2011 Photographer Favorites - Weddings

2011 was a very lucky year for me. Not only did I book 2 weddings as the lead photographer, doubling the number of weddings I photographed in 2010, but I was lucky enough to not just have one photographer take me along as an assistant for a few weddings of THEIR season, but TWO photographers. I had a great time working with Georgette & Doug this year, and feel that I learned a LOT about the ins and outs of weddings. With each wedding that I worked at, I was able to learn more about what to capture, paying attention to not just the actions of people, but other's reactions. I cannot WAIT to see what the 2012 year has in store for me. I feel as if these two seasoned photographers helped open the doors and help me get ready for the things that are in store for me and wedding photography under my own name. For that, I cannot give them enough thank yous!
Jamaica & Michael
Stephanie & Dan
Jenni & Jim
Hailee & John
Valerie & Blake
Emma & Adam
Michela & Tommaso

2011 Photographer Favorites - The Lovebirds

When making my list of sessions, I found that I had photographed a lot more couples than I thought I did. Of course, when I saw them all I did remember each and every session but putting them all on a blog post would have taken forever! So I split all my couples in half and picked some of my all time favorite images from the year to feature. This first half included the "non-engaged" couples, the love birds :)

Savannah & ShawnJessica & AdamAriana & RobEmily & JoeDallis & Will

Valentine's Day Contest 2011

Well, with the holiday season just past us and the new year just beginning, i figured it would be time to hit the ground running! What better to kick the year off with than a free engagement session? Over the holidays, i watched my facebook nearly explode with the amount of people changing their status from "in a relationship" to "engaged" and all the excitement began to swell. of course, being me, i HAD to get excited when one of the engaged was one of my girls that i've known since FOREVER (shout out to you, elyse!) and of course, my favorite amy who's feet you get to see weekly :) with all the new plans in store for all these lovely couples starting out on the journey to the rest of their lives, i figured i'd give them an opportunity to boost them along! so here are the details:who can enter: anyone that is engaged by february 14th, 2011
if you're planning to propose by then, send me an email! i'm an excellent secret keeper :)
how to enter: send me an email (photogbyem@gmail.com) with the following filled out
your name:
your fiance's name:
how you met your fiance:
date you proposed:
how you proposed:
when you plan to get hitched:
and because i love silly questions, here are two for you to fill in the blank:
(fiance's name) & i are like:
when i think of (fiance's name) i feel:
see? easy as pie! all you have to do is shoot me an email with those questions filled out, i'll make a list in order of the emails i receive, and come february 15th, we'll have a winner! even if you aren't pulled for the engagement session prize, anyone that enters will win a special prize in the end. can't wait to hear from everyone! and don't forget to become a fan at http://www.facebook.com/photogbyem

2010 Retrospective

2010 was quite a year! i decided to go through all my blog entries, and all my facebook posts, and see exactly what i had the joy of creating this year. take a look with me, and maybe you'll see some familiar faces :) enjoy!
in the past year, i photographed...
five fantastic family groupsseven adorable girlies in banana cherié pettiskirtseight awesome individualssix super volunteers who played dress up to help me out :)
four cool couplestwo feet and four hooves (aka. my first not cat/dog pet session)two of my favorite littles
and one engagement session turned to my first full day wedding within a week of each other. putting these all together, 2010 seemed more eventful than i thought! and with that said, i'd love to include YOU in my 2011 retrospect. its never too early or too late! hope you had a safe and happy new year celebration, and i wish you all the best in the year to come!