Practicing My Craft by a Maine Photographer

I belong to a group of Maine photographers, and about a month ago, instead of a monthly indoor meeting, someone came up with an idea of having an outdoor photo shoot for practice.  The location, time and weather were spectacular and the models fun and beautiful.  Our models were Seth, Erin, and I believe Marissa...but If you find that I've made a mistake, please let me know and I will be happy to correct it.  This was a fun evening...and a bit competitive.  Although I tend to thrive in that environment, this one made me slightly uncomfortable.  I really enjoy being the only photographer photographing a person or event...so I was a bit out of my comfort zone with all the other great photographers around but I loved watching other photographers at work...how they interacted with the models and the creativity that came out of it.  It was great fun.  Icing on the cake...my maternity photo scored a first place thumbs up!  Here are some of my favorite shots I took that night.  I welcome your feedback...and I would love to photograph you someday too!

Cady's Senior Portraits. Maine Photographer

A few years ago one of my best friends from college asked me to do her daughter's high school senior photos.  A day like that is one in a million!  I get to spend a day with a great friend, get to know her daughter, reminisce about old times and capture memories forever!  It doesn't get much better than this...(until weddings and babies...)

Anyhow, last week I got to do this again.  My post college BFF brought her high school senior daughter, Cady, to Maine, to hang out together for the day and do her senior portraits.  Cady looks just like her mom did...all those years ago when we first started hanging out together.  Crazy...how quickly time marches by...and yes next year I will be blogging about my own son...and how can it possibly be time for his senior photos...but...that blog post can wait another year!

This wasn't just a normal photo shoot...it was a great visit with two of my favorite people!  An awesome day in itself...great friends, great weather, beautiful views, and of course a great lunch too!  We started out at Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth, we also made a quick trip to the Spring Point lighthouse.  After we left Spring Point we had an awesome conversation and lunch at $3 Dollar Dewey's and then walked up to the Asylum for some fine urban graffiti shots. 

Within a few days of our photo shoot Cady got word that she has been excepted into the college of her dreams, to study both photography and equestrianism.  Congratulations Cady, may you have a great high school senior year, and thank you for allowing me to capture this milestone memory for you!

Here are some random sights throughout our day, and I've added a quick slideshow of some of my favorites from Cady's senior photo shoot.

you can view the slideshow below...or if you do not see one, please click on the link below. 
http://video214.com/play/EXNCyY7wzpJ8KlXNt4XKOg/s/dark