Salem Vacation

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

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

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

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!

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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!!!

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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!

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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

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!!!

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

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

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

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

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