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Every year I work closely with Bald Head Island to photograph a couple of stories for Haven Magazine. It's a first class publication and I'm always excited to be a part of it. This year I'll have two stories featured! One is a mother & daughter get away on the island. Here you'll see a few of my favorite images of the young girls from that story. We spent a lot of time by the pool and in the ocean. Some of these will make the final cut and wind up in print and some might not so I figured I would give all of my faithful blog readers a sneak peek of my favorites.
We also have another story in Haven this year and it's all about weddings! They'll be highlighting three different weddings that took place on the Island and I photographed all three! I'm going to make you wait until I see it in print to post a sneak peek of that article here. I can't wait to flip through the publication for myself!
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If you missed my post from earlier this week "oranges + ladders" than click here to check it out before reading this one. That shoot correlates with this post so you'll want to see it first!
The Balcony On Dock has their Open House in January and it was a fantastic event. Jennifer from Salt Harbor designed the room as one full event. Nicki made an amazing cake to match and the Balcony's food even matched the theme! Our photos were also used throughout the event and they tied into the decor nicely!
The guests were serenaded by violinist Maura Kropke along with DJ Jason Tatum from Active Entertainment DJ who played some nice relaxing tunes throughout the day! |
| Nicki's cupcakes for sampling at the Open House! YUM!!! |
The furniture is provided by Harborside Event Rentals, they have such lovely piece for rent. A great addition to any wedding or party!
The image hanging between the chairs (right) was the biggest print we had made for the Open House and it was just perfectly dreamy for the space. LOVED it! |
| Thanks to Jill at the Balcony and the entire team that pitched in to make this Open House the best ever! |
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gavin, giggles + conversation
01.27.10 ~ Life ~ posted by Millie
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| Just today my nephew, Gavin, dropped by the studio for a little visit. I thought you all might like to all see how much he has grown. I LOVE this kid so much and I'm so happy we can actually carry on little conversations now that he speaks in full sentences. What a fun little dude! |
| Thanks to Amanda for grabbing this shot of the two of us playing... it makes me super happy! |
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This session was a team effort for the staff here at MHP and Salt Harbor Designs. When Jennifer approached me about helping out with the Balcony's Open House she showed me a couple of story boards. Her plan was to theme the entire Open House to tie into the inspiration board including a photo shoot.
My job was to take a couple out and make the shoot match the board, so the images could be used throughout the Open House. We pre-planned everything from the props to the wardrobe in advance and I am super happy with the way it all turned out... what a blast to shoot!
We chose the coldest day of the year, January 2nd to do the shoot. Little did we know of the frigid weather which would await us. We had made the plans for Katy to be wearing a skirt and short sleeve shirt! Brrrrr! Katy Ryan were such champs to spend their Saturday in the freezing cold juggling oranges, climbing trees and snuggling just to keep warm!
Love the headpiece you see on Katy? You can buy it here!. A HUGE thanks to Lindsey for designing just the right piece and so last minute too! Lots of love to Amanda & Brent for coming along and helping out too! Brent did some video which we might get around to editing one of these days and Amanda helped shoot a bit.
A big hug to Orton Gardens for letting us use their property... amazing as always! Also, kisses to the wonderful team at NSalo for a knock out job... Melissa did Katy's hair and Erica polished off the look flawlessly with the makeup. Bravo ladies, bravo!
I'll post the Open House images tomorrow so you can see how it all tied together. Stay tuned! This first image is the inspiration board the shoot was themed after! |
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My last "Get To Know You Shoot" was in November so I was super excited to hit downtown Wilmington and get to work with these two for their session earlier this week. I met Sarah just a couple of weeks ago for her bridal session and I already knew we were going to have a whole lot of fun just based on our conversation from that day. She was telling me that the two of them really enjoyed the downtown scene and that Shawn and his brother make bikes for fun. They actually strip old bikes down and rebuild them in different ways. Shawn made Sarah a bike before they even began dating so I knew I had to ask them to bring a couple of his bikes along!
When Shawn first met Sarah he was actually interviewing her for a job. Sarah described that encounter as Shawn being more nervous than she was even though she was the one being interviewed. Sarah got the job and it was a full four years of them working together in a very small office before they even expressed their crushes on one another through small love letters! How adorable!
We walked around downtown stopping wherever I felt inspired to shoot and they brought the bikes along to ride towards the end of the session... I had such a great time getting to know this couple, they have such authentic love! |
| Shawn said one of his favorite things about Sarah is her beautiful eyes and smile. There is no doubt in my mind that he is actually the source of her joy! |
| I love this moment, the light is just perfect... we stopped here for that very reason! |
| This might be my favorite shot of the day! |
| But I also love the bike shots! |
| We really do have such an amazing riverfront... lovin' the riverwalk! |
| Sarah & Shawn! I'm super excited for your wedding, I know it's going to be fabulous and you definitely have an amazing team assembled for your big day. See you in February! |
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