A Photographer Never Stops Learning: Second Shooting

They say that you never stop learning, that you should learn something new everyday. Luckily, this is true for me and is especially true in the world of photography. Since I am fairly new to the wedding world, second shooting is a perfect way for me to expand my knowledge and to practice! Samantha at Samantha Marie Photography was ever so kind to allow me to second shoot for her. She had a gorgeous bride and groom and very fun wedding party to photograph. Samantha and I exchanged many messages... even about what we would wear! She is seriously SO awesome. We worked together like we had been doing so for years! I think we were only a "photo bomb" to each other a couple times and we moved around like we had ear pieces in. Talk about amazing! The experience was so beneficial and I can't thank her enough for allowing me work with her.

Lindsay and Shawn are seriously the cutest couple. Since I was second shooting, meeting them before hand did not happen. I was a little nervous about this but it worked out GREAT! They were comfortable in front of the camera and extremely laid back. Samantha was so lucky to get such a fabulous couple!! Lindsay and Shawn, thank you so much for being so fabulous and not minding that there was more than one camera pointed at you ALL day!  Congratulations and best wishes to a happy marriage! :)

To see more photos of Lindsay and Shawn's Wedding please click HERE

Engagement Session, Summer Classes, Moving and Surviving the Heat

Since I have been MIA lately, thinking about writing a blog post has stressed me out. How exactly do I normally start these things? What if it's horrible and no one wants to read it? I can get a little to concerned with the little things in life sometimes. Maybe you thought I was on some wild vacation where internet didn't exist... that definitely would have been way cooler than what I have done for the past month. I like to go to college year round- yes, call me crazy. Seriously. This summer is by far the busiest to date. The crazy part is it is half over! Wow! Not only did I take summer classes but I also moved from Old Town to Orono- not to far away but I have way too much stuff and moving was a struggle! I just recently was able to unpack my room and now it actually looks like I live here. Oh yeah has anyone else been dying with all this heat?! Holy, it has been miserable!

With all of this craziness going on, I want to thank all of my wonderful clients who have been SO patient with blog posts and photo deliveries. I can't thank you enough for understanding and I promise I will get caught up VERY soon. :)

Now on to the best part of this blog post. Just a little over a month ago I got the opportunity to photograph a gorgeous couple. Simply gorgeous. Everything about them is perfect. The way he looks at her, the way she looks at him. Talk about L-O-V-E. A kind of love you see in a movie. Tina and Travis have a long love story, starting a little over 7 years ago. November 2004 to be exact. Travis' best man, Bud, who is Tina's cousin introduced them. Their first time hanging out consisted of Tina watching the boys and their friends skateboard. More time spent together, a long phone conversation and a few weeks later on December 19th 2004 they were officially boyfriend and girlfriend. Then on December 19th 2011 Travis popped the question and Tina said YES! Despite all of the bugs attacking us we had an amazing session on a perfect summer evening.

 I just love the fact she took off her sandals and stayed barefoot for the majority of the session

To see more of Tina and Travis' Engagement Session click HERE