Melissa & Rob

I'm back to blogging!! Yeah!!

Melissa and Rob have been so patient. (Thank you!) We had an engagement session at Hubbard Park (Meriden) in August, and I have to admit-- it's so cute to see Rob looking at Melissa the way that he does. You can just tell it was meant to be ;-)

Here are a few photos from their engagement session... sneak preview!

Tracy & Pat

Tracy & Pat got married at Church of the Resurrection (Wallingford) which is a beautiful contemporary church, with the reception held at Anthony's Oceanview in New Haven (again, another great venue who treats vendors so well! Thank you!) I loved photographing this wedding because it was a friend of mine who referred Tracy & Pat to me, and knowing this... I knew this crew was going to PAR-TEE :-) The dancing photos came out great, showing exactly the fun everyone was having.

So after a quick scan, here are a few quick peeks...

Leigh Ann & Patrick

During the month of Sept, due to the heavy wedding season, I may have to begin posting one photo sneak previews...

I heart beach weddings!!! It was a Friday evening wedding- a little humid outside- but the sun stayed out for us to be able to take a few sunset photos at Water's Edge. Here is just a sneak preview to their event-- more photos to be posted! (I've selected about 20.. LOL!!) I have a few pictures of their son (so adorable) too :-)

Want to try something different?

I had my friend Keri and her sister Dori over my house on Friday, just to chat about some photo stuff. I gave them a quick 411 on their cameras. One of the last things I talked to them about was composition (one of my favorite things!).

If I have the time for some fun photos-- I like to try different ways of shooting. I recommended this technique to them (and this is without looking through the viewfinder too!):
-Shoot up (umm.. please don't take that the wrong way!-- This just means to get lower than your subject and shoot up! You may have to back up from your subject so you can get the shot.)
-Shoot down (This angle is a nice place to shoot from if you have your subjects looking up to you slightly-- hint, hint.. makes you look younger! This is an adorable angle for children too- it tends to make children look more innocent.)
-Shoot from the hip (that's right, place your camera on your hip and shoot!)

Here are some funny photos I shot a while back, just by placing the camera on the table and tilting it upwards.
This was just a different way to capture the moment my sons were eating (insert a child's voice here saying): CAKE!!!


PS. And yes, I thought even some of the "bad" ones were funny too ;-)