L.M. Photography

[The Novotny's]

2009-09-30T16:00:00.000-07:00

I took pictures of the Novotny family a couple weekends ago. Their children are SO adorable, and I had fun getting to know this family... and their pets!! :) here are my favorite pictures. enjoy!

this is my favorite picture from the day.

[Reserve A Time Now]

2009-09-13T04:36:00.000-07:00

[Cameron]

2009-09-09T17:39:00.001-07:00

Oh, how I adore Cameron! She is my most loyal client - she has done 3 or 4 sessions with me already! haha. But really. this young lady is great fun to take pictures of. The more pictures we take, the more her 'inner model' comes out! :P Here are some of my favorites.

looking at her parents wedding album

the next 3 pictures are my favorites...

[Carly and Paul]

2009-09-06T16:30:00.001-07:00

I was second shooter at Ellen Cohn at Carly and Pauls very hot, but beautiful outdoor wedding! here are some of my favorite pictures of the day.

she had BOTH pink and green heels for the wedding! loved it.

the groomsmen were funny, as you can tell...

The first look...
huddle time!!

Oh my goodness...these cupcakes were so creative! And I was loving the green theme. :D

[McKnight Family]

2009-09-03T17:47:00.001-07:00

I took pictures of this family back in January, back when Kieran was a newborn. When I arrived at there house last week to take new pictures, I couldn't believe my eyes! Kieran had got so big, and unlike our first shoot, she could NOT stop smiling! She was funny, and didn't mind the camera as you can tell... :P

This little girl LOVES cell phones! I can already tell she is going to be quite a talker!!

my favorite picture from the shoot.
of course, we had to get an updated shot of Riley. :P

[Courtney and Josh]

2009-08-26T17:01:00.000-07:00

A few weekends back, I took engagement pictures in DC for Courtney and Josh. I thought the idea of both wearing their college T-shirts was so cute! Taking pictures in our nations capitol with the monuments as a backdrop was a perfect plan for this shoot. We found a great monument (that I had never even seen before!!) - the WWI memorial as one of our settings. It was tucked away in a clump of trees between the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial, and everything about it was perfect (especially the fact that it was tourist free!). :)

I'm not sure if anyone else noticed this, but doesn't the tree in the background of the picture look heart shaped?! We definitely didn't plan that.

[Marne and John]

2009-08-20T15:54:00.000-07:00

I am REALLY behind in posting weddings and family sessions I have recently shot. This is from Marne and Johns wedding in downtown Baltimore a couple weekends ago with Ellen Cohn. This is a super short post, but here are some of my favorite pictures from that day. :D enjoy.

My favorite image of the day. :) :)

...such a cute little flower girl.

[Jared and Jessica]

2009-08-10T09:39:00.000-07:00

I work as Ellen Cohn's second shooter. This week was Jared and Jessica's wedding. Once again, we crossed our fingers that the rain would hold off for this outdoor ceremony at the Kent Manor Inn. The rain clouds left, and they ended up with a beautiful evening. :P Here are some shots from their special day.

Jessica's adorable little girl, Bella, wanted to put on make-up just like the bridesmaids...

So, mom helped her out...

Jared waiting for his bride...

This is an all-around sweet picture. Her father's expression, and how Jessica gave her mom (in the blue dress) a glance along with a gleaming smile.

[The Sperling Family]

2009-08-06T17:19:00.000-07:00

I took pictures of the Sperling family this past fall at a pumpkin patch, and really enjoyed this family. When they emailed me a couple weeks ago to set up a last minute second session, I couldn't wait. They are super nice and are comfortable with the camera. The day that we scheduled this last minute shoot, and it was pouring outside. Just an hour later, I looked out the window to find that everything was golden and sun-kissed...the perfect evening light for a photo shoot. Although the glowy-golden-y light left quickly, we captured the left-overs of it in the form of a beautiful sunset. :)

Little Maddy loves the water. She couldn't get enough throwing of pebbles into the lake, and seeing them splash.

Oh how I love these next 3 shots. I asked Maddy to show me the rock she found, and this is what she did. She is such a cutie. :P

She liked the honeysuckle that her father gave her. When I was younger, I LOVED honeysuckles!!
After taking a few pictures by the lake, we headed up to the park. The storm clouds rolled in, and the rain came down. The rain did not deter us - we whipped out the umbrellas and got a few shots, of course!

and to end the post, this is one of my favorite pictures from the shoot.

[Emily and Michael]

2009-08-01T10:08:00.000-07:00

I was second shooter for Ellen Cohn at Emily and Michael's wedding a few weeks back. As Ellen photographed the bride and her bridesmaids, I walked down the streets of Wilmington, Delaware, met up with the guys, and took some group shots of them at the church. They were one funny group, and made my job great fun. :)
They preferred funny weird group shots over the traditional ones, and who can blame them?!

Emily and her bridesmaids, ready to walk down the isle.

The church was breathtaking...as was the bride.

This flower girl was such a cutie! Right after the ceremony was over and the group formals began, she plopped down into the pew, and whipped off her little white shoes. She looked up at me and said, "They hurt and are sweaty"! I then teashed her by saying, "Stinky feet!". She lifted up her shoe, took a good sniff and said, "They actually aren't!" haha.

Some shots of the newlyweds...

Off to the rose garden for a few more bridal shots...

This was a great day, and the bride and groom were an all around fun couple. Let the party begin....

and...one last photo of the couple through the garden.
The band, Nightlife was one of the best entertainment I've seen so far. They had awesome voices and talent. Sooo, of course everyone wanted to join them on stage to have their shot at a solo! The bride, groom, and best man sang there hearts out, and danced like there was no tomorow. It was great to watch!
They are the ultimate rockstars!

[The Corn Family]

2009-07-20T07:43:00.000-07:00

So, I have never had to re-schedule a shoot as many time as I did for this family due to the crazy Maryland weather! We had to re-schedule, around 3 times, and it finally worked out! But it was worth it, because the weather that day was amazing. The sun was out and it was the perfect temperature. Oh, and it was the fourth of July! Which made it ten times better, because who DOESN't love the fourth. :P Especially when you spend it at our nations capitol (which my family did!) Ok, back to the shoot. This family was so nice, and I had a great time taking pictures of them. Here are some of my favorites. and of course, a few fireworks pictures. :) enjoy!!

I love how they came covered in Band-aids. such a little boy thing, getting scratched up, and thinking the coolest things ever are rocks and twigs (which they really did during this shoot!)

They wanted their dogs to be a part of the family pictures too.

playing with the rocks on the trail.

this doggy was SO sweet. :)

Once we finished up with the shoot, I stayed in D.C with my family for 4th of July weekend. The fireworks were spectacular!! my pictures dont do them justice. :P

[The Waranchs]

2009-07-09T17:50:00.000-07:00

This is their adorable six month old baby boyas soon as we started taking the pictures, he was ready to roll! he was so chill with being in front of the camera.
what gorgeous glassy blue eyes!

Jonah loved being read to by his parents.

[The Pulkstenis Family]

2009-07-05T13:29:00.000-07:00

[Lauren and Jeff]

2009-06-28T12:11:00.000-07:00

This is the second wedding I have second shot for Ellen Cohn, a photographer based out of the Baltimore area, and I am loving it!! Luckily, there will be many more to come this summer. But in my whole career of second shooting or interning as a wedding photographer, this was probably top 3 prettiest venues I have seen yet. This cute little bed and breakfast tucked away in the woods right outside of downtown Baltimore, is called the Gramercy Mansion. A perfect location for an outdoor mid-spring wedding. Lauren and Josh's wedding was beautiful.

there was an adorable wooden swing hanging from a tree.

some of the groomsmen.

my new favorite 'first kiss' shot. the mothers of the bride's and groom's expressions are so sweet.

LOVED the bouquet for this wedding.

and of course the cake. :P

[The Poe's]

2009-06-08T07:57:00.000-07:00

This is the second wedding I got to second shoot with Lydia, and it was simply AMAZING. This end of May wedding was on a day where the rain wouldnt stop, and it certainly wasnt just trickling down. it was pouring for hours on end. So I know that doesnt make for an amazing wedding day, especially when its suppose to be outdoors at this beautiful manor, but what happened that afternoon made it such a cute story. The bride and groom didnt want to see eachother before the wedding ceremony itself, so they were talking back and forth on walkie talkies. They couldnt make a decision of whether they were to bring the wedding inside, or just wait the rain out, and see if it would clear up (we could see sun in the distance). They both took a leap of faith, and put off the wedding about 45 minutes. finally, the rain and dark clouds cleared, and what took its place was the most stunning sunset I had seen in a long time. it was truly a miracle, and I am sure everyone there that witnessed it won't forget that ceremony, especially the bride and groom, who got their dream outdoor wedding. :)

I got this picture through a window when lydia was taking a picture on the ground, of the bride standing on the balcony.

right when the ceremony started, i looked behind me and saw this awesome, awesome view. I still cant believe the weather that day went from one extremely rainy day, to a golden glowy sunset!

what an awesome sunset.

first dance.

Instead of doing the traditional bouquet toss, the bride decided to give it to the groom's grandparents, who have been married more than 50 years, and that day was their anniversary. :)

Family Reunion

2009-05-30T06:00:00.000-07:00

This was by far the biggest group of people I have ever photographed. It was a challenge with all those little ones, but I had a great time with this big, happy family. They were so kind and funny, and made my job great. :)

Cameron... This girl is SUCH a cutie pie. I have done a few photoshoots with her now, and she loves being in front of the camera. :)

The flowers were a big hit with the kiddos.

This is the closest we got tohaving 11 little ones be happy in front of the camera. :P

the whole group.

First wedding of the year!

2009-05-24T08:50:00.000-07:00

Oh, how great it was to get back into shooting weddings! I had the pleasure of second shooting for Ellen Cohn, a great photographer from the Baltimore area, a couple weekends ago. I hope you will seeing many more pictures from weddings. I'll be second shooting with her throughout the summer. It was dark and rainy outside that day, but you know what they say... it's good luck to have rain on your wedding day. :P Not exactly the dream conditions for photographers though. Here are some of the moments I captured throughout Melinda and Ryan's wedding. :)

The father-daughter dance...

One of my favorite parts of wedding shoots is the cake. :) I like to eat it as much as I like to take pictures of it!

wow, what a blogging break!

2009-03-21T13:53:00.000-07:00

Ok... Wow... So, I haven't blogged about ANYTHING SOOO long!!! Here is a re-cap of the past couple months...
I begin with SHAMROCK FEST '09!!! If you don't know what that is, well, its a St. Patty's festival with TONS of people, 50 bands, a bunch of DJ's, and seven stages. it was GRREEATT!!! These pictures were taken with my friends camera because they don't allow pro photographers into the festival. Here we are on the metro to RFK stadium. You know how on big important days, things are always bound to go wrong... well... this Jared forgot his ticket tothe festival! We cheerfully turned around so he could get his ticket...
Here we are listening to a band.
You can see the progression of us getting wetter as the day goes on. By eight at night, we were SOAKED!!! It rained all day, but if you stay in the crowd and keep moving, you stayed warm. :P
Our favorite part by far of this day was getting to see Flogging Molly!!!! It was crazy - the crowd was enormous, it was raining pretty hard, but it was the best time ever!

Now for school... After much patience, we got our couch back in the hallway!!! they had to repair it or something. We have already tried to see how many people we could possibly fit on it, and it was about three fourths of our class! haha.
Let's backtrack to valentines day...well...the day before. All the guys in our highschool made the girls a lovely pancake breakfast, gave us flowers, and wrote us the CUTEST song ever!!! Our class has the best guys!
Yearbook has been keeping me VERY busy these days, but today it was finally submitted and we are officially DONE! Over the past two months I've been going to a lot of sporting events, taking my camera to school pretty much every day...

Varsity Guys Baseball.

Varsity Girls Baseball.

The newest sporting event in our school is the boys wrestling team! The guys did pretty good considering it was the first year of their program.

Our school's pep-rally... This was also new to our school this year. This picture is from the best/most creative dunk contest. Yep, our class rules!
And then as far as photoshoots, I took pictures of my relatives the Dassoulas Family It was a quick and crazy shoot - everyone was sick and it was cold and windy. We'll do a few make-up pictures when the weather's warm and everyone's well!

here is our first good snowfall/snowday of the year!! (and sadly, it was the last one too!) This is my doggy Sparky. He no longer likes the snow very much since he is 16! A very old doggy. he braved the weather like a tough guy, though!

This is a glimpse of what my life has consisted of the past fewmonths (of course there was lots of other memories, but I gotta keep this post to a reasonable length!)

A Last Minute Photo Shoot that Rocked my World :P

2009-02-12T15:46:00.001-08:00

My friend, Krista came over for a couple hours today before her basketball practice. I looked out the window and saw an awesome sunset. As soon as she arrived, I shared my plan, we grabbed a few props and hit up the field across the way. We had a great time shooting the sunset. The wind was ridiculous - which worked for the shoot... (p.s.- sorry for the pixelation!!!)

Haha. FAIL! the wind was crazy!!!

We used a pink sheer window drape over the lens, and i just really love the look and soft focus!

Laura and Josh

2009-01-22T12:43:00.000-08:00

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the engagement session with Laura and Josh. :D

Don't be fooled by the scenery in these first two pictures! We are still in the middle of chilly and gray January.... these were taken in a gorgeous indoor garden!

I thought it was sweet that they are getting married exactly one year after their engagement. :D

The McKnight Family

2009-01-07T17:06:00.000-08:00

This newborn session was with the Sharma family. Their nine week old baby girl was so cute, but we definitely learned the hard way why not to wake up a newborn! She was all smiles once she had her bottle and mom held her for a bit...
Had to get a shot of their cute dog in a bow-tie. :D

She is too cute!

I think this picture is precious.

My exciting Christmas Break. :D

2009-01-02T21:31:00.000-08:00

This segment is of my life over Christmas break. :D
The first official day of our Christmas break, some of the girls got together and had a cookie baking party. The house was full of delicious scents and fresh baked cookies. W all had a great time being together! :D
On Christmas Eve, we went to the Tvardzik's house and spent the evening with most of our relatives.
...lots of yummy food!

...visions of sugarplums danced in their heads...
Aunt Peggy and Mindy!
Christmas morning. This year was pretty interesting...
Michael got a keyboard... but the funny part is that he wanted a computer keyboard and my mom got him this instead. Haha! There were communication issues this christmas. ;)

John got a djembe drum for Christmas.
Sparky lived to see another Christmas! 16 years and counting. He loves opening presents!

My mom wanted a new TV this Christmas, so a few days later, we got a 37 inch flat screen! :D :D
I got a TON of new makeup for Christmas, so I did my moms make-up. The one gift I have asked for for two years now is a Wii, and I so thought this would be the year I would get it, but didn't :( I did get an external hard-drive for my computer. Not necessarily a 'fun' gift, but definitely needed.

A few days after Christmas, my friends and I started off the fun by going to Cheeburger Cheeburger, and then back to Scott's house to play, yes, the Harry Potter board game (...the fun part is to make fun of it...), and then watched 'The Happening' :D). Take two. Bowling night. This was a blast. Although most of us don't have much of a future at pro bowling, we found ways to make gutter balls exciting! I now introduce to you the backwards granny. That's when I got my ONLY spare of the night! haha!
Jared was the best on the guys team... he is good at everything. the end. lol

We love bowling! Laura was the winner from the girls team. What a goof!
I am proud to say I wasn't the last place bowler of the night...I did beat Ben!
Above photo... Michelle threw a gutter ball, ran DOWN THE LANE, grabbed the ball, and threw it at the pins from approximately SIX FEET away! So funny. :D

NEW YEARS EVE!!! Vanessa had a semi-formal salsa dance party. :D
Vanessa and Leo...
Lastly, I hung out with Kim and Michelle for a couple hours before going out with my cousins. :D I promised Kim a photo shoot back in late spring and we just now got to it! Here are the two sisters I never had. :D
Kimberly is gorgeous.
...Michelle is in love with those mittens.
Michelle is getting quite good at taking pictures!
... to end Christmas break with a bang, My uncle rented out the ENTIRE bowling alley for MIDNIGHT BOWLING!!! With the neon lights, disco balls, and everything. Those pictures will eventually make their way onto my blog!

Photoshoot with Emily Patton!!!

2008-12-30T08:41:00.000-08:00

The day finally came when Emily, Michelle, Corey and I had our photoshoot. The sun was setting fast, and Emily's creative juices were flowing (check her pics out by clicking here), and we had a fun and crazy time racing against the clock. Emily took pictures of me and Michelle, we took pictures of her, and Corey only stuck around long enough to see how weird we girls really are. lol! Here are some of my favs. :D enjoy!

This is my favorite photograph of all...

Cousins Photoshoot

2008-12-14T17:42:00.000-08:00

This was a really FUN shoot. :D These are the Hoagland's grandchildren (our long-time neighbors). These kids are so ADORABLE! They had me laughing the whole time, and for some reason, I REALLY liked the pictures in black and white (I've been attached to b&w as you can tell from my recent shoots). Here are a few of my favorites...
Above photo: wow, you can definitely tell these girls are mother and daughters!

These four children are just so darn cute! gosh!

(I did a shoot a few months back with Cameron...she's even cuter now!)

I really LOVE this picture...

the Betz Family

2008-12-09T14:14:00.000-08:00

I have taken pictures for Miss Laura's party business this past summer, and it was pretty much the coolest party I had ever seen. :D And now, I'm doing a family shoot. It got REALLY cold out, and my fingers almost FROZE, but we went to a nice lake with an awesome tree to take pictures, and it was worth it! That tree was a lot of fun for the girls. These are some of my favorites from the shoot.

Gotta get a picture of just the girls. ;p

haha, something funny must have happened here.

This was a pretty lake...
...and really COOL tree!

too cute. :D