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Engagement: Eric + Sarah

It was so much fun photographing Eric & Sarah's engagement photos. It was so great to hang out with them. We found all kinds of fun places to take photos!

I'm really looking forward to the wedding :)

Here's a few of my favorites:









Here is some yummy evening light. I love shooting at this time...this was around 8:30 p.m.

Sneak Peek: Eric + Sarah

What an amazing time last night taking Eric and Sarah's engagement photos. Here's just one....more to be posted soon.

I attended the SWMCCC photo workshop in Holland on Saturday. Most of the day was spent attending model shoots. I spent the morning at the beach, btw Holland State Park is beautiful, and then the afternoon on indoor shots. The water wasn't real warm at the beach, but these guys and gals were pros and handled the cool water very well.

Here's some of my favorites:










A HUGE thank you to all the models that donated their time for the photo shoots :)

New England

Here's more pictures I have to share from our New England trip. I'm a bit fascinated by history and old cemeteries. This cemetery is located on the campus of Bryant University. There are old, old tombstones here. Unbelievably, someone still puts flags at some of the graves (these are dated in the 1800's). The graveyard is overrun with weeds and isn't maintained. However, it was very interesting to wander around.

The entrance to the cemetery:
Bryant University in the background:
I found it interesting that a woman's gravestone had "wife of" and "daughter of" on her marker. The makers of these markers done an extrodinary job. This one is from 1842...166 years old!!

A lot of the markers were small and buired under the weeds. This one caught my attention because of the flower detail at the top.
Only initials--no idea who this person was. There were a few markers throughout with only initials on them.
We were able to go to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA--Great museum, if you ever have the opportunity I highly recommend that you go!
This is a seashell wedding dress designed by a local of the area.

One of my favorite pics of Emma from the trip. We are in one of the galleries at the museum.
While visiting Salem we took the opportunity to go on a Ghost Tour. I liked it the kids thought is was boring. We traveled, by foot, around the town by lantern light.
Moon during the walk.
Look what we found on our way to the airport:
Well, here's how my kids really feel about having a family photo done...again. They were so tired of hearing "hey lets all stand her and let Aunt Dee take a picture of us" (big thanks to Dee for always being willing to take those pictures)--thats the wonderful Boston skyline in the back:




One of the best things we done while visiting Boston was going to see Blue Man Group. Definitely one of the highlights of our visit to New England

I don't know how this happens. When we left for New England I had one, yes ONE, suitcase plus carry-on. When we left our bags were bulging PLUS we had to borrow a big bag from Dee to get everything back home. I swear, scouts honor, I bought only a few items while visiting. However, I think the kids found lots of goodies to bring home. These were all packed into a Saturn Vue...4 large checked bags, 4 carryons, and an overnight bag for Dee. I was shocked that it all fit.



That's all for now......

NYC

Warning: This post is photo heavy :)

Went to NYC for the 4th of July.

Here's the craziness of Times Square. Some thoughts about this area is that it is busy, busy, busy and incredibly filthy--we were shocked and appalled by how dirty it was in this area.

Tall buildings, big signs, and lots of people:

Had to see the Toys-R-Us in Times Square. We heard there was a ferris wheel IN the store. Sure enough as soon as you walk in the door you see it. Emma thought it was so cool to have a ferris wheel inside the store. She wanted to ride, but the line was horrible and I'm just not patient enough to wait.

Lots of big Lego figures in the Toys-R-Us store:

Did I mention how much I enjoy ABBA and I'm looking forward to the movie---seen this sign at Times Square...


The kids had their carictures drawn by a street vendor--he done a great job....

Yep, had to go to the M&M store:
Happy to find a pressed penny machine at the M&M store (these are the cheapest souveniers--51 cents--yea!!)
We found a mood machine at the M&M store. You stand on a mat under a funnel looking thing and the machine will determine what your color mood is.....after it told your color it gave a personality description.

O.k. I think the boys only participated cause we nagged them into it.
Doesn't Dylan look thrilled

Rockefeller building:

Flower vendors in Chelsea
Chelsea Flea Market in the rain. It poured on Saturday. By the time we found umbrellas we were close to being soaked.


Ah yes....never far from a Starbucks even at the street market.

Littlest car we seen in NYC

Newport, RI

On Monday night we went down to Newport, RI. This town is located in the southern part of the state and, as you can see, sits right on the ocean. There is this wonderful road called Ocean Dr and it is exactly that. It goes right along the coast for quite a while. At one section of the drive there is a very large parking lot so that you can pull over and enjoy the view. The ocean was a bit rough when we were visiting, which makes for fun photos of water crashing over the rocks. I wanted to show you how close the road is in relation to the ocean. Very cool!
This is the breakwall that keeps the ocean from washing away the road. At one part of the road the waves were hitting the breakwall so hard it was coming up onto the road. You can see all the seaweed and debris on the sidewalk that the ocean is throwing over the wall. Now for those of you that live in coastal communities this is probably no big deal. However, Emma and I got the biggest kick out of this. Ooohhing and Aaahing over the biggest splashes.

Private golf course. I immediately thought two things when I saw this. 1.) Nice clubhouse and 2.) It would be great to shoot a wedding here

Had dinner at the Brick Alley--very good food.
Here's a peak at the inside
There are some seriously nice cars on the East Coast. It's nothing to see the Jags, BMW, Mercedes, etc. Then we seen this Ferrari. Beautiful red and it purred like a kitten, it was a wonderful sound. Took this just for Dylan. That car was simply gorgeous!
We are off to NYC for the 4th of July weekend. We are only staying in the city one night. The expense for a hotel is outrageous (almost as much as our house payment for ONE NIGHT!!!!) Makes me sick. I have spent endless hours searching for a hotel, but nothing is cheap enough so its one night only for this crew. Thinking about stopping in Mystic, CT on the way back to RI.

~~Wishing everyone a wonderful 4th of July~~Check back for more photos next week.

Cape Cod/Plymouth

More pics from Cape Cod. Twisty, curvey roads on the Cape. On Saturday there was a lot of fog.




Shopping in Provincetown....at the tip of the Cape. Lots of "grammy traps" (ie: touristy shopping)

We were in Provincetown on Saturday. The boats were being prepared for the Blessing of the Fleet that was taking place on Sunday.

We went out on a whale watch cruise (didn't see any whales--darn it!). However, I snapped this on the way back into the harbor
On Sunday we stopped by the infamous Cuffy's. Home of the buy 3 tshirts get 9 free. Yes, you read that correctly. 9 free shirts when you buy 3 and suprisingly the 3 that you have to buy don't cost a ransom. I spent approx $50 on all 12 nice quality tshirts. Not to bad for souveniers.

Lighthouse along the coast (I'm pretty sure its Chatham)--we found some free 30 minute parking here along the beach (free parking at the beach--who knew)
Cool snails at the beach--found quite a few of these critters.
Lavender farm in Harwich---so yummy smelling...
Herb farm in Harwich. Lots of great items here and beautiful gardens.
On the way back from the Cape we stopped by Plymouth. I wanted Emma to see Plymouth Rock. Well, little did we know that there is serious construction going on around the rock so it was sorta closed off. If you were willing to climb down some rocks along the shore you could peek through the construction area to see it. Emma and I climbed down....Here's what we seen:

Not much too look at really and kinda small. Here's what the construction looks like from the beach side. Looks like the rock is in jail.

Here's a look at the construction from the street side.

Lots more to post soon....

Cape Cod

First weekend out East we headed over to Cape Cod. It was an interesting weekend. I expected it to be more to Hatteras Island, NC, but, it was nothing like that. Driving through Cape Cod you seldom see the ocean due to the location of the roads and all the buildings along the shore. The landscape of the Cape is hilly with lots of trees. We stayed in Eastham near the outer cape and the Cape Cod National Seashore. Another suprise at the Cape was that all the beaches you have to pay to park at...to the tune of $15+ a day. Although, if you go to the beach after 5pm its free--guess when we went :) Enough chit chat...here's some photos. I'll have more to post soon.

Bridge to the Cape:

Yep, had to stop by the potato chip factory. My family loves the sea salt & black pepper chips:

Great dinner at the Beachcomber. It sits right on the Atlantic Ocean. We sat outside so we could enjoy the view.

All kinds of "grammy traps" (as we call them) along the Cape--think this was Emma's favorite part of the trip.

A fish we seen on the beach :)

Nice winery

Beautiful sunset.....

Rhode Island

Emma & I left on Tuesday for a 3 week stay in Rhode Island. I'm out here to photograph the Star Talk language program at Bryant University. Emma is going to attend the program. We plan on traveling around and seeing as much of New England as we can while we are here.

Here's our ride from Flint to Detroit. 17 minutes in the air--my kind of flight. Picked up a different plane in Detroit for the ride into Boston--only 1 hr 22 min for that flight. Sure beats driving.

Driving down the road--so green and hilly and rocky walls along the roads

Here's a great little shop Emma and I found:

Hi Alan and Dylan....we miss you!