Kelly - Maine Portrait Photography

Here's the absolutely stunning Kelly! She made sure that I wasn't going to post her pictures under the "senior" section but I swear she could pass for a senior! Kelly wanted to update her portraits and get some prints done for family and friends so she gave me a call and of course I was more than happy to head out and take her photos. We met up at Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth - I have been to the lighthouses but never into the park so this was a first for me but not the last. The park is stunning. Lots of nice areas and backdrops and of course the wild Maine rocky coast! We found some awesome stone steps, old military bunkers and one amazing sun splashed vine section which looked like it came straight out of the jungle. With the gorgeous fall leaves, the vine scene and the beach backgrounds you never would have guessed they were all within view of eachother.

Marika - Maine Senior Portraits

These gorgeous seniors are making my job so easy! I'm not complaining. I received a call from Hayley's friend Marika about shooting her senior portraits this past weekend. I took the trip back up to Pineland Farms in New Gloucester to work with Marika. When I arrived a wedding was running a bit late so we had to take advantage of some other areas to start our session and I'm so glad! We headed over to the pond on the other side of the street and got some great poses in amazing light by the water. While we were on our way back to the gardens we passed a willow tree and I just had to stop and take some photos there. I took this opportunity to explain to Marika and her mom that I have location ADD if I see something pretty I just have to stop and work with it. Without further adue here is a sampling from Marika's session.

I'm a freckle-faced girl myself so I'm just absolutely in love with the sprinkling of freckles she has across her nose. When I was in high school I worked so hard to cover them up. It's awesome to see her embracing them.
You gotta let loose and have some fun!

Grandma Byron turns 80 - Maine Event Photography

This entry has been sitting in the wings for a while - mainly because it was a family function and I wasn't sure if it had a place on my professional site. My gram turned 80 this year and my family decided to throw her a surprise birthday party. I know what you're thinking. "Sure surprise an 80 year old. Thats nice". I always wondered why we throw surprise parties for pregnant ladies and the elderly - two groups of the population that I think could do without the heart stopping moment of 50 of your closest friends jumping out and yelling surprise!

Anyway back on track. Here are the photos from the party.

Here's Gram when we all surprised her.

This one is a great series. The lady dressed as an old lady is my mother - yup I'll admit it. She has this thing she does for her quilting friends and she dresses up like an elderly woman and harrasses people. It's really a riot unless you're in high school and she shows up at one of your friends house and crashes the halloween party. But I embrace her quirkiness now. At least it makes it easier for people to see where I get it.
Still not sure approaching your mother on her 80th birthday dressed as an old lady toting a purse full of condoms and viagra is still the wisest thing to do. I'm sure gram was proud. :)

Here's gram digging into her cake. I'm sure she still has some in her freezer :) It was a three tier vanilla/fudge swirl decorated like a quilt.

Hayley - Maine Senior Portraits

I haven't blogged in a while - way too much going on with getting our house ready for the fall. I had published on my facebook fan-site a few weeks ago that I was looking for a senior model to do a sample senior portrait session and I am so happy with all the responses I recieved. A friend connected me with her coworker who has two beautiful daughters in high school and she was looking for senior portraits for her oldest. I met up with the family this past Monday at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester which was quite an adventure for me since I had never been there before. It's a beautiful location and I can't wait to get back there again! They have beautiful flower gardens, white fences, huge trees and cows - though they didn't make it into any photos, maybe next time :)

Here's the photos!