Angie & Eric ~ Engaged

Last Saturday was an amazingly beautiful day and a perfect day for a photoshoot. Angie & Eric are including a photo guestbook in their wedding and these are the photo's for that book. We took a walk down a road through their land that Eric has created and Angie loves. We then took a drive to a plot of land that they own, where we took these romantic shots in the field of wild flowers (my favorite place to shoot.) This couple are so obviously in love and completely fun loving. They were a joy to photograph. I can't wait for their wedding at the end of August!!

Must Love Dogs......Contest

So many of this year's weddings that I have shot have had a common thread. Most of the couples so far this year have dogs and LOVE LOve Love them like their own kids. SO I figured I would honor those crazy people (I can call them crazy because I am one of them, I have 3 adorable Boston Terriers who are all nutz but I love'em) with a contest for the month of July.

Send me your favorite picture of your pup and you could win a free Photoshoot.

The chosen doggie's momma and daddy will win a photoshoot with me, of your choice.
Either an engagement shoot, Sexy boudoir shoot, Trash The Dress, or family photoshoot. 1 hour of shooting at the location of your choice and proof posted online.

I will post the entries on my blog http://lovingeyesphoto. blogspot. com/
I will announce the winner , Friday August 1st.

Send your entries to info@lovingeyesphoto.com
(please include your dog's name and any other info you think is important to know about him or her)

Let me see your doggies!!

Here's my Daisy

Amber & Nick

Amber and Nick's wedding was Saturday and it was great fun. I have quickly gone through her pictures and thought I'd pick a couple out to post here as a teaser. I am still catching up with the last few weddings so we'll have to wait to see more from Amber and Nick. Amber was so sweet and nice and beautiful! This couple seemed to have a blast at their wedding and I was so glad to be there to capture their day for them. We totally lucked out and the rain held off so I could get the following pictures of them in an adorable field of wild flowers behind the church.

Me & the Strawberry

So when I was taking pictures of Nate and his strawberry, I couldn't help but think of a picture I knew my mom had of me with a strawberry when I was a kid. Well I stopped at m mom's last night on the way home from a wedding [check back for samples :)] and picked up that picture. SO here it is. We had a little strawberry patch on our land and all I can remember was that the berries were the biggest I had ever seen. I was about 4 and this was 1975! Wasn't I cute?!

Nate and the Strawberry

Nate and I stopped by a farm stand on the way home tonight. I was craving fresh Maine strawberries! By the time we got home Nate and I had already dug into the red quart of goodness. After we got home Nate pulled out this beautiful berry and said "look mom, its shaped like a heart!" I said, "oh lets take pictures of it!" (of course, any chance he'll let me take his picture I jump to it) so here is our little strawberry of love. (which was gone before we even got back inside)

this one is my favorite!

Notice what his shirt says. When I saw it in the store I knew it was made just for him. My little stuntman. :)

Bahhh Haa bah

I just came back from a weeks vacation in Bar Harbor (pronouced Bahh-Haa-Bah for those not from Maine) it was a pretty rainy week but we ended up with a few hours each day that was dry so I could take a few snapshots for fun. Arcadia National Park is one of the most beautiful places in Maine. I just can't get enough of the beauty of this area. Here are a few of the clicks I made while I there and wasn't gawking with m y mouth open at nature's eye candy.

Nate at a Lighthouse

At the Seawall there are millions of these fantastic rocks. We had fun making little stacks all over the place

At the Asticou Gardens

Nate and our Friend Elijah
Nate and I at the Seawall

Baby Ava

I had the exiting opportunity to take pictures of Baby Ava this weekend. She is the tiniest little sweat pea, ever! Her tiny feet were delectable and I could hardly focus on taking her picture when I just wanted to nibble on her toes. I had the HARDEST time picking my favorite pictures for the blog so here are several of my favs.
BTW: She is 4 months old.

Delicious feeties!

look at those eyes!

her momma loves her so much. Who wouldn't!

She recently found her toes

I just had to add some wings to this picture. She looks like she is flying. What a little angel!

Can you spot the drool?

Baby bums are the CUTEST!

Thank you Ava's Mom & Dad for letting me take pictures of this little darling!!!

Sonja & Chris

I had the honor to photograph Sonja and Chris on Saturday. They had a beautiful wedding despite (yet another) raining wedding day. The bride was super photogenic and was just the most beautiful, down to earth woman and a pleasure to work with. I am sorting the TONS of fabulous pictures and decided to take a few of my favorites to post as a sneak peak.

Are you kidding me? Isn't she a gorgeous bride?!

Red shoes, in honor of her Grandmother. She loved red!
Her Gram would have be soooo proud!

The side story was, these "perfect shoes" were chosen
well ahead of time. Unfortunately, Chris and Sonja's sweet doggies
decided Sonja needed to buy another pair and ate them. (I think
they wanted a bigger part in their wedding story)
luckily she received the new pair 4 days before the wedding!

"Dip her like you mean it!"
(you've got to love the red shoes)

These guys couldn't resist picking her up.

These bridesmaids were my kind of girls.
Snapping pictures all night and having a blast doing it!

Maid of honor, raking in the dough for the "Dollar Dance"
(everyone wanted to dance with Sonja, of course!)

Dancing like they were the only one's in the room

Anika & Brett

Last Saturday, May 17 I had the pleasure of photographing Anika and Brett's wedding in Orono. They chose a beautiful spot at the gardens at the UMaine campus to hold the ceremony. Unfortunately it rained but the rain couldn't dampen their spirits and the wedding went off without a hitch. I ran around shooting their sweet ceremony like a madwoman, under my huge umbrella trying to not block the guests view while working to capture all the important moments of the ceremony. The wedding party were a bunch of dedicated friends and family who patiently stood cold in the rain or under the gazebo to pose for pictures. All in all it was obvious these two were in love and it didn't matter the weather, they were happy to finally be married.

Sherri & Kirk

I had a great time yesterday shooting a wedding for my good friend Sherri. It snowed like a B****** just before the ceremony and then the sky cleared. It was a great day. Here are a few of my favorites so far as I go through them.

Getting her Hair done
Getting strapped into her dress
Closeup of her beautiful dress
Kirk called her just before the ceremony

The "I do's"

They are so cute, always laughing
Awww
The rings

The rings held by both of her daughters
Congratulations Sherri & Kirk, off to the Dominican in a couple weeks perfect contrast to your snowy Maine wedding.