A Romantic Fall Day with my Nikon

So most photographers have wonderful portraits of themselves with their beloved camera. I just can't figure out a way to pose with my camera that doesn't make me laugh so hard I shoot milk out my nose. Honestly. I can't pull off the seriously in love with my camera look. It just makes me look awkward. Don't get me wrong, I love my camera. We've shared so many special moments together, we get all misty-eyed at weddings, we coo at babies, we make funny faces at other people's kids and occasionally we sit and daydream while looking at the clouds planning our future. Today we took a romantical stroll through the woods enjoying the fall foliage. Unfortunately my husband came along for the journey and that made Nikon very jealous. It's horrible, my husband even tried to capture a moment between us while we were sitting on a bench. Yea Nikon wasn't having that. Here's the photos that followed.

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50 and fabulous - Maine Event Photographer

Lena turned 50 this past weekend - hard to believe isn't it? This was a great surprise birthday party planned for her by all her close friends. There was live accoustic guitar entertainment and airbrush tattoos. I've never seen so many ladies so proud to sport their airbrushed, as they called them, "tramp stamps". I had a great time and the party went well into the evening with a fire pit. I hope at 50 I have that many friends who will come out and celebrate with me.

Happy birthday Lena! And to many many more surrounded by such loving friends and family!

Ladies Sexy Sunday - Maine Event Photographer

I belong to a group of lovely ladies called Ladies Event Group or LEG for short - You can find us on facebook by clicking here. We are a bunch of independent business women who's products or services market to other women. We recently held a ladies only event at a local upscale nightclub called Pearl on Fore St in Portland's Old Port and it was quite the success! We had an event planner, make up consultant, foot detox, hair stylists, jewelry, an adult party consultant, specialty perfumes & body candy, a dance instructor doing short lessons throughout the day, cheesecake, myself taking web-ready headshots and the event was catered.

Here are a few of my headshots from the day. Please see our facebook page for more pictures from the event.

And of course I have to recognize some of our men from the day. Below on the left is Will our Interior Designer and Event Planning Diva who greeted the ladies at the door and gave them the lay of the land and on the right is Josh from Pearl who graciously attended the event to check IDs at the door and usher in all the women.

The Adams Family - Maine Family Photographer

I had a fantastic time this past Friday night at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth with the Adams family. As you can see from the slide show below the kids are definitely NOT camera shy! It was a tad bit on the windy side but we managed to get some great shots down by the water between gusts and then headed up to play on the forts. I can't wait to spend a few hours tinkering in photoshop with one awesome shot I took that day. They are the Adams Family after all so we recreated the classic movie poster pose in front of the ruined castle-like fort. I'll have to put in cousin It and Thing and really darken it up. Hopefully it'll make it's debut in time for Halloween. Click below to view the slide show - I recommend viewing it in full screen