The veil from 1864

The veil at this beautiful wedding of two artists, came from Hannah's great, great, great Grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Adams (1842-1918.) She wore it at her wedding to John Crosby Brown in 1864 in New York City. Hannah was honored to wear it and it was also worn by her sister Sarah in 1998 and her mother in 1965.
Mary Elizabeth Adams collected musical instruments and gave many of them to the Metropolitan Museum. The 4,000 instruments in the museum's collection makes it the largest such collection outside of Europe. Mary Elizabeth Adams counts two Adams presidents in her family tree.
Hannah is a painter and illustrator and used her talent to create the amazing details found throughout the wedding and reception. Her now-husband Jeff is a sculptor and film maker and, as Hannah, used his artistic eye to help plan this most unique and relaxed wedding.
From the gorgeous letterpress invitations to the family style BBQ dinner to the marionette show to the fun-natured couple themselves – we enjoyed capturing every minute of this top-notch autumn wedding!

PPA of New England Awards

Laura and Marilyn recently attended the annual Professional Photographers Association of New England Convention. There were awesome speakers that addressed trends in photographing weddings, great lighting techniques and inspiration for creativity. One of the best parts is always watching the print and album competitions where we learn SO much every time. Marilyn earned a blue ribbon for her image "Beloved" of Lindsay. We also earned two red ribbons for two albums entitled "Rehearsal Dinner Retreat" and "Live, Love, Laugh". As always we are excited to bring our newfound knowledge and inspiration to YOUR weddings! (the rose in the corner is from my garden - might be one of the last for the year -- smells so good!)

The Latest in Thank You Cards

Natural Expressions is now featuring new "press printed" cards that you can use as thank you cards or holiday greetings. These cards are of exquisite quality printed on linen art paper. Let us know if you are interested and we can create a custom design for you.

Floral-Event Designs that Impress!

This summer when we were in Manchester, VT at the Equinox photographing a top notch wedding, we discovered Tara Pollio -- an amazing talent in the wedding industry. The vision behind her floral-event designs are unsurpassed. The rehearsal dinner was at a pavilion on a pond with a mountainous backdrop and the floral-event designs fit right in. From the rustic table arrangements to the Adirondack chairs set up along the pond side, it was a photographer's dream come true.
The wedding was very much the opposite of the outdoorsy decor that the pond pavilion offered, as were the florals. To say we are impressed with Tara's work may be an understatement.
If you have yet to contract your floralist/event designer, may we personally recommend an artist who will surely meet your every expectation. Tara's work can be seen at www.flowersevents.com.
We'd also love for you to share our slideshows from both the rehearsal dinner and wedding day .

Album recognized by FujiFilm!

We are so proud of the recognition we received by FujiFilm who chose our album, titled "a bright future," as the recipient of the exclusive FujiFilm Masterpiece Award. We won this award back in April at the Professional Photographer's Association's state level competition. Recently we received the press release in the mail and are truly honored.

We owe our thanks to Winnie and Sean who were featured in the album. They were a true joy to work with. With Winnie's impeccable taste in the decisions she made for her wedding flowers, the location, the programs, etc. along with the love that Sean and Winnie have for one another, created us with such wonderful photographic opportunities. Additionally, we have to mention Queensberry Albums, Inc., our album vendor, for their superior handmade albums and their commitment to continue to provide photographer's with a modern matted album options -- in a time when digital album design has become so popular.

To read more about our accomplishment you can click on the press release below. Thanks Fuji, Sean and Winnie, NHPPA and Queensberry!

Do You Have a Make Up Artist?

We met a WONDERFUL make up artist this weekend who will travel to you for your wedding day makeup. She will meet with you in advance to create your look in advance and she custom blends all colors to be perfect for you. One of her specialties is air brushed makeup -- which, I understand, will last all day long and has a wonderfully flawless appearance. We have seen the finished look and it is amazing!! She books out in advance so if you are interested do not hesitate to call her.
Joanne McDonough of Joya Beauty
http://www.joyabeauty.com/

We really enjoyed meeting her so tell her we sent you -- no perks -- we just want to help you feel your best on your wedding day! Call us or email if you have any questions.

Online Wedding Worksheet

For our upcoming couples -- one of the things we ask you to do is to complete a "wedding information worksheet" for us so that we can know the "who's who"; "what's what" and "when's everything" -- for your wedding. In the past, it was a three page form that may have felt a little tedious during this very time pressed period in your planning. We are happy to let you know that the worksheet is now available for you to complete online.

Natural Expressions Wins Awards

The New Hampshire Professional Photographer's Annual Conference was great.
Saw some inpspiring speakers, learned lots of new stuff, AND won some awards! Laura earned a Blue Ribbon "Merit" for a great portrait of a gorgeous little guy. Marilyn earned a Blue Ribbon "Merit" for a landscape photogaph...and the best news yet is that two of our wedding albums earned Blue Ribbon Merits -- and one won the "Fuji Masterpiece Award"! Right now we are ready to crash and recover from a very busy weekend. We will post images in the days to follow!

A cat who poses

I had a friend come over the other night so I could practice with my new studio lights that I bought a few months ago. Before she arrived, however, my cat Molly decided she liked the way the backdrop felt when she sat on it. I brushed her and that's about all it took to get her to pose for me. You've gotta love a cat who poses for a professional portrait.

Fall 2007 Garden Portraits

Together with Linda Jennings of Photography by Linda, this past fall we combined our talents to aid a local family affected by cancer through the creation of professional outdoor family portraits. During this two day photographic event, between both studios, we were able to raise $930 for the Dumont family. We were blessed with two very beautiful days and more importantly 36 wonderful families who took part in the event. We had families, siblings, mother's and sons, families with their dogs -- and even a bunny come share in the fun! Here are the highlights from the 2007 Garden Portraits.

New Slideshow

Sean and Winnie's wedding fell on a beautiful day in spite of a rainy forecast. Their happiness was contagious -- the colors in the wedding were almost as bright as their smiles!
Scroll down to view - Enjoy!

Jess and Dan - A Beautiful Beach Wedding

See a slideshow from a wondrous wedding on Craigville Beach on Cape Cod -- it was a stunning day full of emotion......and fun!

Slideshows

Scroll down to the bottom to view a slideshow -- we are creating a wedding one and will upload it soon, so check back often.

First Post

Yay! We finally have a blog. Thank goodness for winter or we would never get this stuff accomplished. We look forward to hearing from you all. This is Cinder and CoCo enjoying the snow.