Jason Henriques Photography

FEARLESS. Photographers

2011-11-23T23:14:00.001-05:00

Check us out we have been officially added to a prestigious group of photographers otherwise known as FEARLESS. We are super honored to be members and we hope that you will take a second and check out our FEARLESS. Photographers website http://fearlessphotographers.us/2011/jason-henriques/ ! And check out the picture that we submitted to become a member below!!

-Jason & Maggie

Vanda and David's E-session

2011-10-03T12:10:00.000-04:00

A few weeks back we got together with Vanda and David to shoot their engagement session. We started out at Chamard Vineyard and grabbed a few bottles of wine. Then we just let things happen and had a great time.

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Laura and Peter got hitched

2011-09-29T14:16:00.000-04:00

Laura and Peter are some of the most laid back cool couple we have met. They are surely made for each other and are complete each others circles, not squares, you see because a circle goes around and does not have corners to stop like a square, lol never mind that Chuck and Larry quote but somehow it just fit hehe. Well anyway we had a awesome time at there wedding and even though Irene beat down their venue, you never would of known. So check out some images.....Congrats again guys :)

Congrats Again Guys!!!

Jen Wears it Again

2011-09-27T11:40:00.002-04:00

We had the pleasure of meeting Jen and Joe last year while they were planning their wedding. Since then we have become friends, somehow we do this with all of our clients. Probably because we have the coolest clients around ;)
So after the engagement we found out that Jen and Joe were super fun and loved to be themselves and were comfortable in front of the camera, that made the wedding super laid back and easy for everyone, lol. The wedding was over and only a few weeks have passed and Jen was already set on doing a wear it again session. We were like "that's awesome" so we set it up and had even more fun. So now check out some of the killer images we got of Jen.

So that's a glimpse of the fun we had, Thanks again Jen for being such a sport!!

Jeff and Desi get their marriage on!! 9.2.11

2011-09-26T12:13:00.004-04:00

Jeff and Desiree got there marriage on earlier this month. Let me tell you that they are made for each other, if its true that one person completes the other well they are living truth. The story of they wedding is one that many went through after Hurricane Irene. The wedding was planned, for many many months and we were honored to be their photographers. Two days before the big day Jeff and Desiree decided to go and check out their venue and see if they had sustained any damage since it was directly on Milford beach. Well, they are lucky they did. The venue had water damage and the outdoor area was washed away by the sea.
They scrambled to find a new place and with the help of friends and family they were able to get a better venue and could not be more happy with how everything turned out.

Reception Time!!!

They had so much fun, you would of thought it was their wedding :)

Congrats Jeff and Desi!!!

Jeff and Desiree Put a Ring on It

2011-08-13T23:09:00.002-04:00

Jay and I, have had the pleasure of shooting some amazing engagement shoots and the biggest advice I give to our clients and always reiterate to our brides is to make sure that your shoot embodies who you are and who you are as a couple. This includes details like what outfits you where to what locations you choose. Jeff and Desiree one of our upcoming wedding couples took that idea and ran with it and they totally have some of our most favorite engagement photos to date.
But let’s rewind real quick we first met came to meet Jeff and Desiree back at Echo Hose Ambulance in Shelton, CT. A friend of ours told us that a guy (Jeff) was going to be popping the question and wanted to know since we were going to the picnic anyways if would bring our camera to capture the moment. Well long story short Jeff got excited and did it before we got there but that did not stop us. Oh no it did not we made sure to get some awesome ring shots for the newly engaged couple while Desiree made the necessary announcement phone calls to family and friends. Sometime after that picnic we ended up getting booked to shoot there big day!!! (So excited!!) Which of course meant that we got to photograph some engagement photos for them. So after a brainstorming session at Sushi Palace and Olive Garden (what can I saw we love to eat, and mingle with out clients/friends it makes the relationship on the day of the wedding that much better) we came up with some amazing ideas that included Mr and Mrs Smith, a motorcycle, guns, a playground and the beach. So without giving away anymore check out their super amazing and hot e-shoot!!!!

Meet our future bride Desiree!!

Meet our future groom Jeff!!

Mucho pasión

Totally a fave of mine!!

Some practice on sharing!

And of course in making up!

Jeff and Desi it was a pleasure and we are super excited for your wedding and of course to bring you part 2 of your e-shoot!

<3 Always,
Jay and Maggie
PS for more pictures check out www.facebook.com/jasonandmaggie or go to www.jasonhenriques.com and click on proofing!!!

Amanda's Swim Suit Shoot

2011-08-13T23:07:00.000-04:00

A few weeks back Jay and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Amanda. She is an amazing woman and as her 30th birthday gift to herself she wanted to do a swim suit shoot. And I know you never reveal a woman’s age but she looks unbelievable and she said we could post her age :)!
Anyways check out some of our faves from Amanda’s session!

<3 Always,
Jay and Maggie
PS for more pictures check out www.facebook.com/jasonandmaggie !!!

Sky Blast Party 2011

2011-07-12T17:00:00.004-04:00

In a continuation from the last blog post we left off at the parade. Well the festival continued on that day and concluded with the Sky Blast Party which included dinner provided by Vazzy's and some awesome dessert and music. The night finished out with viewing the Bridgeport, CT fireworks (the best I can honestly say that I have seen in a few years) from the absolute best seats in the house. So sit back relax and enjoy just a few more pictures from the 2011 Sky Blast Party.

Armando thanking everyone for a job well done!

Armando posing with some fabulous ladies!

The royal family rocking out to a rap they wrote over this 2011 festival season

Some of the faces behind the festival

Nancy receiving flowers for all the hard work that she put into the festival and for just being an awesome woman, wife, mother, aunt, sister, and friend!!!

Here is Nancy again!

Here is Jay’s Dad looking on at Armando’s thank you speech!

Jay’s cousin Brian

Jay’s cousin Kevin

And here I am rocking out to the music!

Now on to the awesome Firework display!!!

Here we have a smiley face!

Fireworks

Red, White, and Blue Fire Works

Part of the finale fireworks!

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The Barnum Festival Parade

2011-07-08T18:42:00.007-04:00

The Barnum Festival began in 1948, as the city of Bridgeport was dealing with the catastrophic collapse of industries that had once been flourishing during the wartime economy. So with the unemployment rate through the roof and peoples spirits floundering, a select few individuals came together to create something to celebrate. Which is something we now celebrate every year with a series of events culminating with the Barnum Festival Parade and the Sky Blast Party!

This year was incredibly special for Jason and his entire family because his Uncle Armando Goncalves, had been named ringmaster of the 2011 Barnum Festival. For those of you who do not know this is an incredibly huge honor because not just anybody gets chosen. Armando would be joining the ranks of 61 men and 1 woman who have previously led the annual celebration and festivities.

Jay’s Uncle Armando arrived in Bridgeport with his family from Portugal in 1965, and among the many new and exciting things that were here for him in this new country the Barnum Parade was one of the first events to catch Armando’s eye and a mere 46 years later with a ton of hard work and long days and nights. Armando worked his way up to become the president of People's United Bank's southern Connecticut and New York divisions. This was not something that came easily and he worked hard for to get everything he has achieved including the title of Ringmaster. Jason and I, are so incredibly proud of Armando for this amazing honor that has been bestowed on him and after seeing him in action he did not disappoint as the Ringmaster. He was truly amazing and a sight to behold!

Armando is by far an example of how hard work and drive do in fact pay off. He worked long hours while simultaneously going to school and raising a family. Not an easy task by a long shot and where many would have looked at all of the obstacles in front of them and shy away; Armando took them all head on and his fortitude is what got him to become a very successful business man, and family man. Many people can take a lesson from this truly incredible man! Congratulations Armando!

So for the Barnum Parade Armando’s theme as the Ringmaster was “Cultures United” and as a theme it was amazing and he totally pulled it off! Check out some of the pictures from this years parade.

Jay’s Uncle Armando, Beautiful Aunt Nancy (who was totally rocking that hat!!), and his cousin Kevin

Doesn’t he make an awesome Ring Master!

The official signage

One of the cultural dancers

Bagpipers

Civil War Re-Enactors

One of the accordion players from the Portuguese Club

Nancy dancing with the Barnum Festival Royal Court

This girl along with a little bit of help created this outfit!

Armando and Ronald McDonald

Les Diplomates drove to Bridgeport from Canada to take part in the Parade of Champions which took place Saturday night and to take part in the Barnum Festival Parade.

Another marching band known as the Brassmen all rocked out at the parade

Park City Pride also was amazing at both the Parade of Champions and at the Parade.

Jay’s Dad Archie and his Aunt Nancy

Jay’s Dad Archie and his Uncle Armando

Stay tuned for more pictures from the Sky Blast Party and of course the fireworks!!! More Pictures will be available to view on our facebook site facebook.com/jasonandmaggie in the next few days.

Krista and Jonathan Get Hitched

2011-06-14T13:13:00.004-04:00

Jay and I were super excited and I’ll admit a little nervous to shoot Krista and Jonathan’s wedding. We were excited because we were getting to shoot another wedding on Cape Cod which we absolutely love doing!!! There is just something so relaxing about being out on the Cape, walking along the beaches, and of course stopping at Cup Cake Charlies (but we will save that for another blogpost). But as I said we were also nervous because we had never met! Seriously, they had seen our work and wanted to book! So we had booked this wedding and aside from emails, phone calls, and mail we had not met Krista and Jonathan face to face. Between our schedules it just was not in the cards to be able to meet sooner than the night before their wedding. Yep the night before!

Now for those of you who know Jay and I, we meet with our clients a few times before there big day between the actual initial meeting, the engagement session and just going out to dinner we can easily say we meet with clients about 4-5 times before the wedding. And with Krista and Jonathan we were meeting them the night before! Ahhhhh can I tell you the butterflies we had in our stomachs! These butterflies were on steroids floating around lol!

Anyways, we got to Ballymeade Country Club nice and early and the first people we met were the best man and groomsman! They were awesome and aside from the initial weirdness of who are these random people (the random people being Jay and I) they completely welcomed us in and were telling us about the couple we had never met and as the minutes ticked by we were getting more and more thrilled to meet Krista and Jonathan because we knew they were going to be awesome!! And they really were it felt immediately as though we had been friends for years and were not just random people with cameras photographing their wedding! We knew that the wedding was going to be a blast. And it really, really was! So thank you Krista and Jonathan for making us feel so welcome you two and of course Ruairi (there adorable son) were awesome and amazing to spend time with and we hope to hang out sometime soon!!

So without further ado we present Krista and Jonathan’s wedding

There were some awesome details! One of my faves being the pictures that were attached to Krista’s shoes of people and a furry best friend that she wanted to have close with her on her wedding day.

Check out these amazing flower girl dresses which Krista’s Mom Kim handmade. Yep I said it HANDMADE!!! I am so totally serious when I say they were simply amazing and a personalized detail I think that Krista and Kim will never forget!

Mom and the girlies getting Krista ready

Krista and Jonathan opted to do a first look! Which is something we totally recommend if the couple is up for it! So here is Daddy and Ruairi waiting to see how beautiful Mommy is as a bride!

Look at that smile! Jonathan seeing Krista for the first time!

Now Krista and Jonathan couldn’t kiss until the ceremony but there was definitely a passion between them when they were together it was magnetizing.

Ruairi the ring bearer walking on the beach with his cousins the flower girls

So after the beach we headed over to the Ballymeade Country Club for a few more shots and this has to be by far one of our absolute faves

And were going to the chapel and were gonna get married!!! And Bob the man presiding over the wedding was awesome and you could tell that he knew Krista and Jonathan he made the ceremony personal and even got a little teary at one point!

The sand pouring ceremony!!! What was uber cool about this particular one was that the sand that was poured represented Krista and Jonathan coming together. Okay I know that’s pretty standard but the cool part was that the sand Krista poured was from Cape Cod, United States and the sand Jonathan poured was from Ireland where he was born.

During the cocktail hour I stole Krista for a minute to do a shot at the massive windows!

The first dance as Mr and Mrs

The Flower girls watching Krista and Jonathan during their first dance and I am sure they were thinking I can’t wait for my first dance!

Okay the two groomsmen were quite the characters and you simply must check them out on our facebook site because they had a ton of fun at the wedding. But here they are serenading the groom with a little “Lean on Me”

And we will end this blogpost on a family note with Krista, Jonathan, and Ruairi celebrating the wedding out by the pond with some bubbles!!

To see more pictures be sure to check us out on facebook! And again congratulations Krista, Jonathan and Ruairi it was both an honor and a privilege shooting your wedding!

xoxo Maggie and Jay

Krista and Jonathan’s Wedding Ingredients!

PHOTOGRAPHERS: Jason and Maggie Henriques Photography LLC

CEREMONY/ RECEPTION: The Ballymeade Country Club East Falmouth, Massachusetts
BRIDE’S GOWN: Liv Harris design from Vows in Weymouth Mass.
MAKE-UP: Susanne Ricado MAC
HAIR: Colleen Foley
BRIDE’S EARRINGS: Etsy Lara lewis
BRIDE’S BRACELET: Etsy Aurora Jewelry Box
BRIDE’S SHOES: DSW
BRIDESMAID DRESSES: Davids Bridal
BRIDESMAID ACCESSORIES: Etsy, joojooland
FLOWER GIRLS DRESSES: Kim Bailey (Krista’s mom)
GROOM’S & GROOMSMEN’S SUITS: Mr. Perrys Tux
CUFF LINKS: Amazon
DJ: Cape Tunes
INVITATIONS: Paper Moxie
FLOWERS: Kat-a-lillies, Barnstable MA

Beacon Honorable Mention

2011-05-17T12:52:00.002-04:00

So a while back Jay and I did a photo shoot at the North Haven Academy Paul Mitchell Partner School for some of the students that were interested in entering the Beacon Competition. “Beacon is produced by the Professional Beauty Association (PBA), a non-profit trade association. Led by industry volunteers, PBA represents the interests of the professional beauty industry from manufacturers and distributors to salons and spas. PBA started the Beacon program to help young salon/spa innovators gain an early understanding of the business side of the industry.” Even the actual process of entering Beacon is designed to help students really evolve into professionals. Students are required to submit a professional portfolio as a part of the application process which as much of you probably know is something that everyone needs to not only impress potential clients, but to really WOW future employers.

Anyways it is our great pleasure to announce that two of the students that we had the opportunity to work with have received HONORABLE MENTION!!!!!! Seriously how incredibly awesome is that.

So we wanted to take a minute to give a huge shout out to those amazing ladies.

Congratulations on your achievement!

And because you know we would never leave you hanging here are the models, and photos that won honorable mention!!!

Chelsea Morgan who really did an awesome job doing up the girls hair

Kristyn Ceruti who rocked the guys hair!

Again Congratulations ladies on your amazing achievement. You girls rocked it!

<3 Maggie and Jay

Side Show

2011-05-13T14:12:00.013-04:00

So a few months back I started my last semester in college. Ahhhhh it feels good to say that!! A requirement of being a studio art major at Southern is to put on a Senior Show Photo exhibition. So Maggie and I sat and pondered about ideas to do as a theme for the show. With all this in mind I reminded myself that it’s the things like this that allow us to push our creativity to the next level and stay in front of the pack.

Personal work is super important to grow as a artist and a person. It allows us to build new relationships and open new doors. We are blessed to be able to meet new people and with each shoot there is a new starting point. With a top notch team of hair stylists, make-up artists, and friends/models we had a great time.

After determining that we were going to do the circus theme, research began. Most of the inspiration came from looking at old circus photos and side show banners. Maggie put together an awesome inspiration board that everyone worked from and we were all on the same page.

So without further ado

The Tattooed Woman

Sword Swallower

Check out the fortune teller!

The Harlequin

The Knife Thrower

And the Ring Master

A special thanks to everyone that participated and helped make this shoot everything I could have hoped for.

MUA: Tiffany Hall

Hair: Nicole Ziobo

Models: Sheridan Nicole, Vanessa Destiny, Kari, Julianne, Mikey, Jen Z, and Jamie J.

For more photos check out www.facebook.com/jasonandmaggie

Kayla's Sweet 16

2011-05-06T17:44:00.002-04:00

A few weekends ago Jay and I had the pleasure to spend some time hanging out with a truly awesome 16 year old. Ms. Kayla is a very fun, unique and awesome young lady who by the way had a killer outfit for her birthday! If you don’t believe me check it out for your self!!

Seriously what an awesome outfit!!! The outfit was actually from Atiana's Boutique And the yellow shoes seriously… loving it!!

What’s a party without the staff and the staff at the Country House Restaurant totally rocked the party!

Happy Birthday Kayla!!! Ps the cupcakes were awesome!!!!!!!!!

Having some fun and dancing the night away!

Having some fun in the photobooth!

Oh yea we joined in on the photobooth fun!

Yep, yep we totally joined in on the action and rocked it out in the photobooth! We also want to give a huge shout out to Jess C. who rocked the photobooth for Kayla's birthday! Thank you so much for coming and hanging out with us for the evening!

Kayla it was such a pleasure being able to spend time with you and your friends and family! I hope you enjoyed your day as much as we did.

To see more pictures check out www.facebook.com/jasonandmaggie
And to see even more check out on 5/9/2011 jasonhenriques.com and click on proofing

Vicki and Tom are getting married!!

2011-04-30T12:17:00.003-04:00

Tomorrow two of our very good friends Vicki and Tom are going to enter into life as a married couple. Over the past year we have seen how much they love and care for each other. Maggie and I are very excited to be able to share and photograph their wedding day.

to check out some of the photos of the engagement shoot click here :)

Make sure to keep checking in for the wedding photos......

Wine Tasting

2011-04-22T13:00:00.001-04:00

“Each year, Future Professionals from Paul Mitchell Schools across the country team up to “FUNraise” for charitable organizations. With grassroots, dollar-by-dollar events like cut-a-thons, fashion shows, bake sales, and “Casual for a Cause” days, they’ve raised over $4.6 million to build homes for needy families, feed hungry kids, and support the victims of AIDS, cancer, homelessness, hurricanes, abuse, and more.” The North Haven Academy Paul Mitchell Partner School located in North Haven, CT, has been raising money for charitable organizations through Cut-a-thons, Walk-a-thons, and Wine Tastings among other fundraising events. The donation from all of the fundraisers will be contributed to several organization to read more about which charities the Paul Mitchell Schools are supporting this year and what your money can do to help someone else in need visit the website http://www.paulmitchellschoolsfunraising.org/charities .

With that said, Jay and I have had the privilege to photograph a few of the recent events. One of which was the Wine Tasting

The ladies rocking out at the raffle table

Some of the amazing food!

The amazing wine guy

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result”.

To see more pictures from the wine tasting event among others go to www.facebook.com/jasonandmaggie

Sheridan and Vanessa's Boudoir Session

2011-04-21T16:09:00.003-04:00

Jay and I wanted to try our hand at boudoir photography and see what we could come up with and were extremely fortunate to be able to work with two very fabulous ladies Sheridan Nicole and Vanessa Destiny. We also were lucky to have Nicole Ziobo doing hair and Tiffany Hall-Scarmana rocking out the make up. All of these ladies really helped bring this shoot to life and we all had a ton of fun. So as always without further ado lets get to the pictures!

First up is Ms. Sheridan Nicole! For Sheridan we did much more of a casual boudoir session. With a mix of sexy jeans, booty shorts, a Giants jersey, and some other fun elements.

So in prepping for this shoot Jay and I made a couple of purchases like that of these pink curtains. I really loved how the shots came out and both of our models really rocked the curtains. So here is Sheridan with the curtains!

And here is Vanessa working the curtains!

As you can see Vanessa had a different look that was not as casual as Sheridan's. But no matter what style you like, or what your comfort level is in front of the camera we can format a boudoir shoot for you!! Now after that shameless plug, here is Vanessa being "Sasha Fierce" as our makeup artist for this shoot Tiffany would say!

We also bought a bright red back drop for the shoot and Vanessa totally rocked it out! Here is one of her close ups in front of the back drop.

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Thank you to everyone involved in this shoot you all did fabulous and we really can’t wait to work with you all again!

Models: Sheridan Nicole, Vanessa Destiny
Hair: Nicole Ziobo --> www.EXCLUSIVELYNICOLE.com
Make up: Tiffany Hall-Scarmana --> www.tiffanyhallbeauty.com

Jen Z's Photo Shoot

2011-03-30T11:33:00.008-04:00

Jen, Jen, Jen what else can I say! This chick totally rocked it. But let me rewind back around January we offered a contest to the NHAPMPS evening class and well Jen WON!!!! So what did she get:

1 hour of shooting time with Jay and Me and our awesome assistant Frankie!!

5 edited images for her to start building her portfolio

And of course an all around fun time!!!

So without further ado our fun shoot with Jen and her models!!!

Jen’s first model Lizzie

Another one of Lizzie

Check out Jen’s cousin

Now check out this cool rocker chick who just might be Jen!!

Okay so even though these aren’t her zebra shears they worked for the shot and she totally rocked it!

So if anyone needs some hair styling, cut, color, highlighting go check her out at the North Haven Academy Paul Mitchell Partner School!!!!!

Jen, we truly want to thank you for an awesome time. Hopefully you had as much fun as we did! We look forward to working with you again in the near future!!

<3 Maggie and Jay (oh and Frankie says Hi too!!!)

NHAPMPS style a model assignment

2011-03-29T21:30:00.002-04:00

A few weeks ago Jay had the opportunity to take some pictures of some students at the North Haven Academy Paul Mitchell Partner School’s talent. The assignment was for the students to style a model and participate in a photo shoot. Here are some of the results of that assignment.

One of my fave shots!

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Until next time, Maggie & Jay

Mother's Day Special 2011

2011-03-13T21:44:00.001-04:00

Meet Ellerie

2011-03-12T16:05:00.002-05:00

A few days ago we had the pleasure of meeting and photographing Ellerie. She is a beautiful little girl and has some totally awsome accessories.

Look at that face! What a cutie

Look at that smile

So much personality

Look at the pretty shoes!!!

Chilling on the couch!

This little outfit is actually what Ellerie was supposed to come home from the hospital in.

She is adorable

Ellerie it was a pleasure meeting you and seeing your family again. I look forward to seeing you again and taking more pictures.

To see more photos go to www.JasonHenriques.com -->click on proofing --> select the album
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Lucas is one

2011-03-07T14:01:00.000-05:00

Lucas is 1 can you believe it, we can’t watching a little one grow up during there first year is simply amazing and we are so grateful to have had the opportunity to share in that first year experience with him.

I mean seriously look at that smile

Little Lucas well I guess he is not so little anymore and is now playing with blocks!

Totally loved the what?!?!? Look on his face

Got to love our awesome assistant Frankie! He totally kept Lucas happy and smiling, especially since Lucas wanted nothing to do with sitting next to the back drop until Frankie joined him.

They even switched toys!

I really love this shot of Lucas in his jammies.

Amanda and Lucas thank you so much for coming and hanging out with us I can’t believe Lucas is one already and about to be a big brother. He has so much personality and I am excited to see him interact with his future sibling.

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baby Amber

2011-03-02T21:21:00.006-05:00

On October 10, 2010 this little bundle of joy made her way into this world and after spending an afternoon with her I am pretty sure she came into this world smiling. Amber is so full of life and is such a happy giggly baby. When you hear her laugh it really, truly warms your heart.

So first we had some fun playing with a tutu what is a girl without her frilly tutu’s?

See look at her smile

And reach, reach for those little toes

Even just crawling around she found things to be funny

And totally loved this lovely hat Amber rocked out courtesy of Snuggle Bottoms.

Amber it was a pleasure meeting you and seeing your mommy again. I look forward to seeing you again and taking more pictures.

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Baby Brae

2011-03-02T16:09:00.001-05:00

We love watching babies grow up and I cannot believe that Braelynn is standing I remember when she was still a newbie and when her mommy was pregnant with her. Jay and I have known her mommy and daddy for quite some time and it is always amazing to watch your friends family grow and change and they are no exception. Braelynn is definitely the princess of the household but she is so incredibly loved and definitely was a gift from God to her mommy and daddy! Ironically on a side note the timing of this blog post come right after Braelynn’s cousin Nicholas’ post! :)

I was totally digging the zebra and pink tulle skirt total cuteness!!!

So the last time we photographed Brae she was still so little and required her parents for everything now she is crawling, and standing next she will be running everywhere!

What a face!

Mommy’s Little Angel (and of course complete with great accessories I mean check out that hat)

What girl doesn’t love pearls that you can bang around and make noise with and pink rose petals thrown everywhere!

A little angel in a bed of roses!

Thank you so much for coming and hanging out with us I can’t believe how big Brae is getting and I look forward to taking her first birthday photos.

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Baby Nicholas

2011-03-01T11:44:00.003-05:00

Over the weekend we had the pleasure of meeting for the first time baby Nicholas. Well we have met him on a few other occasions but he was in his mommy’s tummy. This time we got some actual face time :) we had so much fun hanging out with him and his parents.

Look at how cute he is!!

He can’t sit up yet but this beary cute baby has some arm strength

Love the monster hat!

And here we go a rocking a rocking a rocking and baby Nicholas is totally eating it up!

And here we go lets meet the daddy!

And the fabulous mommy!

Thank you so much for coming and hanging out with us we had so much fun can’t wait to do it again.

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Joshua's 1rst Birthday

2011-02-28T22:02:00.001-05:00

This past Saturday Jay and I had the opportunity to photograph Baby Joshua. For those of you who follow our blog will know that we did a shoot with Joshua when he was a month old and then even before that we did his Mommy’s maternity shoot! We love have lifelong clients and watching families grow and baby’s become toddlers. It was a privilege to shoot Joshua for his first birthday and we can’t wait for the next time we get to shoot him!

Joshua rocking out with his alphabet blocks

I love how he looks in this shot, it is one of those “me, nope wasn’t me” shots

And what soon to be one year old doesn’t like balloons.

AHHHHHH cake, bubbles, and balloons WHAT!?!?!?!

Love this shot! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Joshua, happy birthday to you!!!!

Happy First Birthday Joshua and Congratulation to Mommy and Daddy on a successful 1rst year as parents Joshua is wonderful.

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Liz and Joe's Wedding

2011-02-28T17:03:00.000-05:00

Back in November, Jay and I shot this amazingly intimate wedding at the Crosby Street Hotel. Let me tell you this hotel was absolutely gorgeous and there were so many awesome opportunities to capture amazing photos. So without further ado let get to the good stuff.

She had a totally beautiful dress!

Taking advantage of the big beautiful windows in her room

Loved the flowers!

This future momma looked absolutely stunning as a bride!

A rotary phone was the perfect stage for the ring shot!

The reading room had these amazing red couches that we totally had to take advantage of and Liz was more than happy to pose!

So we are going to wrap up this blog post with a kiss.

Congratulations Liz and Joe. We wish you both many years of happiness and the best of luck with your new little one.

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Meet Lindsay and Jared

2011-01-24T14:32:00.005-05:00

So, we have been a little behind on our blogging but what better way to get back in the swing of things and warm up from the cold weather outside, then with an awesome E-session! So here is Lindsay and Jared. These two are completely awesome and so much fun to hang out with. They are both in veterinarian school out in Utah and let me tell you they are going to be great Vets! They truly have a love and a passion for what they do! For this engagement shoot we took a trip to Maple Row Tree Farm and let me tell you it is awsome!

I mean seriously there were real animals lol!

They really were a ton of fun and truly love each other!

There was this awesome truck on the farm and it had an awesome texture which made for a great ring shot!

Here is a little barbwire farm ring action!

We went for a ride on the tractor!

Rocking it out in the barn

Thank you so much Lindsay and Jared for allowing us the opportunity to photograph you while you were on your brief vacation from school. We wish you guys all the luck in the world and hope that your next few semesters go by quickly!
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Mitchell Family gets their Portrait on

2010-11-18T11:12:00.000-05:00

A long while ago Jay and I, gave a photo shoot away to a lucky winner at a car show in Shelton, CT. The lucky winner’s was the fabulously awesome Mitchell Family. We were all finally able to get together recently to take pictures of this amazing family. We had such a great time doing everything from playing on the swing set, to going for wagon rides to the family just enjoying being together.

Meet Addy! Here she is doing her thing, and cutting the grass! :0)

Meet her big brother Kaden

A daddy-daughter moment!

A daddy-son moment!

The family looking at the clouds!

Love this one. Addy just got up and was like I’m done with this pose.

Family walking into the sun!

Thank you Mitchell Family! We had a blast hanging out with you guys and we hope to be able to meet up again!

<3 Jay and Maggie

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Emily's Baby Shower

2010-11-17T13:27:00.002-05:00

A few weeks ago Jay and I had the pleasure of shooting a spectacularly pink baby shower at Waterzooi Belgian Bistro for Emily and her little sprinkle. Let me tell you between the awesome food and the totally amazing details this was an amazing baby shower.

Emily, is pregnant with her second child and this little sprinkle is going to be a beautiful baby girl. She is going to be coming into a huge loving family and a big brother that cannot wait to meet her.
The proud big brother

The amazing spread! They even had a waffle sundae bar complete with chocolate syrup, caramel, whip cream, oreos! They even had an omelet bar!

The proud mommy and daddy

Emily opening her special gift from Julie, it was Grandma’s pearls re-giffted. To see everyone’s face when she opened it and realized it was grandma’s priceless!

Loved the beautiful towel cake!

Emily, we cannot wait to meet your little princess! Good luck in the next few weeks we hope they go by fast!

<3 Maggie and Jay

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Twisted Tales-- North Haven Academy Paul Mitchell Partner School

2010-11-03T11:13:00.003-04:00

A few weeks ago Jay and I had the opportunity to again shoot North Haven Academy Paul Mitchell Partner School hair show. This seasons theme was Twisted Tales. The school did an amazing take on creaping out our childhood fairy tales and turning them into our worst nightmares. Of course a huge part of the show was the make up and the fantabulous hair designs by the students. Take a look at some of the awsome looks that the students came up with and be sure to check out the school if you are interested in being involved in there next production or if you are interested in becoming a student!!!

Love this shot

Zombies

Creepiness

The Gingerbread Children

The ugly step sisters

Zombie children

More zombie children

Haunted trees

One of the girls waiting to have her makeup finished

The wolf! This makeup, body painting, and mask design was done by amazing Klayton Andrew. He is a graduate of the school and actually is doing make up for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular!! How totally awsome is that. Klayton was actually the artistic makeup designer for the entire twisted tales production and him and his team and of course the students totally did a kick a$$ job!

One of the zombie children on the swing set!

Thank you again to North Haven Academy Paul Mitchell Partner School for allowing us to be apart of your awsome production! We can not wait until the next one!

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Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T17:05:00.000-04:00

We just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Halloween!
Love,
Jason and Maggie and Frankie

The tools!

Jay’s Lightning McQueen pumpkin

Maggie’s Jack Skellington pumpkin

Our Pumpkins

Our baby in his Halloween costume

Our baby!!!

Until next year!!! Have fun trick or treating!!!

Getting to known Christine and Jay

2010-10-29T07:07:00.005-04:00

We actually met this fabulous couple and specifically Christine at Beauty Entourage’s Bridal Show, she was the winner of our free engagement session! We were so glad that she won because we had an absolutely amazing time hanging out with them even though Jay wanted to get taco bell and get home to his football game but, he was a great sport and really stuck it out and we are glad he did because we had fun hanging out with them.

So let’s meet this couple!

Walking around enjoying the fall foliage!

Love this shot of them!

Snuggling under a tree

Chilling at the top of the tower

Hanging out for a second in the tower! Love these moments.

Watch out here comes the ring shots!!!

Loved how this ring shot turned out

We ended our time at a lake at the end of the park. Love the reflection in the lake.

Thank you so much Christine and Jay!!! We had such a great time and loved exploring Hubbard Park with you.

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Getting to Know Melissa and Eric

2010-10-28T22:44:00.003-04:00

We had such a great time a few weekends ago (i know i'm slacking on my blog postings)with our 2011, clients Melissa and Eric. They are truly a great couple and a pleasure to hang out. We had the opportunity to do so many things with them from hanging out at Jones's Winery, to an actual wine tasting, to pumpkin picking, to teaching Eric how to dip Melissa, to watching the sunset at Booth Park (and watching the Indian Guides Ceremony, not sure but lots of boys and Dad's in there indian guide uniforms a teepee and a huge bon fire! Not sure what that has to do with the engagment session except we all had to go scout out what was going on becuase come on we were totally curious) to ending with a great Thai dinner! So with out further ado we present Melissa and Eric's fantabulously awsome engagement shoot!!!

So we started our e-shoot adventure outside at Jones’s Winery in Shelton, CT.

Of course there was some cuddleage going on!

Before we left the vineyard we had to do a wine tasting. It was great because I had never done one before but Melissa and Eric showed us how its done from cleansing the pallet to holding the stem and not the glass! I still don’t like wine but everyone else did and WE had a blast!!!

After the vineyard we headed over to Jones’s pumpkin patch. Which was sooo much fun minus the bazillion kids everywhere, because there was so many cool places to shoot!

They are sooo cute!

Loving Melissa’s tacori!!

While I was ring shotting it up Jay was capturing some fun and intimate moments with Melissa and Eric. Nope, nope I swear we don’t have fun on our shoots… lol we have a friggin blast

So I will end this post with a totally awesome image of Melissa and Eric…. Ok seriously this is by far our most favorite shot to date!!! Love love love it!!!

We had such a great time at the vineyard and park with you guys and we are looking forward to your amazing wedding!

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Día de los Muertos

2010-10-20T11:26:00.001-04:00

When I was in middle school and high school sitting in Spanish class the one thing I remember from October and November was learning about Día de los Muertos. For those of you unfamiliar in English it is known as day of the dead.

The holiday mainly celebrated in Mexico focuses on the gathering of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration occurs on November 2 in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day (November 1) and All Souls' Day (November 2). Traditions associated with día de los muertos include building altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, toys, trinkets, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed. Traditions also include visiting graves with these as gifts. Unfortunately, because the holiday occurs in such close proximity to Halloween, el día de los muertos is sometimes thought to be a similar holiday, although the two really have not very much in common. Día de los Muertos is overall seen as a time of celebration.

So, now knowing a bit of the history behind it we can explain how the idea for this shoot came to be. Back in June we started brainstorming about doing this shoot and putting a team in place. First we got the ever awesome Tiffany Hall, she was the genius behind the makeup and was constantly keeping us pumped up about this shoot. Next on board was the super creative and talented Becky Houle from the Vicious Kitty who was our hair guru! Once getting the creative team in place we then got a few assistants and of course 2 amazing models Julie and Diana.
It definitely was a crazy time getting everything all set up from Jay being on detail patrol which included making a bouquet, to customizing skulls, building up the fire in the fire place and of course the day wouldn’t be complete without Jay and I both having bronchitis and sinus infections! And the ladies Tiffany and Becky doing all there amazing work with no power! Seriously they tore it up and the models were amazing!

Be sure to check out our behind the scenes video of the shoot!

So without further ado our Día de los Muertos photo shoot!

First lets meet the fantabulous models, here is Diana!!

And here is Julie!!

We actually lucked out that the location we were shooting at had an awesome stone fireplace complete with a fire! So of course we had to shoot in front of it! Plus it was a bit cold so it was nice to stay warm in front of the fire.
Here is Diana heating things up in front of the fire!

And now Julie working it!!

Then we went and played in the grass

Loved the lighting in this one!

Super huge thank you to all those involved and be sure to check them out for any of your makeup or hair or modeling needs please be sure and get in touch with these ladies!!!!

MUA: Tiffany Hall
Hair: Becky Houle of the Vicious Kitty
Models: Julie & Diana
Assistant: Mikey B.

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beauty entourage bridal show

2010-10-13T21:38:00.002-04:00

So a few weeks ago Jay and I had the pleasure of shooting Beauty Entourage's Bridal Show! Every Year Beauty Entourage give there future brides the opportunity to see the latest trends hitting the aisle and whats to come! There fashion show featured a wide range of styles and looks. Check out some of the highlights!

Fun Shots of the Models!
Beauty Entourage’s winter couture bride!

One of the beautiful brides from the show

This shot just reminds me of something presidential!

The fall bride!

Love how the window and curtains frames this bride!

Another curtain shot!

Relaxing

Playing with the balloons!

Love how the 2 brides make a heart!

Floral Arrangements courtesy of Stylish Bloom’s

Stylish Bloom's is a floral design studio based out of Bristol, CT and its founder is the fantabulous Melissa! So be sure to check her out for all your wedding, and event needs!

One of the awesome table arrangements that Melissa designed! Complete with candles and crystals! It was a sight to be seen and something you should definitely have at your wedding! :0)

Here is one of the bouquets that she made for one of the brides in the runway show!

The beautiful flowers that were designed for the winter bride! Seriously!! Beautiful!

The Ladies of Beauty Entourage

Meet the fantabulous ladies that were responsible for putting this whole private bridal show together! Be sure to check out there site!

Some more of the Beauty Entourage ladies!

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Getting to know Vicki and Tom

2010-10-12T15:37:00.005-04:00

Last weekend we had the pleasure of hanging out and capturing some photos with Vicki and Tom and the ever adorable Mikey!

So we started out by taking Mikey and of course his mommy and daddy to the park, where we had a great time capturing pictures and letting Mikey run around! The only thing was that pretty white fuzzy flowers and a lot of creepy bugs crawling on them… yuck!

Totally love this shot of Mikey! He totally stole the shot!

Next stop was Lyman Orchard in Middletown.

Where of course there was delicious apples which made for a great ring shot!

As well as plenty of pumpkins in all shapes and colors!

So while I was preoccupied with the beautiful rings Jay stole Vicki and Tom to grab some pictures by the apple boxes! No not the ones you drink the ones that you collect the apples in! :0)

Chilling out next to the red barn!

We really enjoyed wandering around the main grounds of Lyman Orchards! We were able to capture some great moments!

First we went over and were just goofing around by the Apple Barrel sign!

Same sign on a more serious note!

Love this moment that Jay captured!

Just taking a moment to relax!

We had such a great time apple and pumpkin picking with you guys and we are looking forward to our wine tasting photography session!

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Apple picking with Lucas

2010-09-22T11:02:00.001-04:00

With today officially being the first day of fall. We thought what better way to usher in the new season then with a real fall blog post and this past weekend we had the opportunity to go enjoy what fall has to offer and shoot a past client of ours, baby Lucas! He is getting so big and we were thrilled with the opportunity to go with him and his parents on their first pumpkin/ apple picking trip at Silverman’s Farm in Easton, CT!

Look at how big he has gotten!

I loved this one! It was an I dunno type a look!

Just cuddling in the trees of the apple orchard!

Sometimes it is nice to just relax as a family and eat some red delicious apples! In an orchard that smells of fresh apple pies and fall!

A cute family picture

Thank you Lucas, Amanda and Scott for a great time at the apple orchard! We look forward to shooting you all again and seeing Lucas when he begins taking those first few steps!

Steph and Ryan Get Married

2010-09-13T14:46:00.002-04:00

Stephanie and Ryan met through a friend while in Newport, Rhode Island! Some would definitely say it was fate and after a few times of planning the wedding all the details finally came together on July 31, 2010 while in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Check out some of the awesome details of this absolutely beautiful Cape Cod wedding.

A beautiful dress shot!

Some awesome shoes to go along with the beautiful dress!

An awesome ring shot!

We love when couples opt to do the first look! Not only is it awesome because we have more time with the couple but I love being able to truly see the surprised grooms face when he turns around and sees his beautiful bride!

There was this totally awesome barn near where Stephanie and Ryan got married! It totally made for an awesome back drop!

The bridal party in front of the awesome barn!

You may now kiss the bride!

Stephanie dancing with her dad and Ryan dancing with his mom

Some fun times dancing and partying at the reception!!!!

Congratulations Stephanie and Ryan!!! We look forward to meeting up with you guys again and taking more pictures for you in the future!

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Don't stop believing

2010-09-06T13:30:00.003-04:00

Wow, I cannot believe that it has been a year already. These past 365 days have flown by literally and how we made it through some of the tough times truly lets me know that what we have is something special and what that boils down to is friendship and a lot of communication. (Which sometimes I am sure Jay would just wish I would shut up because I love communicating everything lol!) I mean yes we definitely have our differences he is dirty clothes on the floor, toilet seats left up, and dishes in the sink not in the dish washer and socks stuffed in the cushions of the couch (yuck!) but I leave tons of filled water cups next to the bed, I leave my shoes in the hallway(that jay trips on) and don’t shut the cabinets all the ways (which jay walks into lol I know it's not funny but it makes me laugh lol) and I don’t always remember to shut off the lights and even with all of our differences and all of our imperfections we fit! And I sure do love him!

In our first year of marriage I do not like to think much has changed but I can tell you that it has. We have grown together and grown up. We have had our ups and downs and our good days and bad days but through it all there is no one in the world I would rather wake up next to then him. He maybe many things but he is my rock and I give it some roll sometimes to much roll and I would not want it any other way!

So in the hopes of wanting to relive the day that my life changed and I married my best friend! Check out some of our awesome wedding photos that were taken by none other than the fabulous Carla Ten Eyck and her team!

So we both started off our days in style Jay had a luxury shave and hair cut while I got pampered having my makeup and hair done!

And then in one exchange its official!

Not sure how catholic it was to climb the walls of the church but this picture really just kicked ass!

As I have always said Jay has a rough, wild and crazy side….hehehehe just kidding he is the biggest teddy bear. Anyways I swear he doesn’t like tattoos!

Alright I had to throw this picture in! It was one of my favorite pictures of me and my cousin/ god daughter Kylie!

Alright with after several months of dance lessons click here to see the video we preformed our first dance to none other than Don’t Stop Believing!

Another high point was of course our parent dances!

I think someone had a little fun with the garter removal! But if you think that’s fun you should have seen my maid of honor. She had one hot and steamy garter dance as she put the garter on the guy who won it! (yes it was her boyfriend)

Carla and her team did a sneak attack when they caught this moment of Jay and I!

Now if you are a follower of our blog or even if you know Jay and I you would know we are crazy and like to try just about anything! Our wedding photos were no exception! Check out this totally awesome shot!

Jason I did on September 6, 2009 and I still do on September 6, 2010!!!! Thank you for completing me! :0)

Fun Head Shots!

2010-08-29T19:43:00.005-04:00

Jay and I love when we can work with other professional and help make their ideas a reality! With this shoot we were able to do just that! Tiffany is a make up artist that we have worked with on several shoots and she is fricking awesome! If you need a MUA for anything you should totally hit her up!!!! Anyways she wanted some headshots for her portfolio and we were only happy to help her out. So we came up with some ideas and picked a day and this is what we came up with!!

Tori is just awesome! With Tori we did a fun gold flake look with a dark lip and boy did Tori work it!

First off check out Tori’s awesome lashes courtesy of the fabulous Tiffany!

Got to love the gold flakes on the side of the face!

So Jay and I had this awesome oriental fabric laying around and thought that Tori’s look would go totally awesome with the fabric and I really think it came out awesome!

With Ruhana we went for a more wet water look! Seriously check out those lashes!

Ruhana was a total trooper. We were spraying her with water and she just smiled and posed! Truly amazing!

I always find it amazing how small the world truly is. We actually found Diana on model mayhem and coincidentally she is also an EMT like Jay and myself and she took her class in Shelton, CT which is where I have worked for several years!

So for Diana we did an animal print look! Tiffany totally rocked the make up and Diana was able to model through all that make up for some truly awesome shots!

Love how she was working the camera

Got to love an innovative husband. I thought the hair needed something and raided the art supply closet and found some cool wire and Jay thought of the women with the gold rings around there necks and came up with this really cool hairpiece. Yeay hunny!!!

We love when our future brides are up for some crazy shoots and Vikki is no exception! I am pretty sure she went above and beyond what any of us expected for the afternoon! She actually did 3 separate looks and finished with a bang!

Vikki’s first look was very soft!

Here is the same look but in a come to Jesus sort of way!

Then Tiffany added some cool blue airbrushing, and some flowers from my mom’s garden (sorry Mom!) for a different look!

Vikki is such a natural!

Okay so for look 3 we wanted to play around with the wet paint look!

So after getting the effect we were looking for I throughout the idea that Vikki should smear the pain all over her face. I had no idea that she would actually do it!

I mean seriously we were all like a bunch of kids finger painting! It really was a lot of fun!

Yea!!! I couldn’t believe it but was totally in love with how it came out! Thank you Vikki for playing around! I hope you were able to wash the red tint from your skin!

So if you are a follower of our bligity blog would know that Jay and I generally bring around our pal Mort (see our Salem trip) on vacations! Well Mort decided to make a guest appearance at our shoot. Check out him posing without models! Big shout out to all our models who were such good sports!

Thank you EVERYONE who helped us pull this shoot together!

Makeup: Tiffany Hall
Hair: Tiffany Hall/ Jason Henriques (Diana’s metal hair wrap)
Models: Tori Z, Ruhana, Diana, Vikki

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Amy's Baby Bump

2010-08-17T20:43:00.001-04:00

Recently Jay and I got the opportunity to hang out with Amy who is expecting her beautiful bundle of joy on October 2, 2010! We had such a good time hanging out and being silly!

Without further ado, Mrs. Amy’s Baby Bump!

So of course we had to play with some fabric!

Love how the black robe looked! Especially when we added wind! 

And now for the revealing of the little one’s name!

In case you were curious the theme of little Nicholas’s room is going to be Winnie the Pooh!

Really liked the look of this shot!

A great adventure is truly about to begin for Amy and Steve! Love how this picture came out!

Thank you Amy for spending your afternoon with us! We had such a great time! We look forward to meeting baby Nicholas in the next few weeks!

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Fun times at an Industrial space

2010-08-16T11:55:00.001-04:00

Okay so when I started this idea I realized it was probably going to be a few part installment so make sure to check back for more. But the idea for this series came from the song Lady Marmalade.

Meet Melissa this was actually her first photo shoot ever! She was such a great sport and a ton of fun to work with!

Tori was so poised in this first shot! Love it!

Melissa laid down in the hall and we were able to grab this shot!

We had an awesome door that the girls worked!

Totally rocking the wall!

Go Melissa!

Tori rocking some shots while we were up on a ladder!

There was actually this really cool wall at the industrial space we were at and Jay just had to grab a picture!

Here is Tori rocking the wall!

Here is Melissa rocking the wall!

Got to love the group shots! These girls rocked it!

Thank you everyone who participated! We had such a great time and look forward to working with you all again soon!

Models: Tori Z. and Melissa
Location: Chris Molnar
MUA: Tiffany Hall
Hair: Becky Houle
Safety coordinators: Chris, Mikey

Maura and Sal Get Married!!

2010-08-13T11:53:00.003-04:00

Maura and Sal are a fun loving couple and together are a definite force to be reckoned with. There story begins at a Coffee shop that Maura managed where in walks Sal to get a coffee and well it was all over from there. It wasn't long until they went on their first date to Temple Bar for wine and food and were forever smittened with each other. Sometime later after some fun dates mini golfing Sal and Maura went to a Red Sox game where he hid the ring in a bucket of popcorn and after a near miss (Maura almost ate the ring) Sal popped the question and guess what she said YES!!!

So that is what led us all here to the Boston Botanical Gardens in front of the most beautiful angel fountain ever. We were privileged to be asked to come out and shoot the ceremony for such an awsome couple and with out further ado the pictures!

Maura getting ready to meet the man she will marry!

Got to love the moments that a father has with his daughter as he walks the last few steps with her as a single woman!

All the little girls waiting for the bride to arrive!

One of the things that truly made Maura and Sal’s ceremony special aside from the absolutely beautiful location of the Boston Botanical Garden’s was that Maura’s brothers presided over the ceremony that would end with pronouncing there sister as a married woman!

Of course we had to have some fun and take advantage of the awesome location!

Okay Maura had the most amazing back piece and I loved how the back of her dress framed the beautiful art!

Hanging out by the trees!

Ring a ling got to love the rings!

I really cannot ever say it enough! We love our couples, they are not afraid to be a little wacky and have fun!

Congratulations Maura and Sal! We wish you many years of love and happiness!

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Top Reasons why we LOVE Maui!!!!

2010-07-28T12:54:00.010-04:00

Okay so this post might be a few weeks over due but hey better late then never right!!

One got to love the sunsets

Two Okay Sunsets in Hawaii are jaw dropping but if you get the chance to go to Haleakala and see either the sunrise or the sunset you will not be disappointed!

Three well we all know that yellow snow is normally something you would want to avoid and in most cases you would be right but in Maui flavored snow or “shaved ice” is something that you can absolutely not miss. With hundreds of flavors the combinations are endless and always delicious.

Four the turtles are simply beautiful and jay wants to steal one and when I told him we would have no where to put it he said that it could live in our bathtub! Boys!!

Five! Seriously Luaus = great night and all you can eat food and drinks which = super happy married couple

Six Ziplining! I know that you can go zip lining any where but it was a ton of fun and something I would recommend doing!

Seven the amazingly beautiful silver sword plant that blooms once every forty years! We didn’t get to see one bloom but the plant was beautiful!

Eight Leis! You got to get one while you are on Maui! We were lucky because right on front street the women of the senior center were making them right for everyone to see and buy!

Nine Maui Atomic Tattoo! We know that everyone is not going to get a tattoo in Maui but if you are we would totally recommend Maui Atomic Tattoo they were absolutely phenomenal. While all the artists there are great we personally dealt with Yvette who was amazing! She was able to do an amazing cover up for me and was able to go over an old scar for Jay and both came out awesome!

Ten Dragon’s Teeth! Dragon’s Teeth at Makalua-puna Point was created from one of the last lava flows on Maui. The jagged points of this formation look like dragon's teeth, thus the name. It really was an awesome site to see after you get through the golf course.

Eleven the beautiful aqua blue water!

Twelve Doors off helicopter ride! This was one of the moments I can tell you that we will never forget. It was simply amazing and awsome!

Thirteen Aquarium!!! The Maui Ocean Center was awsome and a ton of fun! Especially the tunnel where you basically walk through water!

Fifteen being able to enjoy our honeymoon with each other!!!

Sixteen is having an awsome photoshoot with Anna Kim!!

Jay and I cannot wait to get back to Maui! It was truly an amazing and life changing experience and one that I hope we get to repeat soon!

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Justine Danielle

2010-07-27T22:26:00.002-04:00

Jay and I love when a vision we have comes to life and the next few months we are going to have several visions come to life we are so excited. But lets start with this first vision. I have for a long time wanted to a shoot that had some dance influence. So we got in touch with the fabulous Tiffany Hall-Scarmana and she was available to do make up and hair for this awesome shoot! We also were able to work with Justine Danielle who is so very talented and was great to work with!

Justine was so great and did so many wardrobe changes and we were so excited to get a wide variety of shots.

In addition to dancing we also played with some awesome fabric and it was great to see what Justine could do with it!

Jumping and playing with fabric

Well the sun had almost set but I wanted to get some water shots and Justine was such a great sport and was all about jumping in the water!

Thank you Justine Danielle and Tiffany for an awesome shoot and we look forward to working with you both again soon!

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Welcome Braelynn to the world!!

2010-07-19T17:34:00.007-04:00

We have waited quite some time for this post but finally we are able to announce that Steph and Brian have FINALLY had their beautiful baby girl! She was born perfect 10 little fingers and 10 little toes. She arrived on July 9th, 2010 at 10:46 am. She weighed 6 lbs, 15 oz and measured 18 inches long.

So without further ado here is Braelynn Ann!!!!

A cute little daisy

I love her little squished face

She is such an angel

Steph did such an amazing job getting her daughters room ready and it really is a dream room for any little girl!

I love how it looks like she is smiling at the camera. Barely a week old and she already knows how to work the camera!

Look at her all bundled up

Look at her all asleep on the batch of towels!! Simply adorable!

Mommy did such a good job of picking outfits out for Braelynn.

Congratulations Steph and Brian!!! She is absolutely beautiful we look forward to watching her grow up!
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Maui Shoot Out

2010-07-05T13:43:00.003-04:00

This June while Jay and I were on our honeymoon in Maui (don’t worry pictures coming soon) we decided to put together a shoot out! With the help of some awesome photographers we were able to get all the details put together and were able to pull off an awesome shoot out! First off thank you to the wonderful Mrs. Anna Kim who helped us get some of the details together and put us in touch with Mr. Paulo Mendes who allowed us to use his studio to get ready and as a place to meet up. Now of course we did not expect everything to go smoothly and as of the morning of the shoot our MUA and hair stylist had backed out but the totally and absolutely amazing Dan Sanchez and his team of MUA and stylists drove across the island to meet up with us and totally rocked out the models looks!

Here is a quick behind the scenes video from the shoot out:

So the setting for this awesome shoot was in the Bamboo Forest on the Hana Highway. Here is heather totally rocking out the bamboo! (Also want to give a huge shout out to her boyfriend. He was extremely helpful holding reflectors and gear! It was really awesome having someone willing to do that so the photographers could all get a chance to take pictures.)

Totally having a girly geek moment here the glittery abs totally made me think of Twillight but when I made the reference at the shoot out Dylan didn’t know what I was talking about because he had not seen the movie and Jay just made fun of me!

Another ab portrait

Over by the waterfall we had Heather do some dance poses

Loved this picture

We then headed to the beach for a totally different look! Dylan does a lot off modeling for running magazines so we wanted to give him a few running pics

We ended our shoot out on the rocks with some couple portraits.

Again thanks to all that participated I know Jay and I really had an absolutely amazing time and we truly hope we can all get together again the next time we are out on Maui!!!

Models:
Heather Nicholls
Dylan Rist

Hair & MUA:
Dan Sanchez

For more pictures check out: www.facebook.com/jasonandmaggie

Steph's Baby Bump Shoot

2010-06-03T21:17:00.002-04:00

So you might have remembered Steph from her 6 month baby bump shots well we are getting closer to the finish line and that means more pictures! Well here are just a couple from our shoot with Steph this past week!

And here is Steph just about 4 weeks from her due date!

Love the belly!

Braelynn is going to be the greatest gift her mommy and daddy have ever received!

This is one of my favorite shots from our session! Steph you look absolutely gorgeous!

Thank you Brian and Steph for letting us take these pictures for you guys!!! You are going to make such cute parents and I know that Jay and I cannot wait until July 4th to meet Braelynn! What an awesome birthday every year she will have fireworks!!!

<3

Jay and Maggie

May Shoot Out

2010-05-25T20:44:00.005-04:00

This past Sunday, Jay and I had the privilege to work with some of our talented friends to pull off our May Shoot Out! We along with some of our friends have been trying to put these together once a month because we find it to be a truly amazing experience to work with other photographers who have as much passion about what they do as we do.

So this month we were able to shoot at a location not to far from our house that truly was awesome. There were so many different backgrounds to choose from to compose your image. What was cool about what we did this month as opposed to last month was we broke up into pairs and we each worked with a model and lighting and then we would switch. This gave the models a lot of diversity for their portfolios and all of us the photographers the experience of seeing how we all can see the same building or property but yet capture a completely unique image. So make sure you check out what the other photographers captured Sunday too!!!
Something that we have also been doing, mainly because we have fun doing it is recording the randomness that goes on while we are shooting. So make sure you check out this shoot outs randomness too!!

Now for some of what we captured!!!!

I guess we will start with my shots first here is Lauren Marie working it!!!

Loved the angle on this one

Totally loved this dandelion shot

So I'm not really sure why this backhoe was here but the bright yellow color was awsome and it worked with the outfit

Loved the light post and how Alexa posed here.... Total fabulosity!!!

I was so excited when Alexa was willing to climb up on the tree stumps for a little something different and I was stoked on how the pictures turned out!

Here are a few of Jay’s capture!!!!

I never would have thought to use this area the way David and Jay did and they both totally rocked it!!!

Alexa was totally working it!!!

Love how he used the doorway here

Seriously total hotness!!!

Again thanks to all that participated I know Jay and I really had an awesome time and hope we can all get together again in June!

Models:
Lauren Marie
Alexa Alterio

Hair Stylist:
Becky Houle

MUA:
Leeanne Harpin

Photographers:
David Apuzzo
Ar’Shuan Johnson
Jason and Maggie Henriques

<3 Maggie

Antique Car Shoot

2010-05-13T13:24:00.004-04:00

This past Saturday Jason and I had the great opportunity to work with a very talented team of individuals. The idea started when Jay had to come up with a final project for his photography class. He decided he would like to get some antique cars together and some pinup style models and collaborate the two together with some of our fabulous personalities to create some awesome pictures.

I know I am one that loves to know how some of these pictures came to be. So here is a behind the scenes look of what went on this past Saturday hope you enjoy!

Well now that you have seen what happened behind the scenes here is a look at some of our final products.

Our first model up was Kris who totally embodied the pin up look!!!

What was even cooler was that she also is a hair stylist and makeup artist and was able to stand in when one of our stylists couldn’t make it!!!! But look at her she just rocks!!

Next girl up was the fantastic Farrah! We went with a bit of a different look here with the jeans but I love how she totally rocked it!

In the words of Jay’s Dad, “Tell me this doesn’t look like an ad for Snap On!”

Then we had Michaela who totally rocked the glam look!

And of course we had to play with the trunk on the car be sure to check out our fan page on facebook to see more of these!!

We also had the great pleasure of working with Gabrielle who again brought a different spin on the shoot!

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Then we had Cheyenne who was a ton of fun to shoot and had a great personality!

Jay’s fave pose

Then last but certainly not least we had Vikki!!! Who had ever modeled before but was willing to try anything and have fun! Which of course Jay and I love about people!!

Vikki was actually able to stay a bit later after the rain had stopped to take some picture
up on the roof of the parking garage and man oh man was I glad that she could stay! This picture came out so friggin awesome!

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As always you can check out more pictures at www.facebook.com/jasonandmaggie
To order professional prints of the pictures please go to our website www.JasonHenriques.com ->click on proofing -> go to Auto Shoot -> the password is 25711 ->fill in your email address and first name and view all the pictures.

Just want to give one more shout out to everyone that helped us out Saturday first and foremost Jay’s dad Archie and his friend John and Bob who put us in contact with Ross of Imperial Limousine who let us use his vehicles and his portion of the garage for the shoot. (Definitely check him out if you need a limo for anything. He actually provided the limo’s for our wedding back in September)

Also a huge thank you to the models and hair and make up stylists!!!! You all rocked our socks!!!!

Models:
Kris O’Connor
Farrah Liscinsky
Michaela Davis
Gabrielle Corradino
Cheyenne Morrissey
Vikki Carosielli

Hair and Makeup Stylists:
Janette Cerdeira
Kris O’Connor

behind the scenes of April's Shoot Out

2010-05-12T22:07:00.002-04:00

So a few weeks ago Jay and I got together with a few photographer friends and had a great afternoon of hanging out and shooting! I know that I already posted some pictures but I finally finished putting the behind the scenes clips together and wanted to share them with everyone!!! Enjoy and don't forget to leave some comments!!!! :0)

<3 Maggie

Wonderland of Hair Show

2010-05-01T20:38:00.002-04:00

On April 14th Jay and I packed up our gear early in the morning and headed to the North Haven Academy Paul Mitchell Partner School for an awesome shoot. We were going to be taking pictures for the Wonderland of Hair show!!! What what!! I was super excited and could not wait for what this new experience held in store for us.
On this shoot we tried to get a lot of different things we wanted behind the scenes pictures, we wanted head shots for the stylists portfolios, we wanted some fun artistic stuff, some fun cast pictures and of course photos of the show! Between Jay and I, we were really able to get a lot of great shots. Here is a sampling of what we got hope you enjoy!!!!

Here is the totally awesome mad hatter

There were many different artistic takes on most of the characters. Here is one the tweedle dee tweedle dum twins.

Another mad hatter head shot

One of the stylists with her model

Walking around backstage I snagged this photo and I love how it turned out

One of the cotton candy models

Stylists with their hair model

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Special Thanks To:
All the Paul Mitchell Future Professionals
All of the Live entertainment
And everyone that made this production come together flawlessly and amazingly!

To order professional prints of the pictures please go to our website www.JasonHenriques.com ->click on proofing -> go to Wonderland -> the password is 25711 ->fill in your email address and first name and view all the pictures.
To tag yourself in pictures on facebook go to www.facebook.com/jasonandmaggie

Thank you again to all those involved!!!

Love <3
Maggie and Jay

New Website

2010-04-24T10:44:00.002-04:00

Jay and I have been working hard on new branding for our business and we are pleased to announce that our new website is up and running!!! Please check it out and let us know what you think!!!

We hope you enjoy it!!!

Love,
Jay and Maggie

Lighting the Sky

2010-04-15T16:12:00.005-04:00

Saturday we decided to have a shootout, We invited some friends and managed to get a hair stylist Nicole Sciortino and a make-up artist Tiffany Hall-Scarmana Both amazingly talented. So as the girls all got ready me and some of the other photographers scouted out an area to shoot in downtown Shelton. We are always looking for fun new things to do and areas to explore.

We decided to start experimenting with outdoor lighting both during day and night.

We started with this awesome old beat up garage door for a backdrop. There is just something about abandoned building that gets me all excited like a girl on prom night :)

Then believe it or not we just moved one door over to start to get a completely different look and feel.

Just a slight angle makes a world of a difference.

A huge thank you to all who participated
David Apuzzo- Photographer
Ar'Shaun Johnson - Photographer
Eric Linsley- Photographer
Doug Coy- Photographer
Nicole Sciortino- Hair Stylist
Tiffany Hall-Scarmana- Make up Artist
Amy Grant-Model
Kara Steele-Model
Billejo Harry-Model
Kate O'connor-Model

Rockin' Out Something New

2010-04-01T22:06:00.003-04:00

As a couple Jay and I feel very strongly that it is important to have a strong foundation when it comes to education. Which is definitely why we are still in school. However, when it comes to a foundation we also feel that in regards to our photography you need to understand the fundamentals and talk to and work with other photographers. By working with other photographers you learn not only to collaborate but it is a great forum to learn what you can from others. I mean people really should take the time to soak up and learn every aspect of what the other photographer does. From how they interact with other professionals, with clients, how they conduct themselves on a shoot. How they manipulate lighting and transition between lenses. Also how they do there post production, what is their final product? What tools and programs do they use? Regardless of where you are in your business you are never to experienced to learn a new thing from your peers.

On that same note, if you want to try a new genre of photography what better way to do it that to go along and shoot with someone who has experience in that area. Since, they are knowledgeable in the area you can truly see how to manipulate everything to get the great shot that the seasoned photographer is getting.

For example, Jay and I have never really shot bands before. The whole concept of shooting in a loud crowded bar with strobes going off and light shows was a bit foreign to us. So when the opportunity arose this past Saturday for Jay to go and shoot with David Apuzzo, at Rose's Cantina in Groton, CT we could not turn it down.

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The first band up was Kings and Liars and let me tell you what away to start the night. They were absolutely phenomenal and put on a great show. They had a ton of energy and the music was great!

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The next band up was Lord Fowl, also a good band!

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The last and final band of the evening was Gasoline Therapy! They were great and actually one of the band members was David’s brother Anthony who was celebrating his birthday with all of us at the bar! (So again, Happy Birthday Anthony!!!)

One of the awesome singers for Gasoline Therapy

So up until Gasoline Therapy came on Jay was the only one taking pictures and I was just enjoying the music but I was totally feigning for the chance to take some pictures so I grabbed my camera and started getting in on the action as well. Here is one I took of Anthony.

And here is one I took of their new member who really had some awesome facials that I couldn’t resist capturing!

And just one more

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Thank you so much David for the opportunity to learn from you and practice a new type of photography. The skills we have learned are invaluable and we look forward to shooting with you again.

We also wanted to send a thank you out to the bands that we photographed and if anyone wants to hear some of their music (which you should) and learn more about them make sure to check them out!

Kings And Liars - http://www.myspace.com/kingsandliars

Lord Fowl - http://www.myspace.com/lordfowl

Gasoline Therapy - http://www.myspace.com/gasolinetherapy (you can also find them on youtube.com)

To see more pictures check out www.facebook.com/jasonandmaggie

Carl and Carl Jr.

2010-03-30T14:56:00.006-04:00

Oddly enough all of our family portraits recently have been between Father's and their sons and this past Saturday afternoon was no exception. We met Carl and Carl Jr. up in Hartford at the Connecticut Science Center. It was such an awesome experience to see the science museum through the eyes of a four year old and we really had so much fun running from exhibit to exhibit seeing, touching, and playing with everything! (Yeah, I have to admit there were a few times that we played at the different exhibits too!)
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So seeing the world through the eyes of a four year old!

At the museum they have a traveling exhibit which while we were there was the Ends of the Earth: From Polar Bears to Penguins exhibit. Which was very cool and Carl Jr. showed us just how cool it was...

The next stop was the invention dimension!

At about 5 O'clock it was time to leave the museum and Carl Jr. was not all about that but his face was so precious that we could not help taking a few shots.

Carl Jr. was such a ham... he has so much energy in front of the camera and it made my job so easy. I mean seriously look at this kid!

Even giggling he is adorable!!!

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Thank you Carl and Carl Jr. for a great time at the Connecticut Science Center we had a great time looking at and running around the exhibits with you!!!

Greg and Dominick's Day at the Beach

2010-03-25T23:24:00.003-04:00

There are definitely times in life when you truly get to witness true love and as photographers Jay and I have been blessed and honored to bare witness to the most genuine forms of love more times than the average person. We have been honored to see the love a man has for his soon to be wife, the love a mother and father have for their newborn, and this past weekend we got to watch the true and unbiased love that a father has for his son. Greg truly is a father that loves his son for everything that he is and everything that he will become and its obvious that Dominick feels the love for his father. Even though as a seven year old Dominick has a short tension span for posing we were able to obtain some great pictures of him and his father just being themselves and having fun. I personally feel that those natural “journalistic” style of images are more meaningful and are the type of images that days, months, and years from now when Dominick and Greg look back they will be able to go back to that moment and remember the moment and the feelings that were present. So without further ado Greg and Dominick’s day at the beach!!!!!

I really liked how this one of Greg and Dominick walking to the beach turned out!!!

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So seeing these two together makes me think of that will smith song you know the one Just the Two of Us. “Everytime I look at you I think man, a little me, Just like me Wait an see gonna be tall Makes me laugh cause you got your dads ears an all Sometimes I wonder, what you gonna be A General, a Doctor, maybe a MC… Just the two of us, we can make it if we try, Just the two of us, you and I”

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Seriously, look at the love here!!!!

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Love how both of these turned out!

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Ok so we have a shoe fetish, but come on how cute is this!!

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I have learned that parents look for any excuse to turn any experience into a learning experience and our photo shoot was no exception from Jay teaching Dominick how to use the camera to Greg stopping to take a moment to explain to Dominick about PFC. William A. Sodderman. PFC Sodderman received the Congressional Medal of Honor and this monument was placed in his honor to commemorate his bravery.

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On the way home a very hungry Dominick, sat perched on his Dad’s shoulders as we headed back to the cars after a great afternoon.
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Thank you Greg and Dominick for an awesome day at the beach, we had a great time and look forward to playing with our Nerf guns.
~Maggie

ATTN: Talent

2010-03-22T17:48:00.002-04:00

We are in the middle of a complete facelift of our website and blog.

Since we are expanding our horizions in 2010, if you are a musician, hair stylist, makeup artist, floral designer, wedding gown designer, or anyone that would like a spotlight on our new website please email your contact information to photos@jasonhenriques.com.

We will be featuring alot of special somethings this year. We are opening our hearts and minds to all talent to help build a better world and spread the love.

J

St. Patty's Day PUG meeting

2010-03-18T14:57:00.008-04:00

St. Patrick's Day is generally associated with four leaf clovers, green beer, and luck. Let me tell you that this St. Patrick's Day Jay and I were blessed with a ton of luck. We were the proud hosts of this month's CT PUG meeting. For those readers who are unsure of what a PUG meeting is it is a group of photographers who get together once a month at different locations. What happens at these meetings well the PUGs mission statement I guess sums it up the best in saying that the PUG is meant “to facilitate communication and education among professional photographers at a regional level around the nation in order to allow photographers to learn from each other and share experiences.” What is truly great about this group is photographers get the opportunity to network and build really good relationships and even friendships with others in their industry. These relationships make it an easy forum to share what has been working for you professionally and what you are struggling with and allows others to help you. But above all things the best part about the PUG is how much fun we have!! These meetings are always filled with laughing so hard that your stomach hurts and smiling and joking around with friends that understand your life as a photographer.
Well this month we were incredibly lucky for several reason first off Justin and Mary the leaders of our group were back in CT to lead our group after their super successful Spread the Love Tour. We were also super lucky because our speakers were the ever amazingly talented Jerome and Jennifer Braga of Studio 1923! They gave a great presentation similar to what they presented at Mystic 5 to a very packed living room/ dining room/ kitchen. (People were packed in everywhere and anywhere).

Check out this picture courtesy of Studio 1923 of our very packed living room!!!
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Jay and I really enjoyed this St. Patrick’s day partying with our photography friends and we really want to extend a huge heartfelt thanks to everyone that came and made this a successful PUG meeting and another huge thank to the Braga’s who were fricking amazing!!!! See you all next month!!!!!!

Steph's 6 month baby bump

2010-03-15T22:27:00.006-04:00

Jay and I have been friends with Steph for a few years now and we were even blessed to be in her wedding party last May! Steph and her husband are a totally awsome couple and I cannot begin to even tell you how excited we were to hear that she was pregnant with her first child!!!! She was so excited and anyone can tell just by looking at her how happy she is about being pregnant and being a Mom!! (and she will be a totally awsome Mom!)
Steph is currently 6 months pregnant so we are all looking forward to some more pregnant belly pictures as she and the baby both continue to grow. So make sure you check in for more photographs!!!

Totally love the belly!!
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Look how happy she is, Steph you are truly glowing!

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Some more belly bump shots!!
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Now in case you were curious because I know that on Feb 2 when they officially found out, Steph is having a baby ….
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This little girl is going to have some awesome shoes!!!

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Now for the awesome baby block revealing of the little girl’s name!!
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Thank you Steph for allowing us to take your picture we had such a great time as always and look forward to more pictures of you beautiful belly and of little Braelynn!
~Maggie

We Support Our Troops!!!

2010-03-11T13:25:00.005-05:00

If you are a family member of a serviceman or woman currently serving overseas and would like to send some professional family portraits to your loved one. Please contact me as this is a completely free service that we are going to offer in thanks to our troops.

Contact me for complete details. photos@jasonhenriques.com :)

Thank You and God Bless America

On my facebook fan site, someone brought up doing something for emergency personal such as EMS, Fire, and PD. As a EMT-I, I completely agree that all emergency personal are on the line everyday as well. If you are a member of any emergency service I would gladly offer a 50% discount torwards any portrait package. :)

If you are not a fan of us on Facebook yet please click here to join :)
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/West-Haven-CT/JasonHenriquescom-Photography-and-Fine-Arts/27182913769?ref=ts

Baby Lucas' Teasers!!!!

2010-03-08T16:34:00.003-05:00

This weekend Jay and I had the pleasure of photographing Little Lucas and his Mommy and Daddy. We had such a great time and they are an absolutely amazing family! So of course we wanted to share a few teasers from our session.

Lucas is so adorable!

For a 2 week old who was sick I could not believe how much energy he had!!

Lucas holding Mommy’s hand

Love how this one came out!

Okay when I saw this picture it really brought a tear to my eye!! They make such a cute family!!!

Okay mommy and daddy are frickin smoking hot!!!!

If you are followers of our blog you probably know that we are really trying to do more with lighting so we were super excited that Amanda and Scott were up for playing outside for a bit!!! I mean come on these two look awesome!!

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Stay tuned for more pictures!!!!! I am so excited to share them they are frickin awesome!
~Maggie

Fun Times in BPT

2010-03-01T10:11:00.001-05:00

So last weekend we decided to practice some of our new lighting techniques that we learned at Aurora’s workshop and somehow our model Jess talked me into also modeling. Still not quite sure how that happened, but either way I was able to have fun both in front of and behind the camera! We lucked out with a totally awesome space to shoot in. We were down at an industrial building in Bridgeport which made for some totally awesome shots. While we were playing around our friends Eric and Lynn stopped down and of course they ended up in front of our cameras as well. Here are just a few teasers from this awesome shoot!!!

Here I am pretending to be a model!

Jess totally heating up these shots and we even were even able to play with our new found lighting skills!

Eric got sucked into having portraits taken!!

Eric and Lynn are such an amazing couples and it truly was a pleasure to photograph them. It was also nice to have a couple that was willing to let us practice and tweak are lighting techniques to be just right and man aren’t they frickin HOT!!

Stay tuned for more from this awesome photo shoot!

Christina and John's Maternity Session

2010-02-28T22:38:00.003-05:00

Wow what a weekend! Jason and I had such a great time hanging out with a fabulous couple who are awaiting the birth of their first child Joshua who is due in 25 days! Christina and John were great to work with and our dog Frankie was a total fan of their shoot and just wanted to keep their feet warm.

So without further ado meet mommy to be Christina

Joshua is going to be some awsome present for Mommy and Daddy!!

Earlier before the shoot Jay took a road trip to Babies R US and bought some baby blocks to play around with during the shoot and I am totally a fan with what we came up with!

In case you didn't figure it out yet Joshua is a little boy!

Okay now this was probably one of the shots that made me laugh so hard when it came to going through all of my shots, because while we were trying to shoot it little Joshua kept kicking Mommy's tummy and knocking the blocks over and then mommy would start laughing and they would all fall off. So after about 10 minutes of pure laughing we eneded up taping the blocks to Christina's belly so they would stay there!

Now John is a huge Red Sox FAN so our maternity session would not have been complete with out highlighting the fact that little Joshua will be a future Red Sox fan!

Okay so on a total side note Jay and I love ring shots so of course we had to add a few in!

Of course we had to throw in a hand shot!

John and Christina make such a beautiful couple!

How Hot are these two!!!

Joshua is a very lucky little boy and he will be coming in to a very loving family who cannot wait to meet him and give him all the love in the world!

Lights, Flare, and Ambition

2010-01-29T21:48:00.006-05:00

Long long ago in a far place just like this light was created. The old saying "and God said let there be light", but what he did not let us know is how many different ways it can be used. That is one reason human-kind is so fascinating, we have the ability to expand and create anything and everything. So about 2 weeks ago Aurora Onorato from Aurora Photography invited Maggie and myself to Illuminations, a lighting workshop.

She and her team did a fantastic job in picking a venue and vendors. The night before I was so anxious making sure all my batteries were charged, and all our gear was packed up for the fun filled trip we were about to embark on. Then before I knew it the alarm was going off and we were out the door. Next stop The New Haven Lawn Club, we lucked out with a beautiful sunny sky and the chill in the air was quickly heated up by the gorgeous models and details.

The Hair and Makeup team did a totally awesome job. Those lashes go on foreverrrrr :)

Not to mention the details, they were incredible.

The Wedding Embassy provided some beautiful dresses

The floral arrangement were very visually appealing :)

The Makeup artists had a vast array of every color of everything, lol

The Entry way to the building has such a incredible feel so I had to get a few photos of one of the Wedding gowns dead in the center.

Who doesn't love shoes and rings??

Every where you turn inside the club has a certain feel you can not describe with words, thus we have photos :)

All of our models were so full of life, having fun and looking good doing it was surely the theme of the day.

A little back lighting in combination with the vintage lighting completely made these images very royal and lavish.

I am convinced that this model's eyes and my lens had a thing for each other, come on just look at that deep stare... amazing!!

So you know when you just happen to find a piano in the hallway, and have to get all vintage. I do, so we did.

This should be Bergmann's next ad for pianos, Beauty in every aspect.....

So theres a piano, 3 amazing models, pristine attire, and a magical ambiance. What comes next? That's right... the rockstar group shot, and they totally rocked it :)

Thank You to all the great vendors, models, and a big Thanks to Aurora!!

Wardrobe- http://www.theweddingembassy.com/

Floral theme- http://www.stylishblooms.com/

Hair and Makeup- http://www.shine-salon.com/ and http://www.kimberlybordeaux.com/

Table linens and decor- http://www.partyrentalltd.com/

Venue- http://www.nhlccatering.com/

And of course our fabolous models-

Thomas Ibbison

Emma Stanley

Samantha Boelke

Rhanda Gaudio

Chellie Kyle

Sneak peak to what's next

2010-01-23T16:30:00.003-05:00

2010 makes me feel like there is a lot of new and exciting things in store. For starters as many of you know Maggie and I have been shooting together for some time. Now that we are married we will be changing up our branding to hit the streets as Husband & Wife photographic rockstars!!

We were married on September 6th 2009. All the planning from the prior 2 years finally paid off, we poured our hearts and souls into putting together the most important day of our lives. One thing we learned is all the feelings that all our clients and friends have to or have gone through and we can totally connect with them. The long nights of picking colors, writing names for invite lists, figuring out where to sit people, and so on and so on. This being said, We absolutely LOVE being married and I would marry her all over again.

This is why we are now are choosing to go through a similar concept with changing our branding, we want to incorporate US rather than just me. We want to bring our passion for photography and marriage to a whole new level. Just wait to see some of the things to come.

We are all for new adventures so if you have any ideas, questions, or comments, feel free to email or call us.

Happy New Year!!!

2010-01-01T12:03:00.002-05:00

As we end 2009 there are so many good things to remember. Instead of good riddens 2009, we will miss you :) But we welcome 2010 with open arms and high expectations.

Stay Tuned as we are working on our new branding and hope to launch it early this year.

Maggie and I wish everyone a Happy and Healthy 2010!!!! :)

Kate and Bill

2009-12-21T10:29:00.003-05:00

Kate and Bill were definitly a couple that was made for each other. They met a few years back and ever since then they knew that they would be together forever. I remember Kate even starting to plan the wedding before the engagement. It just goes to prove that they both knew what they had was a love that would last forever. Well in October Bill finally popped the question on Halloween he posed as a trick or treater and when Kate got to the door little did she know she was going to be getting a treat. Bill presented her with a beautiful ring and of course Kate said yes and well the rest is history! Well, not quite we still have to write a bit of the history. So a few weeks back Jay and I had the opportunity to go with them while they went to go and pick out there christmas tree. We had such a great time and we are so excited to show you some of what we captured from that morning.

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Well I guess that we should start at the beginning. Upon arrival we got the wagon thingy for the tree and we all headed up the hill in search for Kate’s perfect tree!

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So while Jay followed the couple on their search for the perfect tree I borrowed Kate’s absolutely beautiful ring and snagged a few ring shots.

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Wohooo!!! This is when they found the perfect tree that would grace the inside of their home this Christmas.

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Seriously I am surprised the snow didn’t melt because this couple was on fire!

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This is a couple that totally knew how to have some fun. They were throwing snowballs, throwing each other and in general just having a great time.

Look at how happy they are!!

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And with the tree in hand they head back to the car.

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Kate and Bill thank you so much for allowing us to follow you on this fun adventure we had a great time and we hope that you did as well. We look forward to seeing you in the future. Have a fabulous holiday.
~Maggie

Nikki and Paul's Maternity Session

2009-12-17T23:26:00.004-05:00

So we recently did a maternity session with Nikki and Paul which we had to make sure we got in before little Nicholas makes his grand entrance into the world!!!

Seriously come on, Nikki looks absolutely beautiful here!!

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What I love about this shot besides how awsome Nikki looks is that the sheet that is draped around her was a bed sheet that she had in her closet and the fact that Paul was standing in the hallway holding the sides of the sheet so that we would get this amazing effect. End result was this totally fantabulous shot!

Totally love how this came out!

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I have always been a fan of the kiss the belly shot and I am so glad that we were able to get it one that looks amazing!

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I mean seriously check out what a hot couple they are!!!

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And I want to close our session with one of my most favorite hand portraits to date!!! Absolutely beautiful!!!

Thanks Nikki and Paul for sharing these precious moments in your life with us… We are totally looking forward to the 23rd and can not wait to meet baby Nicholas!!!
~Maggie

Old Saybrook Part 2

2009-12-17T22:51:00.002-05:00

So finally I got some of Jay’s pic’s together from our trip to Old Saybrook. I hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed taking them!!!

Love some of what we captured from the car as we explored the beautiful town

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I always find it totally amazing how different views create such different pictures here Jay captures me looking up at him.

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And here I capture Jay looking at me

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Some of the cool details of the room.

~Maggie

We heart our rottweiler

2009-12-16T15:55:00.002-05:00

People might say they have the best dog in the world, but I know that Jay and I do have the best dog well the best dog for us anyways!!! Frankie is awesome and the most perfect dog in the world for us and in honor of the holidays and because I got about as close to a nice picture as he will allow (he is a bit camera shy). Here is our favorite family member Frankie!!!

Mini Moon

2009-11-28T22:35:00.004-05:00

These past two days have been absolutely amazing and I just had to blog about them. Back in the summer at my bridal shower my bridesmaids presented me with an absolutely amazing present. Since they knew Jay and my schedule was so crazy that we would be putting our official honeymoon on hold they gave us the gift of a mini moon! Seriously how cool is that!!! It goes to show why you pick the ones closest to you to be a part of the wedding, because they truly know how to bring a wedding together and how to bring peace to the couple! Jay and I were finally able to use our weekend get-a-way and man o man!!! I was in heaven. The mini moon took place at the Old Saybrook Inn and Spa, and if you have never been there I would totally recommend it!

The entire experience was completely luxurious and I have never felt more taken care or then I did there. From the time you walked in we were greeted and had our bags taken up to the room which in and of it self was simply amazing. We had a balcony that overlooked the water, our room was complete with a king size bed, a jacuzzi tub, and a fire place!

Seriously how comfy does this bed look!!!

And check out this all marble bathroom!

So after we were brought to our room we were quickly escorted to the spa for our Swedish aroma therapy couples massage! And YES it was as luxurious as it sounds. From the time we entered the relaxation room with our fabulous robes and comfy spa sandals it was all about living in luxury! But of course after our 80 minute massage we retreated to our room to change and relax before heading to dinner. After dinner when we were back at room for the night they came up stairs to light the fire in the fireplace and really set the scene for a romantic night! The next day we enjoyed a fabulous breakfast at the Terra Mar 4 diamond restaurant. Which was followed by a cranberry body scrub at the Spa and then an afternoon of perusing Old Saybrook!

As we began exploring I decided to be silly and take a self portrait!

My totally cute hubby gazing out onto the sea!

So right outside our Inn was some cool little historical spots. There was this one particular memorial that had pieces of train tracks and I don't know why but when I saw it I thought it would make a cool ring shot!!!

The pier that was right out side our room

So a little bit down the road room the inn was a beautiful beach with some fabulous details and so as I was exploring I saw this path to nowhere and just started snapping away!

Stay tuned for Jay's shots from this weekend!! I still find it amazing how different our views are, the environment is the same but how we both see it and then capture it, never seizes to amaze me!! And once again because I can not say it enough thank you to all my bridesmaids who made this mini moon possible, it truly was a fabulous gift!!! :0)
~Maggie

On the road again!!!

2009-11-24T16:44:00.003-05:00

This past weekend was super busy and super fun and I am looking forward to editing and posting a bunch of the photos. But, I figured I would start out with some of my favorites. Jay is all about taking pictures whenever, and where ever and recently he has been working on perfecting the shot in camera. So here are a few from our drive down I-95 south. And I totally want to give Jay props all these shots haven't been retouched!!!

Okay, so lets back up a few steps and just set the stage a bit so you know what your dealing with!

Now for some of Jay's awesome captures from the evening!!!

Stay tuned for more pictures from this weekend!!!
~Maggie

Veterans Day 2009

2009-11-12T14:09:00.003-05:00

Happy Veterans Day !!!!

So as I am sure most of you know, I honor my Father and Grandfather who both served in the United States Navy during war time. My Grandfather served in WWII and my Father in Vietnam. They are True Hero's that put their lives on the line so we can maintain our freedom.
Thank You and God Bless You!!!

Also for the rest of the veterans past and present your sacrifices are what keep us Proud to be American. Thank You and come home safe!!

On Veterans day this year I went down to Bridgeport with my father for the Veterans day ceremony, My grandfather has a brick at the memorial as well.

This is my Grandfathers brick :)

Here is the Mayor of Bridgeport with the Atty General

This is one of my Favorite shots from the day, I think it tells more than a story!

When I first got there I spotted the Priest that married Maggie and I :)

Here is my father! All the people who served were asked to raise there hands and be known.

This woman is just beautiful, The look of honor just gleams off of her

I will end on this photo, a persons hands can tell a story all on their own.

Again, I want to wish all past, present, and future veterans a very Happy Veteran's Day! And for those over seas including Maggie's cousin Karin and Uncle Tom I wish them a safe trip and swift and safe return home!

Happy Belated Halloween

2009-11-04T16:11:00.006-05:00

Boo!!! Did I scare you??? Well I might not be all that scary but some of our friends totally rocked some creepy costumes this Halloween!! So of course we had to post a few pictures, since they spent so much time planning and getting the perfectly ghoulish combination of makeup and costumes!!!

Here is Chris, who was taken over by the swine flu

Here my sister in law Amanda, shows some support for our H1N1 jello inoculations

Korri as Rosie the Rivitter

Korri be careful zombie Eric might turn you into a Rosie the Rivitter zombie!

Eric looking ever so zombieish!!!

I hope that everyone had a fabulous Halloween, I know that we all did and I can hardly wait until next year, I am already thinking about some fun Halloween costumes!!

~Maggie

Salem Vacation

2009-10-30T23:02:00.004-04:00

This is post that should definitely have made its way here back in August, but better late than never. Anyways Jay and I decided that amongst all of our wedding planning we needed a little break and we made our way up to Salem, Mass. However, when I think Salem I think Halloween so maybe now is the perfect time for this post. Anyways, since Jay and I wanted to escape form the world all well most of the pictures that we took were of our friend Mort. So to document our trip the places and thing we wanted to take pictures of we put Mort in.

So meet Mort!

After our drive up to mass we decided to take a little detour at a par where Mort decided he wanted to ride a bike.

As we kept on driving Jay actually spotted this tank on the side of the rode, so of course we had to take a picture, and Mort just had to steal the spotlight and hop into Jay's picture

Here is Mort, in his travel case which coincidentally is also Jay's camera bag!

Then as we were walking through downtown Salem, Mort spotted a Rita's which is a super awesome Italian ice place. They were even highlighting a new flavor "Swedish fish" which of course Jay and Mort were both very excited about!

Then Jay wanted to get a new hat so we ran into a hat store and Mort had fun trying on just about all the hats here are just a few!

So when we left the hat store we found this super cool fire alarm post that was just chilling outside in public.

Mort liked collecting stickers and after visiting the witch museum wanted to pose for the camera!

At the end of the first night Jay wanted to take a walking ghost tour, and Mort and I were both a little nervous about what we might see. Lucky for Mort he could cover his eyes, I had to keep my eyes open so I wouldn't fall on my face.

On day 2 of our trip, we decided to go see "cry innocent" which is a play that deals with the Bridget Bishop trial. Whats cool is that the beginning of the play takes place on the cobblestone streets in the center and then after they capture Bridget they drag her to the court house and as the actors shout out they are going to see a hanging everyone in the streets starts crowding together to go see the trial play out. The whole trial is very participation driven which was quite awesome. Now Mort not to be left out as we were running with the crowds to the court house he grabbed one of the townsmen and snuck a picture with him.

To end our weekend away we made one of the most important stops of the day at the one and only Ben & Jerry's!!!! I think Mort had a little to much fun though

We can not wait until our next vacation away and Mort has been planning our next weekend away so keep checking in for Mort's next adventure!

~Maggie

Germanfest with Family

2009-10-19T13:24:00.004-04:00

Every year my cousins from Germany come down to visit and this year my mom had the bright idea of having a German themed party in honor of her family's heritage. So there was food, desert, and of course a lot of fun! Now since Jay and I are not big fans of German food we found ourselves eating with the kids and enjoying the ever delectable chicken cutlets and Portuguese spaghetti (Jay isn't the only pork chop in our family hence the Portuguese spaghetti)! Anyways while we weren't eating I ran around and snagged a few shots of my cousins and thought they were so cute that they just needed to be posted!!!

So lets start with a few of the younger boy cousins... man o man these boys are a trip!!!

Seriously look at how much fun they have!!

Now on the other side of the spectrum the girls are much more subdued but totally love to have fun!

The adults on the other hand are just a crazy bunch. This picture actually features my mom with all of her siblings!

And if you put the boys the girls and some of the adults together no one wants to focus... hahaha

Here is an up close and personal picture of my cousin Mikey who is from Germany!!! He is such a cutie!!!

Now Mikey, kept trying to hide from the camera and definitly was not going to be caught smiling, so my uncle Andy helped coax a fun face by tickling Mikey!!!

And again the girls in my family are much more up for smiling at the camera here is Mikey's sister Franciska!

And I just had to throw this picture in because I couldn't believe it! Well I guess I can!!! Anyways my parent's have an adorable Brittaney spaniel named Penny and 10PM is her bed time (ironically our puppies night night time is 10pm as well) so since everyone was in the dining room she didn't go and hop into my parent's bed she want and cuddled herself into a dog bed in the corner of the dining room and my mom put a blanket on her and she fell asleep!! I find it so funny that people treat there dog's like they are human :0)

I can not wait until next year!!! Haben Sie ein Haus der sicheren Reise! Tschüss Unkel Mike, Franciska, and Mikey!!

Maggie

Eric's teasers

2009-09-29T16:17:00.004-04:00

This past weekend Jay and I had the pleasure of hanging out with some very good friends of ours. Eric wanted some pictures taken and of course Jay and I jumped at the opportunity to shoot a friend and we even were able to have our good friend Chris come along and shoot with us as well. We had such a great time running around and trying some new things and of course we can not forget that I did the running man on the trestle. :0) So with out further ado here are a few teasers from a super fun day with Eric.

Meet Eric!! Eric actually had this totally awesome Monster hat that I still want to know where he got it and he also designs skateboard decks how totally fricking cool is that!

So if you know anything about me, I am all about finding some super dangerous stuff and then non chalantly but very seriously asking people if they would be up for it. and of course Eric was!!!!! So we had Eric climb off the railroad track and down onto the bridge over the water and pose for some fun shots!!!!

Okay, so I totally have to give Chris some credit on this shot that he grabbed. He captured Eric's Ollie thing and the sun set!!!! Totally a sick picture!!! Love it!

At the end of our night Jay was actually becoming a little bit more photographically daring and wanted to try some new stuff out so he took the flash off his camera, and Chris and I grabbed some mag lites and we all started playing with some flashes and back lighting and here is a teaser from one of the shots that we captured... Not to bad for a first try!

Well, that is it for now stay tuned for more pictures of our fun shoot with Eric!!! And thank you Eric and Chris for hanging out with us and being such great sports!!

~Maggie

Greg, Eric, and Mikey

2009-09-26T14:50:00.002-04:00

This past weekend Jay and I spent with some of our friends celebrating the one and only Dominick's birthday. We had such a fun time watching him open all his presents and then the lack of pictures became the result of we all wanted to play with the cool LEGO(R) toys and the flying helecopters. I really do not know who had more fun the adults or little Dominick! But soon enough it was 9:00 and bed time and of course with our friends crazyness is not far behind. But when I got home and was reviewing some of the pictures that we captured from the night I really liked some and wanted to share a few with all of you!

I just love how this picture turned out we were all joking around about stereotypical poses for the camera and of course this was one of them but I just loved how it turned out!!!

So here we have Eric, I was totally stoked to have captured a picture of him rocking out in Rock Band!!! Eric and the rest of the guys are absolutely amazing at the game and it is such a relaxing fun time to listen to music, sing along, and just laugh in the company of friends!

And, I caught a picture of Mikey when he wasn't posing. You may recognize Mikey from a few of our other shoots he is one of those guys that definitly can brighten up a room with his enthusiasim and carisima. (and yes this was during rock band as well... This was while Mikey was belting out the lyrics to some Metallica songs!!)

Thanks you guys for a fabulous night and I know it is just one of many great times with friends!!!

~Maggie

Our new addiction

2009-09-24T13:07:00.004-04:00

So about a week ago we went out on a adventure shopping. Oh boy, going shopping for last minute wedding things and boom something caught my eye. No it was not any thing to do with Disney's Car's lol. It was something I have never seen before, at first I thought it was a mirage, but behold it was the new Hershey Kisses in Candy Corn flavor, yes you heard it right CANDY CORN. I was like holy ****, and grabbed a bag. I checked it out and said what the heck lets grab one and see how they are.

When we got to the car I could not wait to rip into that bag and give em a whirl, and just as i imagined they were awesome. It was just like a piece of candy corn but better. At first I was like how do you make candy corn better than it was, but some how Hershey's did it. So our Hat's off to you Mr. Hershey man, and Thank You.

So now since it is fall, we have them out for clients when they come in for a consult or a chat, and of course friends, family, and us :)

And just for fun Maggie had a great idea of throwing our rings on a few and grabbing a shot.

Our First Dance!!!

2009-09-08T16:21:00.002-04:00

Ohhh and we can't forget our first dance... Jay and I spent a few months getting private dance lessons at Fred Astaire's with our awesome instructor Martin!!!! Martin totally made the first dance and helped Jay and I really become comfortable with the movements and helped us infuse our personality into the dance!!! I totally recommend this studio for anybody, engaged, married, single, just looking for something to do or for a fun type of exercise. This place definitely will have what you are looking for. So with out further ado check out our first dance!!!

Mr & Mrs

2009-09-08T15:49:00.005-04:00

Sorry that we have been away for most of the summer and have not really been blogging but we have been super crazy with planning our wedding and guess what...... We are now officially husband and wife! I know how crazy is that.... Well, to start getting back into the swing of blogging we wanted to share some of the shots that we grabbed while enjoying our crazy day together!!!

Jay and I, officially as husband and wife!!!

We were totally blessed with awesome weather, and such a beautiful sky. C'mon look at this sky!

Me, just being my crazy self!!

Love the sun peeking through the clouds

Hahahahaha, this was after like 5 takes in a bouncy limo but we managed to get a nice picture of the two of us!!!

~Maggie

Gatorade Tour Part 2

2009-09-08T15:16:00.003-04:00

Was just going through some folders and realized there were some more cool pictures from the tour that I wanted to post for you all to see!!!

I am totally loving how you can read the board in this picture!!

Seriously these kids were absolutely amazing and very talented

Got to love the air shot.... sweeeeeet!!!

These kids were nailing tricks left and right!!!

Loving the shots that Jay got as these kids jumped the gap!!!

~Maggie

Ready, Set, Strike a Pose

2009-08-05T21:06:00.003-04:00

Hey everyone we are famous.... Jay and I made it on to the super fabulous Carla Ten Eyck Blog.... How awsomely cool is that!?!?!?!
Why you might ask well just a short while ago Jay and I did our incredibly fun engagement shoot with Carla and Mike!!!! And let me tell you they kicked photographic a$$... I am totally thrilled with how our pictures came out and I am thrilled to share them all with you so go and check out her blog!!! And stay tuned for our wedding pictures September 6th!!!

Its actually a lot of fun being on the other side of the camera and experiencing what a client goes through at an engagement session and then the daily anticipation of when the photos will be posted.. It was a new and fun experience and I can not wait to see what genius will come out of the camera on September 6th!!!

~Maggie

John and Kate

2009-08-03T18:32:00.004-04:00

No, no its not who you think this couple was truly heaven made. I actually found a poem that I think describes there relationship better than my words ever could.

Fathers and Daughters by Heather Joy

The bond between father and daughter happens instantly, starting right at birth,
When a father first lays eyes on his little girl he loves her more than anything on this earth,
When a daughter grows older her father is the first man she will love,
The bond between father and daughter is the most important bond indeed,
A daughter will always have the memories of her father, her best friend
This bond has a beginning, but there is never an end.
The bond between a father and daughter is so profound
The love shared is well renowned,
From the beginning of his daughters life, he is a changed man,
At that moment his life really just began.
From the moment their eyes meet,
two souls instantly become complete.

Look at these two, how perfect are they!

Little Kate working on strengthening those walking legs

Rapid fire photos, got to love all those faces!

I loved this picture of cousin Jonathan, Grandma and Kate they all look like they are having so much fun!

Of course we had to get a shot of Grandpa and Kate!

The entourage trying to get Kate to look at us and not the pretty animals!!

The gator was sooo cute, that I just had to snag an up close and personal shot!

Sometimes the cutest pictures are when you capture that moment when a little one is thinking I am really not sure about sitting on this gator thing!

So the Beardsley zoo actually lets the peacocks run wild and it was so cool that when the peacock looked at it self in a window he got defensive and put up his beautiful feathers and I was so happy to be able to capture it!

Love Kate's cute face here!

Thanks John for letting Jay and I spend some of you most precious of moments with you and your beautiful little girl.

~Maggie

Gatorade Free Flow Tour

2009-08-03T11:04:00.003-04:00

A few weeks ago Jay and I ventured over to Academy Skate Park to photograph the Gatorade Free Flow Tour and let me tell you a skate competition is way different then a portrait sitting and far from what you would ever expect at a wedding! But we took it all in and had the best time. Here are a few of my shots from the day... Stay tuned for Jay's shots of the event! And for more information on the Gatorade Free Flow Tour check out the website.

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2nd place Jr. Jam winner rocking the tour sticker on his helmet!

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And here is Tyler getting ready to show why he placed so well in the competition!

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Had to love the air time some of these guys got!

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Grinding on the rail

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Here is Jay grabbing an awsome shot of Bobby Murphy, who not only was skating but was also another photographer at the days event!

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As it got darker I had some fun playing with silhouettes

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One of my favorite pictures! Don't know why just loved how it turned out!

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Can't wait for the next one!
~Maggie

Kylie and Connor's Birthday Bash

2009-08-03T10:38:00.004-04:00

This past weekend Jay and I had the privilege of attending my god daughter and cousins birthday party. These parties our some of my most favorite days of the year 1. my whole family gets together and just hangs out and 2. there is always a ton of food to try and 3. its so laid back and fun you just can't beat it.

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The Birthday Girl!

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The Birthday Boy!

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The Fabulously Beautiful Big Sister!

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Kylie and her big sister Kiersten

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Mommy and Kylie

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Connor and his cousin playing baseball

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Kylie borrowing the baseball!

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Kylie and Julia playing house

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Kylie playing in the play house

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The birthday children

Happy Birthday Kylie and Connor!!!! We can not wait to celebrate all over again next year :0)

~Maggie

Academy SkatePark

2009-07-14T13:01:00.002-04:00

For about the past month now, myself and a few friends have been hitting the skate park every week and of course I have to bring my camera along. Some of the people that hit this place are extremely talented. This weekend the Gatorade Free Ride Tour will be there and of course so will I with camera in hand. Here's a little bit of what happens there.

This is the half pipe all the way in the back.

This is the front half

There is some cool graffiti all around too.

Dropping in the pipe

Riding doubles, doing a under over

Kick Flip

Wheel Slide

Hand Plant

Girlie Air

Jumping the gap

Forward manual

All in all this was a good time, with good people, and there are many fun adventures to come.

Jen and Joe

2009-07-12T10:44:00.002-04:00

Some teaser shots from Jen and Joe's engagement shoot at Light House Point!

~Maggie

PS. stay tuned for more pics from this couples awesome engagement shoot!!!!

Miss. LeeAnn

2009-07-12T10:13:00.003-04:00

Jay and I love when our friends call us up and say something to the effect of, "what are you doing tonight, because I have an idea for a photo shoot!" And when it comes to some of our fun and crazy friends that could mean just about anything!

Well that is just what LeeAnn did on Wednesday afternoon and as soon as I got out of work. Jay and I got our gear together and headed over to the beach to meet up with her anxious to see what we were going to be in for.

And since Jay and I have been spending a lot of time at the skate parks photographing she wanted to try a different take on the skater idea so she got some clothes borrowed Jay's skateboard and we had some fun!

Thanks Lee we had such a great time and look forward to trying out some of your other ideas... (especially since you told me about a few but don't worry my lips are sealed!) Stay tuned for Jay's take on the evenings events!

~Maggie

Frankie!

2009-07-12T09:56:00.005-04:00

You have all met our super loveable dog Frankie and at the Henriques household Frankie is considered more like a son. He has his own toys, his own bedroom and pretty much gets whatever he wants. However he has one habit that absolutely drives me nuts. Frankie loves socks. I mean LOVES them. It is like he searches them out and then you hear him tip toe back to his room with his prize in tow and tries to rip them apart.
But Frankie isn't the only part of the problem since we know that he loves them we try to hide the socks and Jay likes to hide the socks on the couch and on his desk and of course Frankie only sees that as a challenge and nonetheless after some stealth 007 maneuvers generally ends up with socks!! Anyway last night I was able to catch the sneaky ninja like dog with his prize and I just had to share it with you guys and gals!
-Maggie

Happy Fathers Day !!!

2009-06-21T21:49:00.002-04:00

Calling all dads, grand-dads, and soon to be dads, Happy Fathers Day. I am only the daddy to my doggy ;) (for now).

But as for my dad and Maggie's we took them out for a fathers day dinner to Captain's Galley in West Haven. Its close to home and they have awesome food, especially their crawfish, mmmmmmmm yummy. We deffinatly had our fill.

I grew up with not only my father but also my best friend and hero, the person I look up to and admire to be like.

Maggie and her dad (my soon to be father-in-law) are great too, we decieded it would just be us two and our fathers to make it a bit more meaningful, and I beleive we accomplished that.

Maggie grabbed the camera from the car and wanted to grab a few pics of us with our fathers, so I saw this big 'ole puddle and told them to stand in front of it and as they thought I was crazy, I thought the photo came out pretty cool ;)

Well we had a super awesome fathers day, spent time with our dads, had some great food and now its time for a movie and bed.

Happy Fathers Day to all you DADDYS!!!

Support The Troop Drive

2009-06-15T14:40:00.003-04:00

OPERATION FILL THAT TRAILER

Status: Mission Completed

Saturday we held the Support the Troop Drive starting at J&A BrakeMasters in Milford that then led to Shoprite on Cherry St. in Milford. We started at around 9am when 2 hummers arrived with a good group of Troops (Iraq Veterans) to pick up our trailer.

Also when we got to the shop in the morning we noticed something rolled up on the tongue of the trailer. We opened it up and found this awesome banner that was left sometime before we showed up. Its so great to see people who care in this world. In the banner was a few cards by Hankin Print, so a big THANK YOU to them.

This is the trailer we wanted to fill.

When the Hummers showed up we had a really cool reflection of the banner in the windshield, so we had to get that shot.

Here's my Father, waiting in anticipation for the troops to show up.

This is Bob on the main person who set up and organized this drive.

Time to hook up the trailer to the Hummer.

Let me tell you these Hummers are a Bad A$$ piece of machinery.

Trailer is attached and ready to roll out. ;)

Once we arrived at Shoprite we had to set up the tents and all to get ready for the donations.

Here is the set up. The banner made a great impact.

We also had another booth set up right outside the exit of Shoprite.

When people made a donation, we had flags set up on the tables for them to sign. The troops really enjoy little messages from us back home.

The Milford Fife and Drum corps showed up as well to play some tunes, while dressed in their pirate attire.

The opposite side of the parking lot, along the street is where the Hummers, trailer and tents were set up. We were hoping to just fill the bins. Well the bins were filled, so was the trailer and half of a Hummer. It was awesome!!!!

The Troops had a great time hanging out and helping. They were an fantastic group of people. ;) Thanks to them!!!

A few people came over with full carriages as donations, it was great.

There was lots of donations along with lots of little messages on the flags for the troops overseas.

This whole drive came together because of these people. Thanks ;)

Again THANK YOU to the Troops, The Vietnam Veterans of America, and of course all the people that took a little time to show support, those are the things that still make USA a great place.

Jon's Pre-Prom

2009-06-09T14:47:00.002-04:00

So Friday night my soon to be father-in-law asked me to come and snap some photos of his youngest son Jonathan getting ready with the other kids for their prom. Everyone was meeting at Jonathan's date's house. Once we got there I grabbed a few meter readings then chatted around with Emily's parents while we were waiting for her to finish getting ready and the other couples to arrive.

As the couples started to arrive I started to grab a few photos, these kids were not thrilled to have photos taken, but oh well we made them pose for a few formals anyway ;)

Here's Jonathan waiting for Emily to come out bearing her beautiful prom gown ;)

Boutonniere Time!!

Emily's corsage was stunning and matched her dress perfectly.

The proud look after successfully putting on her corsage.

The girls all looked Beautiful and Prom ready!!

The 3 couples, it was funny because there was about 10 different cameras going off and no one knew when and where to look ;)

In this corner, weighing in at, um sorry anyway I saw this piano and some old photos and a lamp, so I decided to try a little old school pose.

Emily wanted some photos with her parents and her grandmother so here they are :)

And of course I had to have some candid's.

The men were gentlemen holding umbrella's to keep the rain off of their date's dresses.

The parents were all sticking around after the limo left to um, maybe party them selves, yes finally a night without the kids, haha.

When the limo was leaving I saw this great reflection of the limo in the rain soaked driveway and just needed to take it ;)

Relay For Life 2009 Shelton

2009-06-09T11:20:00.002-04:00

This past weekend we celebrated the hope for curing cancer with Shelton's Relay for Life. We woke up bright and early Saturday morning packed up the Jeep and trailer with all our goodies to spend the night outdoors. There was enough stuff to survive in the wilderness for about a month and that's with Maggie packing light for one night,ha ha. We had tables, chairs, a tent, a pop-up tent, grill and much more. All the stuff we brought ended up being used for the most part at least. In all it was a great time for a great cause. I believe the total raised was roughly $89,000 so yippee :)

Here's some photos from the event..

One side of the field.

The other side.

This is where I was taking these Ariel photos from during the opening ceremony and first lap for survivors.

This is Shelton's 95 foot Ladder Truck that they were kind enough to let me get a birds eye view from, it was great to be up there with just me, my camera, and some nice wind :)

The Opening Ceremony.

State Rep. Jason Perillo and Echo Hose Ambulance Assistant Chief Joe Laucella give a few words during the opening ceremony. They were the chairs that ran the Relay last year.

There was this huge American Flag on display from the bucket of the Ladder. Trust me I knew it was there, every time a gust of wind came it was like being on a roller coaster, haha. The height is not to bad, kinda like being on a step-stool in your kitchen ;)

I had to make sure the bucket was going to support my weight.

The sky cleared up and it turned out to be an awesome day!!

So as I was taking photos from above Maggie was on the ground shooting away, after I got home and started going through my images it was a little like playing a game of "Where's Maggie", she was popping up in a bunch of them :)

People were having a great time, some just relaxing and taking in the sights, sun, and entertainment, while others were in a small dance competition, lol.

Maggie telling me what she really thinks of me, haha ;)

So a few years ago I was huge into riding motorcycles, so a friend of mine had his bike down and I decided it was time to go for a little ride and I swear (fingers crossed) I only went the speed limit, wore a helmet, and did not do any wheelies.

The Band Big Ugly rocked the stage for a while and really got the audience going.

Dom here is a funny a$$ guy, I worked with Dom back when I was working for AMR and anytime I worked with him I would go home with my sides hurting from laughing all day. This was actually the first time I have ever seen him perform with the band and they were great.

The day was filled with all kinds of different things going on, after Big Ugly was done the next set up was some Irish Step dancers.

The Luminaries were breath taking, but I really wish Echo left the ladder truck this Image would of looked so awesome from 100 feet in the air.

What a great time with great friends and family for a wonderful cause. The night hours were very peaceful into the next morning. Make sure you come out and join us next year ;)

-J

2009-05-29T12:32:00.002-04:00

Come down and help us complete our mission to FILL THAT TRAILER!!

On June 13, 2009 The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 251 of Milford and the Blue Star Mothers and Families Inc., of Stratford will Co Sponsor a SUPPORT THE TROOP DRIVE.

Location will be Shoprite, 155 Cherry Street, Milford CT from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We will also be accecpting donations anytime at J&A BrakeMasters 393 Bridgeport Ave. Milford, CT 203-878-9599 This is where the trailer is all the time :)

The drive will be launched at 8:30 AM with a convoy of Military Vehicles departing from Brake Masters 393 Bridgeport Ave transporting a Military Utility Trailer which we hope to fill with items needed and requested by our Deployed Soldiers serving in Harm’s Way. During the day there will be troops who have returned from Iraq to answer any questions that anyone may have.

There will also be Support our Troop Flags to sign for the Troops which will be forwarded to them with your well wishes. We will also have our Board which we call FACES OF FREEDOM where proud men and women can come and place a picture of their loved one. Whenever we do an event this board will go with us so the men and women can be honored.

Also we will be collecting worn and tattered Flags so they may be given a proper retirement.

For more info you can contact Bob Chechoski at rchechoski@snet.net or 203-368-3212 after 6.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THEREHELP US FILL THE TRAILERITEMS REQUESTED

1. BEEF JERKEY
2. SLIM JIMS
3. RAMEM NOODLES ( NO CUPS )
4. GRANOLA BARS
5. POP TARTS
6. TWIZZLERS
7. SALTED NUTS
8. JELLY BEANS
9. RECREATIONAL ITEMS
10. MICROWAVE POP CORN
11. COOKIES
12. CRACKERS
13. TUNA ( FOIL PACKS NO CANS )
14. SNACKS
15. TOILETRIES
16. BATTERIES AAA---AA
17. RICE KRISPIE TREATS
18. AIR FRESHNERS
18. AIR FRESHNERS
20. TEA
21. POWDERED DRINKS
22. PROTIEN BARS
23. GUM
24. EZ MAC & CHEESE
25. HAND HELD GAMES
26. FRUIT ROLL UPS
27. STARBURST
28. SUNFLOWER SEEDS
29. ON THE GO FOR DRINKS
30. JOLLY RANCHERS
31. LOLLY POPS
32. BREATH MINTS

PLEASE NO CHOCOLATE

SHOP-RITE
155 Cherry Street
Milford CT

JUNE 13, 2009

9:00 AM-----5:00 PM

Memorial Day Celebrations

2009-05-27T21:12:00.008-04:00

Monday was the West Haven, CT Memorial Day parade. So of course we had to go, I mean its so far away too. We walked and walked and walked some more then about 38 seconds later we were there, come on now it runs past the end of our street, haha.

I know I say it all the time but I am super proud of our troops and all they do for us. So we went to show some love, and decided to brinf along our dog Frankie. Well he lasted about 5 minutes because he has a hatred for bicycles, and of course some kids had to keep riding by and getting him all worked up. Or maybe it was those creepy street vendors selling blow-up spider-men :)

After a brief trip home to let Frankie relax I got back to the parade where Maggie and another friend were all setup in our fold-up chairs watching the festivities. I don't know about you but when I was a kid I loved parades except for when I had to march in them, hehe. So we grabbed a photo of these not so excited kids, come on kids get jumpy about it, yeay, hoot and hollar or something. geeze.

As a supporter and a son and grandson of war veterans I hail to the troops as they pass, God Bless Them All. Thanks for all you do. :)

Here is a little bit of my tax money, um I mean one of West Haven's Finest on a nice little Harley doing some little figure 8's and all for our enjoyment.

Now who's got it better than Hankee the clown? You get to do the craziest, stupidest stuff and most people love it except the ones that have nightmares about Hankee eating you in your sleep, but seriously clowns rock.

These folks actually live up the street from me and walk this giant dog on a leash, I swore it was a horse but who walks a horse on a leash, hahaha. ;)

One of our good friends just got hired on West Haven's Fire Department as a Firefighter/ Paramedic, Congrats to him but 4 days after being out of the academy he gets stuck driving the new Rescue truck in the parade. I thought for a moment he may of needed a medic with all the pressure, but he did a great job. Oh yea that's a little more of my tax money ;)

After the Parade we headed down to Long Island for a Family picnic with Maggie's relatives. It's a bit of a ride but always a good time, here are some shots from the picnic.

Maggie's god daughter was all about working the camera and she had so many cute little faces.

and pose...and pose...and pose

Its always a good way to end the day star-wars style.

I hope you all had a fabulous Memorial Day, and again a big thanks to all the veteran's!

-Jay

Happy Memorial Day

2009-05-25T10:07:00.004-04:00

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY to all of our service men and women, current, past, and future. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

THANKYOU FOR OUR FREEDOM AND ALL YOU DO. If it was not for all of you I may of not been able to write this blog today.

Also remember our Support the Troops Drive that we are donating our Military trailer to fill with goods for the troops over seas. The Drive is sponsored by The VVA will be at the Milford Shoprite June 13th.

John and Kate

2009-05-16T05:00:00.006-04:00

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of shooting Kate and her daddy John down at the beach. With Kate growing so much everyday John wanted to make sure that he captured some photos of him with his daughter while she is still little. That's where we came in, one of the things that as photographers Jason and I have learned is that when dealing with little ones it is best to let them do there thing in just capture the moments where they are being themselves. It is during those moments that you can capture some of the biggest smiles, the giggles that make there whole body shake and those little expressions that make a person who they are.

Kate already has John wrapped around her finger...

Okay, look at the little spit bubbles too cute for words!!!

Kate is most definitly one of the SWEETest babies, just look at those rosy cheeks and beautiful eye lashes.

I love this picture... Kate's face is priceless!

John is a huge fan of Ohio State University... So Here Kate is showing us all her Buckeye pride!!!

By the end of the shoot, Kate was definitly ready for a little nap, just look at how she finds that perfect place on Daddy's shoulder.

Thank you so much John and Kate for spending the afternoon with us!!

Steph's Bridal Portraits

2009-05-15T05:00:00.006-04:00

Back in the fall we were able to spend some quality time with Steph, her maid of honor and her mother. Her maid of honor actually lives in these awesome apartments and we were fortunate able to use the penthouse and the courtyard for some awesome pictures! What Steph did the day of her bridal portraits is something that I would definitely recommend to any bride, she had scheduled her hair and make up trials the same day as the shoot. Which is great because then she get the chance to have a complete trial run and see what everything will look like on the day of her wedding.

So, now, that Steph's wedding has come and gone I am pleased to bring you all some of her bridal portraits!

Inside the apartments there was a lounge with a beautiful black marble floor that we just had to take advantage of.

We had some fun playing with her veil!

We then moved outside to the rooftop and to the surprise and fear of Steph's mom, Steph climbed in her dress onto the wall that overlooked a 14 story drop.

And even though we were worried that something would happen to the dress, we were able to get some beautiful shots of steph in her dress.

I just loved how happy that Steph looks here!!

I really liked the angle on this portrait!

Thank you Steph, we had so much fun and we are looking forward to your Trash the Dress Session!!!