MKD Photography Blog

July 10, 2010…it was a rainy rainy day.  In fact this is the image I shot out the window on the way to meet the bride at the hair salon:

There were some seriously intense clouds, even one that looked like it was going to turn into a tornado.  Mike and I were listening to the weather, checking the doppler…and the fact of the matter is it didn’t look good for our couple that was planning on going from their church to the reception in a huge sailboat and enjoying a cocktail hour on the lawn.  Frustrating for all involved that the picture they had in their head would be altered and for us that we would go to this amazing location and not get to showcase it…but we captured amazing pictures, umbrellas involved, the bride was very calm about canceling the boat ride knowing that the important part was marrying her best friend…and man…the sunset gods came out to shine on them!! I looked out the window at one point and saw a tiny bit of pink in the sky and Mike and I grabbed Aria and Michal and had them out to see the most amazing sunset I have ever seen in my life….and this is just a sneak peak…much much more to come!

I love how this image screams Maine with the adirondack chairs and the boat on the left and the kayaks on the right and the fog and that light….yea it was awesome.

May 30, 2010

Our wedding anniversary was May 29, 2005…it is always so fun to shoot a wedding so close to our own wedding day when thoughts about what it meant for us to get married are so fresh!  Jamie and Steve live down here in Worcester and before they had even picked a date they came to a meeting at our house…Jamie said I know two things about my wedding, I want lilacs, and we want you!! We were so excited to meet them and then to have them email back with this date up in Maine and know that we could shoot it…perfect!

Jamie is a dancer and a yoga instructor and from the time we shot their engagement shoot we knew that we would be excited about all that they would do for us on their wedding day!  It was also a bonus that my two sister were there since they’re good friends with both Jamie and Steve!! The whole weekend was amazing and the wedding day started with the Bride’s Yoga class, followed by an awesome brunch with some of the most amazing piping hot muffins I have ever seen in my life, followed by getting ready at Jamie’s parent’s house which is nestled into a hill right at the edge of a lake and then a beautiful ceremony where Jamie and Steve just couldn’t stop smiling at each other!  Another major bonus for Mike was Jamie’s dad and his love of cars…with 3 of his own Sunbeam Tiger’s to parade around on the wedding day his life felt complete!!  So awesome that the yellow car is the very one that her mom and dad brought her home from the hospital in!

The reception was at the Belgrade Lakes Golf Course which is so beautiful at the top of a peak overlooking lakes and valleys and mountains in the distance.  The day was beautiful, the families and friends that came to share with them amazing, and we had a blast!  Thanks so much for inviting us into such an amazing moment in your lives…and for bringing us someplace new to shoot!

Jamie had dreamed of a wedding with lilacs her whole life…and the timing for their May 30th wedding in Belgrade, ME was a perfect way to make that happen…but this year mother nature played a little trick on them and the lilacs bloomed early.  That didn’t stop someone from heading out to an island in Maine to pick enough lilacs to cover the whole day!  The dark purple with the lilac and the gray was a beautiful combination!  I can’t wait to share more images from their day!!

Busy busy here at MKD.  On the 22nd of May we were at Belle Mer in Newport, RI, on the 30th we were at the Belgrade Lakes in Maine, and then this past weekend on June 5th we were in Stowe, VT.  Lots of fun blog posts…both photo and video (Mike is happy!!!) and a few engagements.  For now a pretty farm up in VT!