Amanda's Swim Suit Shoot

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
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Sky Blast Party 2011

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

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

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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

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