We met Sarah a few years ago through one of our other couples and we are so excited to shoot her and Erik’s wedding this September! Loved all of the fall engagement shoots we did in 2011–such beautiful light and colors!

We are so excited to shoot Tom and Emma’s wedding next September here in Maine!

Happy New Year!

We are going to be posting weddings (in random order!) from 2011 and are so excited to show you all the stories from these weddings. This year we completed our 5th year as wedding photographers. Every year we try to challenge ourselves more and set up to have an even better year than the last. Since we started in this business we have always been known to push the boundaries a bit and shoot things in a unique way. While the type of wedding, setting and client will sometimes dictate the photos that are taken, every wedding has a story and the way a photographer sees things — the light, the moments, the composition — are the way that story will be told. When our couples look back at their wedding photos again in 30, 40, 50+ years, we want them to see their stories in the most beautiful and moving way possible. That was our goal for 2011 and we can’t wait to show you more. We met some incredible people and shot in some beautiful places this year.

Doug and Jenny were married at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH in September, surrounded by their family and friends. We met with them for the first time just a few days before the wedding and instantly had so much in common and a great connection. Their wedding day was in an absolutely beautiful setting and styled by Melanie at Blissful Beginnings (we highly recommend her!).

This is easily one of my favorite shoots I’ve done this year. While we don’t do many maternity shoots anymore, this is the only way that I like to do them–creative, fun, natural. Chelsie has been a client of mine since she was 17 years old. When we first moved to Maine she and her cute younger twin sisters all came to our studio to do modeling sessions and I loved working with her right away. Since then I have done other shoots with her (and Andy) and she has gone to Paris for modeling and had some great opportunities. Chelsie is due in a few weeks and we wanted to document her pregnancy in a unique way that was reflective of her and Andy’s life  – Andy works at his family’s potato farm which someday is where their baby boy will work! So we have the model and the potato farmer. I cannot wait to meet their little spud in a few weeks!

We are LONG overdue for a new blog… what an amazing and busy summer/fall we had with weddings, fashion shoots, high school seniors and SO much more. The good news is that now we have blog material for the winter while things are  a little slower! We have been putting up previews of all the weddings on our Facebook page, so please check that out. Here’s a little preview of some shoots from 2011, look for new blogs soon!

In addition to our work together, we have also been busy pursuing our individual interests and projects: Jess has had a busy summer shooting fashion with multiple magazine editorials published and Lyle recently shot the music video “Flower Child” for the band Paranoid Social Club. This was his first time shooting and directing a music video, but definitely not his last! We also filmed a short piece for a family this summer which will be be posting here soon.

Sorry I skipped a week but I was shooting some fashion work in NYC and celebrating my birthday. Here is this week’s installment of our weekly blog feature!

1. Paranoid Social Club (new album out 5/20! so good!), 2. Cari and Jay’s NYC engagement session, 3. NYC Beauty Shoot, 4. Ashley, 2009 bride, 5. NYC model shoot