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An intimate fall wedding | SOMD Wedding Photographer

Is there anything better?
What started out as a very chilly morning, turned into a perfect day for a wedding. When I arrived at Greenwell State Park, Elise was walking with her daughter and Bridesmaids over to the manor where they would be getting ready. We met near the parking area when she told me her Groom had to go home because he forgot his shirt. And with only an hour left till "I do" time he was cutting it close. This is the time some Brides would be a little freaked out. But Elise didn't seem even a little nervous.

We all went upstairs to the dressing area and I went straight for the dress and shoes.

And the lovely Miss. Megan said she was getting married and today they are going to be a family. She was convinced this was her wedding. I loved hearing her view on what was taking place. When she wasn't talking about the wedding, she was singing to her self and anyone who would listen.

Elise looking out at the garden she would be taking her vows in as soon as everyone was in place. Patiently looking for the signal that would let her know they were ready.

A kiss from her father...

And because I was forbidden to take any pictures during the actual ceremony....THE KISS...

Elise, Richard and Megan, congrats on becoming a family!!

Off to the formals. This is the first wedding I have had the pleasure to shoot where the best man...was a woman. The Grooms sister. I love it. How often is the best man also the Brides make up artist?

By the time we had gotten to the formals, Megan had just about had enough of the picture taking. At this point she was done.

Until one of the Bridesmaids suggested they all do Megan's favorite pose. And she was ready for round 2.

I will end the post today with a shot of Richard and his beautiful new Wife Elise. Congratulations again!!!

Robin and Aubrey | Southern MD Photographer

I was so excited when I got a facebook message a few weeks ago from my sister-in-law, asking me if I would shoot an engagement session for her. Of course I will. So I asked about wedding details. And guess what....I've already booked a wedding that day. Why have I not yet figured out how to be in 2 places at once? I want to shoot BOTH so bad!!
We met at Greenwell State park this weekend for the engagement shoot. And we could not have chose a better day. The weather was perfect!! We walked all around the park talking and stopping to take some pictures here and there. They are so cute. Here are just a few of my favorite images from that day.

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Calvert County Fair | Southern Maryland Photographer

Early Saturday morning we went to the county fair. We got there at 9am so the rides weren't running yet. So we decided to check out the critters first. Every year my kids beg to bring home a bunny. And if it weren't for the 2 dogs and cat we have I may have been sold on these cute little guys. They were cuddled up even with a cage between them (it was cold in there). But I love how fluffy they are!

And for reasons I don't know my kids love looking at the turkeys. This guy was posing for me. I got quite a few shots of him. He would walk right up to me and strike a pose. Which I loved because I was shooting one handed, had coffee in the other hand. Hey it was early and as bad as that fair coffee was I needed it more than I needed a great shot of a turkey. But I managed to do both so it's all good. I almost want to hang a BIG print of this on my stripped wall...almost. And for those of you who like history, did you know that Benjamin Franklin did not want the bald eagle as our national bird. He wanted the turkey. You can read why in an excerpt of a letter to his daughter here. And while I like the look of the bald eagle, he had good points in his reasoning.

This big ole' pig didn't care about anything but gnawing on a piece of rope. But I thought he was cute. And he was the only one in that area not sleeping.

This just looked like fun. All 3 of my girls were upside down every time that thing got around to where I could see them.

I know this one is out of focus and I normally wouldn't share because of that. But I heard one of my favorite photographers say last week that focus is overrated. So let's just go with that lol.

Every year my oldest girl wins a goldfish at the fair. Well the first one she won a few years ago recently died. His name was "County Fair Fred". She kept him in a tank at her Dad's house. The goldfish she won last year got to stay at my house her name is "County Fair Freida". And I have a pretty big tank, so CF Freida is huge. And she is no longer "gold" she is white with gold on her mouth like she's wearing orange lipstick. Well we put "County Fair Fred Jr." in a bowl on the counter till she could take him to her Dad's. And our cat thought.....SUSHI!!! She played with him for a while and gave up. Fred was not going to come to the surface as long as she was there.

Happy October Everyone!!!

I am just going to admit it. I am addicted to youtube. To be more specific, I'm addicted to makeup tutorials on youtube. One of my favorite makeup artists is Kandee Johnson. She makes me laugh while playing with color. Two of my favoritest things laughter and color. You should check her out. Anyway I was just thinking, I have a youtube channel HERE.  I use it to host my slideshows (and some embarasing footage of my sister and best friend singing and dancing like fools when we were kids that you won't find if you go there because they are hidden). Maybe I will have someone shoot some video at my next shoot. I wonder if anyone would be interested in seeing how a shoot goes? Hmm.

It's the first of the month. And I think once a month photographers should have a new picture of themselves. So here is a few of the pictures I decided to take today. Plus I know some of you are looking on here for pictures taken on my new wall, because you have told me, so here it is. I LOVE my wall!!!