- FIERCE!

I am totally in LOVE LOVE LOVE with this picture.

I am seeing BIG canvas. Like BIG!

Um the family picture.

Yes please.

Ruger

How CUTE!

Love this one too

Ok so I might love them all - but that's why they make the blog right?

And we're moving. We left camp and took a wee trip across the road to a wicked cool place.

This one could be a big ol' canvas as well.

You think?

I love the peeking through the trees look!

And you know I love wide open fields.

Really - how awesome are they?

Heather & Josh - your wedding will be coming soon enough. We can't wait to share that day with you. Thanks for sharing a little bit of your family with us during your engagement session!!

First Look: Engagement | A Family Field | Josh & Heather | Stetson, Maine

>> Tuesday, September 21, 2010 – engagement, first look

Before we get into the goodness that is this first look I wanted to take a moment and just recognize that this is post 301.

Which mean Mr. Evan yesterday was post 300.

Yes, 300 Posts.

We are so happy to see this blog grow, expand and become more and more what we want it to be.

We have well over 10,000 visits

More and more friends commenting every day (yes, we consider each and every one of you friends).

We love that you come back to us week after week and day after day to see whats up with two crazy kids in Bucksport.

But enough about us!

Let's feast our eyes on the first look of Josh & Heather.

We will be photographing their 2011 wedding next year, and we love to start out with a great engagement shoot way before the wedding.

Brandi and I traveled to Stetson to a Farm in Heather's family. We went to the family camp and crossed the road to an AWESOME field.

There is so much more to share from this session - and believe me.

We will.

New Product Offering | Engagement Guestbook | In Alligator!!!

>> Monday, August 16, 2010 – engagement, products

Let me start out by saying - No Alligators were harmed in the making of this book or this blog.

I think.

ANYWAY - onto the product at hand. I have talked about this with all our clients that schedule an engagement session with us. IT'S A GUEST BOOK!

Yes - a guestbook.

I know right now it just looks like an Amazing book that just happens to be covered in real leather (genuine leather - faux alligator).

Yup. That's right.

And doesn't it look nice.

I have to admit, when Brandi picked out the Alligator cover I was a little apprehensive.

But, overall happy!

Yum, Yum, Yum.

Ok so the guest book part.

Below is a sample page. Lots of blank white space for your guests to write everything nice they can think about you.

We can do two versions - lots of white space, or lines, whichever you prefer. Personally I like the white, but I also like to color outside the lines occasionally. For those perfectly pressed guests, we can do lines!

ANNNNNNND I think we will be throwing in some writing instruments as well --- betcha can't guess what they are going to be.

Ok - you probably did - SHARPIES!!

The fine tip pen is just the trick for this bad boy!

Yup - I think so.

E-mail us to set up your session and order your guest book!

An Engagement Adventure | Jon & Denise | Dedham, Maine

>> Tuesday, July 27, 2010 – engagement

So I thought it was about time that we blogged an ACTUAL post. We have been doing a lot of Stuff That Makes Us Happy and First Looks -- but no actual posts in a while.

Well its time for a doozy!

Jon & Denise's Engagement Session --- with an adventure as promised.

We started out at the FABULOUS Lucerne Inn, where their wedding will be in a few short weeks.

Loving the lighting!

Love this tree. You may see a beautiful wedding dress under this tree in a few weeks time!

I know they are awesome. Its ok to stare.

From the Lucerne, we went on our adventure.

When we met with Jon and Denise, they mentioned that someone told them about a couple Awesome spots right around the Luceren, so of course Brandi & I were up for it.

The first one was Sunset Rock.

Should be easy to find right? A big rock on a hill?

We went to the front desk and asked them where we could find such a rock. She gave us directions - easy squeezy right?

WRONG!

Yes, I asked for directions, but did not follow them.

The directions included "go to the brown building and then its just a short HIKE from there."

So we parked (I backed into the spot even)

And I spot a steep, promising hill. Perfect spot for this sunset rock.

WRONG.

We climbed - and I mean CLIMBED.

In fancy Las Vegas shoes and flip flops up this hill, and keep following the path thinking that it was going to lead us to this amazing view.

We have been hiking for maybe 15 minutes now. Dripping with sweat, swatting bugs, still in fancy Las Vegas shoes and Flip Flops.

Finally we give up. We head back to the car. And if you think that hill was easier to climb down then it was to climb up ----- you are sadly mistaken. We get to the cars, and look left....through the trees....

and see Sunset Rock - in all it's glory - 10 yards from my perfectly parked truck.

OY!

But what a view!

Did I mention the view?

View anyone?

Needless to say - as beautiful as this view is, I don't think we will be getting a wedding dress up here!

The next spot we went to was another spot that Denise & Jon told us about, and I was in LOVE before we even got there.

Train Tracks.

YES!

I am sooooooooooo in love with this spot.

I think this one is one of my favorites. Love love love the track, and the spike.

Jon was giving us a bit of a history lesson about the tracks, and also about what the nails in the boards mean. Apparently when the inspectors would travel the tracks, the would drive a nail in every once in a while to show they had been there, and that nail or spike had a date imprinted on the top of it. I guess that with the abandoned tracks, you walk them and collect the nails now.

He mentioned that he has one from back in the 20's

....I'm hoping I didn't just incriminate anyone...

I am so happy to be blogging a post!

I am also so happy to have two great new spots to bring clients for their sessions.

Keep checking back for more updates....and to see the wedding in just a few short weeks!!

First Look: An Engagement Adventure | Jon & Denise | Dedham, Maine

>> Wednesday, July 14, 2010 – engagement, first look

Meet Jon & Denise

We had the pleasure of taking them on an Adventurous Engagement Session...

I'm going to leave it at that.

But there is MUCH more to come.

OH --- check out the train tracks.

I'm in love.

We will be back!

Denise & Jon - thank you for finding us.

We can't wait to share allllllll these pictures with you, and we can't wait for your wedding in a few short weeks!!

Engagement | School's out for SUMMER | Whitney & Marbin

>> Saturday, July 10, 2010 – engagement

We discovered during this session that I say "alright"

A LOT during a session.

Now I laugh a little to myself during a shoot --- because I do say it a lot.

But this session was more than just ALRIGHT.

It was AWESOME!

It was GREAT!

It was COOL!

It was a lot of things, probably too many things that they haven't even invented a word for.

If you can invent a word for this session... you let us know!

You saw Whitney and Marbin's first look a while back, well I am please to show you the complete session.

I am growing more and more in love with the University of Maine after every shoot we do there.

There is just so much to see, so much great architecture and just so much history for Brandi and I.

Whitney and Marbin share a similar history!

This is a building that does not have classes in it. I wouldn't even dare guess the name.

I think it was Coburn Hall - but again I could be wrong.

I love the sign.

We threw caution to the wind though and sat on the steps.

We looked danger in the face - and laughed.

A part of UMaine that I was never in before we started shooting engagement session there was the Botanical Gardens. If you only go to UMaine for class, this is the fenced off area that is next to the credit union. Slip through the gate some day and check it out. It is worth it.