Camden Hills Couple's Photos

Oh I have blogging to catch up on! Here's one of my favorite shoots from this fall - exploring the Camden Hills and Fernald's Neck in Maine with this sweet married couple, Karen & Peter. One of my favorite things about being a wedding photographer is documenting couples exploring Maine's gorgeous landscape. 

I'm so grateful for my 2017 couples and all the adventurous Maine engagement sessions I have to look forward to this year now too!

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Fort Williams Engagement Photos

Good ol' Fort Williams for the engagement photos win. Charlotte & Dan lucked out with a mild wintery day, and we had a blast exploring the Maine coast for their engagement session!

Portland, Maine Engagement Photos

So many of my couples don't actually live in Maine, but I think it's so wonderful that they come back here to get married. Brit and Brett live in Arizona now but are having a Maine wedding next spring. We got to explore Portland together while they visited for Thanksgiving. They are pretty stinkin' cute, and I feel so lucky to be a Maine wedding photographer for fun-loving couples like this! 

In case you're wondering, we visited Arabica Coffee and Strange Maine. Definitely check them out next time you're in Portland!

Camden Hills Engagement Photos

Maine in unbelievably beautiful. Thank you, Julia & Matt, for exploring Maiden's Cliff with me for your engagement photos. Can't wait to photograph your wedding next year on Monhegan Island! 

Vaughn Woods Wedding // Jo & Josh

Josh is my brother. Jo is my new sister. I could write a novel explaining how special it was to have my family come to Maine for their fabulous, tiny, untraditional AF wedding, but I'll try not to.

My parents and brothers and I had not been together in years. We live in all opposite ends of the country! But this summer we camped out and partied at my in-laws place and my unfinished house in Maine to celebrate Josh and Jo getting hitched. It was heaven.

It was also the first time any of us had met Jo, and we all fell madly in love with her. You probably will too. She is adorable. And omg they named their baby girl Mango Jean. They are the best.

My family is strange and fun, creative and artistic, and this celebration in the woods with a non-existent budget was totally our style. Zero stress, lots of laughs, happy tears, jelly shoes and 90's sweaters. I've been to a lot of weddings, but this was my favorite one by far.

Oh I debated whether or not I should take photos during their ceremony, but it all worked out perfectly. I didn't use my camera the rest of the time my family was visiting, but I gave everyone disposable cameras to use instead! There are a lot of those images in this post too (it's probably obvious, but they start halfway through the party).

Their ceremony took place at Vaughn Woods (aka "Hobbitland") in Hallowell, ME in a pop-up sorta way. We just took over the bridge for a few minutes, setup some flowers, did our magic, and popped back out. So simple and sweet. And free. We had a party later that night in our half-built home, where Josh & Jo revealed their baby's gender, and we did a puzzle to learn her name, and we played with glow sticks, and it was awesome. 

Special thanks to Hannah from Buckle Farm for the bouquet. We used them in the most magical way - everyone got to hold a few flowers during the ceremony, and then we took turns giving them all to Jo as a gesture of welcoming her to the family. Gosh it was so special.

This is what a Jardim family non-wedding looks like.

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To Build a Home (feat. Patrick Watson)

The Cinematic Orchestra

Woodsy Maine Wedding

This wedding was awesome because it was really just a party. Kelsey & Aidan were married earlier in NY where they live, then planned a getaway to the Montague Retreat Center in western Mass to celebrate with family & friends. 

It rained most of the day but let up just in time for their portraits! The sun even peeked out for a minute, so just before dinner we ran back up the hill to play in it. 

Their story is a perfect example of how laid-back can still be absolutely gorgeous. 

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Fool for Love

Lord Huron

Old Fashioned Farm Wedding

Married at the church Chloe grew up in, partied at the farm Justin works at. This wedding was cozy, classy, good old-fashioned kinda fun. 

And man oh man, that epic veil!

Thank you, C+J, for inviting me to photograph your beautiful day! 

Like the Dawn

The Oh Hellos

Huge thanks to my second shooter, Jess from Lark & Wren.

Venue: Langwater Farm
Florist: Bella Flora
Caterer: The Farmer's Daughter

Mackworth Island Engagement

Kat & Nate's Maine engagement adventure was straight out of a fairy-tale, and I'm not just saying that. Mackworth Island is a magical place - the forest there is full of fairy houses! It was the perfect adventure spot for these two dreamy actors, and I'm so excited to photograph their theater wedding in Maine next fall. 

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Starálfur

Sigur Rós

White Mountains Wedding

Guys, I love day-after sessions. I wasn't able to photograph Danielle & Nick's wedding, so we opted for a photo shoot at Sabbaday Falls in the White Mountains a couple days after their wedding. None of us had been there before and were absolutely enthralled by what we discovered. 

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To Build a Home (feat. Patrick Watson)

The Cinematic Orchestra

Providence Engagement Adventure

This was possibly the best idea ever. Or maybe 2nd to the pop-up dance party Kara hosted last year and that Rene attended and that started this amazing whirlwind of an adventure they're on together. I'm so glad Kara & Rene were up for meeting me at 6am on a Sunday to explore Providence while the city slept! SO MUCH MAGIC. 

Their wedding in a couple months is going to be literally the best. I cannot wait to photograph and share the wonderful surprises they have in store!

Ends of the Earth

Lord Huron

Rustic Farm Wedding

There are few things I'll really miss about living in Taunton once I move to Maine next month. Kurtis and I are looking forward to a house on a lake, at the end of a dirt road, surrounded by hundreds of acres of woods. We're pretty excited! But we'll definitely miss our weekly produce share from Adam & Megan at Second Nature Farm. It's really the simple things in life that make me happy, and lately it's the abundance of fresh, organic, locally grown strawberries and greens, baby bok choy and melons, rainbow carrots and kale that I pick up every week from the hard-working, cheery folks at Second Nature. It's a privilege and a magical experience to participate in this small farm community. I'll admit my role is an easy one - I've no problem consuming the delicious fruits of their labor! When I heard Megan & Adam were getting married, I was really happy for them. And when they invited me to photograph the lovely occasion on their farm, I was freakin' thrilled. Here's a day-after preview of their sweet farm wedding. Enjoy.

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Wolfe's Neck State Park Engagement Session // Erin & Tyler

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April has been a good month. I photographed my first engagement session in Maine, and bought a house in the woods on a lake in Maine that same day. I met Erin and Tyler at a wedding I photographed last year, and I'm so excited to call them friends now. Knowing that awesome, sweet, laid-back, creative people like them will live nearby makes me more excited to move! These two love birds are musicians, and I think they know how to throw a kickass wedding celebration. Can't wait for their fun, outdoor wedding next summer!