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Heather and Dave | Arnold Arboretum Engagement Session

Ariel — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:13:56 +0000

Matt and I met up with Heather and Dave a couple weeks ago at the gorgeous Arnold Arboretum right outside of Boston. We had a blast! Heather had very obviously spent lots of time researching engagement sessions and they arrived looking absolutely amazing. Heather was wearing the cutest green polka dotted shoes which added a great pop of color to her white sundress. They brought along with them cupcakes and balloons to use as props during the shoot.It was truly a lot of fun, they were so easy to photograph as they were laughing the whole time. Matt and I can’t wait for their wedding this September at the Codman Estate.

Thanks for helping to create such a fun shoot you two! Here are some of our favorites!

Richelle and Jun | Cambridge Engagement Session

Ariel — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:27:17 +0000

Matt and I met up with Richelle and Jun last Monday for their engagement session. We’re always excited when couples want to incorporate activities or places that are meaningful to them, so needless to say when these guys suggested skating… We were psyched! Jun and Richelle both wowed us with their freestyle skating – while I was shooting away, I was definitely thinking about the few times I’ve been on blades. Let’s just say I was much less graceful. So thank you guys for introducing us to what skating is all about, I hope you enjoy the images!

Little Red Wagon

Ariel — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:30:16 +0000

Matt and I have had our eye on the cutest little red Radio Flyer wagon for the longest time, figuring it would be perfect for days at the beach with Aydon. This past Sunday we decided it would be a good time to pick one up, so while Aydon was with the sitter Matt and I had a blast at Toys R Us. Of course that afternoon Matt had to pull out the tools and put the wagon together! So that evening we decided to take Aydon out for a walk in his new toy. I just wanted to share a couple images from our little adventure!

Philadelphia Portrait Session

Ariel — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:14:28 +0000

Back in May Matt and I photographed Sabrina and Ron’s gorgeous wedding at Elm Bank, you may recognize them from our recent blog post which had our favorite photographs from their day. When we first met with Sabrina and Ron back in february, we learned that they were from Philadelphia and we knew they had hopes of doing their engagement session in their hometown. Although we didn’t get a chance to get together for a pre-wedding session. Just a couple weeks ago Matt and I were in Philly visiting some friends for the 4th and were lucky enough to meet up with Sabrina and Ron. Ron’s adorable kids, Alice and Max, joined us as well (mind you they are the absolute spitting image of Ron)! We wandered by historic Independence Hall and finished up our shoot at Franklin Fountain, one of Philly’s wonderful ice cream parlors. Matt and I both agreed that their Rootbeer Floats were easily the best we’ve had. Thank you to Sabrina and Ron (Alice and Max too!) for showing us around part of your city… and for the delicious ice cream!

We hope you enjoy these images from your shoot!

The expression on Max's face is priceless... Eating ice cream=lots of fun! The cleanup afterwards, not so much!

Crane Beach Engagement Session | Katie and Gabe

Matt — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:33:48 +0000

On Sunday we had the opportunity to work with an amazing couple at Crane Beach in Ipswich, MA. I say Katie and Gabe were amazing not only because they were so much fun but because they were such troopers. Katie especially amazed me as the flies and mosquitoes came out for a hazy evening at Crane Estate before we went to the beach. Bug bites all around, Ariel and I releasing the shutter with one hand and swatting insects with the other. Katie and Gabe eventually running through the woods in a last ditch effort to escape.

In the end however we came away with great images for their engagement session and all because they would not give up. Thank you both for staying to the end, we had a great time and hope you enjoy the photos.

Heather + Brad | Halibut Point Engagement Session | Rockport, MA

Ariel — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:57:46 +0000

When Heather and Brad suggested Halibut Point for their engagement session I was psyched! I’ve been wanting to do an engagement session there ever since Matt and I accidentally found it on one of our exploratory drives around Cape Ann. It is one of the most gorgeous, best kept, secrets of Cape Ann. When we met up with Brad and Heather this past monday afternoon, the fog had cleared and we were left with beautiful sunny skies spotted with amazing cloud patterns. We spent a couple hours wandering down by the ocean and at the quarry taking advantage of the great light. These two were so much fun to photograph. Matt and I are looking forward to their wedding this September.

Here are some favorites!

Sabrina + Ron Married | Elm Bank | Wellesley, MA

Ariel — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:27:47 +0000

Matt and I are working hard on editing all of Sabrina and Ron’s images from their wedding last Sunday at Elm Bank. We’re looking forward to having their slideshow up by tomorrow evening. For now I wanted to Share with you some of my favorite photographs from their wedding day. Sabrina looked absolutely gorgeous and it was quite apparent how hard she had worked planning every detail of their wedding day! This included polka dotted bow ties for the guys, Ron rocked a green and white one while the two groomsmen had pink and white complimenting their tan suites. I loved it!
These two were an absolute joy to photograph, Sabrina started the day out a little shy of the camera but by the end of the day was hamming it up and modeling like a pro. They made our jobs easy and Matt and I had a blast. Thank you guys so much for sharing your special day with us!!

We can’t wait to share more photographs with you but for now I’ll leave you with these:

Leslie + Chuck | Salem Engagement Session

Ariel — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:10:55 +0000

When Matt and I first sat down with these two, we knew they would be absolutely awesome to work with! They had all sorts of ideas for their engagement session, Chuck particularly had some very strange ideas which were vetoed quite quickly by Leslie. One of the ideas however stuck and we ran with it, Chuck desperately wanted to mock the famous American Gothic Painting. They truly went all out; pitchfork, apron, right down to the pendant on Chucks neck. Yes, I did say Chucks neck…They decided to swap roles for the photo. On Sunday Matt and I arrived a bit early to the Salem Witch House where we had decided to re-create this shot. We were a little worried that we wouldn’t recognize these two. From a mile away we spotted a couple walking down the street in full American Gothic attire.
Matt and I are currently working on editing these wonderful photographs, for now I have posted one of the shots taken after the actual mock. Just to wet your appetite a bit.

Their enthusiasm continued throughout the rest of the shoot, they had lots of special places around salem they were excited to take us to! Not only did they do such a good job of planning the session but they made our job so easy! These two were laughing and joking around the entire time!

Thank you both for all the effort and enthusiasm you brought to the shoot!

We can’t wait to photograph your wedding next May!

Here I am at work capturing photograph number 5, thanks Matt!!

This is why we choose not to wear our Sunday's best to our engagement sessions!

Check out the Highlight Slideshow from their engagement session!

Annie and Josh | Brookline Engagement Session

Ariel — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:13:39 +0000

When Matt and I first met Annie and Josh for their initial meeting, we were both instantly excited about the possibility of documenting their wedding day. Photographers are always looking for something new and different so of course when they told us their would be llamas at the wedding reception… This sort of piqued our interest. The fact that Annie and Josh were both so excited about all this made it ten times better because we new they would be just the type of couple we enjoy working with! Needless to say we were thrilled when they told us they’d like to have us photograph their wedding day. Annie has been awesome since then, emailing me with lots of questions and compliments on our work…We truly love building relationships with all of our couples so we love these interactions! We were so excited to officially kick off our busy wedding season with Annie and Joshes (Brady too!) engagement session this past weekend. We had absolutely amazing weather, it was almost too hot at 4:30 in the afternoon when we met! These guys were absolute rockstars putting up with Matt and I running around like idiots (we get a little over excited when we have cameras in our hands), Brady was a little rockstar too and didn’t get mad when I kept calling him a her (sorry Brady!).

Here is a sneak peak for you guys as we get all the others ready! Thanks for making our job so easy, you guys were awesome models!

We can’t wait for your wedding at the Bradley Estate this July!

Check out the Highlight Slideshow from their engagement session!

Lisa and Brian, Married! Part 1

Ariel — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:22:54 +0000

Hi everyone! Just wanted to make a quick post with some beautiful images from Lisa and Brian’s wedding this past December. This will be the first installment with a few of my favorite getting ready images! On a different note, Matt and I have been very busy meeting with wonderful clients about their 2010/2011 weddings. We feel so blessed to be working with so many amazing couples this season!

We also celebrated our son Aydon’s first birthday, this past Friday. Happy Birthday Aydon! It has been an amazing year with our baby and we look forward to what this next year has in store!

Without further ado, here are pictures from a beautiful winter wedding!

I could not for the life of me decide which of these pictures to post of this adorable flower girl getting ready… so you get them all!