Steph's 6 month baby bump

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

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Thank You and God Bless America




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Baby Lucas' Teasers!!!!

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

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

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

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 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!!!

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!!!! :)