Analisa & Stephen (part 2)

So I just wanted to share a couple more pics from the wedding we did a couple of weeks ago.


Love the dress...





Loving Analisa in the dress!





What a cute couple!









And I will leave you on one final note... Shouldn't shoes be the centerpiece of every mantel? (hehe)






Congrats to Analisa & Stephen! Remember to keep smiling!

More editing

Playing with that dance shot...

Sneak Peek... Analisa and Stephen got married.

Once again our poor little blog has been somewhat neglected and I know I keep promising to write more often, but it's been crazy busy, especially since I thought this is was the 'off season'!

So here's a quick sneak peek of the wedding Kasey and I shot on Sunday. Of course we always have fun getting together and this was no exception. We have the best times and the best job ever!

I experimented a little with texture overlays on the first one and the second is right out of the camera, the first dance, one of my favorite shots of the day. :)

Valeen

Tracie and Scott are married!

A beautiful wedding and a wonderful couple! I just posted a new slide show for Tracie and Scott who got married last month at The Water's Edge Resort in Westbrook. Even though it was freezing, everyone was so good about going outside for some shots and you can't even see the goosebumps in the pictures! :) It was a great time, we have THE BEST couples!! Brian J. shot this wedding with me, but it was a "one shot" gig for him (yes, pun intended!) as he is now in Washington DC working for the State Department. How cool is that?? :) This is his shot, working the flare!

Sweet!

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

Monday thoughts...

Love does not make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

~ Franklin P Jones

Sharing the love!

I received this email a little while ago from one of our brides from last year and wanted to share it with you....

Hi Val,

I have been meaning to send you an email to thank you again for the beautiful job you did with our wedding photos. Our one year anniversary was not too long ago. I can't believe how fast time has flown by, but whenever I visit your site and see our wedding slide show, it really reminds me of how beautiful our day was. The pictures you took are so beautiful. I can really feel the emotions of the day each time I look at your photos. Thank you so much for helping us to capture the beautiful memories of our wedding.

Best regards,
Erin

This is why we do what we do... and love it!

Thanks, Erin... and Happy Anniversary!

~ Val

A Very Special Letter

I received a letter a couple weeks ago from a couple who was married in August. Christine and Tony had such a wonderful wedding and we had a great time doing the photography. Check out their slide show (click here). With their permission, I want to share the letter with you.

Dear Val,

Where do I begin?

Tony and I just finished watching our collection of photos online for about the hundredth (okay, maybe couple hundredth) time! Each and every time the photos of our wedding still amaze us…

As you may remember, Tony and I got engaged last February and planned on having a summer wedding. After seeing some of your photos taken at the Seamen’s Inne and the Mystic Seaport, we were hooked! I had my heart set on someone that was familiar with the lighting of our banquet room and the difficulty of the church we chose.

We contacted you shortly after booking our reception for August only to find out that you were completely booked for the day of our wedding (imagine that) ! I made my mom sit and watch all (yes all) of the slide shows online at your site and I can remember asking both she and Tony what we were going to do since you were the only photographer I wanted!

So we waited, and procrastinated and I remember calling Sue a couple of months later and telling her that we didn’t have a photographer. I told her that The Sweetest Days was already booked and she said let me check…

Amazing! The wedding for our date was postponed and you had just found out! Tony and I met with you the very next morning and you showed us your wedding collection.

As you know, we were able to book both you and Bruce (what an amazing team!) so we could get every shot we were looking for.

Val, I can’t even begin to tell you how beautiful your work is. Tony and I have looked at our photos over and over and just love the candid, yet always elegant and emotional shots you capture. It seems as though every time we look through our album, you’ve captured everything… from our plaque on the boardwalk to before, during and after the ceremony, to the family and wedding party photos and the first dance and our cake…every moment is right there!

The one thing we will always remember is the time we spent together doing our “couples” shot in the Seaport. We had such a wonderful time walking around talking about the ceremony, and finding some fun and some breathtaking photo backdrops (laughing the whole way, of course). Our favorite photos are the ones where we didn’t even realize you were taking. As we were enjoying our first moments alone that day, you were snapping away for a perfect reflection of our day and our personalities.

Thank you for all your efforts in making our wedding memories so special. It has been 5 months since our wedding and we are so fortunate to enjoy every moment over and over again. It was an absolute pleasure working with both you and Bruce.

Best Regards,

Christine and Tony Terracciano







We really do have the BEST couples! Thank you so much for letting us be part of your day and we wish you only happiness and joy always.

~ Val
www.thesweetestdays.com