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I thought I would share my thoughts on whether a couple should discuss to have, or not to have, a “first look” at their wedding. With so much to plan and think about leading up to and on your wedding day, why would you want to add more to think about? Well, this one thing…
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New Hampshire Wedding Photographers Blog: 216 In the small town of Jackson, N.H., is a resort named, The Wentworth. It is a well known Inn in the area and is snug right in the middle of town. The Wentworth is a popular wedding venue in the Mount Washington Valley. The ceremony that I attended there…
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With all the planning that goes into a wedding, the one thing you can never fully plan for is weather. The couple picks the wedding venue months, even years, ahead. As the date gets closer and you see the weather is looking to be bad. Bad meaning rain. There is only so much you can…
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After days of being near 90 degrees, it was a nice break to see it in the low 80’s. As a family, we took a road trip down to Portsmouth, NH. We walked around the city a bit, poking our heads in and out of the small shops. We stopped in at Bull Moose Records and…
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What Is Style? | Wedding Photographers Style One might think that every wedding is the same. In some ways they are. Two people in love are telling their closest friends and family that they love this person like no other. There is a dress and suits, rings, flowers and wedding cake. They share tears of…
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: TIE IT ALL TOGETHER One item I include with my wedding package and one of my favorite features of my wedding photography is the photo slide show I create once the photos are all edited and delivered to the clients. It is more of a story telling slide show of the wedding…
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Renting Tilt-Shift Lens Last year I headed to the coast of Maine for a class. I was able to rent a Tilt-shift lens for my camera. They are an amazing lens. With moving parts that do what it says. It can tilt the angle of view and create an effect with…
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I live in New Hampshire. It is almost a three hour drive to the city of Boston, MA. we go there a few times every year. Most times it is to the airport for a trip to far off lands. That is what we were doing on this trip. The flight to Puerto Rico was…
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PHOTO OF THE DAY-DREAMS COME TRUE IN PUERTO RICO Dreams came true all vacation long when in Puerto Rico. One of those dreams was my daughters. This dream turned out to be a photographers dream as well. She always wanted to try paddle boarding. It just so happed that the person we stayed with on this…
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PHOTO OF THE DAY- THE FUNNY BRIDE It might sound cliché but it is true. The wedding day is the happiest day in a young couples life. This day was not different I that way. This couple was truly in love he with her and her with him. They had it shining all around them.…
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PHOTO OF THE DAY- STANDING IN SHADOWS There is no better feeling then to reach the top of the summit on a hike. Well but for getting to the top of a hike and seeing this as a view. The true peak of this hill was off to the left of this scene about…
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PHOTO OF THE DAY- T-REX NEST On our trip to Puerto Rico I was able to take many new existing photo of the ocean the jungle and some crazy bugs and animals. Here in this photo at the edge of the jungle might be one of my favorite from the trip. It truly was an…
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: UPSIDE DOWN MOUNTAIN Meet Mt. Chocorua. It is right down the street from our home in New Hampshire. It is one of he most photographed locations in New Hampshire. I think you can see why once you see it. This was in early fall and the lake was giving the…
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: ABANDON PLACES On my trip to southern New Hampshire for a photo shoot last year. After I took the photo of the river I headed over to the boys YDC institution. I had heard there was some empty abandon buildings there. One of the buildings. The one pictured below was rumored to be…
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: IT IS ALL ABOUT THE ACCESSORIES We here over and over again in movies, TV shows and real life. “It is all about the little things”. This is most important at someones wedding. We as photographers take extra care in creating some special images of the “little things”. I always grab the…
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Here is a slide show build following a wedding that took place at a great venue in North Conway, NH. The Conway Scenic Railroad. The groom runs and works on a train in Massachusetts. He was like a kid in a candy store in his element. It was a great day and always fun to…
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Many of you might have seen my self-portrait project that I created over the last few months. I am not putting out a casting call to create some more portraits along the same theme. I am looking for subjects that are able to evoke emotion. People that are willing to sit and connect with me and the…
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Our latest Newborn Sparkle Session was perfect! Little Jantabi lived up to the African meaning of her name, “Sunshine.” She slept through the entire session, only waking to nurse a few times and then she fell fast asleep again. At just seven days old, she was the perfect age for a newborn photography session. We…
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Lets face it, you have never done this before. Maybe you have, but I find most of our brides are planning their first wedding. Lets hope this is true love and that this wedding is your last. Lucky for you it will not be my first wedding as a photographer. Let me help you…
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Even in the small, rural state of New Hampshire we have access to all of the great technology that is available to the rest of the world. We, as people, have to always be paying attention to an ever changing world even at the speed that it changes. Early in 2014, the authorities at ICANN started…
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