Cara and Kevin Engagement Shoot

Last week we (me and Kasey!) took off to Hammonasset State Park for a really awesome e-session with Cara and Kevin, these two were so much fun we could have stayed all day except it had to be twenty below zero on the beach! They had me freezing when they actually took their coats off for some of the shots!! Must be why I'm feeling cold just editing them today. :) Anyhow, they were so much fun, we can't wait for the wedding, it should be much warmer, right??

Thanks for a fun time and, honestly, we really can't wait for the wedding!! :)

~ Valeen Thivierge

www.thesweetestdays.com

Facebook, hard drives, wi-fi, and more!

I know, I know, I've been neglecting my blog. I admit it. Part of it has been having fun on Facebook, just a little too addicting but finding friends reconnecting too! So there! LOL Say hi when you can! (Valeen Thivierge for those of you who don't know.)

But I've been working too. It's the off season, well sorta... and I'm determined to have all my technology up to date and working the way it's supposed to. Of course it went great yesterday, but today there was no wi-fi. None. So I had to re-install programs and all that STUFF that drives you nuts, but hey, I DID IT!! And it's working great again, on all the computers!! WOOOO HOOOO !!!

Went to Mystic 4 on last Monday and had fun there, got to see some friends and meet some new ones, so it was cool. Then had an awesome e-session down to Hammonasset Beach on Saturday, it was freezing cold, but they were down with it... and so were we! It was gorgeous though, my first time being there. More on that in another post...just wanted to catch up some.

Okay, so off to edit the engagement shots... Kasey is sending me hers too, even though I got a couple as a preview already and they rock!!! Yeah!! Check back for those too!!

A day off !!

I took the day off yesterday!! That's a first in a very long time! We headed down to Misquamicut Beach in RI and it was gorgeous, perfect, awesome!! Are there more words I can use?? The girls just love the ocean and you can't help but relax and laugh watching them... okay, it started out with just dipping toes in the water and then it ended up with them getting totally soaked and loving every minute of it! :-)




Check out what we love to call "tasty light!"



Can you get much cuter??

I'm still waiting for one of my brides to jump in and do just this! How fun would that be, wedding dress and all?? Think of the crazy shots we could get, it's something you'd never forget! Come on... pretty please?

And of course...sunset on the beach... love it!!

Perfection!

Misquamicut Engagement Photos!

I had an awesome engagement shoot down at Misquamicut Beach in Rhode Island recently, it was great! We had all of 30 minutes before a huge storm started... complete with thunder and heavy rain. This is Laura and AJ....they are getting married in October, so watch for their wedding photos too!

Tina and Jack

Okay, this was the wedding where we all went to church, went to the beach, went to the bar... and then went to the reception! I loved it! And I gotta say that after shooting Tina and Jack's wedding last week, I decided I'm moving to Canada! OMG, I've never met such a fun group of people, and judging by the fact that everyone was so friendly, I figure everyone in Canada must be like that! :-) So now I'm thinking, maybe it was the couple? Cause their friends and family from South Carolina and Maine and I think Virginia and Pennsylvania and who knows where else were all just a blast! It was a great wedding! Oh, and I don't know a whole lot about cars, but check out what they had instead of a limo, very cool! There'll be more pics on the slide show in a couple weeks, too!

(Again... like I keep saying... I get the BEST couples!!)

















Thanks for letting me be part of your day, talk to you soon!

Val

But wait.... there's more!

So I'm sitting in a little neighborhood bar Saturday afternoon... having a few drinks and some calamari.... just came from the beach...like they say, it don't get much better than that! Oh, should I add that I'm with about 20 people? Like the entire wedding party? lol Hey, we had a little time between wedding pictures and the reception so the bride and groom decided everyone should all head down to this little (and I do mean little) local bar! They were there the night before he proposed, which I thought was utterly romantic. Sigh! Anyhow, I will confess that my drinks were water, heck... there was still a whole lot of wedding pictures to do and I really didn't want to count on the auto focus!

Liz and Matt (by Bruce)

Everything's bigger in...Connecticut?? This was a BIG wedding!! In fact the biggest we've shot this year. Lots of bridesmaids, lots of groomsmen, lots of guests...which means LOTS of love and laughs and photo ops!! This wedding was so big it took both of us to cover it! And we love when that happens :) We have a great time working together! And in the tradition of BIG this is a big blog post!! 12 pics for you guys...

As Val said, The Water's Edge is just a phenomenal place to have a wedding. Incredible staff, beautiful grounds, and how can you go wrong with the view? And although it was chilly, everyone hung in there. They were determined! The reward was a beautiful ceremony and some incredible light later in the day that really just warmed the photographs we took. The sunset was unreal!! So here we go!

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How 'bout a couple of the groom to start off with...Matt stylin'!!




The guys heading down to the water for some pics...and this isn't even all of them!


The girls get a little toast in before the ceremony. I think it was just so they could stay warm while we were down near the water taking pics!




How's this for "above and beyond" from a bride's maid!! All so we could get a great shot without Liz's wedding dress blowing away in the sea breeze...


What a backdrop for a ceremony!


And almost on cue, the sun broke through the clouds in this incredible display!


After the ceremony, we went back down to the water with the guys AND girls and had some fun taking pics. I LOVE this one!!


A gorgeous bride...


While we were taking pics, the rest of the guests made their way back up the hill a little ways to an outdoor cocktail hour before the reception began. This of course gave them a clear view of everything we were doing on the beach with the bride and groom. So when Matt dipped Liz, the crowd decided to cheer him on, and of course he had to acknowledge his fans!! Too funny!!


Liz and Matt, thanks so much for letting us share your day. All the best!!

-Bruce

Liz and Matt

We were back at the Water's Edge in Westbrook, CT this past weekend for an amazing wedding! We really do love the place, there are so many perfect spots for photographs, but the beach is my favorite! It was a bit chilly, the wind really picked up, I know Liz and her friends were freezing but they were just wonderful. Here's some preview shots of Matt & Liz and their totally awesome friends! ~ Val



Sweet Caroline by the Bridesmaids!!


Dancing Groomsmen, too!


Awesome friends!


Liz with her brothers...


And her very best friend...


Did I mention it was freezing??


Congratulations Liz and Matt...





Happiness Always!