Maine Family Photography

My Sunday mornings are usually spent sipping coffee and hanging laundry, but not this morning. This morning I met up with on of my oldest friends (not age oldest!) and her beautiful little family. I have photographed them before and each time they are a pleasure to work with and the kids just crack me up!

Before we took off to our shooting destination we had to decide on a shooting destination. There is this old abandoned mill in the next town over I have been dying to shoot at, but someone thought we may get kicked out, and in hind sight they were probably right. So instead we took a jont down the road and through the woods to grandma's house, haha, no not really. Danny knew of this amazing little spot, literally, in the middle of the woods. Come to find out back in the 1800's this used to be an old lumber mill. The rock work was amazing and the lighting was a dream.

So I got to shoot at an old abandoned mill, just not the one I had my heart set on, but I am glad they talked me out of it or else I would not have been able to capture these amazing shots!

I think this is my favorite of the day!

Happy Sunday!

Hugs & Shurgs

HUGS: 1) the new McDonald's Frappes; if you haven’t had one yet, What are you waiting for? Try the mocha first, then go back the next day and try the caramel, you will not be disappointed. 2) Camping; you are the perfect excuse for me to eat like a 15 year old boy and drink ice cold beer at 10a. 3) Old(er) people who finally splurge on THEMSELVES. I saw an old lady the other day driving a shiny convertible, top down, with a smile a mile wide! I wanted to scream out my moon roof’ “You Go Girl!”


SHRUGS: 1) Humidity; you make it impossible to dry clothes on the line and make it unbearable to live in my house without A/C, please e-mail me your address so I can send you my power bill which doubled last month. 2) Camping, you are cold, dirty, and malicious; I know it was you who coerced that squirrel to run beside my tent all night, the sound of which I convinced myself was a BEAR, thanks for the sleepless night(s). 3) Waitresses who are not shiny, happy people, you can make the best steak taste like crap!

This was the view from our campsite, not too shabby...

And Two Become One - The Goforth's

On July 24th I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Ashley & Trevor. I have known Ashley since she was in 8th grade and over the years I have watched this shy young girl blossom into a strong, hard working, nurturing, independent, and beautiful women. A few years ago, I heard Ashley had met a boy and everyone called this boy Trevor. I never met Trevor until a year or so ago and I knew from the first time I saw the two of them together they were meant to be. The way Trevor looks at Ashley when she is talking or taking care of their beautiful daughter Bailey, THAT look is unmistakable, you know it when you see it and it gives girls like me the goosebumps; that look can't be described any better than in two words, 1) In 2) Love. Ahhhh


When Ashley & Trevor asked me to photograph their wedding I was ecstatic from "Would you be interested...". I knew this wedding would be gorgeous, I mean with a couple this how can it be anything BUT! I knew the location and each and every last detail would be breath taking, and I was right.

Congratulations Ashley & Trevor and thanks again for letting me capture the (second) best day of your life!

The Real Blackberry

My little blackberry honey-hole is ripening up!!

and one for the road...

Happy Monday!

Trevor & Ashley - Sneak Peek

Yesterday was a photographer’s d.r.e.a.m. day. Bright over cast sky, beautiful bride, handsome groom, and a wicked fun, and I mean F-U-N wedding party!!! I have only just begun going through the hundreds of images from their day, but here are a few that immediately caught my eye.

Congratulations Trevor & Ashley and thank you for letting me capture your day.

Wedding Prep

Gearing up for the Davis Goforth wedding tomorrow!

THAT 1st Time Mom

One of my best friends in the entire world delivered a bouncing baby boy two days ago.  Yesterday I left work early and couldn’t get to the hospital fast enough to see her and meet him for the very first time. During my 20 minute drive I engaged myself in a little pep talk that went a little something like this… “Amy you are not going to leave there thinking you are going to want another baby, you’re NOT! But if I was to get pregnant now, they would be almost two years apart. You can’t have another baby right now, my lord, think about it. Baby E is eating real-people food now, and I don’t have to buy her formula anymore, I don’t care how cute he is, how good he smells, how adorable this little fingers and toes will be, you are not having another one right now”. Yeah, this went on for 20 minutes…


Once I got to the hospital and saw him for the first time, he was everything I knew he would be. Perfect! He had a perfect little round head, precious little hands and feet, and when you picked him up, his little legs curled under his body making him into this teeny tiny ball of human. And then I got a flash back!!

Flash backs of being totally and completely clueless, questioning my every decision and move! To give a pacifier or not to give a pacifier (trust me, that was a HUGE source of anxiety for me), the late nights, will she sleep for two hours or four, do I wake her up if she sleeps longer than four? Should I take a shower now, or wait till someone can come over and watch her? I had an orange for breakfast do you think it was too acidic and that is why she keeps spitting up (I breast fed)? Is it against the law to let you baby sleep in a swing? What if it is the ONLY place she will nap? She doesn’t like to cuddle, does that mean I am not nurturing her enough… I will stop there as I can feel my face getting red and my body starting to shake. Trust me; I was THAT 1st time Mom…

Everyone says that the second one is ‘so much easier’, labor wise and Mommy wise; as in you sort of have an idea what to expect and what you are doing, and I buy into that to a degree. During my Mommy journey thus far, I have found it to be the most rewarding, challenging, empowering, helpless, heart-warming, heart-wrenching, independent, dependent, assuring, and confusing adventure I have ever been on. And maybe with our next one that journey will have more pavement and less potholes, but I just don’t think we are ready for that next trip quite yet,  we are just having way too much fun with the one we are on right now.

And because posts are better with pictures, here are some pictures I found the other day of my baby nephew who is now two and half, boy how fast time flies.

 
 
“Pssst, But Amy I think you are ready for that next one" – there is that damn voice again…